https://thebbrm.org/files/original/6861ff02d7e892a7827f960a72c4b55f.jpg fe6271b22a60715a386dc6087573d3ec https://thebbrm.org/files/original/091491f82c22f9e7457672457ba2c2c1.jpg d79dc785383b882f9a3685bdfd543b3d https://thebbrm.org/files/original/21268eab7b113f61f40eed06e00695d0.jpg 17ab5e79554fe567cd25a4eae05ce67f 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. Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. 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 Promotional Fans Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 19: "Moving along to folder 19, these are copies of two fans… didn’t we have this already? Ok, these are copies of both sides of fans that were put out by the Epp’s Jewelry folks and Taft Epstein was a big promoter of black radio, church programming in particular. And the fronts of the fan pictures the Ensley Jubilee singers on one and Rev. W.A. Clark on the other, and the back would be the promotion of Epp’s Jewelers with the schedule of when his programs were on, and he had programs on WJLD, WENN, and WBUL, which was a late ‘60s, early ‘70s kind of station. Flash in the pan, 1220, WBUL. What tells me that this was in the ‘70s is that on the back of the fan is listed the Birmingham Traveleers, and the Birmingham Traveleers was a group that started around 1972. I recall finding the Ensley Jubilee fan but not the Rev. Clark fan. The significance of the objects lies with the flip side, mentioning WBUL, a short lived Black formatted station in the market." 1970s Birmingham Traveleers Ensley Jubilee Singers Epps Jewelry Company Promotion Ruby Willis Taft Epstein W. A. Clark WBUL WENN WJLD