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Collection Title: Blank (Donald) Documentary Film Collection

Accession Number: AM 2000-58

Inclusive Dates: 1999

Volume: 1 cu.ft.

Given By : Donated by Donald Blank.

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

Twenty-one video tapes containing raw footage used in production of Donald Blank's documentary fillm Standing Tall (1999) about the working conditions of African Americans employed in catfish factories in the Mississippi Delta, who successfully organized themselves and joined a national union. Includes Blank's handwritten notebook.


Accession Number: AM01-116

Dates: 2001

Volume: 1 video cassette

Given By : Donald Blank

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

Video cassette containing a documentary film titled "How to Become Sheriff When Born Poor and Black in Segregated Mississippi."


Accession Number: AM02-8

Dates: January 2002

Volume: 1 video cassette

Given By : Donald Blank

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

A video cassette of an interview with Nathan and Julia Jones of Port Gibson, Mississippi. The interview was conducted by Donald Blank in January, 2002. Mr. & Mrs. Jones were active in the NAACP, and managed a business called "Our Mart" until its closing in 2000. The interview recounts the Jones' experiences, as African Americans, growing up, living, and working in Mississippi.


Accession Number: AM02-16

Dates: 2002

Volume: 2 video tapes

Given By : Donald Blank

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

1. Part II of a video taped interview with Nathan and Julia Jones of Port Gibson, Mississippi, regarding their involvement in the NAACP after World War II.

2. Video taped interviews with Rev. Eddie Walls and Rev. James Dorsey, the first two presidents of the Claiborne County, Mississippi, chapter of the NAACP, during the 1960s.


Accession Number: AM02-27

Dates: 2001 - 2002

Volume: 1 video cassette

Given By: Donald Blank

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

One video cassette featuring the re-edited final version of How to Become Sheriff...When Born Poor & Black in Segregated Mississippi. The seventy-two minute film was made by Donald Blank, and features profiles of Sheriff Frank Davis, Claiborne County, MS; and Sheriff Fred Johnson, Pike County, MS. Sequences filmed in churches include gospel music.


Accession Number: AM08-23

Dates: 1999 - 2002

Volume: 1.5 cubic feet

Given By: Donald Blank

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

Original tapes containing raw footage used in production of Donald Blank's documentary films: Standing Tall and How to Become Sheriff When Born Poor & Black in Segregated Mississippi . The footage is related to Port Gibson civil rights history, interviews with Mississippi black sheriffs in 2000, and a Martin Luther King Day celebration with the Alcorn State Choir. This accession contains 32 VHS tapes, 555 Sony DV-Cam tapes, 28 Fujifilm Hi-8 tapes, and 1 Betacam DUB of “Message to Mississippi."

 


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