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American Red Cross posters: African American HIV/AIDS program series with African proverbs

Creators:: Smith, Damballah Dolphus
American Red Cross
Dates:: 1992
Size:: 5 Posters (28 x 24 inches)
Collection ID:: ACMA.10-004.11
Repository:: Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Proverb 1 "He who upsets a thing should know how to rearrange it" (Sierra Leonean) -- Proverb 3 "The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people" (Ghanian) -- Proverb 4 "He who does not cultivate his field will die of hunger" (Guinean)-- Proverb 5 "When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion" (Ethiopian)-- and Proverb 6 "He who conceals hi...

East of the River: Continuity and Change Exhibition Records

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Creators:: Anacostia Community Museum
Dates:: 2007 - 2008
Size:: 2.75 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Collection ID:: ACMA.03-052
Repository:: Anacostia Community Museum Archives

An exhibition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Anacostia Community Museum, formerly known as the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, organized by the museum and held there September 15, 2007 through November 9, 2008. The exhibit explored the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the present.

Collection of Frederick Douglass' Monthly's, booklets, and other materials

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Dates:: circa 1859 - 1894
Size:: 1.63 Linear feet ((2 boxes))
Collection ID:: ACMA.06-112
Repository:: Anacostia Community Museum Archives

This collection, which dates from circa 1859-1894, contains materials relating to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It includes several of his speeches reproduced in booklets and pamphlets, a visiting card, a portrait bearing his autograph, and 28 issues of Douglass'Monthly, which ran from 1858 to 1863.

Anacostia Historical Society records

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Creators:: Anacostia Historical Society
Dates:: 1974-1992
bulk 1977-1980
Size:: 1.65 Linear feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:: ACMA.M04-001
Repository:: Anacostia Community Museum Archives

The Anacostia Historical Society records, which date from 1974 to 1992, document the history and activities of the Anacostia Historical Society. The records are comprised of correspondence, financial records, museum catalogs, newsletters, clippings and slides.

Frank R. Jackson papers

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Creators:: Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007
Dates:: circa 1932 - 1999
Size:: 2 Linear feet (4 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:: ACMA.06-068
Repository:: Anacostia Community Museum Archives

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.