Richard R. Wright Jr. films

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6204

Staff Only

Content Description

A collection of 13 films created by Richard R. Wright Jr. and/or other Wright family members. The contents of the recordings include home movies and footage relating to the Wrights' religious missions in South Africa and elsewhere, with labels on the film reels including "Cape Town farewell," "African wood carvings," "Victoria Falls," and "Gibraltar." The films are recorded on 16mm film on 14 reels and have been digitized with support from the Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive at USC.

Dates

Creation: 1920 - 1960

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access. Use of the films in their analog form is restricted due to their fragility. The Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive at USC digitized the films in this collection and the USC Libraries copied the digital files to the USC Digital Repository. For access to the films' digital surrogates, contact specol@usc.edu.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Richard R. Wright Jr. films comprise a collection of 13 moving images created circa the 1920s through the 1960s. Richard Robert Wright Jr. (1878-1967) was an African American sociologist, social worker, and minister for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Wright was married to Charlotte Crogman Wright, who authored a memoir relating to her travels throughout South Africa as the wife of a Methodist bishop, Beneath the Southern Cross (1955). Much of the footage in this collection seems to concern the Wrights' religious missions in South Africa and elsewhere, with labels on the film reels including "Cape Town farewell," "African wood carvings," "Victoria Falls," and "Gibraltar." Other films in the collection appear to be home movies, with footage of weddings, graduation ceremonies, and children playing in an American suburb.