Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Before freedom came: African American life in the antebellum South exhibition records

Summary

Collection ID:
ACMA.03-032
Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
National Museum of American History (U.S.)
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Dates:
undated
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2.42 Linear feet
3 boxes
Repository:
This exhibition was developed for circulation by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service with the assistance of the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of American History. It was adapted from an exhibition organized by the Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.

Administration

Author
Carrie Gehrer

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.

Related Archival Materials note
Audiovisual materials related to this exhibition located in Anacostia Community Museum Archives.

More Information

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Box list in accession file.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Correspondence Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographic prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color slides Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Southern States Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Exhibition records -- 1990-2004 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Museum exhibits Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Contact sheets Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brochures Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rice, Kym S. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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