Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Garry Garber D.C. Dept. of Recreation Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
ACMA.06-098
Creators:
District of Columbia. Department of Recreation
Dates:
1955-1998; 2006
Languages:
Materials are in
English
and
Spanish
.
Physical Description:
3.58 Linear feet
2 boxes and 1 oversize photograph
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Garry Garber, a founder and 35-year member of the Roving Leaders Program of the DC Department of Parks and Recreation in Washington, DC. Materials include correspondence, brochures, reports, newsletters, financial records, meeting minutes, and the personal daily work diaries of Mr. Garber. It also contains meeting minutes from the 1965 Community Conference of Northwest Washington and the District of Columbia Commissioners' Youth Council from the years: 1957, 1958, and 1959.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Garry Garber, a Mexican American and California native, was a founding member of the Roving Leaders Program of Washington, DC's Department of Parks & Recreation. The program embedded mentors in underserved neighborhoods to cultivate leadership, civic engagement, and a sense of purpose among young residents. Serving in that role from 1956 to 1991, Mr. Garber mentored generations of Washingtonians and played a vital role in the city's early efforts to serve its Latino immigrant communities by advocating for resources, social services, and support from the local government. Largely prior to (but sometimes simultaneously with) his employment with the DC Department of Parks & Recreation, Mr. Garber was a collegiate, semi-professional, and professional boxer, having won the NCAA boxing championship in 1954, the Second Army Championship in 1948, 1949, and 1950, the Worldwide All Army Championship in 1950, the 1967 North American Bantamweight Championship, and was the only American to win a title and gold medal at Israel's 1965 Maccabiah Games. He is a member of both the District of Columbia and Maryland Boxing Hall of Fame.

Administration

Author
ACMA Staff
Processing Information
Collection level description and machine-readable guide completed by Jennifer Morris, 2019 July.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Leslie Garber in 2017 August. Additional materials donated by Leslie Garber 2019 June.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at ACMarchives@si.edu
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Preferred Citation
Gary Garber D.C. Department of Recreation Collection,Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of the Garber Family.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Clippings -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Newspaper clippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Grant Proposals Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brochures Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Newsletters Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Press releases Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Youth -- Recreation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Neighborhoods -- Washington, D.C. -- History Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Community life -- Washington, D.C. Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hispanic Americans -- Washington, D.C. -- Social conditions Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographic prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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