John Wesley Manuscript
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Wesley, John
- Dates:
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circa 1920s-1930s
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0.5 Linear feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-120
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection contains a handwritten manuscript of approximately 200 pages by John Wesley. The manuscript gives a history of several generations of the Wesley family in Maryland.
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DuPree, Sherry Sherrod, 1946-
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circa 1887-2001
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355 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-041
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1887-2001, contains materials relating to the history of African-American Holiness and Pentecostal movements. Included are newsletters, correspondence, brochures, fliers, magazines, VHS tapes, articles, newspaper clippings, slides, manuscripts, photographs, books, financial documents, audiocassettes, compact discs, diskettes, DuPree's research files, and other materials. A copy of DuPree's book "African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement: an Annotated Bibliography," which was based on the research in this collection, is also present.
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- Dates:
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circa 1943-1951
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0.03 Linear feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-077
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1943 to 1951 and measures .03 linear feet, documents the inner workings of the Institute on Race Relations. The collection is comprised of newsletters, meeting minutes, advertisements and professional correspondence.
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- Dates:
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1965-1991
- Size:
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3.5 Linear feet (1 box; 1 OV poster)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-100
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Sammie Abbott Collection of the Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis (ECTC) ephemera dates from 1965 to 1991 and measures 3.5 linear feet. The collection documents Abbott's role within the committee which successfully opposed the construction of the North-Central Freeway within Washington, DC and Takoma Park, Maryland. Materials include...
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1969 - 2001
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0.75 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-099
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
These records include documents relating to Nancy Shia's service from 1982-1984 as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner of the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, DC. Materials include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, and political fliers. Also contained in the collection are ...
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Martin, Edith T.
- Dates:
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1961-2004
bulk 1970-2000
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11.16 Linear feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-050
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1961 to 2004 and measures 11.16 linear feet, documents the career of artist, curator, and museum technician Edith T. Martin. The papers in the collection include education documents, professional correspondence, sketches, promotional material, news clippings, newsletters, catalogues/magazines from exhibits and arts organizations, and exhibit photographs and slides.
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Pierce, Walter C, 1946-1991
- Dates:
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1960-2000
- Size:
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2.42 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-104
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Walter C. Pierce (1946-1991) was a civic leader and founder of the Ontario Lakers Youth Organization in Washington, DC. The collection includes correspondence, certificates, flyers, proposals, newspaper clippings, political posters, city council resolutions, basketball tournament programs, and other items documenting Pierce's activism and activities of the Ontario Lakers.
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- Dates:
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circa 1899-1952
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1.66 Linear feet (24 sheet music, 1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.10-005
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
A toast to W.C. Handy; on the Occasionof his 79th Birthday dinner Waldorf Astoria hotel, N.Y.C. -- The Blues I've got poet -- Harlem Lullaby -- Ole Manny's Lullaby Songs; with an instrumental medley -- He's up against the real thing now -- Everytime I pick a sweetie; with Ukulele arrangement -- You're in the right Church but the wrong pew; The grea...
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1989-05 - 1990-05
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3.52 Linear feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-026
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on African American inventors and innovators, from prominent figures such as the 19th century inventor Elijah McCoy to the anonymous men and women who made important contributions to the development of American technology. The show was curated by Portia James and organized by the Anacostia Museum. It was held at the museum from May 1989 --May 1990. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1985-09 - 1986-12
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10.55 Linear feet (16 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-024
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on the history and art of the Harlem Renaissance. The exhibition, held at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, ran from September 1985-December 1986. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
