12 10 504 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0e7809902951e58d50167928ad5b8919.jpg aad8d21d4ee0e11b0b708e6d69a39f22 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, WJLD Purchase Price Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 21: "Box 1 folder 21 July 27,1944 a commentary alleging that the purchase price for WJLD by the Johnston family sold by J. Leslie Doss was an excessive amount of money; that the Johnston family paid more than it was worth. Again the microfiche from the Birmingham Public Library, 1944. Not sure of publication." 1940s Birmingham Public Library J. L. Doss WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/7863fee884bc47b46d6b7777bf024f63.jpg 8d192f2f90438f39e726dd80a302d5b7 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/d6baf50dc0e9a5becb3f0065b9b0dc5e.jpg 856517eb1f8eecaf010873696d031e69 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 Kelley Choral Singers Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 22: "Next is box 1 number 22, which is a picture of the Kelly Choral Singers and we have Norman Wooding Jr and William McKinstrey who later went on to broadcast at WJLD, and this from 1944, the back of the picture describes a great deal of the history of the group. Correction this should be 1945. But everything else is correct, it lists the members of the group, that information given to us by Norman Wooding II, and the sponsorship of the radio station noting that the group started in the spring of 1943 and was singing at City Hall in Bessemer. When JLD was in the city hall building which would have been between 1945 and 47, but the group started in 1943. And they were mostly from Docina, which was a mining camp on Red Mountain. It’s a great picture given to us by Norman Wooding Jr so we could make a copy of it." 1940s Bessemer Bessemer City Hall Docina Kelley Choral Singers Norman B. Wooding Jr. Red Mountain Willie McKinstry WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/49167d871bb7b0f1a9c33b7f05fd2e50.jpg 668711780b06a1b1f735e8c77e1bd6bd 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, WJLD FM License Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 23: "This is box 1 number 23, which is a clipping from the Birmingham News we approximate of December 8, 1945, which begins to talk about WJLD’s receiving an fm license and they will construct a facility on Red Mountain and this is the discussion of the beginning of Red Mountain as a broadcast radio center. This is of course before TV began in that area, so radio stations were up on Red Mountain. This again from 1945 from the microfiche at the Birmingham News Archives at the library." 1940s Birmingham News Birmingham Public Library FM Red Mountain WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/8b12be6ebdc98ccc42b617f3c16d488b.jpg 9faba46c3ac23092616f6dfc168a6fc7 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/184c8c0ad6deea01beecf4fde8deb996.jpg 280912bb78fb2c23d69e4ce465aaf09f https://thebbrm.org/files/original/092586e754623cfdf2448cfdaacdecb9.jpg 51665e5939192da4d7a9205b72f48305 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, Radio Logs Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 24: "This is box 1 number 24, which is a series of radio logs from 1945 microfiched from the Birmingham Library archives. and which included the first radio log listing for WJLD on March 27, 1945. Not sure of all the publications but b1f24b is definitely from the Birmingham New Age Herald which owned WSGN." 1940s Birmingham New Age Herald Birmingham Public Library Radio Logs WJLD WSGN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ff9802285f0d296ab139a5c3850e7a41.jpg 720e2f74ae20b388af8919c574ac359b https://thebbrm.org/files/original/50456ac394b323ccbec6e75756fc82c5.jpg ba87cb2b783b2dc54cbfc5207a55f9d4 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 WJLD Coverage Map, 250 watts Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 25: "This is box 1 number 25, which is from 1945, which is also a coverage map of WJLD when it was 250 watts. It was printed on the back of WJLD stationary dated December 20, 1945, which was a letter to Ben Franklin who was the engineer at the time from Bill Terry who was the general manager at JLD wishing him a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. We are assuming that this map was produced at around the same time as it was printed on the back of stationary. So we’re presuming that the map was accurate to that period 1945. From Ben Franklin’s memorabilia." 1940s Ben Franklin Bessemer Bill Terry Jefferson County Map WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/62eb02a6810a527bd1190c1011f57412.jpg 8307b82fceb5fc76312986e2125e70a4 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/5ace70e333ac2c66fb8d970646d87f4d.jpg 60a6c8e4e39ee55236244493edb7795c 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 Programming Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 26: "Next is box 1 number 26, which contains various New Age Herald clipping copies from 1945 describing radio programming of the period including WJLD. The significance here was the 5:45 mention of "WJLD Black & Tan fantasy will feature sepia stylists in a quarter hour of syncopation" in other words black programming on the station during that period which was 1945 (no exact date). Also the radio log (March 31 - April 1) showing on WJLD St. Peters Baptist Church with Rev. W.A. Clark and at that time there were 4 radio stations broadcasting: API, BRC, SGN, and WJLD and this was in March of 1945. And also from March 26, 1945 an announcement of Fulton Lewis Jr. having programming on WJLD whom I believe was a white broadcaster, a network broadcaster. From the Birmingham Library archives microfiche." 1940s Birmingham New Age Herald Birmingham Public Library Fulton Lewis Jr. WAPI WBRC WJLD WSGN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/97fe1a510e9cbac2e31d0399ec634ed3.jpg 0a1345acec16c18457d8b43e2729856c 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 Minutes, Bessemer City Council Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 27: "Box 1 number 27 is a copy of the minutes from the Bessemer City Council leasing space to WJLD for a studio space in their building. They were on the 3rd floor and the meeting took place in January, January 2, 1945. WJLD spent 2 years in these facilities on the 3rd floor, and the details of the rental agreement are all in the minutes of the meeting. Bob Friedman made a copy of this at Bessemer City Hall, taken from the actual minutes of the meeting that were still available at Bessemer City Hall and copied back in the 90s. " 1940s Bessemer Bessemer City Hall WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/502fb9761bc49c7407bf27a2250f6a25.jpg 7b5a2356869bacb7377797d406a38f9a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ad67b25a3de05ecef6e053eb5234a838.jpg 1100e50f4f2cc51747125eb16ca94a9a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/87c0e62c41a9c9e802b7aa14aab4e8e9.jpg 3390c032afcca964c5ca1e7612c1f6a4 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/7f2b30ad0655a83217362b225cfe18e5.jpg db8e5ba3a8b8ec15087c8c1d82b68f35 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/60047c019d522b12f808595abcf37c18.jpg 8bd620377ae3d2445e5f5155c05e572b https://thebbrm.org/files/original/258ab7e2cf01fb8ef65df313bc928648.jpg bb573dc60c31160d2025991ce51d234a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/49e61596f0441992fdafe755b6365ea5.jpg 7ab0befc5a192913f85b0b231e2de6f0 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/9a03480caf1533cad64dad0a288392cb.jpg ccd397ce8357d7f69ddfc29cd7e96494 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 The Big Story, The Blevins Aggregation Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 28: "Ok this is box 1 folder 28. It contains a number of pictures of the Blevins Aggregation broadcasting on WSGN along with a partial biography called “The Big Story” by Christine Stewart, which describes part of William Blevins’s history. And William Blevins of course was known as the South’s first race radio announcer. We received this booklet (incomplete) from Annie C. McCray of Birmingham, his daughter; She also provided the picture of the small aggregation which would appear to be from 1946. The large grouping was gathered at the Smith and Gaston Funeral Home Chapel which was located at 5th Avenue and 16th Street North. That information was supplied to us by Rev. Don Solomon. A.G. Gaston can be seen on the lower right at a microphone. That large group picture may be from the late 1930's when Gaston was known to have helped sponsor gospel singers. An article in a radio mag for the industry, known as "Coast to Coast," from January 12, 1938, mentions Blevins and the Booker T Washington Insurance Company, which was owned by AG Gaston, as his sponsor. The group pix was part of a collection of AG Gaston related photos of which we asked retired Birmingham News photographer, Bill Ricker, to photograph. We approximate that session to have taken place somewhere between 2000 and 2005." A. G. Gaston Blevins Aggregation The Big Story William Blevins WSGN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f45ed486245a33c505b5692a35f12efb.jpg 377bfd7d12f1e2d9cab61eb1f8edfe4e 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 Sterling Jubilee Singers Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 29: "Ok this is box 1 folder 29 from 1946. A picture given to us by one of the family members of the Sterling Jubilee Singers, which we approximate to be that old. They were an old group in this town. Their dress-wear certainly leads us to believe that it could have been that old. The first bass and chaplain was Roy Gaston and we don’t know if he was related al all to A.G. Gaston but there is certainly a likelihood. The famous Sterling Jubilee singers of Birmingham, it’s a color picture. We don’t know if it was just colorized; it might have been colorized. We received it we believe from a member of the family of one of these performers, and I do not remember who." 1940s Birmingham Roy Gaston Sterling Jubilee Singers https://thebbrm.org/files/original/4c41c81a9a77b4347875473febf65696.jpg 3c519a261302cadffd50914828d15c1f https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c2e1131520e34183db2ecc0a0e7e59ab.jpg 28653b3de01a8b8b42f1137a893b2fd2 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/3529f87952bbe1362a27f4ba23487ca2.jpg 3c737f77fa0fe1c23abff42b68fc2845 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b2b2ed64681b64b089dcdbe59bfd7c0d.jpg a3268ee600484b089a849334bbe7b93e 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, Radio Logs Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 30: "Box 1 number 30. These are a series of radio log copies from the Birmingham Library microfiche files from 1946, probably from the Birmingham New Age Herald. And 1946 was the beginning of the Atomic Boogie Hour at WJLD and that was very very significant in terms of the kind of race music that was played back then. Bob Umbach was the jock, and he was a very popular jock. He was also very involved in the black community, and he was white, tall, handsome and there is more to be said about him when we reach his picture. But these radio logs do describe black programming, which again involved Rev. W.A. Clark. The April 7th Sunday log also mentioned W.J. Allen in the morning on WJLD. WJ went on to broadcast gospel on both WEDR and WENN AM. The Pope Singers are mentioned, referring to gospel promoter William Pope. In looking at the other radio stations besides WJLD we can see that W.A Clark was also on WSGN. It does not appear that WBRC really had black programming at the time, nor did WAPI. Still only 4 stations in the market: SGN, BRC, API, and JLD as of April 9, 1946, and the Atomic Boogie Hour for the first time we see them mentioned around 2 o’clock in the afternoon on April 9, 1946, looks like the first time the Atomic Boogie Hour gets described in the radio logs: "Red hot and blue jive."" 1940s Atomic Boogie Hour Birmingham New Age Herald Bob Umbach Radio Logs W. A. Clark W. J. Allen WJLD