Forum: Lift Every Voice: African Americans in WWII Vancouver, WA., 2001

Item — Box: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The videos represent some of the early public programs sponsored by the Center for Columbia River History. They include presentations and lectures from scholars with a focus on the Columbia River and regional history. Other programs include dramatizations or performance pieces as well as discussion panels. The date range of programs in this collections extends from 1996 to 2001. There are 11 unique recordings in total with duplicate recordings of four of the programs. For more information on individual programs, view the collection inventory below.

In 2022 four of the recordings were digitized through the MIPoPs service. Three additional videos were digitized through Mnemosyne Archives in 2024.

Dates

Other: 2001

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is partitally available for research through digital surrogates. See the collection content list for tapes that have been digitized for access.

Extent

From the Collection: 15 VHS tape cassettes (One box containing 15 VHS (Video Home System) cassette tapes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Archives.AV.005.11. The program features high-school students involved in the Vancouver African American History Project present a program based on their research of the history of African Americans in Vancouver from 1941 to 1948. The format includes a roundtable discussion involving students, coordinators, advisory board members, and oral history narrators. (June 7, 2001). VHS format; TRT - 01:22:25.