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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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Burt, Catherine
- Dates:
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circa 1980s
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1.42 Linear feet ((2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-065
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from the 1980s and measures 1.42 linear feet, was compiled in the course of preparations for the "Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds" exhibit, which was staged at the Anacostia Museum from February 1976 to December 1976. This collection documents the lives and achievements of African American women in a variety of fields, including law, medicine, education, politics, science and the arts. The collection is comprised of documents, magazine and newspaper clippings, correspondence, photocopies, brochures and pamphlets.
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Oral history interview with Emma Amos
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Amos, Emma, 1937-2020
Jones, Patricia Spears, 1951-
- Dates:
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2011 November 19-26
- Size:
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5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (3 hr., 27 min.))
52 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.amos11
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Emma Amos conducted 2011 November 19-26, by Patricia Spears Jones, for the Archives of American Art, at Amos' studio, in New York, New York.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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2003-2004
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10 Sound recordings (5 CD-RW audio recordings ; 5 MiniDisc audio recordings)
45 Video recordings (5 DigiBeta video recordings; 2 Betacam SP video recordings; 9 DVCAM video recordings; 19 miniDV video recordings; 10 DVD-R video recordings)
1 Boxe (1 box of index card video logs)
0.75 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-060
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Audiovisual materials created for an exhibition on the rich tradition of African American storytelling, which is celebrated through videotaped interviews with professional writers telling compelling stories drawn from their own experiences and revealing how the world in which they live impacts their writing. A portion of the exhibition is devoted t...
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circa 1901-1940
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3.4 Linear Feet ((37 books)
(1 box))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-108
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1901-1940, contains 37 books from African-American authors associated with the Harlem Renaissance. These materials were purchased in support of the exhibit "The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties" which was held at the Anacostia Community Museum from September 1985--December 1986.
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- Dates:
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circa 1899-1952
- Size:
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1.66 Linear feet (24 sheet music, 1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.10-005
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
A toast to W.C. Handy; on the Occasionof his 79th Birthday dinner Waldorf Astoria hotel, N.Y.C. -- The Blues I've got poet -- Harlem Lullaby -- Ole Manny's Lullaby Songs; with an instrumental medley -- He's up against the real thing now -- Everytime I pick a sweetie; with Ukulele arrangement -- You're in the right Church but the wrong pew; The grea...
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- Dates:
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circa 1885-1969
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17.1 Linear feet ((123 books))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-106
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1885-1969, contains 123 books written by or concerning African-Americans and African-American history. The books are a mix of fiction and non-fiction; several volumes of the journal American Heritage are also present.
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Shell, Theodore, Dr. (dentist)
- Dates:
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1933-1990
- Size:
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1.75 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0502
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Periodical articles, news clippings, concert programs, radio transcripts, personal correspondence, broadsides, photographs, and pencil sketches collected by Dr. Shell. The material documents part of Duke Ellington's music career, especially ca. 1940-1974.
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Design and Production
- Dates:
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1981-2002
- Size:
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-054
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of two series. Series 1 consists of graphics records and documents the work of the department on such aspects of exhibitions as gallery guides, posters, invitations, label text, banners, letterhead, case labels, brochures, murals, and advertisements. Series 2 consists of installation records and documents the work ...
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Maltsby, Portia
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
- Dates:
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1850-2004, undated
- Size:
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100 Cubic feet (309 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0408
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents the activities of the National Museum of American History's Program in African American Culture (PAAC) dating from 1979 through 2004. The Program in African American Culture (PAAC) created public programs documenting the black experience in the United States, as well as, other countries. Archival materials include photographs, programs, administrative files, magnetic tape, audiocassettes, U-matic and VHS video cassettes.
