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Nesbit, Velma, 1925-2002
Berking, Peter
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circa 2000
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box, 6 linear inches)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-127
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 2000, contains a 144-page typescript copy of the unpublished autobiography of Velma Nesbit, the daughter of an Alabama sharecropper. Also present are 14 audiocassettes, one diskette and four compact discs relating to Nesbit's life and career.
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Riggs, Anna E.
Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
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August 2, 1978
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31 Pages
16 Pages
1 Item (tape )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7262
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes the original tape, a rough (literal) transcript, and a polished transcript. The purpose of the interview was to record information and opinions about the naturalist Edward William Nelson. The interview also involved Collins's own career, particularly his interest in the Eskimos.
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Behind the Apron: The History, Life, and Hidden Achievements of Southern Maryland's Black Oyster and Clam Workers
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Anacostia Community Museum
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1997
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1 Linear foot
12 Sound recordings (audio cassette)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.09-007.28
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Behind the Apron oral history project documents the experiences of Black oyster and clam workers in Southern Maryland. The audio interviews were conducted by Shelia Montague Parker in 1997. The interviewees include: Doris Harris, Conroy Butler, Mary Hawkins, Christine Gray, Blondell Mason, Mary Washington, Ruth Smith, and Wiliam Bourne. The intervi...
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Krause, Bernie
Deutsch, Herbert
Hemsath, Bill
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1996-2000
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1 Cubic foot (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0640
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of over thirty hours of 7" open reel-to-reel master tapes, compact discs (DVDs), and transcripts for oral histories documenting the invention and development of the analogue music synthesizer.
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Sangaramoorthy, Thurka, 1975-
Khuller, Aamir, Photographer
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2018-2019
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1.36 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-129
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection documents the relations between health care policy and practices and the lived experiences of older Black women living and aging with HIV in the Washington, DC region. It contains twelve oral history interviews, associated transcripts, portraits of the interviewees, and measures 1.36 GB. The interviews were conducted between 2018-2...
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Valk, Anne M., 1964-
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bulk 1964-1997
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3.75 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-114
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The papers of Anne Valk— a specialist in oral history, public history, and the social history of the 20th-century United States measure 3.75 linear feet and date from 1964 to 1997. The collection contains oral history interviews and documents acquired or created by Dr. Valk during her extensive research of key figures in D.C. community activism fo...
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1954-2017
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2.84 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-102
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
These records document the planning, organizing, and promotion of an exhibition exploring the triumphs and struggles of Latinx migrants and immigrants in four urban areas: Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, Raleigh-Durham, NC, and Charlotte, NC. The exhibition was organized and held at the Anacostia Community Museum from December 5, 2016 – January 7, 2018, and traveled to the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School in Washington, DC, from October 2018 to Spring 2019. Materials include research files, exhibition files, oral history interviews, exhibition brochures, and media coverage.
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2016-2018
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855.72 Gigabytes (96 MP3's; 19 QuickTime Movies, 12.3 GBs of Audio Interviews
843.42 GBs of Video Interviews )
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-119
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The oral histories in this collection were conducted as part of the research for an exhibition exploring the history of neighborhood change and civic activism in the nation's capital. Focused on the dynamic histories of six DC neighborhoods—Adams Morgan, Anacostia, Brookland, Chinatown, Shaw and Southwest—the exhibition recounted the story of these communities through the eyes of the Washingtonians who helped shape and reshape the city in extraordinary ways. The exhibit was organized by the Anacostia Community Museum and curated by Samir Meghelli. The audio and video interviews were conducted between 2016-2018.
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Anderson, William "Cat", 1916-1981 (musician)
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1940-1981
bulk 1963-1977
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5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0630
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily audiotapes, sheet music, and photographic images. Also: correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, itineraries, awards, and ephemera.,Of particular interest are recordings or photographic images, including the personalities listed below, and President and Mrs. Tubman of Liberia; also, two interviews and three recordings of Ca...
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Ebihara, May, 1934-2005
Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997
Conklin, Harold C., 1926-2016
Davenport, William
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circa 1959-1986
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1 Item (document box and 34 sound cassettes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2009-15
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
May Mayko Ebihara's oral history interviews with Conrad Arensberg (3/7/84); Harold Conklin (1/26/82); William Davenport (8/19/82); James B. Griffin (10/7/81); Jane Richardson Hanks (8/6/82); Lucien M. Hanks (8/7/82); Robert Heizer and George Foster (10/2/74); Charles Hocket (8/25/81); Thomas Kirsch (8/25/81); Alfred Kroeber, et al. on Sapir (dub 5/...
