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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Banding Together: School Bands as Instruments of Opportunity Exhibition Records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-048
- Dates:
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1925-2006
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1.5 Linear feet2 box; digital files
- Repository:
An exhibition on the history, community impact, and support of instrumental music education in Washington, D.C. public schools from the 1880s to 2006. The exhibit focuses on the development of junior and senior high school cadet (military) bands and their evolution into the popular marching and show band programs today. The exhibit was organized by the Anacostia Community Museum in collaboration with Community Help In Music Education and held from September 10, 2006 to May 14, 2007. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, original documentary photographs, and brochures.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The records of the exhibition Banding Together measure 2 linear feet and date from 1925 to 2006 (bulk dates 1970 to 2006). The records include administrative records, research files, floor plans, exhibit texts, oral histories, transcripts, and project files.
Administrative records include correspondence, meeting minutes, project outline, list of potential artifacts, concept statement, and contact lists.
Research files contain articles, clippings, and photocopies pertaining to school bands in the District of Columbia, and high school music education in general, as well as articles on the following Washington, DC schools: Anacostia, Ballou, Cardozo, Dunbar, Eastern, and Howard D. Woodson.
Oral history interviews contain compact discs, transcripts and indexes of interviews conducted with high school band directors.
Exhibit files include floor plan layouts, photocopies of images and artifacts, brochures, object list, and scripts.
Photograph files include original documentation of school band parades, portraits of band directors, school band uniforms and instruments, and photocopies of images borrowed for the exhibition.
Administration
Author
Jennifer Morris
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records of
Banding Together: School Bands as Instruments of Opportunity
Exhibition were created by the Anacostia Community Museum.Using the Collection
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Preferred Citation
Banding Together: School Bands as Instruments of Opportunity
exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington (D.C.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Parades | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Music -- Instruction and study | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Museum exhibits | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Portraits | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Public Schools of the District of Columbia | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, D.C. 20020
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-4853
ACMArchives@si.edu
