African American television scripts
Scope and Contents
Dates
- circa 1950-1998
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
July 2015 acquisition: Purchased from Walter Reuben, Inc. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2015.
June 2017 acquisition [1 of 2]: Purchased from Walter Reuben, Inc. on the the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
June 2017 acquisition [2 of 2]: Purchased from Royal Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
June 2021 acquisition: Purchased from Royal Books on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Arts & Letters Fund, 2021.
Arrangement
Extent
40.14 Linear Feet (91 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Processing Information
The finding aid for this collection was compiled from a list supplied by the bookseller at the time of acquisition, with some further editing carried out in 2011. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are based on that list. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. The description of the papers is also drawn largely from information supplied by the bookseller.
Former call number: Uncat JWJ MS 65.
- African American entertainers
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- African Americans on television
- Blacks in television broadcasting -- United States
- Blacks on television -- United States
- Popular culture -- United States
- Television -- United States
- Television broadcasting -- United States
- Television programs -- United States
- Television scripts
- Television scripts
- United States -- Race relations -- Drama
- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Title
- Guide to the African American Television Scripts
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- May 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- November 2021: Updated with 2021 addition.
- March 2021: Updated with 2015 addition.
- March 2020: Updated with 2017 additions
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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