- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 43 min., 4 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Archivist, cultural heritage chief executive, and historian Thomas Cornell Battle was born on March 19, 1946 in Washington, D.C. Battle graduated from William McKinley High School in 1964 while working at Mt. Pleasant Public Library. At Howard University, Battle earned his B.A. degree in history in 1968. He earned his M.L.S. degree from the University of Maryland College of Information Studies in 1971; and his Ph.D. in American Studies from George Washington University in 1983. In 1986, Battle was named director of Howard's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Battle with Paul Coates and Eleanor Des Virney Sinnette authored Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: Preservers of Black History in 1983. His research into Howard's unique history led Battle to co-author Howard in Retrospect: Images of the Capstone with Clifford L. Muse, Jr. in 1995. Battle was the co-editor with Donna M. Wells of Legacy: Treasures of Black History, which was published in 2007.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Thomas Battle
- Thomas Battle
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208933
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Thomas Battle.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
034304
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Janet Sims-Wood, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2007 February 9.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Archivist Cultural Heritage Chief Executive Historian.
- Added Author
Battle, Thomas C., interviewee.
Sims-Wood, Janet L., 1945- interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.