Cultural Files
Object Details
- Collection Consultant
- Richardson, Deborra
- Collection Collector
- Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-2024
- See more items in
- Bernice Johnson Reagon Collection of African American Sacred Music
- Extent
- 4 Boxes
- Date
- circa 1836 - 1994
- bulk 1920-1969
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0653, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- Four document boxes of materials which relate to prominent personalities, groups and events that contributed to the popularization of African American sacred music. Also included in this series is information on slave songs, the Civil War, the Black Church, the Civil Rights Movement, and popular music culture.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510076437-1503510076453-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0