8 10 504 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c0ed610616a5f6d6b572e04a63d8c04c.jpg 198649853cedb4cc1f7dce19f3174b75 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/e18489b880281e8f64058b374535b92b.jpg e9d17d3c062d08e305b410d088c630e1 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 Manual, Type 25 A Broadcast Frequency Monitor Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 6: "Box 1 folder 6 is from 1940 approximately. It’s a General Radio Company pamphlet, an instruction manual for a Type 25 A Broadcast Frequency Monitor with schematics. We approximated the year based on the availability of tubes listed in the appendix of this manual. We asked Mr. Leciel Hubbard the engineer at WJLD on July 27, 2011 if he could confirm that tubes such as the 6V6 and other 6 tubes were in use. How far back were they in use? And he confirmed that they were in use actually from the 30s through the 50s. Received from the home of Ben Franklin." 1930s 1940s 1950s General Radio Company Technical Manual https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0ea72ddec36481b2e9e9adc72187c9df.jpg 197d25a0617def4ce0a78683e9a1caf1 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 Four Great Wonders Singers of Birmingham, Alabama Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 7: "Box 1 number 7. This is a picture from 1940; we approximate from 40. It may be the late 30s but we’re not sure. It’s a picture of the Four Great Wonder Singers of Birmingham, Alabama, and the person that we are most familiar with is the organizer of this group W. A. Clark who we know was a radio minister in the, certainly in the 40s and at WJLD. We try to approximate years by phone numbers and whether or not the phone numbers have 5, 6, or 7 digits and this one had 5. So we’re approximating 1940. We do know that W. A. Clark had a ministry in 1945 at WJLD. We also know that he had a ministry on WSGN in 1943. From the collection of Doug Seroff." 1940s Birmingham Four Great Wonders Singers Music W. A. Clark WJLD WSGN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/93528e6002d9ffc6763e19172d251bb0.jpg 88f105fbf4f6c439e30dc7c68b843782 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 Leland Chiles, circa 1940 Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 8: "Box 1 number 8 is a picture we approximate from 1940 of Leland Chiles who was a broadcaster at WSFA in Montgomery and later became station manager when WJLD opened in 1942. This is a picture received, a copy of a picture that was received from Mrs. Leland Chiles his second wife sometime in the 1990s." 1940s Leland Chiles WJLD WSFA https://thebbrm.org/files/original/cbae77f14db4f367fb25b88fa15b503c.jpg 60ed35398011c952c45e9f546a450f28 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0355245a4c027dc8ce7a841a4fe15fe3.jpg dfc6757e90899c526339a92dd7aba340 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 Data Sheet, Shure Brothers Microphone Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 9: "Box 1 number 9. From July of 1941, it’s a data sheet describing Shore Brothers microphone model 555A. It could have been received from Ben Franklin; it also could have been in the files of WJLD in the technical section of its file system." 1940s Shure Brothers Microphone Headquarters Technical Manual https://thebbrm.org/files/original/94d1ac73ffa2f32fb8403c9a30cfbc67.jpg b4d98797ac332280d0f4f7d9face4aa8 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 Operating Instructions, Precision Series A56 Dual Sensitivity Multi Range Tester Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 10: "This is box 1 number 10 dated July of ’41. Instructions for operating precision series A56 dual sensitivity multi-range tester: again one of the technical spec publications that were most likely found in the drawer of similar documents at JLD sometime in the 90s." 1940s Technical Manual 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