| Dates: | 1960s (undated) |
| Size: | 7 linear feet |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, 9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60628 |
|
Collection Number: |
1992/03 |
| Provenance: | Donated by Robert C. Davis, Director of Federally Funded Projects in the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office of Catholic Education in July 1992. |
| Access: | Limited due to media type |
| Citation: |
When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Archdiocese of Chicago/Black History Educational Program Archives, [Box #, Folder #], Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
| Processed by: | Elizabeth Loch, Archival Specialist, April 2021 |
Historical Note
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago was established as a diocese in 1843 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1880. The Archdiocese of Chicago has a strong history of education and civil rights activism in Chicago and nationwide.
Scope and Content
This small collection consists of 26 audio reel-to-reel magnetic tapes created by the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office of Catholic Education. Each tape is a lecture on Black history and culture. The title of the tape and speaker is noted if known. The tapes are undated but were likely recorded in the mid-1960s.
Arrangement
The reel-to-reel audio tapes in this collection are arranged alphabetically by each tape’s title.
Related Materials
Related materials at the Chicago Public Library include:
- Chicago SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) History Project Archives
- Congress of Racial Equality Archives, Chicago Chapter
- Illinois Writers Project: “Negro in Illinois” Papers
Container List
| Box 1 | Tape 001 | “African Culture,” speaker: Fred Erickson, undated |
| Box 1 | Tape 002 | “Music Appreciation: Africa, Folk Music of Africa,” speaker: Elizabeth Terrones, undated |
| Box 1 | Tape 003 | “Music Appreciation: Africa, Music of Africa,” speaker: Elizabeth Terrones, undated |
| Box 1 | Tape 004 | “Music of Africa,” speaker: Elizabeth Terrones, undated |
| Box 2 | Tape 005 | “Negro Biography: William Edward Burghart Dubois [W.E.B. Du Bois],” speaker: Gilbert Osofsky, undated |
| Box 2 | Tape 006 | “Negro History: Douglass and Abolitionist Tradition,” speaker: Lerone Bennett, Jr., undated |
| Box 2 | Tape 007 | “Negro History: Lincoln and the Negro,” speaker: Benjamin Quarles, undated |
| Box 2 | Tape 008 | “Negro History: Negro Migration, 1914-1917,” speaker: Dr. Arvarh Strickland [Center for Urban Education], undated |
| Box 3 | Tape 009 | “Negro History: Puttin’ on Ol’ Massah,” speaker: Gilbert Osofsky, undated |
| Box 3 | Tape 010 | “Negro History: Reconstruction after the Civil War,” speaker: John Hope Franklin, undated |
| Box 3 | Tape 011 | “Negro History: Slavery and the Roots of Black Radicalism,” speaker: Vincent Harding, undated |
| Box 3 | Tape 012 | “Negro History: Slavery as an Institution,” speaker: John Hope Franklin, undated |
| Box 4 | Tape 013 | “Negro History: The Colonial Period to the End of the Civil War,” speakers: Sister Alice Elizabeth and Sister Edna Louise, undated |
| Box 4 | Tape 014 | “Negro History: The Harlem Renaissance,” speaker: Arna Bontemps, undated |
| Box 4 | Tape 015 | “Negro History: The Negro in American Literature,” speaker: Sterling Brown, undated |
| Box 4 | Tape 016 | “Negro History: Whither the Civil Rights Movement,” speaker: Lerone Bennett, Jr. [copy 1 of 2], undated |
| Box 5 | Tape 017 | “Negro History: Whither the Civil Rights Movement,” speaker: Lerone Bennett, Jr. [copy 2 of 2], undated |
| Box 5 | Tape 018 | “Race Definitions: Misconceptions and Implications,” speaker: Dr. Leonard Borman, undated |
| Box 5 | Tape 019 | “Reconstruction,” speaker: Beatrice Young [Center for Urban Education], undated |
| Box 5 | Tape 020 | “Slavery in America,” speaker: Dr. Walter Bell [copy 1 of 2], undated |
| Box 6 | Tape 021 | “Slavery in America,” speaker: Dr. Walter Bell [copy 2 of 2], undated |
| Box 6 | Tape 022 | “Slave Resistance,” speaker: Sterling Stuckey, undated |
| Box 6 | Tape 023 | “Slavery Institution,” speaker: Sterling Stuckey, undated |
| Box 6 | Tape 024 | “Teaching an Introduction to Africa,” speaker: Fred Ericson, undated |
| Box 7 | Tape 025 | “The Civil Rights Movement and Black Power,” speaker: Reverend William Baird, undated |
| Box 7 | Tape 026 | “The Place of the Negro in American Society,” speaker: Anderson Thompson, undated |
