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1934-2014
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2.4 Cubic feet (1 box, 4 flat boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-078
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Donald Murray, Jr. papers consists of 2.4 linear feet of mixed archival materials. The materials speak to Mr. Murray's role as a manager and Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), his involvement in DC politics and family history. Documents include photographs, ephemera from various organizations and some videotaped materials of local social events.
New Negro Opinion newspaper
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1933-1935
- Size:
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1.67 Linear feet (1 oversize box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.10-012.3
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection of New NegroOpinion newspapers spans from December 16, 1933 to April 18, 1935, and measures 1.67 linear feet. The Washington, DC-based paper was published weekly by the New Negro Alliance, which was established in 1933 by John Aubrey Davis, Belford V. Lawson, and M. Franklin Thorne to protest discrimination in employment practices in stores doing business in black neighborhoods. William H. Hastie, the first African American federal judge served as the assistant editor and a columnist for the weekly.
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Cummings, Steven M.
- Dates:
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1993-2005
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0.06 Linear feet (1 oversize folder)
11 Photographic prints (Gelatin silver., 16 x 16 inches)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-043
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from 1993-2005, contains 11 gelatin silver photographic prints by Steven M. Cummings. The images depict mostly African-American men in scenes of daily life in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1995-10-15 - 1996-03-03
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- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-017
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
A collaborative exhibit between the Anacostia Museum and the Octagon Museum that tells the story of the early years of the District of Columbia, the people, and their communities. The exhibition was held between the two museums from October 15, 1995 to March 3, 1996 and curated by Kym S. Rice. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, artifact lists, education packets, loan agreements, and catalogues.