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Oral history interview with Tai Seifert.

Title
Oral history interview with Tai Seifert.
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Seifert, Tai
  • Dodson, Howard
  • Greaves, William
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
Description
4 videodiscs (70 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
An interview with Tai Seifert, the wife of Charles C. Seifert an African-American historian of African and African-American history who was especially influential in the black art community. Seifert was born in Barbados; as a young boy he received schooling in carpentry and other construction skills. He was educated by the Christian Brethren as a religious lecturer, but developed an interest in Africa due to reading books owned by his father (a plantation overseer). Because these books were written prior to slavery they were more objective and leaned to showcasing a truer history of Africa. In 1910, he decided to devote his life to African-American history. He worked in the contracting business in New York, as he prospered he bought books, manuscripts, maps, and African art. As the material began to number in the thousands, he purchased a building for them at 313 West 137th street where he established the Ethiopian School of Research History. At one time Marcus Garvey living in Siefert's home to have access to have access to his books and personal knowledge. He also knew Arthur Schomburg, William Monroe Trotter and Lorraine Hansberry, who visited his collection. He died in 1949.
Alternative Title
Oral history interview with Mrs. Charles C. Seifert
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Oral histories.
Note
  • Interviewers, Howard Dodson, William Greaves.
Event (note)
  • Recorded February 18, 1988. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
Call Number
Sc DVD-1200
OCLC
1141255101
Title
Oral history interview with Tai Seifert.
Imprint
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1988.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Event
Recorded February 18, 1988. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
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Added Author
Seifert, Tai, interviewee.
Dodson, Howard, interviewer.
Greaves, William, interviewer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
Research Call Number
Sc DVD-1200
Sc Visual VRA-788 VHS
Sc Visual VRB-1341 U-matic
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