The HistoryMakers video oral history with Elma Lewis.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Elma Lewis.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (5 video files (1 hr., 52 min., 55 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Lewis, Elma -- Interviews. Lewis, Elma. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11317886

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with Elma Lewis Elma Lewis
Other authors / contributors:	Lewis, Elma, interviewee. Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. Stearns, Scott, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Scott Stearns. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Boston, Massachusetts 2003 April 10. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Museum executive Elma Lewis was born on September 15, 1921 in Boston to immigrant parents from the West Indies. She earned her B.A. degree at Emerson College and received her M.Ed. degree from Boston University in 1944. In 1950, she established the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts to educate and bring a cultural venue to African Americans in Boston. There, she taught dance, drama and speech therapy. In 1966, she opened the first Playhouse in the Park in Boston, bringing in Duke Ellington and other high-profile entertainers. In 1968, she established the National Center of Afro-American Artists. Although the school closed in 1990, Lewis actively supported the arts and served on boards of several museums. She was the recipient of more than 400 awards, including the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship. In 1983, President Reagan awarded her the Presidential Medal for the Arts. Lewis passed away on January 1, 2004 at age 82.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (5 video files (1 hr., 52 min., 55 sec.)) : sound, color. 015255
Playing Time:	01:52:55
Production Credits:	Videographer, Scott Stearns.