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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leonard Davis.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leonard Davis.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Davis, Leonard, 1953-
  • Wilson, Shawn
  • Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer)
  • Burghelea, Neculai
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (10 video files (4 hr., 29 min., 14 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Fashion designer Leonard Davis was born on March 12, 1953, in Washington, D.C. Davis graduated from Calvin Coolidge High School in 1970, and earned his M.A. degree in fashion design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City in 1973. Davis attended L'Ecole de la Chamber Syndicale De La Couture Parisienne in Paris, France, where he earned his Couture Design degree in 1975. Davis has designed for many 7th Avenue fashion houses including Willi Wear, Josephine Chaus, Liz Claiborne, Adrianna Papell, Donnkenney, QVC, Home Shopping Network, Chico's, and Tarzana International. An avid collector of Black Americana and author of two books on black collectables, Davis has written articles on collecting for magazines and newspapers and has appeared with his collection on Antiques Road Show, Treasures in Your Home, NY1 and ABC's Evening News. Items from the Davis collection were featured in Spike Lee's movie, Bamboozled.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Leonard Davis
  • Leonard Davis
Subject
  • Davis, Leonard, 1953- > Interviews
  • Davis, Leonard
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Fashion Designer
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
OCLC
1003150250
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leonard Davis.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
042914
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
Adrienne Jones, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2007 March 31.
Recorded New York, New York 2007 June 22.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Fashion Designer.
Added Author
Davis, Leonard, 1953- interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer), interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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