Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
label: Creator
content: Bunch, Lonnie (1952)
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of Agriculture
label: Creator
content: National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
label: Names
content: Go Forth and Serve: Black Land Grant Colleges (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.: 1990)
label: Names
content: Howard University
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
topic: label: Topic
content: Alcorn State University
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content: Tennessee State University
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content: Fort Valley State University
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content: South Carolina State University
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content: Delaware State University
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content: Prairie View A & M University
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content: West Virginia State University
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content: Langston University
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content: Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)
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content: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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content: Kentucky State University
label: Topic
content: State universities and colleges
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection made by the Smithsonian Institution  Division of Cultural History, National Museum of American History.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
label: Creator
content: Bunch, Lonnie (1952)
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of Agriculture
label: Creator
content: National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
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content: Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: An oral history project that grew out of the exhibit "Go Forth and Serve" which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the drafting of the second Morrill Act, which provided funds for the founding of land grant schools of higher education for black students.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: "Go Forth and Serve", an exhibition curated by Lonnie Bunch and Spencer Crew, opened in March 1990 at the National Museum of American History to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the drafting of the second Morrill Act, which provided funds for the founding of land grant schools of higher education for black students. The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. There was a subsequent newsletter, and oral interviews were conducted.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot
label: Extent
content: 18 Videocassettes (VHS)
label: Extent
content: 15 Cassette tapes
label: Extent
content: 38 Videocassettes (Video 8)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992-1993
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Social and Cultural History (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) in 2004.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0614
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Videocassettes (vhs)
label: Type
content: Cassette tapes
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (video 8)
label: Type
content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is organized into one series. It is organized alphabetically by the name of college or university that is the subject of the interview.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Wendy Shay, audiovisual archivist, July 2016. Selected items from the collection were digitized in 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Oral history interviews, on film and audio, on the subject of African American land grant colleges, conducted in conjunction with the exhibition "Go Forth and Serve" at the National Museum of American History in 1990.