Birmingham Black Radio Museum

The Birmingham Black Radio Museum will implement phase two of its ongoing project to provide online accessibility to its collection. The museum director will work with student interns from the University of Alabama School of Library and Information Sciences to complete the digitizing, cataloging, and hard drive back-up of all archival materials, including photos, promotional materials, radio scripts, technical data, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. The ephemera collection encompasses approximately ten linear feet of archival material including a large collection of transcription discs used for broadcast in the 1940s and 50s. The project team will also acquire and evaluate software for the museum's website to support a publicly usable database. The museum will continue collaborations with a robust group of consultants and organizations including the University of Alabama, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and the Carver Theatre.