Edward Mapp Collection, 1937-2011
A Guide to his collections at the Black Film Center/Archive
Finding aid prepared by Mary Huelsbeck/Hannah
Caproon/Gabriel Gardner
Summary Information
Repository
Black Film
Center/Archive
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library, Room 044
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-6041
Fax: 812-856-5832
Email: bfca@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/~bfca
Creator
Edward Mapp
TitleEdward Mapp Collection, 1937-2011
Collection No.
Special Collection EM
Extent
278 items
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
Consists of posters, advertisements, and
photographs featuring African American actors and actresses, as well as
videocassettes and DVDs.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Born in New York City in 1929, Edward C. Mapp has spent his
career as an honored educator, writer, and collector of Black film memorabilia. He
received his B.A. from the City College
of New York in 1953, his M.S. from
Columbia University in 1956, and his Ph.D. in
Mass Communications from New
York University in 1970.
After working for the New York Public Library's
Research Libraries Information Division and teaching in the Brooklyn
public schools early in his career, Mapp has served as Dean of Faculty at the Borough of Manhattan Community
College, Vice Chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, and
Professor of Speech and Communciation at the City University of New York, from
which he retired in 1998.
Mapp's interest and
research in Black film has led to the publication of numerous books and articles,
including a regular column in Movie/TV Marketing, the Directory of Blacks in the
Performing Arts (Scarecrow, 1990), A Separate
Cinema: Fifty Years of Black Cast Posters with John Kisch (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 1992), and most recently African
Americans and the Oscar (Scarecrow, 2003).
Dr. Mapp has also amassed
a personal collection of over 1,000 black cast film posters and other memorablia, a
portion of which toured the country through 2005
as "Close Up in Black: African American Film Posters," under the auspices of the
Smithsonian
Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. His work in this area earned
him induction into the Black Collectors Hall of Fame in 1992.
Dr. Mapp has received
numerous honors throughout his career, including being appointed by the Mayor of New
York City as Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in 1987, a
position he held for seven years. Mapp also served on the National Conference on Christians and Jews
Brooklyn Board from 1972 to 1982, the Advisory Committee of the National Project
Center for Film and the Humanities from 1974 to
1975 and the United Nations Association of
New York Board of Directors from 1975 to
1978. He has served on the Board of Directors
of the Friends of Thirteen (NYC public television station) since 2000, and was elected First Vice Chairman in 2003.
Scope and Content Note
The Mapp Collection, donated by Dr.
Edward Mapp of New York City, consists of two series: Film Publicity,
1930-2002 and Films,
1934-2004.
The first series, Film Publicity, 1918-2004, is divided into four subseries. The first subseries,
Posters and Lobby Cards, 1930-2002, includes full-sized posters and lobby cards for Black
cast films from the 1930s
to 2000s. The second
subseries, Press Sheets and Advertisements, 1918-1960, includes publicity material for films
from the early to mid-20th century, the earliest being an advertisement for the
Ebony Film Corporation from 1918. The third
subseries, Programs and Monographs, 1941-2004, consists of two programs from Paul Robeson performances, a
program for an AFI screening of
Gone Are the Days!,
and a book,
Close Up in Black: African-American Film Posters
from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
. The final
subseries, Photographs, 1929-1999, consists of publicity stills for films featuring African
American actors and actresses from the second half of the 20th century. Included are
photographs of Sidney
Poitier, Whoopi Goldberg, and many photographs of Denzel Washington throughout his
career, as well as many other actors and actresses. A photograph of a poster for the
1937 film
God's
Stepchildren
is also included.
The second series, Films, 1934-2004, is arranged in two subseries: Videocassettes and DVDs.
The Videocassettes, 1934-2004 subseries consists of videocassettes including
documentaries like
We've Gotta Have It: The Story of African
American Film Making
(1992) and fiction features, including
For Love of Ivy
(1968) and
Blackenstein
(1972). The DVDs, 1975-2011 subseries includes DVDs,
Bucktown
(1975) and
Baadasssss!:
The Birth of Black Cinema
(2004).
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated between June
2000-December 2011.
Usage Restrictions
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Archivist.
Preferred Citation
[item], Edward Mapp Collection, Special Collection EM, Black Film Center/Archive,
Indiana University, Bloomington.
Processing Information
Processed by BFC/A staff.
Collection Inventory
Series:
Film publicity, 1918-2002
Subseries:
Posters and Lobby Cards, 1930-2007
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
(1970)
Affair of the Skin, An
(1963)
Ali
(2001)
Anna Lucasta
(1955)
Balcony, The
(1963)
Bargain with Bullets [aka
Gangsters on the Loose] (1937)
Beat Generation, The
(1959)
Beloved
(1998)
Big Doll House
(1971)
Black Caesar
(1973)
Black Girl
(1972)
Black Gunn
(1972)
Black Tigress, The [aka
Lola Colt] (1967)
Blacula: Le Vampire Noir [aka
Blacula] (1970)
Breaking Point, The
(1950)
Brown Sugar
(2002)
Buck and the Preacher
(1972)
Carib Gold
(1956)
2 posters (one in
Spanish)
Carmen Jones
(1954)
2 posters (one in
Spanish)
Cobra Nero, Il [aka
Mean Johnny Barrows] (1980)
Color Purple, The
(1985)
Convicts 4
(1962)
Cotton Club, The
(1984)
Cotton Comes to Harlem
(1970)
Countdown at Kusini
(1975)
Cowboy Canteen (1944)
Dark Sands [aka
Jericho] (1937)
7 lobby cards
Dead One,
The
(1960)
Dingo
(1992)
Dirty Pretty Things
(2002)
Dixie Jamboree
(1944)
Double Possession
(1973)
Down to Earth
(2001)
Dutchman
(1967)
Ebony Parade (1947)
Five on the Black Hand Side
(1973)
Friday Foster
(1975)
Gang Tapes
(2001)
Gangsters on the Loose
(1937)
9 lobby
cards
Golden Eye, The
(1952)
Great White Hope, The
(1970)
Grootste, De (The Greatest)
(1977)
Harder They Come, The
(1973)
Historia de Joe Louis, La [aka
The Joe Louis Story] (1953)
Hit Tune Jamboree (1943)
House Rent Party
(1946)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
(1998)
I Ain't Gonna Open That Door
(1949)
Ill Gotten Gains
(1997)
I'm a Negro I'm an American
(1990)
Imitation of Life
(1959)
Island in the Sun
(1957)
Johnny Cool
(1963)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
(1986)
Kuolema kulkee kannella [aka
The Decks Ran Red] (1958)
Lady Sings the Blues
(1972)
Last Angry Man, The
(1959)
Last King of Scotland, The
(2006)
Learning Tree, The
(1969)
Let's Rock (1958)
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The
(1970)
Light It Up
(1999)
Limit, The
(1972)
Long Night, The
(1976)
Lord Shango
(1975)
Lost Boundaries
(1949)
Mack, The
(1973)
Malaga
(1962)
2 posters
Malcolm X
(1972)
Malcolm X
(1992)
1 lobby card and 1
poster (French)
Mantan Runs For Mayor
(1946)
Meanest Man in the World, The
(1948)
Mister Rock and Roll (1957)
2 lobby cards
Mo' Better Blues
(1990)
9 lobby
cards
Native Son
(1951)
Nigger Lover
(1973)
Odds Against Tomorrow
(1959)
Ocaso de una Estrella, El [aka
Lady Sings the Blues] (1972)
One Potato, Two Potato
(1964)
Onkel Toms Hütte [aka
Uncle Tom's Cabin] (1965)
Pelon Kädet [aka
Black Jesus] (1971)
Pillow to Post
(1945)
Prison Train
(1938)
Reform School
(1939)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Rock Rock Rock (1956)
Rocky IV
(1985)
Rush Hour
(1998)
Sanders of the River
(1935)
Sarraounia
(1986)
Shaft
(2000)
8 lobby
cards
Soldier's Story, A
(1984)
Son of Ingagi (1940)
Sparkle
(1976)
St. Louis Blues
(1958)
This is the Life (1944)
Thomasine and Bushrod
(1975)
Training Day
(2001)
Tsotsi
(2005)
Tunnel, The [aka
Proud Valley] (1941)
Two Can Play That Game
(2001)
Uptown Saturday Night
(1974)
Weekend Pass (1944)
Where's My Man
To-Nite
(1943)
2 lobby cards
Why Did I Get Married?
(2007)
What a Guy
(1947)
Whispering Tales
(1930)
Wiz, The
(1978)
Zou Zou/Princess Tam Tam
(1934)
Subseries:
Box 2
Press sheets and advertisements, 1918-1960
Book the 4 and Pack 'Em In,
Normal Film Manufacturing Co., undated
Bronze Buckaroo, The
(1939)
Chaplin Award Gala Honoring Sidney Poitier, program
(2011)
Double Deal
(1939)
"Ebony Comedies" and "The Judge Brown Stories,"
Moving Picture World
May 25, 1918
Gang War
(1940)
Gems of the Box Office, Ted
Toddy Pictures, undated
Girl from Chicago, The
(1932)
Henry Armstrong..., undated
Jasper's Paradise
(1944)
Malaga
(1960)
Regeneration
(1923)
Flying Ace, The
(1926)
Black Gold
(1928)
Romance on the Beat
(1945)
Sepia Cinderella
(1947)
Roar of the Crowd
(1953)
Son of Ingagi
(1940)
Stormy Weather
(1943)
Tall, Tan, and Terrific
(1946)
Tulips Shall Grow
(1942)
Underworld
(1937)
Subseries:
Box 2
Photographs, 1929-1999
100 Rifles
(1969)
Amos and Andrew
(1993)
Angel Levine, The
(1970)
Bailey, Pearl, undated
3 photographs
Boyz N The Hood
(1991)
Brown, Jim, undated
Carbon Copy
(1981)
Claudine
(1974)
Color Purple, The
(1985)
5
photographs
Cotton Comes to Harlem
(1970)
3
photographs
Crable, Deborah, undated
Crimson Tide
(1995)
Cry Freedom
(1987)
Dandridge, Dorothy, undated
Death of a Gunfighter
(1969)
Defiant Ones, The
(1958)
Do the Right Thing
(1989)
Dobson, Tamara, undated
Dutchman
(1966)
Fann, Al, undated
For Queen and Country
(1988)
Forrest Gump
(1994)
Gang Smashers
(1938)
3
photographs
General Spanky
(1936)
George McKenna Story, The
(1986)
Ghost
(1990)
Glory
(1989)
God's Stepchildren
(1937)
Grasshopper, The (1969)
Graves, Teresa, undated
Great White Hope, The
(1970)
2
photographs
Grier, Pam, undated
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Hallelujah!
(1929)
Halls of Anger
(1970)
Harlem on the Prairie
(1937)
Harlem Globetrotters
(1951)
2
photographs
Hearts in Dixie
(1929)
Hendry, Floria, undated
Home of the Brave
(1954)
Horne, Lena, undated
Hurricane, The
(1999)
2
photographs
Imitation of Life
(1959)
Jerry Maguire
(1996)
Johnson, Dotts, undated
Lady Sings the Blues
(1972)
Lilies of the Field
(1963)
2
photographs
Malcolm X
(1992)
3
photographs
Man Called Adam, A
(1966)
McGee, Vonetta, undated
Mighty Quinn, The
(1989)
Mississippi Masala
(1992)
Mo' Better Blues
(1990)
Much Ado About Nothing
(1993)
No Escape
(1994)
No Way Out
(1950)
2
photographs
Nothing But a Man
(1964)
Officer and a Gentleman, An
(1982)
One Mile From Heaven
(1937)
Passion Fish
(1992)
Pelican Brief, The
(1993)
Pinky
(1949)
2
photographs
Pulp Fiction
(1994)
Soldier's Story, A
(1984)
Soul to Soul
(1971)
Sounder
(1972)
Street Smart
(1986)
Ricochet
(1991)
Round Midnight
(1986)
Washington, Denzel, undated
5 photographs
What's Love Got To Do With It?
(1993)
2
photographs
Series:
Films, 1934-2005
Subseries:
Videocassettes, 1934-2000
Amazing Grace
(1974)
Black Caricature
(1996)
Black Hollywood 2000
(2000)
Blackenstein
(1972)
For Love of Ivy
(1968)
Green Pastures, The
(1936)
Jeni LeGon: Living in a Great Big
Way
(1999)
Joe Louis Story, The
(1953)
Judge Priest
(1934)
New Orleans
(1947)
Sitting in Limbo
(1986)
Spencer Williams: Remembrances of an
Early Black Film Pioneer
(1995)
We've Gotta Have It: The Story of
African American Film Making
(1992)
Subseries:
DVDs, 1975-2011
Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black
Cinema
(2004)
Bucktown
(1975)
Gone Are the Days!
(1963)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
(1999)
Sign Your Song: Harry Belafonte
(2011)
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis
(2005)