Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Anne Valk Papers

Summary

Collection ID:
ACMA.06-114
Creators:
Valk, Anne M., 1964-
Dates:
bulk 1964-1997
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3.75 Linear feet
4 boxes
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The papers of Anne Valk— a specialist in oral history, public history, and the social history of the 20th-century United States measure 3.75 linear feet and date from 1964 to 1997. The collection contains oral history interviews and documents acquired or created by Dr. Valk during her extensive research of key figures in D.C. community activism for her book, Radical Sisters: Second-Wave Feminism and Black Liberation in Washington D.C. (University of Illinois Press, 2010).
Research files and ephemera from the following people, organizations, and publications are represented in the collection: Josephine Butler (DC Statehood Party; Adams Morgan Organization), Etta Horn (Southeast Neighborhood House's Band of Angels; National Welfare Rights Organization), Dorothy Burlage (Southeast Neighborhood House), Betty Garman (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Judy Richardson (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Bernice Reagon (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Marcia Sprinkle (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Juanita Weaver (Quest), LaValleJones (Rape Crisis Center), Loretta Ross (Rape Crisis Center, National Black United Front, National Organization of Women), Peggy Cleveland (The Bridge), Joan Biren (DC Women's Liberation Movement), Cathy Wilkerson (SDS, Weather Underground), Tina Smith (SNCC), Off Our Backs newspaper, and Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE), among others.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Anne Valk (1964- ) is a specialist in oral history, public history, and the social history of the 20th-century United States. Dr. Valk received a M.A. from Mount Holyoke College and a PhD in history from Duke University in 1996. Professor Valk has written extensively in the areas of women's history, history of feminism, and oral history. She teaches public history at the Graduate Center at City University of New York (CUNY) and is the director of the Center for Media and Learning/American Social History Project.

Administration

Author
ACM Staff
Sponsor
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Amelia J. Verkerk in 2023.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Preferred Citation
Anne Valk papers, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Anne Valk.
Conditions Governing Use
The Anne Valk papers are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Keywords

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Feminism Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Activism Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Newsletters -- 1960-1970 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Audio cassettes -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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African American women Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Martin-Felton, Zora Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Horn, Etta, 1928 – 2001 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Butler, Josephine "Jo", 1920-1997 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Burlage, Dorothy, 1937- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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