Division of Community Life Afro American Audiovisual Collection
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Creator
content: South Carolina Commission for the Arts
label: Publisher
content: Negro History Associates
label: Names
content: Bennett, Mary Jane
label: Names
content: Moultrie, Alvina
label: Names
content: Nelson, "Scrape"
label: Names
content: Rowe, Nellie Mae, 1900-1982
label: Names
content: Simmons, Philip, 1912-
label: Names
content: Smith, Irene
place: label: Place
content: South Carolina
topic: label: Topic
content: African American artists -- South Carolina
label: Topic
content: Artisans -- South Carolina
label: Topic
content: Blacksmithing -- South Carolina
label: Topic
content: Basket making -- South Carolina
label: Topic
content: Domestic relations -- South Carolina
label: Topic
content: Handicraft -- South Carolina
label: Topic
content: Folk art, Black -- South Carolina
label: Topic
content: Nets -- South Carolina
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred from the Division of Community Life in February 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Creator
content: South Carolina Commission for the Arts
label: Publisher
content: Negro History Associates
setName: label: See more items in
content: Division of Community Life Afro American Audiovisual Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The history of the collection is unknown.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The history of the collection is unknown.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.66 Cubic feet
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: U-matic videocassette reference copies may be too fragile to play. Original audio and video tapes can't be used. Check each item listing for existing digital reference copies in the Smithsonian Institution Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0201
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Filmstrips
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Videotapes
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Wendy Shay, audiovisual archivist, July 2015.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Filmstrips
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1970-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 1970-1980
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one series that includes videotaped interviews with six southern African American folk artists (listed below), five filmstrips covering topics in African American history, and one audiotape. The videotaping project was funded by the South Carolina Commission for the Arts. 

Interviewees
Mary Jane Bennett, Low Country Basket Sewer
Irene Brown
Alvina Moultrie
Scrape Nelson, Netmaker
Nellie Mae Rowe, Folk Artist
Phillip Simmons, Blacksmith