Western States Black Research and Educational Center

2008 MCLM Event Calendar

Home Movie Day!

Film Festival!

Free Screening and Free 8mm and 16mm Film Inspections

Image from “Menzies Family Christmas,” 1967, New York, NY: Source Alfred Menzies

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Screenings: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Film Check in: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum

4130 Overland Avenue, Culver City 90230

http://www.claytonmuseum.org

Free Parking: South Lot

Don’t throw your old films away –

Bring them to Home Movie Day!

Home Movie Day! is an annual, worldwide event that lures neglected small-gauge films out of attics and onto screens for participants to watch & enjoy. Home movies offer a unique “You Are There” view of past decades and are an important part of America’s cultural history.

HOW IT WORKS: Bring one or more reels of 8mm, Super8 or 16mm home movies and we’ll inspect, repair, and project* one reel on a first-come, first-served basis. Damaged films cannot be screened but preservation specialists will offer expert advice on caring for at-risk materials. Transfer services are not provided, but information about film-transfer and film care will be available.

No films of your own? Join us for the screenings! It’s free & fun!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please call (323) 669-0431

For more information, visit www.homemovieday.com

*HMD 2008 reserves the right to decline the screening damaged or inappropriate reels

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                                The Third ANNUAL

     LOS ANGELES ARCHIVES BAZAAR:

                “ARCHIVES LIVE!”

Southern California history comes alive in exhibits by 65 historical collections and archives, including LA area universities, libraries and community organizations. Browse rare collections with experts and learn about family genealogy, preserving your own history and other topics. Presented by LA as Subject, the Bazaar offers a wealth of resources for exploring Los Angeles history. LA as Subject is an association of archives and collections hosted by USC. LA as Subject dedicated to improving the visibility, access and preservation of archives. Education programs, discussions about history with local authors and documentary films about the hidden stories of LA neighborhoods are scheduled throughout the day. The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum will be one of the 65 participating archives. Please join us.

LOCATION

USC DAVIDSON CONFERENCE CENTER

3415 S. Figueroa Street (at Jefferson Boulevard)

Los Angeles, CA 90089

Parking is available for $8 at USC Parking Structure D next to the Davidson Center. Enter the campus via Gate 4 (on Jefferson Blvd).

DATE & TIME

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

FREE ADMISSION

Visitors to the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar will receive discounted or free admission to museums in Exposition Park near the UCS campus, including the California African American Museum, the California Science Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Please click the following link for additional information about the LA Archives Bazaar ARCHIVES_BAZAAR 2008

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MAYME A. CLAYTON LIBRARY & MUSEUM

MCLM is in Institution Building Mode

The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Cultural Center has acquired a new home for the Mayme A. Clayton Collection of African American History & Culture. The Clayton Collection has languished for years without an appropriate home. Now, with the cooperation of the County of Los Angeles and the City of Culver City, California the Clayton Collection will be housed in a former Los Angeles County Superior Court located at 4130 Overland Avenue, Culver Ctiy, CA 90230.

New home of the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Cultural Center

Our main focus will now shift to the relocation, care and organization of the collection so it can be made available to the public as quickly as possible. As a result, we will limit our program activities (research services, film festivals, exhibits, etc.) for a short time.

Save-the-Date

FOR THE HISTORIC

BLACK & LATINO

F    I    L    M        F    E    S   T    I    V    A    L

Spring 2007

Norris Cinema Theater

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA



Women of color, Carmen Miranda and Lena Horne became major box office stars in the 1940s

Join us for the historic BLACK & LATINO FILM FESTIVAL. The film festival marks the first collaboration between the Mayme Clayton Museum & Cultural Center and the Department of Libraries of the University of Southern California. The festival will feature classic Black & Latino films from the 1940s, 50s and 60s. These cinematic gems illuminate the heart of two people defined distinctly by history, tradition and language but united in the struggle for creative expression in America. The Black & Latino Film Festival is presented in the spirit of community unity as a tribute to two peoples whose shared history dates back to the founding of the City of Los Angeles (El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula) in 1781.

B   I   E   N   V   I   D   O   S     W   E   L   C   O   M   E

T H E     F I L M S       L A S    P E L I C U L A S

Presented by

          NIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

For information and reservations, please call (213) 740-2070

Click this link for parking information: http://www.usc.edu/about/visit/upc/event_venues/norris.html



Sponsored by the Gas Company, a Sempra Energy Utility,

The Screen Actors Guild and the University of Southern California

Salve la Fecha

PARA EL HISTORICO

NEGRO Y LATINO

PRIMAVERA 2007

L A   F I E S T A   D E C I N E M A T O G R A F I C O

El Teatro de Cine de Norris

UNIVERSIDAD DE CALIFORNIA MERIDIONAL (USC)



Las mujeres del color, Carmen Miranda y Lena Horne llegaron a ser las estrellas mayores de taquillas en la década de los 40

Unanos para el histórico NEGRO & LATINA la FIESTA CINEMATOGRAFICA. La fiesta cinematográfica marca la primera colaboración entre el Museo de Mayme Clayton & el Centro Cultural y la Universidad de California Meridional (USC). La fiesta representará clásico Negro & las películas latinas de la década de los 40, 50s y 60s. Estrenaremos también nuevas, las películas negras y latinas. Estas gemas cinemáticas iluminan el corazón de dos personas definidas claramente por historia, la tradición y el idioma pero unidos en la lucha para la expresión creadora en América. NEGRO & LATINA la FIESTA CINEMATOGRAFICA se presenta en el espíritu de la unidad de la comunidad como un tributo a dos personas cuyo compartieron la historia antedata al fundador de la Ciudad de Los Angeles (el pueblo de El de Nuestra Senora de la Reina de del de Los Angeles Río de Porciúncula) en 1781.

B   I   E   N   V   I   D   O   S     W   E   L   C   O   M   E

T H E     F I L M S       L A S    P E L I C U L A S

Presentado Por

             ersidad de California Meridional

Para la información y reservaciones, llama por favor (213) 740-2070

Haga clic esta conexión para estacionar informaciónhttp://www.usc.edu/about/visit/upc/event_venues/norris.html



Patrocinado por la Compañía de Gas, una Utilidad de Energía de Sempra,

El Gremio de Actores de Pantalla y la Universidad de California Meridional

Harlem Renaissance

Exhibition at the Huntington Library

Plans for the Harlem Renaissance exhibition at the Huntington Library for 2009 are underway. The Harlem Renaissance Period (1900-1940) is one of the strengths of the Mayme A. Clayton Collection. The exhibition will feature rare books, personal letters of noted Renaissance figures, such as Langston Hughes; photographs, Oscar Micheaux films and other period films; posters and artifacts. We will keep you posted about our progress.



      Left to right: Author - anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Cotton Club, c. 1935,

      First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt presents award to opera diva, Marion Anderson and author-poet, Langston Hughes

Jazz on the Silver Screen Film Festival

The first Jazz on the Silver Screen Film Festival is now scheduled for March 2007. The festival will feature classic performances by the greats of jazz such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Thelonius Monk, Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Count Basie, Louie Armstrong and many more. Several of the jazz film festival will be presented at the Lucy Florence Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Please e-mail aclayton@wsbrec.org to be notified via e-mail or call (626) 794-4677 for dates and times. The Lucy Florence Cultural Center is located at 3351 West 43rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90008 (in the Leimert Park Art District)