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Anacostia Community Museum
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1995-1999
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14 Linear feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-037
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition examining the faith and spiritual traditions in African American religious life in the 1990s. The exhibition features members of Christian churches as well as those of other faiths. Special attention is given to the ways that African American congregations are responding to contemporary challenges affecting their families, neighborhoods, and communities. Curated by Gail Lowe, the show wa displayed in the Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building from May 1998 to December 1999.
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Kass, Stephen M.
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circa 1930s
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0.27 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-061
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1930 to 1939 and measures .27 linear feet, is comprised of 6 musical scores and one small Luzianne coffee can. Musical scores include: 1) Minstrel Book; 2) Cotton Club Parade 27th edition; 3) O Death Where is Thy Sting?; 4) The Moon Shines on the Moonshine; 5) Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah; 6) When You Sang Hush-a-bye Baby to Me.
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Kendall Productions
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1952-2006
bulk 1997-2004
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4.6 Cubic feet (3 cartons, 2 oversized boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-055
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Kendall Productions records date from 1952-2006 with the bulk of material dating from 1997-2004 and measure 4.42 cubic feet. The records consist of material documenting the Kendall Productions documentary Dance Party: The Teenarama Story which first aired on Howard University's PBS affiliate WHUT in 2006. The records are comprised of research and production notes, government records, newspaper articles, questionnaires, photographs, letters, and scripts, accompanied by a significant amount of original media in the following formats: VHS and Beta videocassettes, audiocassettes, and audio compact discs.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel
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1979-02 - 1980-02
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9.15 Linear feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-031
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on the history of the transatlantic slave trade, organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood and held there from February 1979-February 1980. Curated by Louise Daniel Hutchinson. 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.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1942-1998
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21.6 Cubic feet (consisting of 17 cartons, 2 oversized boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-027
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of an exhibition exploring the immigration of people of African descent from Central and South America and the Caribbean to the Washington Metropolitan Area. The show was organized and hosted by the Anacostia Museum from August 21, 1994 through August 7, 1995. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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Anacostia Museum
Anacostia Community Museum
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1989-1998
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936 Photographs (1 Binder, 35mm slides, negatives, and photographic prints.)
0.5 Linear feet
10 Video recordings (VHS, 1/2" )
1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.01-007.13
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection consists of the records of Anacostia Community Museum's Juneteenth program held by the museum from 1989-1999. The material consists primarily of event programs, photographs, and audiovisual recordings of the various celebrations held on the grounds of the museum. video and audio recordings of the program events.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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2007 - 2008
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2.75 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-052
- Repository:
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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.
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Kilbourne, Elaine Margretta, 1923-2014
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1924-2014
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0.06 Linear feet (1 box, scrapbooks, certificates, photographs, )
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-105
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from 1924-1992, documents the career of high school chemistry teacher, Elaine Margretta Kilbourne (1923-2014). Materials include three scrapbooks compiled by Ms. Kilbourne and two folders, which contain aspects of her personal life, photographs, awards, correspondence, and a 2014 tribute booklet created by her former student, Ysabel L. Lightner to commemorate her passing.
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District of Columbia Art Association
- Dates:
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1961-1990
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1.91 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-021
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1969 to 1991 and measures 1.91 linear feet, documents the history of the District of Columbia Art Association, which was founded in 1961 by D.C. public school teachers. The collection is comprised of business documents, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, and artist biographies.
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1977-1980
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24 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-124.9
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
