All My Babies Rediscovered
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Museum
- Scope and Contents
- This short film contains excerpts from the 1953 documentary - All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story directed by George C. Stoney - which featured Mary Coley, a midwife in rural Georgia, and was originally produced to educate granny midwives. Bernard Coley, Mary Coley's grandson, talks about his family learning of the existence of the film and what he remembers about his grandmother in regards to her values, caretaking for her family, and working as a midwife. The film also contains footage of a Coley family reunion in Albany, Georgia; and states the Coley family created an endowment in Mary Coley's name at Albany State University and established a scholarship fund for students who intend to pursue health care in rural, underserved areas. In 2002, All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
- Short film containing excerpts of film and interview. Part of the Reclaiming Midwives: Pillars of Community Support exhibition. Undated.
- Date
- circa 2005
- Extent
- 1 Video recording (MiniDV)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Topic
- African Americans
- Midwifery
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Citation
- All My Babies Rediscovered, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-049, Item ACMA AV005242
- General
- Title transcribed from the Internet Archive as titled by producer Elliot Margolies.
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- Date
- November 19, 2005