Community Documentation Photographs
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2016-2019
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XXX Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.CDC.1
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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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
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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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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.
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Harris, Chester Lee
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circa 1884-2001
bulk 1940-1976
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1.37 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-034
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Lee Harris papers, which dates from circa 1884 to 2001 and measures 1.43 linear feet, documents the activities of Chester Lee Harris and his extended family. The papers are comprised of certificates, diplomas, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, books, and photographs.
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Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007
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circa 1932 - 1999
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2 Linear feet (4 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-068
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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.
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- Dates:
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2009
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4.07 Megabytes (Digital Images)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-115
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection includes three photographs of the A-frame house built by Barry Farm early settler William Fractious in 1867-68 on the 2100 block of Elvans Road in Southeast, Washington, DC. The images were taken in 2009 by Patricia Brown Savage while conducting research on the history of Elvans Road.
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Bryan, Percival
- Dates:
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1932-1993
bulk 1942-1980
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5.94 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-001
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1932 to 1993 and measures 5.94 linear feet, documents the career and personal life of Washington, DC cabdriver Percival Bryan. The collection is comprised of an autobiography, autograph books, citations, correspondence, memorabilia, photographic prints, and printed materials.
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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
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- Dates:
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1996-2003
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40 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-124.12
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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- Dates:
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1973-1974
- Size:
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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."