Malinda Maynor Lowery Collection, 1990s-2004

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Malinda Maynor Lowery Collection, 1990s-2004

1990s-2004

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/70100/

Collection of historian and documentary film producer Malinda Maynor Lowery, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Malinda Maynor Lowery has focused much of her academic and filmmaking career on questions pertaining to Native culture, identity, and migration. The collection contains papers, ephemera, photographs, and audiovisual materials related to some of Lowery's documentary film projects on these subjects, including work completed while she was a student at Harvard University and Stanford University, as well as the films Real Indian (1996), Sounds of Faith (1997), and In the Light of Reverence (2001). Papers include tape logs, release forms, transcripts, press kits, and other materials related to the production and distribution of select documentary projects by Lowery. Audiovisual materials, which make up the bulk of the collection, consist mostly of production elements of Real Indian (1996), Sounds of Faith (1997), and various student projects by Lowery, including original picture and sound elements, workprints, edited masters, and video viewing copies. The collection also contains photographs and audio recordings related to Malinda Maynor Lowery's husband, Willie French Lowery (1944-2012), a Lumbee musician and activist from Robeson County, N.C.

3 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4900 items)

eng, Latn

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658521

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.

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Lowery, Willie French, 1944-2012

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67q9q61 (person)

Willie French Lowery (1944-2012), was a Lumbee musician and activist from Robeson County, N.C. Lowery was best known for his music, having written and published more than 500 songs. In 1976, Lowery composed the musical score for Randolph Umberger's outdoor drama of "Strike at the Wind!" performed in Pembroke for over two decades. The drama portrays Henry Berry Lowrie, whom Willie called "the king of kings, the Indian Robin Hood," for his battle against white supremacy. ...

Lowery, Malinda Maynor

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ch0fv0 (person)

Historian and documentary film producer Malinda Maynor Lowery, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, was born in Robeson County, N.C., and raised in Durham, N.C. She earned a bachelor's degree in history, cum laude, from Harvard University, a master's degree in documentary film and video production from Stanford University, a master's degree and Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has served as a lecturer in the Department of American Indian Studi...