The Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives
Camille Billops and James V. Hatch donated to Emory University their collection of research materials on African American visual and performing arts. Assembled over the past forty years, this is one of the premier collections of its kind. The Billops-Hatch Archives provides a major resource for research in African American arts and letters of the 20th century. Highlights of the collection are:
- Thousands of rare and out-of-print books, periodicals, posters, and pamphlets on all aspects of African American history and culture
- Interviews with more than 1,200 writers, artists, poets and other cultural figures
- Records of Karamu Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio) neighborhood house settlement, nationally known for its dedication to interracial theater and the arts
- Scripts of nearly 1,000 African American-authored plays
- Paul Robeson photographs, theater programs, and other printed material, including an extensive clipping file
Other collections complement this gift. For example, the papers of Delilah Jackson are rich in photographs, programs, and print ephemera documenting African American theater, dance, film, and music history.