19th Century Pamphlet Collection
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1838 - 1898
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-119
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from 1838-1898, contains nine pamphlets and one booklet. The materials cover various subjects relating to African-Americans, including civil rights, education, the Civil War draft and services for freedmen. Several of the pamphlets contain speeches by Frederick Douglass.
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Lucus, Ethel Minns
Lucus, James William
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circa 1902-1990
bulk 1919-1960
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0.53 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-023
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1902 to 1990 and measures .53 linear feet, documents the personal and professional lives of James William Lucus and Ethel Minns Lucus. The collection is comprised of photographs, correspondence, postcards, newspaper clippings, diplomas, awards, pamphlets, leaflets, programs, and vital statistics records.
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Sullivan family
- Dates:
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1860-1994
bulk 1920-1960
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2.25 Linear feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-035
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Sullivan Family papers, which date from 1880 to 1994 and measure 2.25 linear feet, document the personal lives of four generations in the Sullivan Family. The papers are comprised of personal correspondence, school materials, legal documents, financial records, clippings, books, posters, and photographs.
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Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters
- Dates:
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1989-1994
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159 video recordings (U-matic 3/4" video recordings)
1 video recording (VHS 1/2" video recording)
15 Linear feet (15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.09-001
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1989 to 1994 and measures 15 linear feet, documents the reminiscences of elderly members of various African-American churches in the Atlanta area, as well as individual church histories, outstanding personalities of the South, religious expression in the South, and styles of singing and worship. The collection is co...
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1993-07 - 1993-09
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1.8 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-20
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
A traveling exhibition on the life and times of Frederick Douglass. The show was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It was exhibited at the museum from July 1993 to September 1993. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include research files, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, floor plans, and catalogues.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1975-02 - 1975-06
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3.52 Linear feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-023
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on African American contributions to America's westward expansion. Organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The show was held at the museum from February --June, 1975. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972
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1895 - 1972
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23.97 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-017
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1895 to 1972 and measures 23.97 linear feet, documents the career and travels of Professor Lorenzo Dow Turner. The collection is comprised of correspondence, academic papers, research materials, books, newspaper and journal articles, sound recordings, and photographs.
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- Dates:
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1973-1974
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1.29 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-084
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Carol and Katie Davis Collection of Adams Morgan Ephemera, which dates from 1973-1974 and measures 1.29 linear feet, documents the growth and flourishing of neigborhood activism in Washington, DC both before and after the arrival of Home Rule. The collection includes copies of The Columbian newspaper, the self-proclaimed "Community Newspaper of Adams Morgan," also published as "Noticierio Columbian."
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Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
- Dates:
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1831-1833
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2 Linear feet (3 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.10-012.2
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection contains issues of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper The Liberator dating from 1831-1833, including the inaugural issue.
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1784-1946
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2.08 Linear feet (1 oversize box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.10-012.5
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection of historical newspapers spans from 1784-1946, the bulk from 1820-1885. The majority of issues are from the National Republican and The Southern Press Daily newspapers. The Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser Vol. I N0.1, 1784 is the earliest paper in the collection.