Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Herman "Skip" Mason
Herman "Skip" Mason
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| Other authors / contributors: | Mason, Herman, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2011 June 20.
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| Summary: | Archivist and historian Herman 'Skip' Mason was born on July 14, 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia to Herman 'Pop' Mason and Deloris Hughes. In 1984, Mason graduated with his B.A. degree in communications and history from Morris Brown College. In 1989, Mason received his M.S. degree in library and information science with a concentration in African American history from Clark Atlanta University and his certification in archival studies from the Archives Institute of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. From 1987 to 1992, Mason worked for the Atlanta Fulton Public Library as the black studies librarian and archivist for the Special Collections Department. In 1992, Mason founded Digging It Up, an African American research and consulting firm. In 2008, Mason was named Alpha Phi Alpha, Incorporated's thirty-third general president. Mason served as Morehouse College's archivist and interim director of Student Affairs. He authored numerous books including The History of Black Entertainment in Atlanta.
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