https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/43357bfe97f13fccf32d22e06c3537a2.jpg f9b182a38848db0736094e985b5679f9 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/7241a122cb15881aba01b26736a2d24a.jpg 9cace25bd95b560dffb5bf60b3ed372f https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/ad9bb357c826bd72dd0725f448912faf.mp3 3b90dfdcfda8a373d9be26b9aab0e1f6 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/0857949a57425bf20f40ccc7972d433b.pdf 283457c716cfa3ae826f78fad67cbddd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Evelyn Hardy Location The location of the interview WJLD Studios, Birmingham Alabama Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob Friedman: Vera Kolb Evelyn Hardy: Vera Kolb, that was her name when she passed. EH: Let’s see, how many is that..Odessa, Mildred, Vera, Willie May Thomas, she’s gone, she passed. She married Newbury, who was a Black Baron, a baseball player. You ever heard of him? BF: What was his first name? EH: Jimmy BF: Jimmy Newbury EH: Ok so how many, so then there was Evelyn so that made five. That was the original Gospel Harmonettes. Dorothy Love Coates later joined the group about five or six years later. BF: So did that original group record? EH: Yes we sang and recorded. We recorded with RCA BF: With RCA? Under the name the Gospel Harmonettes? So that means there should be 78’s. EH: I have some BF: You need to let us take pictures of them, or I’ll visit you. Because I know how 78’s are. I have a bunch myself. So that’s great. I don’t think anybody, now I would love to record them, record them and clean them up and put them on a cd for you. I would love to do that. We recently…Gatemouth Moore. EH: I remember him. BF: He started out in blues in the 40’s and he shifted to Gospel in the early 50’s . He was at EDR and WJLD. And we have a 78 of his blues work in the 1940’s and just recently, here in Birmingham, got a Chess 78 of him singing “Thank You Jesus” so we have his whole career plus a live interview, so that stuff’s real interesting to us. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 35 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Evelyn Hardy, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Music Description An account of the resource Evelyn Hardy, piano player and founding member of the Gospel Harmonettes, a famous female gospel group based in Birmingham, Alabama. Evelyn shares her recollections of the group’s beginning in the 1940’s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Evelyn Hardy Bob Friedman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 26, 2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lindsey Reynolds Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HardyOH 1940s Alfreda Delaney Birmingham Dinah Washington Evelyn Hardy Gospel Gospel Harmonettes Music National Baptists Convention RCA Sam Cooke Soul Stirrers Specialty