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Additional authors

1. Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998
2. Murray, James Briggs
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. In this oral history interview, Augusta Baker recounts her life and her career as a librarian with the New York Public Library.

Subject

1. Children's stories > Technique
2. New York Public Library > 135th Street Branch
3. Baker, Augusta, 1911-1999 > Interviews
4. Children > Books and reading > Sociological aspects
5. New York Public Library Employees
6. Women librarians > Interviews
7. Children's librarians > Interviews
8. African American librarians > Interviews

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1025

Credits (note)

1. Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Biography (note)

1. 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.

Author

1. Baker, Augusta, 1911-1998, interviewee.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Augusta Baker / conducted by Jean Blackwell Hutson.

Imprint

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Credits

1. Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Performer

1. Interviewer, Jean Blackwell Hutson.

Event

1. Recorded January 29, 1985 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.

Biography

1. 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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1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998, interviewer.
2. Murray, James Briggs, producer.
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1025
2. Sc Visual VRA-914