Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Hip-Hop Broadway: The Musical" performance held on November 14th, 2009 at the Winspear Opera House. The tape includes six clips of show tunes and was used as the master soundtrack for the event.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Torpedo Squadron 100 flying torpedo planes in Oahu, Hawaii. His squadron never saw combat, but he did witness U.S. ships getting destroyed by Kamikaze planes during the Okinawa invasion. He helped in some Naval strikes in Japan from March to June of 1945 before returning to the states for leave. Mr. Solis was still at home on leave when the war officially ended, and he was discharged on September 14th of 1948 due to signing up for a 6-year contract instead of the normal 4-year one.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the theatrical performance "Black Don't Crack But My Soul Does Ache," which was written, directed, and performed by Kim Fields on February 13-14, 2009 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. Track 1: "Salsa" and Track 2: "Easy Listening".

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a live performance of blues and gospel singer Della Reese at an unknown venue. The tape includes two tracks of well recorded audio of the concert which plays Della Reese along with a jazz band.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded for the 23rd annual summer youth arts institute "Rhapsody in Rhythm" on June 29-30 2007 at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The tape includes one :60 PSA advertising the event.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their their 24th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert held on January 14th, 2007 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. The audio tape includes 15 tracks of gospel music performed live by the TBAAL choir and guest artist Kelly Price. Song titles listed in concert program.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their their 24th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert held on January 14th, 2007 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. The audio tape includes 15 tracks of gospel music performed live by the TBAAL choir and guest artist Kelly Price. Song titles listed in concert program.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during for advertising their 30th anniversary season opening gala and red carpet event to be held on September 23rd 2006. The tape includes date, time, location and ticket information followed by a list of celebrities' who will be in attendance and the noted performers.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded for advertising the theatrical performance "Gut Bucket Gospel," which was directed by Curtis King and produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on February 15-18, 2006 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The audio tape includes a :60 second PSA aired on 94.5 and 97.9 highlighting key performers and ticket information.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in association with the two gospel concerts held at the academy in February of 2006. The audio tape includes a :60 second radio spot for "Heart of Soul" and "Gut Bucket Gospel...From Church to Broadway".

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in association with the two gospel concerts held at the academy in February of 2006. The audio tape includes a :60 second radio spot for "Heart of Soul" and "Gut Bucket Gospel...From Church to Broadway".

Recital presented at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church, Dallas in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Recording was taken from a homemade CD titled "Test Run Poetry/ 30 Tracks." There are 28 individual tracks featuring poems written and read by Harold Epstein. There are some with related or similar content and others that are unique. Epstein uses different styles for a few of the poems to add effects like singing, echoing his words, and emphasizing some words and not others.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their literary voices series "Wine, Watermelon, and the Word #2" literary and spoken word event held in 2002 at the Clarence Muse Café Théâtre. The audio tape includes 10 tracks of spoken word poetry, music, and speakers.

Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman regarding her experiences during World War II. She begins by discussing her family background: her parents were Jews born in Poland and emigrated to the United States. Ethel's European aunts, uncles and grandparents all likely died in the Holocaust. As a first grade student, she taught her mother, a Polish immigrant, how to read and write English. She recalls, wartime rationing, Victory Gardens, scrap drives, and antisemitism among her school-aged classmates in Dallas, Texas, and the end of the war.

Audio cassette of the opening remarks for the 18th annual "Black Music and the Civil Rights" live concert event held at the Meyerson Symphony center on January 14th, 2001, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.

Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during in relation to the "Flute for Two" jazz concert featuring Bobbi Humphrey and Hubert Laws held in 2001. The audio tape includes one track of audio featuring a :30 and :60 second spot advertising the concert and ticket information.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during former Vice President Al Gore's concession speech that took place on December 13th, 2000 to George W. Bush. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio of the speech which covers the topics of uniting as as country to step into the new millennium and thanking his supporters.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during former Vice President Al Gore's concession speech that took place on December 13th, 2000 to George W. Bush. The tape includes two track of well recorded audio of segments of the speech which covers the topics of uniting as as country to step into the new millennium and thanking his supporters.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with David Braden from Dallas, Texas. He discusses his time in the Airforce during WW2. Mr. Braden start with his time training to be a navigator before his first mission in Tokyo, Japan. David Braen describes dropping messages over Japanese cities urging Japanese people to plead for their leaders to surrender and to evacuate before the U.S. burns the cities to the ground. After the Japanese government surrendered and the war was over, Mr. Braden was flown home and kissed the ground as soon as he landed.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded the live a performance by Willie Johnson and the Gospel Keynotes hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on June 24, 2000, at the Naomi Bruton Theater. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio of soulful female vocalist accompanied by a pianist along with other singers throughout the track.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Gospel Gurls" live performance over the weekend of April 8-9th, 2000 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The tape includes six female vocalists performing jazz, gospel and spiritual medleys.

Audio tape from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert Featuring Albertina Walker, Karen Clark held on January 16th, 2000 at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Texas. The tape includes the full concert of gospel and spiritual choral music along with speakers.