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Oral history interview with Ernie Smith
- Title
- Oral history interview with Ernie Smith / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interviewed by James Briggs Murray.
- Author
- Smith, Ernie, 1924-2004
- Publication
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1319 Disc 1 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 2 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1319 Disc 2 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1319 Disc 3 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 4 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1319 Disc 4 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 5 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1319 Disc 5 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 6 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1319 Disc 6 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 6 videodsics (124 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- The Oral History Interview with Ernie Smith documents segments of his early years, his interest in jazz and dance, and his activities as a film collector. Topics covered include: Early interest in social dancing; attending art school; arriving in New York City; working for Marshall Stearns at his Institute of Jazz Studies (now at Rutgers University); film collecting activities; studying film and using it as a teaching tool; "buck dancing," "jig dancing," "the lindy hop," and other unique dance and tap styles; dance artists such as Bill Robinson, Coles and Atkins, and the Nicholas Brothers; and the impact of electronic processing on jazz music.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Oral histories.
- Nonfiction films.
- Credits (note)
- Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
- Biography (note)
- Ernie Smith is a historian, lecturer, and film collector in the field of jazz and dance.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-77a-b
- OCLC
- 936178775
- Author
- Smith, Ernie, 1924-2004, interviewee.
- Title
- Oral history interview with Ernie Smith / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interviewed by James Briggs Murray.
- Publisher
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD
- Credits
- Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
- Event
- Recorded September 27, 1986. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
- Biography
- Ernie Smith is a historian, lecturer, and film collector in the field of jazz and dance.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.Smith, Ernie, interviewee.Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1319Sc Visual VRB-2007 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-77a-b.