Neil Armstrong fonds
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Neil Armstrong fonds. 1st accrual, 1998 – 2006.
Extent: 28 cm of audio materials. 47 cassette tapes.
Fonds consists of cassette tapes containing recordings of interviews conducted by Neil Armstrong of prominent Black and Caribbean artists, authors, poets, publishers, academics, and politicians for the York University student radio, CHRY 105.5FM. Interviews cover topics such as Black and Caribbean history, literature, community events, international work, and more. Interviewees include The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, Dionne Brand, Afua Cooper, The Honourable Rosemary Brown, Austin Clarke, George Elliott Clark, Louise Bennett (Miss Lou), and others. Some tapes have interviews or speeches made by these individuals outside of a CHRY interview.
Tapes were numbered in accordance with the original order upon arrival. Note: The “A” or “B” following the tape number reflects which side of the tape the recording may be found. Tapes without an affixed letter contain only one recording.
BOX 1
Tape 1: Cecil Foster, Dry Bone Memories, 5 November 2001.
Tape 2A: Mordechai Rozanski [President of the University of Guelph] and Lincoln Alexander, Lincoln Alexander Chancellorship Scholarships, 26 November 2001.
Tape 2B: H. Nigel Thomas, Behind the Face of Winter, 28 November 2001.
Tape 3A: Robert Small, Black History Month Poster, 11 January 2002.
Tape 3B: Arnold Itwaru, Home and Back, 14 January 2002; True Daley, Poet, 14 January 2002.
Tape 4A: Phil Vassell, Editor of “Word,” [July 2000?]; Miss Lou letter, “Personality of the Century,” [2000?]
Tape 4B: Jennifer Garnatz, Jamaican poet, 13 July 2001.
Tape 5: Rosemary Brown, “The Right to Diversity Without Equality,” 5 December 1998.
Tape 6A: Jackie and Kim Richardson, singers and actresses, [September 2005?].
Tape 6B: Alvin Curling, Speaker of Ontario Legislative Assembly / Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 23 September 2005.
Tape 7A: Dawn Williams, “Who’s Who in Black Canada?” 24 October 2002; Arnold Itwaru and Dwayne Morgan, 25 October 2002.
Tape 7B: Noam Chomsky, Bloor Street United Church, 10 November 2002.
Tape 8A: Tessa McWatt, “This Body,” 25 October 2004.
Tape 8B: Rikki Beadle-Blair, “The Roots on Homophobia,” 20 October 2002.
Tape 9A: Anne-Marie Woods, “Four the Moment, 15 September 2003.
Tape 9B: Karen Robinson, actress, 7 November 2003.
Tape 10A: “The Man Behind the Mic,” 28 January 2002.
Tape 10B: Lillian Allen, Canadian poet, 8 February 2002.
Tape 11A: Louise Bennett-Coverly (“Miss Lou”) and Maud Fuller, Discussion on the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC), ca. 2000.
Tape 11B: Dr. Rita Cox, Mairuth Sarsfield, Kamala-Jean Gopie, Pauline Thomas (“Auntie Comesee”), “Covered and Bound,” 27 March 2000.
Tape 12A: Olive Senior, 27 November 2002.
Tape 12B: Abdul-Rehman Malik, Karen Hall, Metzi, 29 March 2003.
Tape 13A: Marlon Rhoden and Weyni Mengesha, Unblind, 19 April 2002.
Tape 13B: Dr. Rosemary Brown, 22 April 2002.
Tape 14: Edwidge Danticat, Dew Breaker, 31 March 2004.
Tape 15: Ken Wiwa, “In the Shadow of a Saint,” 2000.
Tape 16: Austin Clarke, “The Polished Hoe,” 30 June 2003.
Tape 17A: Dr. Esmerelda Thornhill, 26 January 2003.
Tape 17B: Phyllis Walker and Rudyard Fearon, 10 March 2003.
Tape 18: Bromley Armstrong, “Bromley, Tireless Champion for Just Causes,” 18 December 2000.
Tape 19A: J. Nichole Noel, “Intimate Interludes,” 26 April 2004.
Tape 19B: George Boyd, “Consecrated Ground,” 9 February 2004.
Tape 20: Dwayne Morgan, “The Evolution Album,” 21 December 2000.
Tape 21A: Robert Small, Official Black History Month poster, 9 February 2001.
Tape 21B: Austin Clarke and Linton Kwesi Johnson, 11 January 2001.
Tape 22A: Linda Morowei, Jane Finch Concerned Citizens Organization, n.d. / Taryn Della
Tape 22B: Dirk McLean, author, n.d.
Tape 23A: Rita Burke, Burke’s Bookstore, 11 February 2002.
Tape 23B: Walter Rodney special, 4 February 2002.
Tape 24A: Afua Cooper, A Fly in a Pail of Milk: the Herb Carnegie Story, 18 March 2002.
Tape 24B: Rob Davis, Junior Carnival Parade, 21 July 2002.
Tape 25A: Althea Prince, author of “Being Black,” 6 February 2001.
Tape 25B: Vincent Ncabashe, “Gumboots,” 9 March 2001.
Tape 26A: Carl E. James, “Experiencing Difference,” 14 August 2000.
Tape 26B: Carl James and Kai James, Covered and Bound, 21 August 2000.
Tape 27A: George Elliott Clarke interview, 1 February 2005.
Tape 27B: Trey Anthony, “Da Kink in my Hair,” 25 February 2005.
Tape 28A: Djanet Sears, Playwright and Director, 31 March 1998 / Irvin Studin, Rhodes Scholar, 8 January 1999.
Tape 28B: Nancy Nicol and David Toye, Marxism ’98, ca. 1998.
Tape 29A: Michael Parenti, “History as Mystery,” 23 October 2000.
Tape 29B: Edward Baugh, “It Was the Singing,” 24 October 2000.
Tape 30A: Jeanguy Saintus interview, 3 March 2002.
Tape 30B: Heron Jones and Rudyard Fearon, 18 March 2002.
Tape 31A: Ricardo Keens-Douglas and Dawn Williams, 3 February 2003.
Tape 31B: Irving Andre, author and Judge, 22 February 2003.
Tape 32A: Louise Bennett-Coverly (“Miss Lou”), CBC ‘This Morning,’ 20 January 2002.
Tape 32B: Makeda Silvera, “The Heart Does Not Bend, 4 March 2002.
Tape 33A: Djanet Sears, “The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God,” 23 January 2001.
Tape 33B: Joel Gordon, filmmaker, 23 January 2001.
Tape 34: Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, and Karolyn Smardz Frost, “The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto!” 11 December 2002.
Tape 35A: Paul Campbell, “My Supreme” interview by Delroy Sterling, n.d.
Tape 35B: Mairuth Sarsfield, 25 January 2002.
Tape 36A: Roxanne Tracey and Dwayne Morgan, Talking about Identity: Encounters in Race, Ethnicity, and Language, 2 April 2001.
Tape 36B: Tonya Lee Williams, Reelworld Film Festival / Andrew Ignatieff, World Literacy Canada, n.d.
Tape 37A: Michael Parenti, 20 September 2001 / Adeena Niazi, 21 September 2001 / Dionne Brand interview, 28 September 2001.
Tape 37B: Dionne Brand interview con’t / Andrew Allen, Access Initiative, 2 October 2001 / Leela Acharya, “Rewriting the Script: A Love Letter to Our Families,” 23 October 2001.
Tape 38A: Horane Smith, Port Royal, 3 June 2002.
Tape 38B: Motion in Poetry, 6 June 2002.
Tape 39: Elizabeth Nunez, “Grace,” 11 December 2003.
Tape 40A: Robert Sanford, Sand for Snow, 28 May 2004.
Tape 40B: Frank Birbalsingh (ed.), “Guyana and the Caribbean,” 7 June 2004.
Tape 41A: Itah Sadu, 10 February 2003.
Tape 41B: Kayla Perrin and Orville Lloyd Douglas, 17 February 2003.
Tape 42A: Dawn Williams and Mairuth Sarsfield, “Who’s Who in Black Canada,” 7 January 2002.
Tape 42B: Stefan Collins, “Why,” with answers read by Clive Braham, 7 January 2002.
Tape 43: Mairuth Sarsfield and Keira Loughran, n.d.
Tape 44A: Thomas Glave, 23 July 2005.
Tape 44B: Thomas Glave and Donald Carr, 31 January 2006.
Tape 45A: Sharon Royal-Campbell, Erica Thomas, Kalemah Campbell, 17 November 2003.
Tape 45B: Kim Barry Brunhuber, “Kameleon Man,” 3 November 2003 / Patrick Semple, “Believe it or Not,” 3 November 2003.
Tape 46A: Conrad Coates, veteran Black screen and stage actor, n.d.
Tape 46B: Master T and Wendy “Motion” Braithwaite, “Much Master T: One VJ’s Journey,” 2 December 2002.
Tape 47A: George Fraser and Dwayne Murray, 10 May 2004.
Tape 47B: Andrea Levy, “Small Island,” 17 May 2004. 27 minutes.
Neil Armstrong fonds. 2nd accrual, 1994 – 2004.
Extent: 23 cm of audio materials. 35 cassette tapes.
This accrual consists of cassette tapes containing recordings of interviews conducted by Neil Armstrong of prominent Black and Caribbean artists, authors, poets, publishers, academics, and politicians for the York University student radio, CHRY 105.5FM. Interviews cover topics such as Black and Caribbean history, literature, community events, international work, and more. Interviewees include Maya Angelou, Louise Bennett Coverley (Miss Lou), and others. Some tapes have interviews or speeches made by these individuals outside of a CHRY interview.
Tapes were numbered in accordance with the original order upon arrival.
Box 2
Tape 48
Side A: E. Lynn Harris, African-American author, Not A Day Goes By, March 3, 2001
Tape 49
Side A: Mutabaruka, Jamaican dub poet and radio personality, August 7, 1998
Tape 50
Side A: James Hirsch, author of Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter, January 24, 2000
Side B: Althea Prince, Loving this Man, December 17, 2001
Tape 51
Side A: Njabulo Ndebele, The Cry of Winnie Mandela, October 23, 2004
Side B: Nadeem Aslam, Maps for Lost Lovers, October 30, 2004
Tape 52
Side A: Tamla Matthews and David Cox, December 8, 2004
Side B: Lee Maracle, Alison Faulknor, Rudyard Fearon and Mairuth Sarsfield, December 13, 2004
Tape 53
Side A: [Blank]
Side B: Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, and Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation
Tape 54
Side A: Carl James (editor), Re/visioning: Canadian Perspectives on the Education of Africans in the late 20th Century, September 23, 1999
Side B: Anthony ‘Nth Digri’ Bansfield, WordLife: Tales of the Underground Griots, October 12, 1999
Tape 55
Side A: The Disappearing Island: Haiti, History and the Hemisphere, March 20, 2004, featuring Ramabai Espinet, Bernard Delpeche, David Rudder, Patrick Taylor and Michael Dash
Tape 56
Side A: Archbishop Deloris Seiveright, Thoughts and Prayers from the Heart, November 21, 2001
Side B: Alexander Adeyinka, President & CEO, www.africanada.com, November 19, 2001
Lincoln Alexander Chancellor’s Scholarships, University of Guelph, November 20, 2001. Rob McLaughlin, VP Alumni Affairs and Development.
Tape 57
Side A: Derwin Jordan, Andrew Moodie, Conrad Coates, Djanet Sears, Ricardo Keens-Douglas, Dwayne Morgan and Satori Shakoor, Black Actors in Toronto, April 5, 1999.
Side B: Dwayne Morgan, Long Overdue, 1999.
Tape 58
Side A: Catherine Slaney, Family Secrets: Crossing the Colour Line, and Zenzile Khoisan, Jakaranda: An Investigator’s View of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, March 21, 2003
Side B: The Mysteries, April 11, 2003
Tape 59
Side A: Donna Bailey Nurse.
Side B: Richard Teleky.
Tape 60
Side A: Natasha Henry and Seth Adrian Harris, July 5, 2004
Side B: Tony Martin, Professor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Marcus Garvey scholar. July 19, 2004
Tape 61
Side A: Cynthia Wilson, Same Sea — Another Wave: A Collection of Short Stories, May 3, 2002
Side B: Paul Keens-Douglas, May 14, 2002
Tape 62
Side A: Gerald Horne, author, activist, University of North Carolina. March 1, 2003
Tape B: David Nandi Odhiambo, Kipligat’s Chance, March 17, 2003
Tape 63
Side A: John Kani and Winston Ntshona, actors in the South African play, The Island. “N2WISHN” – Tony B. Conscious and Queen Sistah Charmain, April 27, 2001.
Tape 64
Side A: Dawn Williams, Who’s who in Black Canada: Black success and Black excellence in Canada – A Contemporary Directory, May 28, 2001.
Side B: Shanaz Khan, Muslim Women: Crafting a North American Identity, and Yaa Asantewa Nzingha, June 4, 2001.
Tape 65
Side A: Ashante Infantry and Michael Bowe, February 29, 2000.
Side B: The Role We Play in Influencing Our Craft…Telling Our Stories, February 29, 2000.
Tape 66
Side A: Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochanan, December 16, 2002.
Side B. Kagiso Lesego Molope, Dancing in the Dust, January 6, 2003.
Tape 67
Side A: A New Approach to the Study of Reggae and Bob Marley, March 31, 2002.
Side B: A New Approach to the Study of Reggae.
Tape 68
Side A: Layli Miller, founder of Tahirih Justice Centre, Washington D.C., March 16, 2001. E. Lynn Harris, African-American author.
Side B: Ullanda Niel and Hesper Philip-Chamberlain , Harry Jerome Awards, 2001.
Tape 69
Side A: Dr. Verene Shepherd, senior lecturer, The University of the West Indies. “Up From Slavery: The Legacy of Slavery and the Project of Emancipation in the Caribbean.” March 30, 2001
Side B: Ronald K. Brown and Paul Campbell, April 8, 2001
Tape 70
Side A: Carol Anderson, playwright of Stormbound, and Arshad Khan, Raj Palta
Side B: Daniel Igali and Joel Gordon, November 18, 2002
Tape 71
Side A: Tony Martin, Garvey Scholar
Side B: Sandra Polifroni interviews Natasha Henry and Seth-Adrian Harris
Tape 72
Side A: Professor Sherene Razack’s speech, “Those Who Witness the Evil.” September 20, 2004
Side B: Professor Sunera Thobani, Centre for Research in Women’s Studies & Gender Relations, The University of British Columbia. October 26, 2002
Tape 73
Side A: International Development Week, February 1, 1999
Side B: Ras Leon and Deloris Seiveright – “Rastafarians objection to anti-witchcraft”
Tape 74
Side A: Karen Flynn and Yolisa Dalamba, “Black Men and Masculinity – Part 2,” March 15, 2004
Side B: Mary Duku, “The Legacy of Idi Amin,” August 19, 2003
Tape 75
Side A: Djanet Sears discusses play about Nelson Mandela. June 28, 1999. Sheryl Lee Ralph talks about the inaugural Jamerican Film and Music Festival.
Side B: Maud Fuller, interview about the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC). August 8, 1999
Tape 76
Side A: Joan Andrea Hutchinson, Winston ‘Bello’ Bell, Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis. December 6, 2001. Interview with Louise Bennett-Coverley ‘Miss Lou’ done on December 2, 1994, at her home in Toronto, Canada.
Side B: Melville White, “Oh, Mel!” December 10, 2001
Tape 77
Side A: Lillian Allen, International Dub Poetry Festival, May 31, 2004
Tape 78
Side A: Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, Government of Ontario.
Side B: Dale Yim and Richard Lee discuss their play, “Banana Boys,” at the Factory Theatre. “Bent & Unbroken” – Humberto Carolo. September23, 2004.
Tape 79
Side A: Planet IndigenUs Festival, August 4, 2004. Interview with Denise Bolduc, artistic director and producer of the festival at the Harbourfront Centre. Dr. Skye Morrison, curator, “Images Tell the Stories.” Sarah Laakkuluk Williamson about exhibition, “Tauqsiijiit” which means "the people who exchange objects and ideas" in Inuktitut.
Tape 80
Side A: Leonie Forbes, Queen of Jamaican Theatre, talks about her performance history and role in the Aston Cooke’s play “Country Duppy.” Interview done on November 21, 2000.
Side B: Anjula Gogia, Toronto Women’s Bookstore. August 11, 2003
Tape 81
Side A: Norman Kester (selected poems by). “Liquid Love and Other Languages.” February 20, 2002
Side B: Barbara Gloudon, Jamaican playwright, author and journalist, talks about her pantomime, “Augus’ Mawnin.”
Tape 82
Side A: Maya Angelou, interview with the celebrated African American poet and author, on September 26, 2003
Side B: Runoko Rashidi, interview with African American historian and essayist, December 19, 2003
