The HistoryMakers video oral history with Mayme Clayton.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 56 min., 48 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.196 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Clayton, Mayme A. (Agnew), interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Mayme Clayton |
| Portion of title | Mayme Clayton |
| Abstract | Librarian Mayme A. Clayton was born August 4, 1923, in Van Buren, Arkansas. Clayton earned her B.A. degree from the University of California-Berkeley; her M.S. degree in library and information sciences from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont; and her Ph.D. degree from Sierra University in Riverside, California. She began her career as a librarian at the University of Southern California, and then at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is well known for the extensive collection of literature, music and other cultural artifacts that she amassed over four decades. The collection was housed at the Western States Black Research and Cultural Center in the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Cultural Center. It contained more than twenty thousand pieces, including signed works by author Zora Neale Hurston; handwritten notes from George Washington Carver; and a book of poems by Phillis Wheatley. Mayme Clayton passed away on October 13, 2006 at age 83. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Los Angeles, California 2004 October 7. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2004.196 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |