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Oral history interview with Augusta Baker

Title
Oral history interview with Augusta Baker / conducted by Jean Blackwell Hutson.
Author
Baker, Augusta, 1911-1998
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998
  • Murray, James Briggs
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
Description
1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
In this oral history interview, Augusta Baker recounts her life and her career as a librarian with the New York Public Library.
Subjects
Credits (note)
  • Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
Biography (note)
  • Augusta Baker was an African-American librarian and storyteller, renowned for her contributions to children's literature. She was hired in 1937 as the children's librarian at was then the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library, in Harlem. In 1961 she became Coordinator of Children's Services, the first African-American librarian in an administrative position in the New York Public Library.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1025
OCLC
908637822
Author
Baker, Augusta, 1911-1998, interviewee.
Title
Oral history interview with Augusta Baker / conducted by Jean Blackwell Hutson.
Imprint
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Credits
Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
Performer
Interviewer, Jean Blackwell Hutson.
Event
Recorded January 29, 1985 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
Biography
Augusta Baker was an African-American librarian and storyteller, renowned for her contributions to children's literature. She was hired in 1937 as the children's librarian at was then the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library, in Harlem. In 1961 she became Coordinator of Children's Services, the first African-American librarian in an administrative position in the New York Public Library.
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Added Author
Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998, interviewer.
Murray, James Briggs, producer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1025
Sc Visual VRA-914
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