The Windham-Campbell Prizes, established in 2013, call attention to literary achievement and provide writers working in English. Prizes are awarded each spring in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The prizes YouTube channel includes video content of the annual festival with readings, lectures, and discussions by prizewinners, as well as the annual Windham-Cambell Lecture on the theme, “Why I Write,” by distinguished authors.

Windham-Campbell Prizes and Festival

Video from the collections on the digital library

The digital library includes a variety of moving images files available for viewing. One particular highlight are the Solomon Sir Jones Films, 29 silent black and white films documenting African-American communities in Oklahoma from 1924 to 1928.

Solomon Sir Jones Films on the digital library

External video about authors and others in Beinecke Library collections

Documentary filmmakers often use Beinecke Library collections for research and many of the people whose papers or archives are stewarded by the library have been the subject of documentaries. The links below give a small, illustrative list; new links will be added from time to time. Note: some online films may require subscriptions or have other access requirements.

Judy Blume Forever on Amazon Prime

Related: Judy Blume Papers

Rachel Carson via American Experience on PBS

Related: Rachel Carson Papers

N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear via American Masters on PBS

Robert Redford and N. Scott Momaday on Oral Tradition

Related: N. Scott Momaday Papers

Eugene O’Neill via American Experience on PBS

Related: Eugene O’Neill Papers

In Our Living and Our Dying: Our Town in the 21st Century on YouTube

Related: Thornton Wilder Papers

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum on Vimeo

Every Little Step on YouTube Movies

Related: Michael Bennett Papers

Stevenson - Lost and Found: The many lives of New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson

Related: James Stevenson Papers