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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Nancy Shia Papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-099
- Creators:
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Shia, Nancy, 1947-
- Dates:
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1969 - 2001
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2.59 Linear feet2 boxes (1 box is oversized)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
These records include documents related to Nancy Shia's tenure as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, DC from 1982-184. Materials include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, and political fliers. Also contained in the collection are several editions of the
Rock Creek Monitor
, a newspaper of Adams Morgan and surrounding communities, and photographs by Nancy Shia of the annual Adams Morgan Day celebration.Biographical/Historical Note
Biographical/Historical Note
Nancy Shia is a photographer, political artist, neighborhood activist, and longtime Adams Morgan resident. She received her B.A. in Sociology (with a minor in Photography) from City College of New York, her M.A. in Social Work from Columbia University, and came to Washington, DC in 1972 to attend Antioch School of Law (from which she received her J.D. in 1978). She has extensively documented the Adams Morgan neighborhood through photography since the early 1970s. She later worked for the Federal News Service and was elected to serve as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner from 1982-1984 and again from 2007-2010.
Administration
Author
ACMA Staff
Sponsor
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Processing Information
Collection level description and machine-readable guide completed by Jennifer Morris, 2019 August. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Amelia J. Verkerk in 2023.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Nancy Shia in 2017.
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
Nancy Shia papers, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Nancy Shia.
Keywords
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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