Charles A. Harris Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Charles A. Harris Oral History Interview: Date: August 2, 2016. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of 2016.129.11.1a and 2016.129.11.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
Charles A. Harris was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. The Harris family donated a camera, two magazines, an award, and several photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In this oral history interview, Charles "T" Harris, Jr. talks in detail about his father, the photographer, Charles H. Harris. He describes his father’s work as a photographer for Flash Magazine, where he got his start, and for the Pittsburgh Courier. He also discusses his father’s involvement in the Negro League Baseball and with the professional African American basketball team.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: August 2, 2016
- Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of: Charles A. Harris, American, 1927 - 2016
- Interviewed by: Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din, American
- Subject of: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of: Flash Newspicture Magazine, American, 1937 - 1939
- Subject of: Pittsburgh Courier, American, 1907 - 1965
- Subject of: Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.11.1a): 59.63 min.
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.11.2a): 59.77 min.
- Dimensions: 99.64 GB
- Place collected: Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Baseball
- Topic: Basketball
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Museums
- Object number: 2016.129.11.1a-.2a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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