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Mary Perry Smith Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Archives Collection, Series 12. Memorabilia and artifacts, approximately 1940s-2003 , bulk 1974-1992

A Guide to Her Holdings at the Indiana University Black Film Center/Archive

Finding aid prepared by BFC/A Staff

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University 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
Smith, Mary Perry, 1926-2015
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc.

Title
Mary Perry Smith Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Archives Collection, Series 12. Memorabilia and artifacts, approximately 1940s-2003, bulk 1974-1992

Collection No.
COL 5

Extent
approximately 186 items

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
This series contains memorabilia related to the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame including inductee plaques and handprints, signed books and programs, offical government proclamations and commendations, costumes and clothing, and an assortment of additional three-dimensional and print artifacts.

Access Restrictions

The materials in this series are open to the public.

Administrative History

The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI) was founded in Oakland, California in 1974. The BFHFI began as a collaboration among Roy Thomas from the Afro-American Studies Department at UC-Berkeley, Mary Perry Smith, who was the co-chairperson of the Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild and at the Oakland Museum, and Sonny Buxton of the San Francisco Bay Area station KGO-TV.

The BFHFI identified itself as an organization "dedicated to influencing Black images portrayed in film and television through education, the nurturing of current independent filmmakers and the preservation of contributions by Black artists" (BFHFI 20th Anniversary Celebration Program). Throughout its existence the BFHFI presented award ceremonies honoring contemporary and historic figures in black filmmaking. Notable programs established by the BFHFI include the Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony, the International Black Film, Video & Screenplay Competition, the Black Filmworks International Film Festival, and the Sidney Poitier Fellowship. Additionally, educational programs, various symposia, and lecture series on black film were conducted throughout the life of the organization.

The BFHFI initially operated in partnership with the Oakland Museum, later incorporating itself as an independent, non-profit organization in 1978. Attempts to establish a dedicated museum and permanent home for the BFHFI were ultimately unsuccessful, although the BFHFI did begin acquisition of collections for this proposed museum.

The final Oscar Micheaux Awards ceremony was held in 1993, the 20th anniversary of the founding of the event. The BFHFI continued to present the Black Filmworks International Film Festival and Black Independent Film, Video & Screenplay Competition through 2003.

For a more detailed administrative history, a biography for Mary Perry Smith, and a listing of other series, please see collection overview ( http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/bfca/VAD4347).

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series with this series containing five subseries:

  • Collection overview
  • Series 1. Publicity materials
  • Series 2. Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony and Gala
  • Series 3. Film Lecture Series and Symposiums
  • Series 4. Black Filmworks and Independent Film, Video & Screenplay Competition
  • Series 5. Sidney Poitier Fellowship Competition
  • Series 6. Miscellaneous BFHFI events files
  • Series 7. BFHFI event recordings
  • Series 8. Board and committee documents
  • Series 9. General correspondence
  • Series 10. HRMS, volunteer, and staff documents
  • Series 11. General financial, fundraising, and legal documents
  • Series 12. Memorabilia and artifacts
  • -- Subseries 12.1. Plaques and trophies, 1974-2003
  • -- Subseries 12.2. Inductee handprints, 1974-1992
  • -- Subseries 12.3. Print memorabilia, approximately 1942-2001
  • -- Subseries 12.4. Costumes and clothing, approximately 1970s-1990s
  • -- Subseries 12.5. Miscellaneous artifacts, approximately 1970s-1990s
  • Series 13. Third party publications
  • Series 14. Research files
  • Series 15. Mary P. Smith's files
  • Series 16. Miscellaneous
  • Series 17. Phil Moore Collection (Inventoried as if separate collection due to size)
  • Series 18. Photographs
  • Series 19. Born-digital materials

    • Scope and Content Note

    This series contains memorabilia related to the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (BFHFI).

    Subseries 12.1 consists of fifty-three plaques honoring a number of the BFHFI's inductees between 1974 and 1988 as well as several recipients of the Clarence Muse Youth Award between 1984-1988, several winners of the annual film competition, and a number of special award recipients. Many of the plaques were designed and/or created by Ben Hazard, who was curator of special exhibits and education at the Oakland Museum of Califonia and actively involved with the BFHFI from its inception in 1974.

    The handprints in subseries 12.2 were created by BFHFI inductees under the guidance of Oakland print artist Casper Banjo. Forty-two musicians, filmmakers, and artists are represented including Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, Gordon Parks, Madge Sinclair, Maya Angelou, Ruth Beckford, Tempestt Bledsoe, Dizzy Gillespie, Stepin Fetchit, and many others. Also included is a wooden box built and painted by Banjo with his hallmark brick wall motif. The box is signed by several inductees and was intended to hold either the handprints or inductee plaques.

    Subseries 12.3. consists of print materials such as signed programs and monographs as well as official government proclamations, resolutions, and commendations. Among the more notable items are two Oscar Micheaux novels signed and personalized by the author, a copy of Way Down South signed by Clarence Muse, and a copy of the working script for Let's Do It Again signed by Sidney Poitier. There are also a number of souvenir programs for the annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony signed by stars such as Sammy Davis Jr., Jasmine Guy, and Harold Nicholas. The government proclamations, commendations, and resolutions range in date from 1974 through 2001. Most originate from various mayors' and government offices in California (Oakland, Los Angeles, San Jose, Berkeley, Alameda County, the California Legislature), but the cities of Detroit, Concord, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Atlanta, New York are also represented.

    The costumes and articles of clothing in subseries 12.4. are mostly items related to BFHFI events including BFHFI sweatshirts and t-shirts, as well as hats and buttons made for the BFHFI's 1992 screening of Malcolm X. The remaining items include the dress and boots worn by Ruby Dee in the role of Grandma Baxter in the film version of Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979), Harold Nicholas' tap shoes, a khaki hat worn by Mario Van Peebles, and a felt flower hat rumored to have been worn by one of the Nicholas Brothers in My Pal Joey. Also include here are costume sketches by Bernard Johnson with fabric swatches for the film Bingo Long.

    The final subseries, 12.5, includes miscellaneous artifacts such as two oversized photographs of an unidentified female model, a slapboard for a St. Elsewhere production, several plaques honoring the BFHFI and Oscar Micheaux, two banners for BFHFI events, and the original metal gravemarker for Oscar Micheaux, which was replaced by a headstone during an official ceremony in October 1988 and donated by the Micheaux family to the BFHFI.

    Additional memorabilia in the form of movie screening posters, event tickets, celebrity correspondence, and unsigned souvenir programs are located in "Series 1. Publicity materials" and "Series 9. General correspondence" (see main collection overview at http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/bfca/VAD4347).

    Administrative Information

    Acquisition Information
    The material in this series is part of a collection donated by Mary Perry Smith to the Indiana University Black Film Center Archives in January 2014.
    Usage Restrictions
    Materials may be used in-house at the BFC/A; duplication permitted only with permission of the Archivist.
    Preferred Citation
    [item], Mary Perry Smith Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Archives Collection, Special Collection COL 5, Black Film Center/Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington.
    Processing Information
    Processed by Ronda L. Sewald.

    Completed in 2016.

    Collection Inventory

    Series: 12. Memorabilia and artifacts
    Subseries: 12.1. Plaques and trophies, 1974-2003 

    Physical description

    53 plaques + 1 crystal award + 2 trophies

    Designer/creator
    Hazard, Ben

    12.1.1. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1974 

    Physical description

    14 plaques

    MB 1 Alvin Childress BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping under glass.

    MB 1 Lillian Cumber BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping under glass inset; wood chipped and frayed along right side of glass inset.

    MB 1 Ossie Davis BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping; glass has fallen out and no longer fits wood background.

    MB 1 Katherine Dunham BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9.125 x 9.125 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Slight bubbling on bottom of inset between glass and background.

    MB 1 Theresa Harris BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping under glass inset; some indents in the transparency/paper under glass.

    MB 1 Eugene Jackson BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping under glass inset.

    MB 1 William Marshall BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping; severe crack to glass across left side.

    MB 1 Juanita Moore BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    MB 1 Clarence Muse BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9.125 x 9.125 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Black inset under glass bubbling in top right corner; one small crack in silver star, lower left.

    MB 1 Gordon Parks, Sr. BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9.125 x 9.125 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Glass inset chipped on lower left; transparency is starting to bubble under glass.

    MB 2 Beah Richards BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping under glass.

    MB 2 Paul Robeson BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9.125 x 9.125 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Glass completely separated from plaque; glass corners chipped; doesn't fit into wood plaque; background transparency insets are warped and bubbling.

    MB 2 Lorenzo Tucker BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    MB 2 Leigh Whipper BFHFI inductee plaque, 1974 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Transparency warping under glass inset.

    12.1.2. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1975 

    Physical description

    2 plaques

    MB 2 Allen Clayton Hoskins BFHFI inductee plaque, 1975 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Wood cracked on lower right.

    MB 2 Butterfly McQueen etched glass inset for BFHFI induct plaque, 1975 

    Physical description

    1 plaque

    Physical condition note

    Only glass inset; wood backing is missing.

    12.1.3. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1976 

    Physical description

    1 plaque

    MB 2 Josephine Baker BFHFI inductee plaque, 1976 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    12.1.4. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1977 

    Physical description

    4 plaques

    MB 2 American Broadcasting Company BFHFI inductee plaque, 1977 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    Physical condition note

    Wood is cracked at top; orange ink stain; scuffing on glass inset.

    MB 2 Roscoe Lee Browne BFHFI inductee plaque, 1977 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    MB 2 Bea Freeman BFHFI inductee plaque, 1977 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    MB 3 James Earl Jones BFHFI inductee plaque, 1977 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 9 x 1 in.

    12.1.5. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1980 

    Physical description

    7 plaques

    MB 3 Vinnette Carroll BFHFI inductee plaque, 1980 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    MB 3 Ivan Dixon BFHFI inductee plaque, 1980 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    MB 3 James Edwards BFHFI inductee plaque [posthumous], 1980 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    MB 3 William Greaves BFHFI inductee plaque, 1980 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    MB 3 Lillian Randolph BFHFI inductee plaque, 1980 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Complete left side of wood plaque is cracked along routing.

    MB 3 Frank Silvera BFHFI inductee plaque, 1980 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Severe cracking of wood on right side along routing; paper stuck to areas of plaque.

    MB 3 Woody Strode BFHFI inductee plaque, 1980 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    12.1.6. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1981 

    Physical description

    1 plaque

    MB 4 Phil Moore BFHFI inductee plaque, 1981 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    12.1.7. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1982 

    Physical description

    4 plaques

    MB 4 Cab Calloway BFHFI inductee plaque, 1982 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Medallion is missing.

    MB 4 Jester Hairston BFHFI inductee plaque, 1982 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Medallion is missing.

    MB 4 Yaphet Kotto BFHFI inductee plaque, 1982 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Medallion is missing.

    MB 4 Hugh Robertson BFHFI inductee plaque, 1982 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Medallion is missing.

    12.1.8. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1983 

    Physical description

    1 plaque

    MB 4 Billy Dee Williams BFHFI inductee plaque, 1983 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    12.1.9. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1985 

    Physical description

    1 plaque

    MB 4 Jim Brown BFHFI inductee plaque, 1985 February 24 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    12.1.10. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1986 

    Physical description

    1 plaque

    MB 4 Claudia McNeil BFHFI inductee plaque, 1986 February 23 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Medallion loose; metal plaque scratched.

    12.1.11. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1987 

    Physical description

    2 plaques

    MB 5 Jeni LeGon BFHFI inductee plaque, 1987 February 22 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    MB 5 Ernest Frederic Morrison BFHFI inductee plaque, 1987 February 22 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    12.1.12. BFHFI inductee plaques, 1988 

    Physical description

    3 plaques

    MB 5 Louis Armstrong BFHFI inductee plaque, 1988 February 21 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    MB 5 Dizzy Gillespie BFHFI inductee plaque, 1988 February 21 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 12 x 9 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    Some minor rusting on metal plaque on engraving.

    MB 5 Arthur Mitchell BFHFI inductee plaque, 1988 February 21 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 7 x 1 in.

    12.1.13. BFHFI Clarence Muse Youth Award plaques, 1984-1988 

    Physical description

    3 plaques

    MB 5 Jennifer Holliday BFHFI Clarence Muse Youth Award winner plaque, 1984 February 26 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 7 x 1 in.

    MB 5 Spike Lee BFHFI Clarence Muse Youth Award winner plaque, 1987 February 22 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 7 x 1 in.

    MB 5 Robert Townsend BFHFI Clarence Muse Youth Award winner plaque, 1988 February 21 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 7 x 1 in.

    12.1.14. Miscellaneous BFHFI awards, 1984-1997 

    Physical description

    9 plaques + 1 crystal award + 2 trophies

    MB 5 Avon Kirkland - BFHFI Film Competition, Best Film Award plaque, 1984 February 26 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 7 x 1 in.

    MB 5 Cheryl Bord-Nelms - BFHFI Special Film Award, Documentary, plaque, 1985 February 24 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 7 x 1 in.

    MB 5 Henry Hampton, "Eyes on the Prize," BFHFI Achievement Award Documentary Series plaque, 1987 February 22 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9 x 7 x 1 in.

    MB 10 Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Incorporated, New Voices, New Visions plaque presented to Oprah Winfrey, 1990 

    Physical description

    1 plaque

    MB 11 Dorothy Dandridge BFHFI Retrospective Tribute award, 1992 February 23 

    Physical description

    1 crystal award ; 9 x 8.75 x 2 in.

    Physical condition note

    In original box with red silk lining. Measurements are for box.

    MB 11 Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame plaque, undated 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 9.75 x 13 in.

    MB 11 James Richards, Warm Tide - First Place Student Category, 1997 International Black Independent Film & Video Competition winner plaque, 1997 September 27 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 13 x 10.5 in.

    MB 11 Charlene Gilbert, Ina Mae Best - First Place Community Category, 1997 International Black Independent Film & Video Competition winner plaque, 1997 September 27 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 13 x 10.5 in.

    MB 11 Laya Mashavu Sewell - Students Third Place, 12th Annual Black Filmworks winner plaque, 2000 October 7 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 5.25 x 7.25 in.

    MB 11 Tim Reid - Television First Place, 12th Annual Black Filmworks winner plaque, 2001 December 2 

    Physical description

    1 plaque ; 7 x 9 in.

    MB 8 Aaron McDonald - BFHFI Cartoon Contest trophy, 1996 

    Physical description

    1 trophy ; 14 x 3 x 2.125 in.

    Physical condition note

    Side of statue is cracked with some wear on the back of body; metal plaque is loose.

    MB 13 Charles Burnett - BFHFI 14th Annual Film and Video Competition, Third Place for Nat Turner, A Troublesome Property trophy, 2003 October 18 

    Physical description

    1 trophy

    Subseries: 12.2. Inductee handprints, 1974-1992  MB 15

    Artist
    Banjo, Casper

    Physical description

    51 items

    Description

    Celebrity handprints created under the supervision of Oakland artist Casper Banjo in Vaseline and graphite powder on paper. Most of the items are also signed and dated by the celebrity. Handprints dated before 1976 may have actually been created later and then backdated to the celebrity's date of induction into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. The collection also contains a large wooden box created by Banjo and painted to look like a brick chimney. The chimney is signed by several BFHFI inductees and was intended to hold plaques or handprints. All items in this series were donated by Banjo to the BFHFI.

    Maya Angelou handprint and signature, 1981 
    Ruth Beckford handprint and signature, 1978 
    Eubie Blake handprint and signature, probably 1976 
    Tempestt Bledsoe handprint and signature, 1992 
    Elaine Bushnell handprint and signature, 1978 
    Vinnette Carroll handprint and signature, (Don't Bother Me I CAN'T Cope), 1980 
    Vinnette Carroll handprint and signature, (Your Arms Too Short to Box with God), 1980 
    Benny Carter handprint and signature, 1978 
    Rosalind Cash handprint and signature, 1992 
    Lonnie E Coler III handprint and signature, 1979 
    Clifton Davis/Lena Horne handprints and signatures, 1978 
    Carmen De Lavallade handprint and signature, 1984 

    Note

    2 versions.

    Ivan Dixon handprint and signature, 1980 
    Katherine Dunham handprint and signature, 1974 
    Lola Falana handprint and signature, 1989 
    Framed at BFCA. Stepin Fetchit handprint and signature, 1974 
    Gloria Foster handprint and signature, 1985 
    Dizzy Gillespie handprint and signature, 1988 
    William Greaves handprint and signature, 1980 
    Geoffrey Holder handprint and signature, probably 1981 

    Note

    3 versions.

    Robert Hooks handprint and signature, 1985 

    Note

    3 versions.

    Framed Lena Horne handprint and signature, 1978 
    Eugene Jackson handprint and signature, 1974 

    Note

    2 versions.

    Eartha Kitt handprint and signature, 1975 
    Helen Martin (Dorothy) handprint and signature, 1992 
    Etta Moten handprint and signature, 1979 
    Denise Nicholas handprint and signature, 1992 
    Floyd Norman handprint and signature, 1979 
    Frederick O'Neal handprint and signature, 1990 
    Gordon Parks, Sr. handprint and signature, 1974 

    Note

    2 versions.

    Wolfe Perry handprint and signature, 1981 
    Lillian Randolph handprint and signature, 1980 
    Beah Richards handprint and signature, probably 1974 
    Ester Rolle handprint and signature, 1991 
    Michael Schultz handprint and signature, 1991 
    Hazel Scott handprint and signature, 1978 
    Madge Sinclair handprint and signature, 1992 
    Woody Strode handprint and signature, 1980 
    Vincent Tubbs handprint and signature1974 
    Katt Walker handprint and signature, 1979 
    Billy Dee Williams handprint and signature, 1979 
    Paul Winfield handprint and signature, 1984 February 26 
    Handprint folder with inventory, 1970s-1980s 
    Banjo Wooden chimney created by Oakland artist Casper Banjo for holding BFHFI celebrity handprints or inductee plaques, approximately 1977 
    Subseries: 12.3. Print memorabilia, approximately 1942-2001 
    OS 1.12 Legendary Stars of the Cinema : Butterfly McQueen autographed posters, undated 

    Note

    3 copies, one cropped.

    MB 6 Autographed copy of Way Down South, undated 

    Author
    Muse, Clarence

    Note

    Very brittle.

    MB 6 Take a Giant Step : A Drama in Two Acts, c1954 

    Author
    Peterson, Louis

    Publisher
    Samuel French, Inc.

    MB 6 Autographed copy of The Wind from Nowhere (11th edition), c1944 

    Author
    Micheaux, Oscar

    MB 6 Autographed copy of The Case of Mrs. Wingate (8th edition), c1945 

    Author
    Micheaux, Oscar

    MB 6 Lena Horne postcard, undated 
    MB 6 Aida program, performed by Chicago Negro Opera Guild, Civic Opera House, 1942 October 10-11 

    Note

    Contains photograph.

    MB 6 Bravo! New Style Art Channel program signed by Jeni LeGon, 2000 
    MB 6 Autographed copy of Lena Horne : The Lady and her Music souvenir book, undated 
    MB 6 Autographed Southernaires program (City Auditorium), 1943 October 31 
    AC 4.35 Bill Cosby autograph, early 1960s 
    MB 6 Three Afro American Artists : Casper Banjo, Charles Tuggle, Robert L. Floyd (Gong Gallery book, Lagos, Nigeria), 1977 

    Note

    Signed and personalized by Banjo to Mary Smith.

    MB 6 Norman Studios promotional mailer featuring The Flying Ace, undated 

    Note

    Duplicated in Richard E. Norman collection held by BFC/A.

    MB 6 Garbo flyer, undated 
    MB 6 Proud premiere benefit flyer / written and directed by C. Bernard Jackson, undated 
    MB 6 Mahalia tribute flyer, undated 
    AC 4.31 Autographed copy of CalPerformances program, 1987 November/December 
    AC 4.32 Advertising brochure for three Oscar Micheaux novels, possibly 1940s 
    MB 6 Autographed copy of Tony Brown's Journal, 1988 Third Quarter 
    MB 6 Autographed Hollywood Shuffle preview screening flyer and Robert Townsend image, 1986 

    Note

    Signed by Carl Craig, Robert Townsend, and Komah Garrett.

    MB 6 The Meeting program / by Jeff Stetson, directed by Ted Lange, undated 

    Note

    Signed by Michael and Ted Lange, Victor Mayo.

    MB 6 Paul Robeson film and program booklets, undated 
    MB 6 Let's Do It Again working script signed by Sidney Poitier, revised 1975 February 20 
    MB 6 Carmen Jones script, 1954 April 19 
    OS 2.3 Mo' Better Blues pressbook autographed by Denzel Washington and Spike Lee, 1990 
    OS 2.4 Dorothy Dandridge fans used for BFHFI Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony, 1992 
    OS 2.5 Dreamgirls press kit, 1981 
    MB 6 1st annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by William Marshall, 1974 
    MB 6 2nd annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Louis Peterson, 1975 

    Note

    7 copies.

    AC 4.33 4th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Cicley Tyson, 1977r 
    MB 6 10th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony program autographed by multiple artists, 1983 
    MB 6 10th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by multiple artists, 1983 
    MB 6 12th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by multiple artists, 1985 
    MB 6 12th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Carl [?], 1985 
    MB 6 14th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Sammy Davis, Jr., 1987 

    Note

    9 copies.

    MB 6 14th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Sammy Davis, Jr., 1987 

    Note

    10 copies.

    MB 6 16th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Jasmine Guy, 1989 

    Note

    8 copies.

    AC 4.34 16th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Jasmine Guy, 1989 
    MB 6 16th annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony souvenir catalog autographed by Jasmine Guy and Harold Nicholas, 1989 

    Note

    7 copies.

    MB 6 City of Concord, Black Filmmakers Day proclamation, 1976 January 26 
    MB 6 City of Oakland, California, City Hall, Black Filmmakers Day proclamation, 1976 January 26 
    MB 6 City of San Jose, California, Office of the Mayor, Filmmakers 1976 Day proclamation, 1976 February 8 
    MB 6 City of Berkeley, California, Office of the Mayor, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1976 proclamation, 1976 February 8 
    MB 6 City of Detroit, Michigan, Office of the Mayor, Oscar Micheaux Day proclamation, 1978 February 19 
    MB 6 City of Oakland, California, Office of the Mayor, Katherine Dunham Day proclamation, 1978 November 19 
    MB 6 City of Los Angeles commendation of BFHFI signed by Mayor Richard J. Ríordan, 1995 March 20 
    MB 6 City of Oakland, NBA All-Stars ribbon, 2000 
    MB 6 University of California, Office of the President, Black Staff and Faculty certificate of congratulations presented to BFHFI for 12th Black Filmworks, 2001 December 1 
    OS 1.13 Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda, California, Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild commendation, 1974 
    OS 2.1 City of Oakland, Office of the Mayor, Black Film-Makers Day, 1974 February 17, proclamation, 1974 February 13 
    OS 1.13 Congressional Record, Honoring of Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild for BFHF Awards, 1974 February 14 

    Note

    Enlargement of record from Vol. 120, no. 16.

    OS 1.13 City of Saint Louis, Office of the Mayor, Josephine Baker Week, week of 1976 February 2, proclamation, 1976 January 30 
    OS 2.1 City of Cincinnati, Office of the Mayor, Louise Beavers Day , 1976 February 8, proclamation, 1976 February 2 
    AC 4.36 Proclamation, Lancaster (South Carolina), Office of the Mayor, Induction of Nina Mae McKinney into the BFHFI, 1978 January 26 
    AC 4.36 Proclamation, City of Detroit, Executive Office, Oscar Micheaux Awards Day, 1978 February 19 
    OS 2.1.2 Proclamation, City of Gary (Indiana), Office of the Mayor, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Day, 1978 February 19 
    4.36 Proclamation, City of Newport News (Virginia), Office of the Mayor, Ella Fitzgerald Day, 1978 February 19 
    AC 4.36 Proclamation, City of Oakland, Office of the Mayor, Black Filmmakers Day, 1978 February 19 
    OS 2.1.2 Proclamation, Borough of Red Bank (New Jersey), Mayor and Council, Induction of Count Basie into the BFHFI, 1978 February 19 
    OS 2.1.2 Proclamation, City of San Francisco, Office of the Mayor, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Day, 1978 February 19 
    OS 2.1 City of Atlanta, Office of the Mayor, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Day, proclamation, 1978 February 19 
    AC 4.36 Proclamation, City of Pittsburgh, Office of the Mayor, Earl "Fatha" Hines Day, 1979 February 18 
    AC 4.36 Letter of Congratulations, City of Detroit, Executive Office, Induction of Herb Jeffries, 1979 February 6 
    OS 2.1 City of Los Angeles, Ethel Waters commendation, 1976 February 8 
    OS 2.1 City of Los Angeles, Eubie Blake commendation, 1976 February 8 
    OS 2.1 City of Los Angeles, John O'Killens commendation, 1976 February 8 
    OS 2.1 City of Los Angeles, Lucia Lynn Moses commendation, 1976 February 8 
    OS 2.1 City of Los Angeles, The Nicholas Brothers commendation, 1976 February 8 
    OS 2.1.2 City of Los Angeles, Paul Winfield commendation, 1979 February 18 
    OS 2.1 City of Oakland, Office of the Mayor, Black Filmmakers Day, proclamation, 1980 February 24 
    OS 2.1 City of Oakland, Office of the Mayor, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Day, proclamation, 2001 December 2 
    OS 1.13 City of New York, Office of the Mayor, Diana Sands Day commendation, 1979 February 18 
    OS 1.13 Resolution No. 100, Regular Session, Senate, California Legislature, preservation of town of Allensworth, 1970 March 9 
    OS 2.1 Resolution No. 130, Senate Rules Committee--California Legislature, Film Pioneers commendation, 1974 February 11 
    OS 1.13 Resolution No. 76, Assembly Rules Committee--California Legislature, Guild for Cultural and Ethnic Affairs commendation, 1974 February 14 
    OS 1.13 Resolution No. 122, Joint Rules Committee--California Legislature, Carmen Paula de Lavallade commendation, 1974 February 21 
    OS 1.13 Resolution No. 123, Joint Rules Committee--California Legislature, Mantan Moreland commendation, 1974 February 21 
    OS 1.13 Resolution No. 124, Joint Rules Committee--California Legislature, Billy Dee Williams commendation, 1974 February 21 
    OS 1.13 Resolution No. 125, Joint Rules Committee--California Legislature, Richard Pryor commendation, 1974 February 21 
    OS 1.13 Resolution No. 17, Joint Rules Committee--California Legislature, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Commendation, 1976 January 20 
    OS 2.1.2 Resolution no. 136, California Seventeenth Assembly District, congratulating BFHFI on fifth awards ceremony, 1978 January 27 
    OS 2.1.2 Resolution, City of San Antonio, Etta Moten, 1979 February 15 
    OS 2.1 House Resolution no. 6015, State of Kansas, in memory of Oscar Micheaux, 2001 March 22 
    OS 2.1 Senate Resolution no. 1829, State of Kansas in memory of Oscar Micheaux with accompanying letter, 2001 March 21 
    N/A Certificate of Appreciation presented to Mary Perry Smith by Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1978 June 18 

    BFCA Seminar Room

    MB 16 Lillian Award trophey present to Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1988 

    Note

    Clear and red vinyl 3-sided pyramid: H = 8, base sides = 6.75 inches.

    MB 16 Appreciation award presented to Mary Perry Smith by BFHFI for 23 years of "vision and dedication as a Founding Director," 1996 February 24 

    Note

    Clear vinyl ocatagon on base: H = 9 x W = 8 x D = 2 inches.

    N/A Delta Simga Theta Sorority, Inc. award presented to Marry Perry Smith as president of BFHFI, undated 

    BFCA Seminar Room

    Note

    Bronze head on wooden block with engraved brass plate.

    Subseries: 12.4. Costumes and clothing, approximately 1970s-1990s 
    OS 1.3 Bernard Johnson's original costume sketches with fabric swatches and Ebony coverage for film Bingo Long, 1976 
    OS 5 BFHFI sweatshirt
    OS 5 BFHFI light blue, long-sleeved shirt
    OS 5 BFHFI beige with maroon writing, T-shirt
    MB 9 Felt flower hat potentially worn by one of the Nicholas Brothers in My Pal Joey
    MB 9 Spike Lee Malcolm X hat, embroidered silver X on black
    MB 9 Spike Lee Malcolm X hat, embroidered rainbow-colored X on white with black bill
    MB 9 Khaki hat worn by Mario Van Peebles
    OS 5 Ruby Dee dress worn for the role of Grandma Baxter in Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
    MB 12 Ruby Dee boots worn for the role of Grandma Baxter in film version of Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
    MB 12 Harold Nicholas tap shoes
    MB 16 Fayard Nicholas tap shoes
    MB 16 Crimson Tide promotional baseball cap
    MB 16 black glove
    MB 16 Feather ornament
    Subseries: 12.5. Miscellaneous artifacts, approximately 1970s-1990s 
    MB 7 Kodak Welcomes Black Filmmakers banner, undated 
    MB 7 Volunteer picnic banner, undated 
    OS 6 Plaque from Los Angeles Mayor's Office in recognition of 7th Annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony plaque, 1980 February 24 
    MB 9 Soul Beat Civic Award trophy presented to Mary P. Smith, president, Black Film Makers [sic] Hall of Fame, 1989 

    Note

    Wood and plastic trophy with brass plate and brass television camera mounted at top.

    MB 13 St. Elsewhere Prod #2312 slapboard, 1982 October 19 

    Note

    Episode directed by Kevin Hooks and filmed by Marvin Gunter. Two pieces.

    MB 13 Oscar Micheaux Hollywood Walk of Fame commemoration plaque, 1987 February 13 
    MB 14 Oscar Micheaux original grave marker, undated 
    OS 8 Unidentified female model posed with rose, undated 

    Physical description

    1 photograph : color ; 25 x 37 inches

    Note

    In frame with glass. Possibly from Phil Moore Collection.

    OS 8 Unidentified female model posed with hourglass, undated 

    Physical description

    1 photograph : color ; 25.75 x 33.75 inches

    Note

    In frame with glass. Possibly from Phil Moore Collection.

    Banjo Wooden Chimney created by Oakland artist Casper Banjo for holding BFHFI celebrity handprints, approximately 1977 
    N/A Madame Sul-Te-Wan painting, framed, oil on canvas, artist unknown, undated 
    Series: 17. Phil Moore Collection (Inventoried as if separate collection due to size)
    Series: 18. Photographs (undergoing processing)
    Series: 19. Born-digital materials (undergoing processing)
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