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Publisher: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Let It Resound: Sheet Music in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection 
 Exhibit of sheet music from the genres of minstrelsy (1830s to 1900s), concert spirituals (1890s to 1940s), ragtime and black musical theater (1890s to 1920s), blues and jazz (1910s to 1950s), and R&B and soul (1950s to 1970s). Includes annotated images of covers and background about selected composers and performers. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/LetItResound/ Topics: Black Resources, Musical Genres Last updated Dec 22, 2008 Intimate Circles: American Women in the Arts
This exhibit "explores the lives of women -- writers, artists, publishers, performers, collaborators, and community builders -- whose energies set in motion lasting aesthetic and cultural practices. The women portrayed here lived primarily in the late-nineteenth through the mid- twentieth centuries." Features essays on the Chicago Renaissance, expatriates, Harlem Renaissance, New York, and the southwest and associated annotated images (also viewable by name or profession). From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/awia/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 Langston Hughes at 100
This online exhibition, created in observance of the centenary of the birth of Langston Hughes (1902-1967), Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, and playwright, presents images and audio and video clips. Material includes poem manuscripts, video of Hughes reading his poetry, photos, and related material. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/langstonhughes/web.html Topics: Black Resources, Poetry Last updated Jan 21, 2009 America and the Utopian Dream
An introduction to American utopias "from the first Puritan settlements to the communes of the 1960s" as presented through literary works and manuscript collections. Features images of works and commentary for utopian literature such as "Das Kapital" and "Erewon," dystopian literature such as "Brave New World" and "1984," and material on utopian communities such as the Shakers, Brook Farm, Oneida, and Halycon, California. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/utopia/ Topics: Philosophy Last updated May 1, 2009 |
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