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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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Beckwith, Byron de la
- Dates:
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circa 1990
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0.8 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-051
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1990, contains newsletters from white supremacist organizations and photocopies of articles about Byron de la Beckwith. These items were used as stationery by de la Beckwith while he was in prison in Mississippi and most are liberally covered with his handwriting. On them, de la Beckwith expounds on his ideas of racial segregation and white power. Also present are notes in de la Beckwith's hand, as well as a copy of the Watchdog, a white supremacist newspaper.
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Kass, Stephen M.
- Dates:
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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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Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007
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circa 1932 - 1999
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2 Linear feet (3 boxes; 1 mapcase folder)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-068
- Repository:
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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.
Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection
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Cummings, Steven M.
- Dates:
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1993-2005
- Size:
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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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circa 1850 - 1871
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1.27 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-046
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1850-1971, contains materials relating to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It includes 3 books (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, LIfe and Times of Frederick Douglass, and My Bondage and My Freedom), a carte-de-visite, various portraits of Douglass, including an etching and lithograph, clippings from Harper's Weekly and the Evening Star, and photographs of Douglass in various settings, including one of Douglass in Key West with members of the Santo Domingo mission.
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Coppin, Kerry Stuart
- Dates:
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2006
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0.08 Linear feet ((6 folders))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-053
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 2006 and measures .08 linear feet, documents community life in Senegal, Barbados and Cuba, as well as African-American community life in the United States. The collection is comprised of giclée prints.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1993-07 - 1993-09
- Size:
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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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Grillo, Evelio
- Dates:
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circa 1930-2000
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0.27 Linear feet (1 box; 2 folders)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-026
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1930 to 2000 and measures .27 linear feet, documents the personal life and professional activities of Evelio Grillo. The collection is comprised of photographs, negatives, a transparency, a book entitled "Black Cuban Black American" and a pre-publication manuscript copy of the same.
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Plummer-Arnold family
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circa 1880-2005
circa 2005
bulk 1880-1955
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1.44 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-038
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, spanning the late 19th century to 2005 with the bulk from circa 1880 to circa 1955, measures 1.44 linear feet and documents the daily lives and activities of the Plummer-Arnold family and the military career of Henry Vinton Plummer. The collection consists of 48 color and black-and-white photographs and a framed certificate, letter, and two DVDs regarding the honorable discharge of Henry Vinton Plummer. The photographs are undated.