Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Jubilee Showcase Gospel Music Video collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Jubilee Showcase Gospel Music Video collection
- Identifier
- BMRC.HWLC.JUBILEE
- Repository
- CPL- Harold Washington Library Center
- Language
- English
- Size
- 20.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1963-1984
- Creator
- Jubilee Showcase (Television program : Chicago, Ill.).
Historical note
One of the longest-running programs in Chicago television history, Jubilee Showcase was aired for 21 years, January 10, 1963, through January 8, 1984, on WLS-TV, the ABC Network station in Chicago. Presenting the widest variety of gospel and inspirational music, this historic, pioneering program reached a vast audience every Sunday morning and featured America's greatest gospel artists, including many of Chicago's finest singers, musicians, and choral groups.
Scope and Contents note
Fifty hours of the 100 extant programs of this Emmy award-winning Chicago gospel music television program. Performers include the Staples singers, Dixie Hummingbirds and hundreds of others.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 August 18 by Lisa Calahan.