11 10 504 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2120173ae00be7a190ab8b5e06e8f64b.jpg c52654f1a7e1dbb40aa502585c5813b8 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Birmingham Barons broadcast Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 13: "Box number 1 folder 13 and it’s also from 1942 talking about the station considering airing the Barons baseball games. And we think that it is a Birmingham News clipping. Again from the Birmingham Public Library Archives microfiche. A copy of what we were looking at." 1940s Baseball Birmingham Barons Birmingham News Birmingham Public Library Sports https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c6eb80c2fb7e3fc4881079e639fd44ef.jpg cd3a243502659aad2721f5eee40581fd 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Birmingham News Radio Log Description An account of the resource Box 3 Folder 39: "This is a Birmingham News radio log from April 11, 1957. It lists 11 radio stations and 2 television stations. 6 and 13 were the TV stations. JLD had McKinstry. This is back in ‘57. Their radio logs had the previous evening's programming - in this case Thursday the 11th - and then a more complete log for the next day's programming, which would become Friday, the 12th. . (I believe the News was an evening paper at this time). Truman Puckett. Lora Gary was there. Truman Puckett again. Willie McKinstry. Like I said they’d come on morning and evening - split shifts. Lora Gary. Jiving with Jessie; Rhythm and Blue. That would have been Jessie Champion probably. WBCO, this is Thursday evening Friday day, mind you. Sunrose Rutledge was on, Bruce Payne was on. Got Erskine Faush with the Gospel Cavalcade just on numerous times. Sugar Daddy (Andrew Dawkins) was still there at WBCO. He would migrate eventually to WEUP, Huntsville. Erskine Fausch again comes back. We look at WEDR, the Shelley Stewart show. Till signoff, which was from 5:00 in the evening, and I guess they signed off at 6:15. So he had an evening show from 5 to 6:15, but also in the morning he had a show from 6 in the morning until 8:00. So he was very popular. Reverend Spencer. Shelly Stewart comes on again at 10 and goes till 11:30 where Walter Anglin comes on. And then we see Tiger Thompson on WEDR as well. Slowly but surely by ‘57 we’re going to see the end of radio logs and the beginning of TV logs. Donated by Shelley Stewart around the time of his BBRM interview and very appreciated." 1950s Andrew "Sugardaddy" Dawkins Birmingham News Bruce Payne Erskine Faush Gospel Cavalcade Lora (Walker) Gary Radio Logs Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart Sonrose Rutledge Tiger Thompson Trumon Puckett WAPI WBCO WBRC WCRT WEDR WEZB WILD Willie McKinstry WJLD WLBS WSGN WVOK https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/98e298706547f060be707e23c82c2ac9.jpg f97617513b425b176afd94e9d53a7146 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Birmingham Radio Application Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 42: "And we move to box 1, and we are at folder 42, which is approximately 1947 and we do that because there is an application for a Birmingham-based radio station which at this point WJLD is considered a Bessemer licensed station. There were only, we think that this is the precursor to WJLN FM being built on Red Mountain, which began in 1948. So we think this is the precursor to that; this article talks to that. Moving ahead." 1940s Bessemer Birmingham Red Mountain WJLD WJLN https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/e8c0f5df369dbd29365770607a91619b.jpg f5058ba3c6b084ec4a05b2a36566fe02 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Black Barons Description An account of the resource Box 2 Folder 3: "Folder 3 is a clipping from the Birmingham World dated April 25, 1950 again microfiche from their archives from the Birmingham library advertising the Black Barons at Rickwood Field for a double header playing the Chicago American Giants and then the New York Cubans. I love it. So good, they knew they had it going on." 1950s Baseball Birmingham Barons Birmingham World Chicago American Giants Houston Eagles New York Cubans Sports https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/504bcd0eb928ab59f936e390c66b711b.jpg 32a4f224fe28973fec5bb104d9dd4203 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Buddy Johnson Description An account of the resource Box 2 Folder 2: "Moving along to folder number 2 is a clipping of microfiche that came out of the Birmingham World archives in the public library in Birmingham with a picture of Buddy Johnson coming to the city auditorium on March 24 unfortunately, or is there a year? Yes. This is from a clipping of March 21, 1950. Of course Buddy Johnson was a bandleader. His wife sang in the band, Ella Johnson. She’s also listed. Also Arthur Prysock? coming in. So that must have been a great show with tickets available from Epps Jewelry. Of course that’s Mr. Taft Epstein who was very very very very supportive of the black community and had a lot of black patrons come into his store. Also the Record Bar, the famous record shop and also the Harlem Record Shop in Bessemer. Two places I would have loved to have gone to. " 1950s Arthur Prysock Birmingham World Buddy Johnson City Auditorium Ella Johnson Epps Jewelry Company Famous Record Shop Harlem Record Shop Temple Record Bar https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/f5b13351ee63d1cf0ee6d31c8033e85d.jpg 9813dff30fce1471cfbccf855e116498 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Jesse Champion "Receives Associated Press Award" Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 19: "Folder 19 is a copy of the Birmingham Times (May 18-20, 1978) which features an article commending Jesse Champion receiving an Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters award. He had been a newsman with WERC at this point for 8 years. We’ve talked about Jesse’s jazz work in the 1950s and ‘60s. He had intervened in a racial incident in 1963. He was told to leave town in 1963 by Bull Connor, who had cost him his teaching job at Councill School. Jesse went to Flint, Michigan. He returned in 1970, There’s also a picture of John Streeter in this issue as he was an editorial writer for the Birmingham Times. Source uncertain." 1970s Associated Press Birmingham Times Jesse Champion John Streeter WERC https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/33e2df226cbd86ef9f3f65b70e3fb1bc.jpg 89ee11fc6896e3d06e0987791cf27e24 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, New 1000-Watt Day Radio Station For City Seeks Permit Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 45: "Moving ahead to box 1 folder 45 from 1948. New 1000-watt radio station for city seeks permit. This mentions that George Johnston and George Johnston Jr. who were the operators of WJLD in Bessemer have applied for a Birmingham outlet, 5000-watts daytime 1000-watts and night. This is no doubt the WJLN FM application." 1940s Birmingham George Johnson George Johnson Jr. WJLD WJLN https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/99f32f38f8fdce0e73c0c59a40e75cfb.jpg fb263c154fd324ceb97b2d1d3f040840 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/9994958907093a83517f0206b9433359.jpg 93b919a9676695cf61f8992e4115cadf https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c57919714b7f47fe032e8e4f4cd4cfe1.jpg 2b8a8bb9c6b8a8815eaa317308a34375 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Radio Logs Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 49: "This is box number 1, folder 49, which is various radio logs from 1949, which now include WVOK, WKAX, and WEDR. It may be the first time that WEDR gets notated in the radio logs. This from September 19, 1949 with WEDR going on the air for the first time…so it was just on for a very very brief moment for its first day. (LWR: Are you sure that’s its first day?) I believe so. I think we have a description of that. It should be in here, it’s on that orange piece…September 4, 1949 and this is (LWR: You should put that next to each other) September 10 of 1949, so they were already on the air on EDR. Okay. Still a great deal of, they were a day-timer obviously, and they had to sign off on Sunday. Looks like KAX, and it’s hard to imagine VOK being a day-timer. They might have applied for an extension, in terms of when they could be on the air. They had to at some point in time. But it’s interesting that VOK in 1949 definitely had black programming, regardless of their reputation, which is… (LWR: What was their reputation?) Well the reputation that flows from some people’s mouths is that VOK stood for Voice of the Klan. Is it true? I don’t know. I wasn’t there. One of these logs from 1949, its amazing I don’t have the year on it, I mean I don’t have the day and the month, but it has the Atomic Boogie Hour (or Bob's Record Rack) on, Bob Umbach on, maybe 4 or 5 times during the broadcast day. Okay. Let's list sunday's Black gospel performers: On WJLD - Brighton Jubilees, Ensley Jubilees, Willie McKinstry, Morning Doves, Roberta Roland, William Pope, Kellyu Singers, W.J. Allen, William Blevins Singers, Deacon Richmond Davis; on WEDR: Heavenly Four, Poole Singers, Jubilee Singers (sign off at 12:30P); on WKAX: Four Morning Stars, Sterling Jubilees, Bessemer Big Four, Rev. Jasper Roby; on WVOK: the 7A hour shows the Heavenly Gospel Singers. Could that also be Don Solomon's group and could they air from 7-7:30A at WVOK and then run over to broadcast on WEDR from 7:30-8:00A? (see b1f51a) A second log dated 1949 shows the six Birmingham stations. " 1940s Atomic Boogie Hour Bob Umbach Gospel Joe Rumore Radio Logs WBRC WEDR Willie McKinstry WJLD WKAX WSGN WVOK https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d05f0715f5fd425fb179258d74978fe3.jpg c8b4b2c9a2582bb45534982867fc806f 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, Reverend A. H. Batts Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 18: "Box 1 number 18, which is a little news clipping from March 17, 1943 of Reverend A. H. Batts who was apparently from Pratt City, Alabama. A white minister on the air at WJLD just indicates an increase in the time that he’s being allotted every weekday at 6:30 over at WJLD 1400. Not sure of publication." 1940s A. H. Batts Ministry Pratt City WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c443f5adabec196a46b72fe3ed8225c1.jpg 03aaa3ce8b869207bcbd035dfd51a41e 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clipping, WBCO Goes On Air Description An account of the resource Box 2 Folder 16: "Okay we are in folder 16 and there are 2 clippings in here these are from the microfiche at the Birmingham public library archives. One of them is an ad and we’re saying of course 1950 because, and of course this ad is dated March 31, 1950 “WBCO goes on the air: Jefferson County’s newest radio station owned and operated by the Bessemer Broadcasting Company." The ad says last Wednesday, so we checked which day March 31, 1950 was and it was a Friday. So the station went on March 29, 1950. J.E. Lanier, that would be Jess Lanier who was later to become the mayor of Bessemer, Crawford Bass, W.G. Petty, and Jack Walden. Mr. Lanier is general manager; Mr. Walden is chief engineer. The announcing staff includes Larry Keith, Lewis Kendrick who also had a spin I believe at WJLD, and Bill Donaldson. They were a white country station. In no time they became an all-black staffed station, probably in about a year. There are 2 copies of the same clipping in here. Interesting TV in those days." 1950s Bill Donaldson Birmingham Broadcasting Company Crawford Bass Jack Walden Jess Lanier Larry Keith Lewis Kendrick W. G. Petty WBCO