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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Frank R. Jackson papers, circa 1932-1999.
Summary
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-068
- Creators:
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Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007
- Dates:
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circa 1932 - 1999
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Linear feet4 boxes; 1 oversize folder
- Repository:
This collection, which dates from circa 1932-1999, documents the personal and professional life of Frank R. Jackson, as well as daily life in Anacostia. Materials include color and black-and-white photographs, negatives, clippings, programs, certificates, scrapbooks, programs, and crossword puzzles. Many of the photographs depict the dismantling of the Frederick Douglass housing project and the construction of Henson Ridge.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Frank Roscoe Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. in 1908. He was a 1925 graduate of Dunbar High School and went on to attend Miner Normal School (Miner Teacher's College) and taught for two years in Crisfield, MD. In 1933, he married Florence Thomas and the family moved to Anacostia, where Jackson would live for the rest of his life. In addition to working for the U.S. Printing Office for 40 years, Jackson became a professional photographer in the 1950s, operating a studio on Benning Road. In the late 1990s, Jackson was included in a Washington Times article about oral histories compiled by the D.C. Historical Society. Jackson also constructed crossword puzzles for the Washington Post for over 25 years. He died in 2007 at the age of 99.
Administration
Author
Carrie Gehrer
Custodial History note
Gift of Carole Hyman.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Preferred Citation note
Frank R. Jackson papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Carole Hyman.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Negatives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| African American photographers | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Programs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Clippings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| African Americans -- Social life and customs | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Certificates | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Public housing | Topical | 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
