<I>Charles A. Harris Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 2, 2016
name: label: Created by
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
label: Recorded by
content: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
label: Interview of
content: Charles A. Harris, American, 1927 - 2016
label: Interviewed by
content: Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din, American
label: Subject of
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Flash Newspicture Magazine, American, 1937 - 1939
label: Subject of
content: Pittsburgh Courier, American, 1907 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of 2016.129.11.1a and 2016.129.11.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
label: Description
content: Charles A. Harris was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. The Harris family donated a camera, two magazines, an award, and several photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
label: Description
content: In this oral history interview, Charles "T" Harris, Jr. talks in detail about his father, the photographer, Charles H. Harris. He describes his father’s work as a photographer for Flash Magazine, where he got his start, and for the Pittsburgh Courier. He also discusses his father’s involvement in the Negro League Baseball and with the professional African American basketball team.
place: label: Place collected
content: Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Museums
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Collection Donor Oral History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.129.11.1a-.2a
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (2016.129.11.1a): 59.63 min.
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (2016.129.11.2a): 59.77 min.
label: Dimensions
content: 99.64 GB