https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c443f5adabec196a46b72fe3ed8225c1.jpg 03aaa3ce8b869207bcbd035dfd51a41e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clipping, WBCO Goes On Air Description An account of the resource Box 2 Folder 16: "Okay we are in folder 16 and there are 2 clippings in here these are from the microfiche at the Birmingham public library archives. One of them is an ad and we’re saying of course 1950 because, and of course this ad is dated March 31, 1950 “WBCO goes on the air: Jefferson County’s newest radio station owned and operated by the Bessemer Broadcasting Company." The ad says last Wednesday, so we checked which day March 31, 1950 was and it was a Friday. So the station went on March 29, 1950. J.E. Lanier, that would be Jess Lanier who was later to become the mayor of Bessemer, Crawford Bass, W.G. Petty, and Jack Walden. Mr. Lanier is general manager; Mr. Walden is chief engineer. The announcing staff includes Larry Keith, Lewis Kendrick who also had a spin I believe at WJLD, and Bill Donaldson. They were a white country station. In no time they became an all-black staffed station, probably in about a year. There are 2 copies of the same clipping in here. Interesting TV in those days." 1950s Bill Donaldson Birmingham Broadcasting Company Crawford Bass Jack Walden Jess Lanier Larry Keith Lewis Kendrick W. G. Petty WBCO