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2010-2012
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29 Video recordings (1 archives box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.01-007.16
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
These records document the planning, organizing, and launch of the Community and Creativity Project, an initiative to survey and document cultural venues and activities in wards 7 and 8 of Washington, DC. Materials include meeting notes, project brochures, research files, photographs, interviews, and video recordings.
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Anacostia Historical Society
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1974-1992
bulk 1977-1980
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1.65 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.M04-001
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Anacostia Historical Society records, which date from 1974 to 1992, document the history and activities of the Anacostia Historical Society. The records are comprised of correspondence, financial records, museum catalogs, newsletters, clippings and slides.
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National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
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c. 1983
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2 Sound recordings (audio cassette)
1 Linear foot ((1 box))
0.05 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-016
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
In the 1980s, the National Air and Space Museum created an exhibit, with a correlating text called Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation. The exhibit and book were dedicated to the American Black Aviator, who has anonymously played a historic role in shaping the growth of modern aviation. Black Wings encompasses the men and women who had to o...
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1982-06 - 1982-09
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3.42 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-030
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on Mary McLeod Bethune and her role in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. The show was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and it was exhibited there from June 1982 to September 1982. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, education packets, loan agreements, and floor plans.
Ella B. Howard Pearis papers
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Pearis, Ella B. Howard
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1923-1998
bulk 1970-1981
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2.32 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-012
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1923 to 1998 and measures 2.32 linear feet, documents the career of community activist, Ella B. Howard Pearis The papers are comprised of correspondence with and documents from community organizations, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and photographs.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1987
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2.04 Linear feet
19 Video recordings (VHS, 1/2")
3 Sound recordings (audio cassette)
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4")
1 Video recording (U-matic, 3/4")
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-012
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Contemporary Visual Expressions was a 1987 exhibition on Black American artists of the 20th century. It featured the work of Washington artists Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, and Keith Morrison, as well as guest artist William T. Williams of New York City. It was the inaugural exhibition in the gallery space in the new home of the Anacostia Mu...
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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undated
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1 Linear foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-014
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on the history of African American quilt-making. The show was organized by the Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky and exhibited at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from July 1993 to October 1993. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, photographs, brochures, educational materials, and floor plans.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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circa 1977-1978
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15.25 Linear feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-039
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on history of the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D. C. The show was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from March of 1977 to March 1978. Louise Daniel Hutchinson served as curator. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, posters, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1898-1988
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2.26 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversized box.)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-040
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The records of the Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition presented by the Anacostia Community Museum measure 2.26 cubic feet and date from 1898 to 1988. Included are exhibit administrative files, lists of images, press releases for the promotion of the exhibit, oral history transcripts and permission forms, and extensive research files into the...
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Brown, Audrey
- Dates:
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1997-1998
bulk 1998-1998
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0.5 Linear feet (2 boxes)
57 Sound recordings (57 audio cassette sound recordings)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.09-016
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This is a collection of original audio interviews conducted by Audrey Brown for her 1999 Ph.D. dissertation at American University entitled "Imagining a Nation: Late Twentieth Century African American Women's Participation in cultural Politics and Transformative Social Action."
