Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Donald Baker.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Baker, Donald, 1949-
• Hamilton, Racine Tucker
• Lane, Edgar Carey
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 54 min., 39 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Photographer Donald Baker was born on June 4, 1949 in Washington, D.C. He earned his high school diploma from Anacostia High School in 1967, a year after his twin brother, because he was retained in the third grade. From 1969, Baker worked at AT&T, where he remained for thirty years. He started out in the mailroom and was quickly promoted to a service representative and later into a management position. From 1971 to 1973, Baker served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. Following his discharge, he began working as a disc jockey and photographer; and in 1975, opened his own photography and videography business. His portfolio included photographs of celebrities, politicians and prominent business leaders, such as Gordon Parks, Howard Cosell, Stephanie Mills and Donna Summer. Baker and his brother, who is also a photographer, collaborated on a book highlighting their work.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Donald Baker
• Donald Baker

Subject

• Baker, Donald, 1949- > Interviews
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Photographer

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.

OCLC

994208890

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Donald Baker.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

015439

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.

Event

Recorded Fort Washington, Maryland 2004 June 22.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Photographer.

Added Author

Baker, Donald, 1949- interviewee.

Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.

Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.