Simone Durrah Logan Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Simone Durrah Logan Oral History Interview: Date: August 18, 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 2016.129.16.1a and 2016.129.16.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
Simone Durrah Logan was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Logan donated her family’s collection of historic photographs that document their family history back to the 19th Century to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In this oral history interview, Simone Durrah Logan talks about the fascinating family history behind the large collection of photographs she inherited from her father. This history includes migration from Alabama to Yankton, South Dakota. She also discusses her passion for Black history and genealogy which lead her to donate the photographs to the museum.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: August 18, 2016
- Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of: Simone Durrah Logan, American, born 1960
- Interviewed by: Aaron Bryant, American
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.16.1a): 51.1 min.
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.16.2a): 50.52 min.
- Dimensions: 80.1 GB
- Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Yankton, South Dakota, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: American West
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Migrations
- Topic: Museums
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2016.129.16.1a-.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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