Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Archie C. Epps, III.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Epps, Archie C.
• Crowe, Larry F.
• Stearns, Scott
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 52 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Academic administrator Archie C. Epps III was born on May 19, 1937, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from Talladega College, and then entered Harvard Divinity School, where he graduated in 1961. Upon graduation, Epps became a teaching assistant. Politically active, he invited Malcolm X and Ralph Ellison to speak at Harvard, and in 1963, marched on Washington. In 1964, Epps was named assistant dean of students and six years later became dean, the first African-American administrator at Harvard. He remained in the post for thirty-one years. He also taught in Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies as a specialist in Islam. A longtime member of Christ Church in Cambridge, Epps was active with a number of other organizations. He served as a trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for twenty years and was an overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Archie Epps died August 21, 2003 at age 66.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Archie C. Epps, III
• Archie C. Epps, III

Subject

• Epps, Archie C. > Interviews
• Epps, Archie C
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Academic Administrator

Genre/Form

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

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Scott Stearns.

OCLC

998757144

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Archie C. Epps, III.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

015220

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Larry Crowe, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Event

Recorded Belmont, Massachusetts 2003 April 14.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

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

Indexed Term

Academic Administrator.

Added Author

Epps, Archie C., interviewee.

Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.

Stearns, Scott, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.