Films, video tapes, slides, and photographs, [ca.1970-1984]

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Films, video tapes, slides, and photographs, [ca.1970-1984]

Films, slides, video tapes (some produced by television stations), and photographs documenting the Society including "Weeksville, Save the Memories of Self," 1976; "Digging for Black Pride," ca.1972-1973 (WNET, Channel 13); other films and videos showing the restoration of the Hunterfly Road houses, and archaeological digs; slides, 1970's, of students at dig, exhibits, and other Society activities; and photographs, 1970's, showing Weeksville Society Art Competition, 1975, Black Museums Seminar, 1976, senior citizen photos for oral history project, 1973-1974, and photos of staff and parents of P.S. 243 (Weeksville School), 1971.

3 cubic ft.

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Weeksville Society Art Competition.

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Black Museums Seminar.

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Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History

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Collecting area: History of the Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant areas of Brooklyn. Does not actively collect but will accept artifacts relating to the Weeksville area. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457326 Weeksville was a 19th century black community located in present day Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It was named for James Weeks, a free black man who purchased land there in 1838. From the description of Rese...

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). P.S. 243.

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