Scope and arrangement
Arrangement
Separated into 244 folders titled with unique interview IDs.
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- Creator
- StoryCorps (Project)
- Call number
- Sc MG 931
- Physical description
- 1 IPad (244 computer files)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], StoryCorps Black LGBTQ archive, Sc MG 931, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Since 2003, StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit, has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with over 90,000 participants. StoryCorps' mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of their lives. The StoryCorps Black LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Archive is a collection of digital interviews compiled by StoryCorps between 2004 and 2013, reflecting a multitude of experiences of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people throughout the African Diaspora. Conversations between partners, siblings, colleagues, friends, and parents and children range over topics such as love, relationships, activism, identity, coming out, achieving self-acceptance, race, politics, family, culture, immigration, and communities of faith.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of StoryCorps, March 29, 2013.
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 January 11)
Related Material
In the Life Archive (ITLA): miscellaneous collections, SC MG 736, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- African American bisexuals
- African American families
- African American gays
- African American lesbians
- African diaspora
- Authors, Black
- Conduct of life -- Anecdotes
- Gay men -- United States -- Interviews
- Homophobia
- Oral history -- United States
- Sexual minorities
- Storytelling -- United States
- Transgender people -- Interviews
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Conditions Governing Use
No reproduction of any materials or information without written permission of the interview participants. Access materials digitally only within the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Access restrictions
Researchers cannot access any biographical or contact information for participants. Interviews can be accessed via an IPad in the Manuscripts, Rare Books and Archives Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.