The W. W. Law Moving Image and Sound collection includes various media formats recording a variety of content collected by W. W. Law. Media formats include: audiocassette tape, motion picture film, reel to reel, VHS tape, ½ inch open-reel video tape, Hi8 video tape, and U-Matic tape. All formats have various sizes and duration of recordings. The content of the recordings varies, including: recordings of NAACP Savannah Branch events, motion picture films, local news television and radio programs, concerts of local artists, interviews, oral histories, local museum events, Savannah’s Mutuals Benevolent Society events, church events, and more. The recordings feature prominent Savannahians, such as W. W. Law, Dr. John Jamerson, Jr., and R. W. Gadsden; Savannah institutions, such as First African Baptist Church, and the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum; national leaders, such as Clarence Mitchell, and Langston Hughes; well-known artists, such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers; other organizations, such as the Savannah-Yamacraw Branch of the Association for Afro-American Life and History (ASALH); and others. The recordings give glimpses into historic movements of Savannah, offering insights on the Civil Rights Movement, the push for historic preservation, and the development of Savannah’s tourism industry.

Local identification number: 1121-103

1121-103, W. W. Law Moving Image and Sound Collection

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Copyright has not been assigned to the City of Savannah. All requests for permission to publish or quote from the collections must be submitted in writing to the Municipal Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the City of Savannah as owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.