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Collection Number: 05188

Collection Title: Sam Barber Collection on Wings Over Jordan, 1930s-2004

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Size 18.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 10,000 items)
Abstract Music educator Sam Barber wrote his doctoral thesis, The Choral Style of the Wings Over Jordan Choir, in 1978 and continued to collect material about the choir. Wings Over Jordan, the first full-time African-American choir in the United States, was founded in 1938 by the Reverend Glenn T. Settle and performed weekly, 1938-1947, on the WGAR, a CBS affiliate radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, and on other CBS affliate stations across the country. Worth Kramer, WGAR program director, became the original conductor and musical director of the choir, which chiefly sang spirituals and hymns. In 1988, the Wings Over Jordan Celebration Chorus was formed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original choir. The collection consists of research materials of Sam Barber relating to Wings Over Jordan. Materials include general files, photographs, slides, recorded interviews on audio cassettes and video, and original recordings of the choir on instantaneous discs. Files include information on the history of the choir; information on Glenn T. Settle, Worth Kramer, and CBS radio; radio scripts; clippings chiefly from the Call and Post, a weekly Cleveland African-American newspaper; and other items.
Creator Barber, Sam.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Use of audiovisual material may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Boxes 7 and 10 temporarily unavailable.
Restrictions to Use
Reproduction of audiovisual material requires written permission of Sam Barber.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Sam Barber Collection on Wings Over Jordan #5188, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Sam Barber of Winterville, N.C., in November 2004 (Acc. 99960).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Sam Barber, a professor of music, wrote his doctoral thesis, "The Choral Style of the Wings Over Jordan Choir," in 1978 at the University of Cincinnati and continued to collect material about the choir. Wings Over Jordan was founded in 1938 by the Reverend Glenn T. Settle, pastor of Gethsemane Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and performed weekly on WGAR, a CBS affiliate radio station in Cleveland and on other CBS affiliate stations across the country. Worth Kramer, WGAR program director, became the original conductor and music director. The group was the first, full-time, professional African-American choir in the United States. Throughout the 1940s, it toured the United States, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The choir received numerous awards including the Peabody Award. In 1988, the Wings Over Jordan Celebration Chorus was formed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original choir.

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The collection consists of research materials of music educator Sam Barber relating to the African-American choir Wings Over Jordan of Cleveland, Ohio, that chiefly sang spirituals and hymns. Materials include general files, photographs, slides, recorded interviews on audio cassettes and video, and original recordings of the choir on instantaneous discs. Files include information on the history of the choir and of the Wings Over Jordan Celebration Chorus; information on founder Glenn T. Settle, conductor and music director Worth Kramer, and CBS radio; radio scripts; clippings chiefly from the Call and Post, a weekly African-American newspaper in Cleveland; and other items.

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Contents list

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About 9000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

General files of Sam Barber relating to his research on the Wings Over Jordan Choir. For the most part, the files maintain Barber's original alphabetical order and label names, with the exception of files labeled "Film Negatives" or "Photographs" and related material, removed and re-filed for preservation purposes. Files in boxes 8 and 9 were originally filed separately most likely because of their legal size. Each file name is listed.

Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Box 1

Addresses #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Advertising #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Afro Americans #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Afro Americans in Classical Music #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

African American Registry #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

American Documentary, Inc. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

American Experience #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

American Legacy #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Amos and Andy #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Angels #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Aronson #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Articles of Incorporation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Auditoriums and Halls Confirmation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Awards #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Badgett, Rodney #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Baitte, Kathy #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Baker, Simon #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Banks, Sherrod #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Barber, Richard #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Barber, Steve #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Barber, Sam. Ref: Wings Over Jordan attributed to #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Barnett, David C. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

BBC #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Bell, Derrick #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Bethune, Mary McLeod #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Birth Certificates #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Black Radio Hall of Fame #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Black Religious Artists and Repertoire #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Blockwell, Charles #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Blue Peninsular Sanctuary #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Blues Before Sunshine #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Bolton, W. D. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Boystown Foundation: Article of Incorporation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Braden, Glenn #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Bradley, Kevin #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Broadcasts: City and Station #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Brooks, Avery #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Brooks, Sophia #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Bunton, Mildred #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Burnett, Leonard #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Burns, Ken #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Call and Post #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 1

Box 2

Call and Post #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Call for Research #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Carr, Wynona #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Carter, E. (Elizabeth) #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

CBS #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Center for the Study of Popular Culture #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Central State #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Chicago Defender #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Christopher Columbus Memorial Ceremony #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Chronology #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Churches and Pastors #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Cleveland Bicentennial #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Cleveland Foundation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Cleveland Stadium #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Closed Applications #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Collins, Chris #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Collins, Neil #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Collins, Tim #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Columbus Memorial Ceremony #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Commemorative Stamp Info #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Concert Requests #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Conductors #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Congressional Record #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Consultants #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Contacts #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Copyrights #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Correspondence Supporting Documentation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Correspondence II #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Crable, Charles H. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Criticism #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Crockett, Nadyne #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Cronkite, W. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Curtice, Craig #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Dandy, W #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Davenport, M. M. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

DeLerma, Dominique-Rene #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Demo Scripts #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Detroit Symphony Orchestra #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Dissertation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Dobbs #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Documentary Proposal #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Dooly, Frank #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Double Take #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Early Theaters #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Edit #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Editorials #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Employment Records #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

European Maps #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

European Tour #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Expense Accounts #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Fain, Evelyn (Joe Powe) #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Film Fund #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Finance Summary Reports #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 2

Box 3

First Baptist #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

First Negro to Join Marines #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Fleming, Jarene #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Ford, Persie #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Franklin, John Hope #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Friends: WOJC [Wings Over Jordan Choir] #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Fund Raising Letters #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Future Lookout League Support #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Garlington, Aubrey #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Gazette #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Goodloe, G. (Gladys) #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Grant Information #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Griffen, Bobby #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Guy, Jasmine #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Haley, Alex #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Hankerson, Mamie #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Harper, Alice #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Harper, Judge Sarah #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Harris, Charles #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Harris, Edward: African American Network #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Harris, Mary #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Harris, Norman #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Heartland Music #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Hill, Gladys #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Hill, Ron #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Honor Roll in Race Relations #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Hood Winks #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

I Am Somebody #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

In the Heat of the Night #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Interviews #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Inventory #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Itinerary #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Jasper, I. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Jefferson, Margo: New York Times #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

John Hopkins University Proposal #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Johnson, Clarence #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Jones, Minister Calvin #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Jordan, Maynard, Sr. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Journal and Guide #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Joyner, Tom #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

KCBS-TV #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

King, Charles: Conductor #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Knight, Gladys #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Korea and Japan Maps #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Kramer, Worth #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Kunjufu, Jawanza #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Los Angeles Sentinel #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Lecture Series Requests #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Lee, Donna #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Lee, Spike #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Lee: Harvard Times #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Legacy #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 3

Box 4

Letters to TV Studios #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Lindsay, Calvin #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

List of Hour Programs in Radio #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Listener Responses #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Logo #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Lynch, Dwight Group Proposal #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Mack, Wayne #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Marriage License Record #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Massell, William: Sheriff of Hardwick, Ga. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

McWhorter, John H., "Toward A Useable Black istory" #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Memos #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Miller, Dorie #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Minges Foundations #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Miscellaneous #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Miscellaneous: WOJC #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Mount Tabor Baptist Church Script #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Music Creates Brotherhood #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Mutual Black Network, 1975 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Mutual Broadcast Script #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Name Guard: WOJC #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

National Archives #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

North Carolina Film Foundation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

NBPC #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Negro Hour Speeches #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

92nd Division #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

New York Times #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

News: Lucious #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Newsreel Information #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Nippon Times #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Nunn, Ray #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Odebonejo, Reverend Mary #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Office of War Information #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Our State #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Paley, William #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Parker, Edith #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

PBS Guidelines #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

George Peabody Awards #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Participation USO: Early Black #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Periodicals #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Personal #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Phonograph Needles #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Pickett, Bob #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Pictures in Newspaper, 1936-1943 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Pittsburgh Courier #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Plain Dealer #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Poems #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Politics #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Powe, Joseph #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Powell, Adam #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Press Release Packets #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Price, M. O.: WOJC and American Radio #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Professional Choirs #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Progressive Hour #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Proposal Application Letters #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 4

Box 5

Radio, Blacks On #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Radio Scripts, 28 July-27 Aug 1941 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Raspberry, William #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Record Jacket #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Record Labels #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Record Sources #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Red Cross, 1946 Program #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Reference Numbers #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Related Articles of History #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Releases: Former WOJC Members #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Repertoire #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Resignations #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Resolutions #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Resources #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Rice, Jim #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Rockefeller Foundation Application #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Rogers, Ethel #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

San Antonio Symphony Orchestra #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Scholarship Winners #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Scriptures Used on WOJC Program #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Second Baptist #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Settle, Glenn H. #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Settle Family Tree #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Settle, Mary Bell: Bible Study Class #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Settle, Mildred #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Shannon, Ed #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Simmons, Willie #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Singleton, George #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Slavery #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Slave Photography #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Smiley, Tavis #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Smith, Bev #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Smith, Harry #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Song Book #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Songs, Date Performed and Keys #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Southern Cultures #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Southern Historical Collection #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speakers #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speakers: WOJC, 1938-1941 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speeches, 1938 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speeches: Green and Settle, 1938 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speeches, 1939 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speeches, 1940 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speeches, 1941 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Speeches, 1942 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Spiritual Preservation Fund #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Stamps, Larry #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Stationary #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Telegrams #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Thank You Letters: WOJC Contributors #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Thesis #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Things To Do #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Thompson, Willette #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Thunder and Lighten Britches #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Time lines: WOJC #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Time lines, 1938-1947 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 5

Box 6

Tish, Laurence #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Transcripts #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Transportation #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Trips #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Troy, Karen #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

TV Proposals #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

US Government #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Van Coutren, John #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Vaughn, Greg #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Video #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Voice of America #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Vox Pop Program #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Walker, Lou #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Walker, William #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Ware, Luther #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Webb, Helen #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Wells, Larry, 1994 #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WGAR Cleveland's Friendly Station Personalities #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

White, Mike #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WHMM: Howard's TV Station #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Winfrey, Oprah #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: File Folders #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC, 1947 Activities #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: At A&T: Neil Collins #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Cleveland Alumni #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Application to Internal Revenue Service #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Antidotes #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Banking Stuff #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJ Celebration Choir #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Correspondence #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Museum Proposal #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Press Coverage and Critical Comments #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: History #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Prehistory #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Proposals #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Promotions #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Song Lyrics #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Scripts #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Thesis Summary #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WOJC: Late Wings Material #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Woodson, Carter G., Institute #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Wright, Carl #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

WTEB #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Yarbrough, Azalee #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Zucker, Ben, Management #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 6

Box 7

Photographs and Related Items #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 7

Film Negatives #05188, Box 7
Loose Items #05188, Box 7
Photographs #05188, Box 7
Photo Identification #05188, Box 7
Pictures, Snapshots #05188, Box 7
Box 8

Miscellaneous Files #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 8

American Negro Spiritual Festival, Inc., Script #05188, Box 8
Broadcasts, 1938 #05188, Box 8
Diary #05188, Box 8
First Baptist Church, Elyria, Ohio: Glenn T. Settle #05188, Box 8
First Baptist, Elyria #05188, Box 8
Loose Items #05188, Box 8
Photo Identification #05188, Box 8
Programs, 1938-1942 #05188, Box 8
Miscellaneous Programs #05188, Box 8
Radio Scripts #05188, Box 8
Box 9

Miscellaneous Files continued #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." Box 9

Radio Scripts, 1939-1942 #05188, Box 9
Spiritual Preservation Fund #05188, Box 9
United States Map #05188, Box 9
USO #501 #05188, Box 9
Oversize Paper Folder 1

OP-5188/1-2. Sheet Music #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." 1

Oversize Paper OP-5188/3

Film Negatives #05188, Series: "1. General Files, 1930s-2004." OP-5188/3

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About 100 items

Arrangement: by media type.

Items include slides (kept in original carousels or trays), audiocassettes, VHS video tapes, Betacam video tapes, open reel audio tapes, audio disks, etc. Most are recorded interviews with persons associated with the choir or music performed by the choir.

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4 carousels.

Arrangement: in original carousels or trays.

Box 10

Slides #05188, Subseries: "2.1. Slides, 1930s-20041930s-2004." Box 10

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated.

29 items.

Arrangement: roughly alphabetical.

Box 11

C-5188/1. Bookers/Brooks, 3 January 1976 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/2. Bookers/Brooks, 3 January 1976 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/3. Brooks, 19 July 1978/Gladys Jones, 1978 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/4. Bunton, Mildred #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/5. Carter, Elizabeth #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/6. Collins, Neil, October 1974 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/7. Collins, Neil, ca. 1975 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/8. Collins, Neil, 11 August 1979 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/9. Collins, Neil, 13 March 1992 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/10. Collins, Neil, 25 June 1992 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/11. Collins, Tom, ca. 1974-1975 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/12. Jones, David, 30 Oct 1938 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/13. Gladys Jones, 1978 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/14. Gayle, Marvin #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/15. Gomez, Reverend, 10 August 1976 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/16. McCready, Alice Harper, 25 May 1977 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/17. Peabody Award Presentation, 19 March 1941 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/18. Price, Madaline, WOJ Meeting with, 9 July 1993 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/19. Thompson, Williette F., 25 November 1979 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/20. WOJC 50th Anniversary Celebration, 11 June 1988 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/21. Wings Over Jordan Choir, Dub of live broadcast recorded 18 February 1970 on WBT Charlotte #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/22. Wings Over Jordan Choir, Original Greatest Hits #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/23. WOJC Alumni, 1975 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/24. WOJC Alumni, 30 April 1977 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/25. WOJC Meeting, 3-5 June 1993 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/26. WOJC Rap: Sam Barber, 18 and 21 August 1998 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/27. Yarbrough, A., ca. 1974-1975 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/28. Yarbrough, A., 9 Nov 1975 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

C-5188/29. Yarbrough, A., 22 Nov 1975 #05188, Subseries: "2.2. Audiocassettes, 1939-1998 and undated." Box 11

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Open Reel Audio Tapes, undated.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated.

10 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Audiodisc D-5188/1

Wings Over Jordan Choir, Dial Records, EPD1238-2, "Take Me To The Water To Be Baptized," "Hush Children, Somebody's Calling My Name," 45 rpm #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/1

Audiodisc D-5188/2

Wings Over Jordan Choir, Voice of Scripture: 5163, "I'll Be Somewhere Listening," "Wade In The Water," "In The River Jordan," "Plenty Good Room," "Amen," "Leaning On The Lord," "Deep River," "Trying To Get Ready," "Swing Low," "Rocka My Soul," 45 rpm #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/2

Audiodisc D-5188/3

Lorin Whitney: Voice of Scripture: 900 1-12, 700 5-6, "The Complete Book of Psalms and Meditations in Prayer", total of 14 discs, 45 rpm #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/3

Audiodisc D-5188/4

Wings Over Jordan, Columbia Records, M499 1-8, "Wings Over Jordan, Worth Kramer Conductor, Rev. Glenn T. Settle, Narrator, Masterworks Set M-499" Album, total of 8 discs, 78 rpm #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/4

Audiodisc D-5188/5

Wings Over Jordan, Gusto/King Records, KLP 519, "Amen," LP #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/5

Audiodisc D-5188/6

"Wings Over Jordan" Program, Recorded for Dr. David D. Jones, Station: WABC, Time: 9:30 AM, Date: 30 October 1938, No. 1 and 3, A Harry Smith Recording, 12-inch instantaneous disc #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/6

Audiodisc D-5188/7

"Wings Over Jordan" Program, Recorded for Dr. David D. Jones, Station: WABC, Time: 9:30 AM, Date: 30 October 1938, No. 2 and 4, A Harry Smith Recording, 12-inch instantaneous disc #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/7

Audiodisc D-5188/8

"Wings Over Jordan, Trx 11 February 1940 #1, Trx 17 February 1940 #2," 16-inch instantaneous disc #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/8

Audiodisc D-5188/9

"Neil Collins 1938 or 1939, Street Car Demonstration," 16-inch instantaneous disc #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/9

Audiodisc D-5188/10

Unidentified, 16-inch instantaneous disc #05188, Subseries: "2.4. Miscellaneous Audio Discs, 1938-1939 and undated." D-5188/10

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated.

20 items.

Arrangement: roughly alphabetical.

Box 12

VT-5188/1: Gospel History/Darryl D. Lassiter #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/2: Wings Over Jordan 50th Anniversary Celebration, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, 11 June 1998 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/3: Wings Over Jordan 50th Anniversary Celebration, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, 11 June 1998 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/4: Wings Over Jordan 50th Anniversary Celebration, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, 11 June 1998 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/5: Wings: Neil Collins, 9/28/92 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/6: Wings Dubs #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/7: Wings: Persie Ford #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/8: Wings Interviews: Settle and Alice Harper McCready #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/9: Wings Interviews #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/10: Wings Over Jordan: KCBSTV #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/11: Wings Interviews #2 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/12: WOJ Music In The Air #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

VT-5188/13-14: WOJ Music In The Air #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 12

Box 13

VT-5188/15: WOJ Promo Tape, 28 December 1993 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 13

VT-5188/16-17: WOJ Promo Tape #2, 26 August 1994 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 13

VT-5188/18: WOJ Segment, WVIZ, Cleveland, February 1990 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 13

VT-5188/19: WOJ "Wade In The Water," Celebration Chorus, 2 February 1997 #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 13

VT-5188/20: Unidentified Compact Video cassette #05188, Subseries: "2.5. VHS Video Cassettes, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, and undated." Box 13

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.6. Super VHS Video Cassette, 1990.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.7. Betacam, 1990.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.8. Betacam SP Video Tapes, 1990, 1996, and undated.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.9. Film, undated.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.10. Photo CD.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.11. Other Media.

1 item.
Optical Disc Cartridge ODC-5188/1

"Wings" #05188, Subseries: "2.11. Other Media." ODC-5188/1

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Items separated include oversize papers (OP-5188), audiotapes (T-5188), audiodiscs (D-5188), a film (F-5188), and an optical disc cartridge (ODC-5188).

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Processing Information

Processed by: Ashley Doar, December 2004

Encoded by: Ashley Doar, December 2004

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