11 10 504 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ae33d50e519def9fd27f4dbc6000de7c.jpg a9b62624c2e727a8e2ec9f7d34866db8 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. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Gary Hotel Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 11: "Box 1 number 11 is a picture of a building that was in existence in 1942. The picture was actually from 1978 of a picture that existed in 1942 of the Plaza Hotel sometimes known as the Gary Hotel sometimes known as the Grand Hotel, which was on 17th Street and 2nd Avenue I believe, in Bessemer. This was the first site of the WJLD studios on the 2nd floor. There’s a copy of that picture too; it’s newsprint. This new print picture was obtained by Bob Friedman from the Bessemer Historical Society. It is an original newsprint from 1978 of the building that first housed WJLD in 1942. We assume that the building looked different, 36 years previous to this picture. Obviously with different businesses and traffic light systems and what have you." 1940s 1970s Bessemer Gary Hotel Grand Hotel Plaza Hotel WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/294ff3ea05bbcde98bb3166df7739059.jpg bb7de699f35aea78a53826a842154a6a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a3717b08de8fef67638f24bf2ca55d1f.jpg fdf0f51df85a036880f7a065dfd204d3 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/595259fbe7ea451712b257795b7fe065.jpg 75440b6e55b1acca809af70ef1992c72 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/971cb3998ccaa196b688b7dbd22279a8.jpg a40a31f13e355d1613a613be508597e9 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 Clippings, WJLD On-Air Announcement Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 12: "This is box 1 number 12, and it is from 1942. There are various clipping from the Birmingham News or the Post Herald not sure which one, of WJLD going on the air in April of 1942. The smaller clipping entitled Bessemer’s WJLD goes on the air is from April 20 covering what happened at the very first airing of the station. There is also an announcement as well previous to going on the air. April 19 the day that WJLD started actually began programming in the evening at 8 o’clock. On the evening of April 19, 1942 when major Jap Bryant got the outlet underway so, they actually went on in the evening for the first time. These articles, copies of articles, from the library archives. A couple of these are microfiche from the archives at the Birmingham Library Archives. The larger newsprint copy is a put together picture of the backside of this announcement where WJLD opens tomorrow. And there is somewhere, that original picture, which is framed and in the big box. That was 1942." 1940s Bessemer Birmingham News Birmingham Post Herald Birmingham Public Library WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/2120173ae00be7a190ab8b5e06e8f64b.jpg c52654f1a7e1dbb40aa502585c5813b8 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, Birmingham Barons broadcast Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 13: "Box number 1 folder 13 and it’s also from 1942 talking about the station considering airing the Barons baseball games. And we think that it is a Birmingham News clipping. Again from the Birmingham Public Library Archives microfiche. A copy of what we were looking at." 1940s Baseball Birmingham Barons Birmingham News Birmingham Public Library Sports https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ff415cebbb63f46f053f0a3cd3a21b10.jpg ed7327ddba5eaf9d85fee4cf87147fc6 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. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 James R. Doss Jr. Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 14: "This is box 1 number 14, 1943. A picture of James R. Doss, Jr. who was the brother of J. L. Doss who owned WJLD. WJRD was turned on in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which may have been on the air before WJLD. It’s just a clipping, which happens to have his picture on it from February 12, 1943, probably the Birmingham News again microfiche Birmingham Public Library." 1940s J. L. Doss J. R. Doss Tuscaloosa WJLD WJRD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0db3b0eeef06e1eee64e89142a57ad4d.jpg 34eea7d87eedb1807532c2bf3b332c30 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/fadbb39e21e7cddaf48477dc8cbadd5d.jpg 24c6af945c291f0bd354b1d1ae77e866 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 Radio at War, WSGN Subject The topic of the resource Box 1 Folder 15: "This is box 1 number 15, which is, which has two items in it from 1943. "Radio at War WSGN" a magnificent book in color describing WSGN and all of its employees and also containing one page of negro programming with various pictures of artists and ministers in particular and vocal groups that performed on WSGN in 1943. And there is a description as well of one of the pictures from the Blevins Aggregation, which identifies Annie C. McCray (first woman to William Blevins’ left) , his daughter who has provided us with information about William Blevins in the past. We do also identify a woman from the Carter Ensemble, Ludie Jackson (woman closest to Mr. Carter). These identifications were probably made by Don Solomon, a pastor from the Lily Grove Baptist Church who we’ve asked from time to time to identify members of various gospel formations. This piece was received from the collection of engineer Ben Franklin at his home in Calera, AL, shortly after his passing." 1940s Annie C. McCray Blevins Aggregation Carter Ensemble Gospel Ludie Jackson William Blevins WSGN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/6997a3600afe903dafa4735c542ac173.jpg 11116097dc149b60dfbed8a7c1465776 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/535a66620e021d02409e436d21ceee70.jpg dee94220eeaba794387778ca6c7e4ed5 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/92d56213a45962b887b65a9467c70008.jpg 47ee5dfdddce3c701f47caaad0ba436a 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. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Camp Meeting Choir Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 16: "This is box 1 number 16 from 1943, various pictures describing the Camp Meeting Choir we think to the best of our knowledge they were from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They are most likely from copies of pictures from the A.G. Gaston collection, which we were allowed to photograph in the late 90’s after A.G.’s passing. Bill Ricker was the photographer who took the pictures. We were invited to do that because some of the pictures had a WJLD microphone identified. It was a wonderful find." 1940s A. G. Gaston Bill Ricker Camp Meeting Choir Gospel WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/bc38f679baaadda33b67e3011e0b546d.jpg dbeab9774cc4bb58bfd04e3fca4dbc33 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/9c35acb9a10380551a22dfd5e2ac87be.jpg 348eed93f7832ff18661937421ee2b64 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/296a1d8b60b94f47c368c70fcc3ed2b9.jpg ba0bb803bc705755dbe108e23423340a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f2eac4de1ee2be2b5a9a34ab0620b0ba.jpg 33cffcf783c984f2ee8dcf83ca9cc9a0 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 The Southernaires' Hymns for Male Quartet Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 17: "Box 1 folder 16, pardon me 17. It’s another group of sheet music songs. A hymnal grouping from 1943, the Southernaires, a vocal group. It was the Southernaires, a vocal quartet, an old vocal quartet and they were apparently well known throughout the country but they also did perform in Birmingham and it’s a folder of the songs that they performed. The back cover has a picture of the Golden Gate Quartet from that period, and this was found in a thrift store somewhere by Bob Friedman." 1940s Leeds Music Corporation Music Southernaires Spencer Odom The Golden Gate Quartette https://thebbrm.org/files/original/d05f0715f5fd425fb179258d74978fe3.jpg c8b4b2c9a2582bb45534982867fc806f 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, Reverend A. H. Batts Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 18: "Box 1 number 18, which is a little news clipping from March 17, 1943 of Reverend A. H. Batts who was apparently from Pratt City, Alabama. A white minister on the air at WJLD just indicates an increase in the time that he’s being allotted every weekday at 6:30 over at WJLD 1400. Not sure of publication." 1940s A. H. Batts Ministry Pratt City WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/e3ac3dcccc0ca489de43145defa20623.jpg 2d11e16383a1ad06e1b4ba477c79e938 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/53b1d1632828a8e4ea1ce30d547da0a2.jpg 8ed9c85166bdf91aa4b184375bd7a9c5 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. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Ben Franklin Shaking Hands with Walden Patrick McKim Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 19: "1 number 19. 1943, a picture of Ben Franklin shaking hands with Walden Patrick McKim who was an engineer at the original transmitter building located at Blue Lake, an old quarry that serviced WJLD studio in the Gary Hotel in Bessemer, Alabama. There is the original picture and a blow up of the picture as well. This picture received from Ben Franklin who we’ve done extensive interviews with when he was alive. He was the engineer that turned WJLD on in 1942. Had a long history in radio." 1940s Ben Franklin Walden Patrick McKim WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a1e3f1358f85774eefc05f3391effb7b.jpg 1d03b0e40f4fa1608c4dac590c5e1480 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. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Promo Card, Joe Rumore Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 20: "Box 1 folder 21. It is a promo card for Joe Rumore when he was on WAPI and we approximate it to be 1944. It was found probably in a thrift store of one kind or another." 1940s Joe Rumore Promo Card WAPI