Scope and arrangement
The Essence television program collection consists of seventeen video recordings, arranged in two series.
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- Creator
- Essence Television Productions, Inc.
- Call number
- Sc MIRS Essence
- Physical description
- 17 video_recordings
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- Essence television program collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
- Sponsor
- An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection, and a grant from the Mellon Foundation supported the digitization.
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
- Access to materials
- Appointment preferred: https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg/moving-image-and-recorded-sound-division
Essence was a nationally syndicated weekly magazine television program that ran from 1983 to 1988, produced by the same firm that publishes the long-running Essence magazine. The Essence television program collection consists of seventeen video recordings; twelve episodes of the program, and five additional recordings related to those episodes' topics and hosts.
Biographical/historical information
Essence was a nationally syndicated weekly magazine television program that ran from 1983 to 1988. It was produced by Essence Communications, Inc., the firm that publishes the long-running Black women's lifestyle magazine of the same name. Susan L. Taylor (January 23, 1946-), who served as editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1981 to 2000, executive produced and hosted the television program. Essence aired on more than fifty stations via WNBC-TV. Featuring segments on arts, culture, health and beauty, and other issues, each episode focused on Black women's interests. Taylor frequently included co-hosts such as radio host Gary Byrd, journalist and community activist Felipe Luciano, and musician James "J.T." Taylor.
Administrative information
Processing information
Collection inventoried by Christopher Arena. Collection processed and described by Anika Paris, archivist; and Shola Lynch, curator. Finding aid published in 2023.
Related Material
Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) collection, Sc MIRS CEBA 1986.
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Third Floor