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Oral history interview with J.D. Elder

Title
Oral history interview with J.D. Elder / conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Author
Elder, J. D. (Jacob Delworth), 1913-2003.
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Murray, James Briggs.
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (111 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Dr. Elder talks indepth about his background, the roots of steel drum, politics of Trinidad and Tobago; childhood, life in Tobago, family; education; evolutionary link between steel drum and Africa; spider web; black religion; political developments in Trinidad and Tobago during the last 10 years; Caribbean Basin Initiative and economic policies of Trinidad and Grenada and the need for former colonies to explore various forms of government; Carnival and its continuing evolution.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Black films and programs.
  • Oral histories.
Event (note)
  • Recorded on 1 June 1987 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Dr. J.D. Elder is a cultural authropologist and a folklorist.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRB 1344-1345
OCLC
26455627
Author
Elder, J. D. (Jacob Delworth), 1913-2003. Interviewee
Title
Oral history interview with J.D. Elder / conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Imprint
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.
Event
Recorded on 1 June 1987 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms Of Use
Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography
Dr. J.D. Elder is a cultural authropologist and a folklorist.
Local Note
Original: 2 videocassettes of 2 (U-matic) in Sc Visual VRB 1344-1345.
Archival original: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) in Sc Visual VRB 1344-1345.
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Added Author
Murray, James Briggs. Interviewer
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-928
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