Portraits in Black: Outstanding Negroes of American Origin audiovisual records
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Scope and Contents
- Audio recordings created for a portrait exhibition selected from the Harmon Foundation collection, on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, as well as biographical information and memorabilia. The exhibition was on view at the Anacostia Community Museum from April 17, 1983 - August 21, 1983. Likenesses of blacks who made significant contributions in the fields of civil rights, law, education, medicine, the military, and the arts were on display. Included were Marian Anderson, Joe Lewis, W.E.B. duBois, Thurgood Marshall, George Washington Carver, Charles Drew, William Ayres Campbell, and Richard Barthe.
- Date
- circa 1983
- Extent
- 3 Sound recordings (1 audio cassette sound recordings ; 2 open reel 1/4" sound recordings)
- 0.05 Linear feet
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Topic
- African Americans
- Museum exhibits
- Citation
- Portraits in Black: Outstanding Negroes of American Origin audiovisual records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin exhibition records
- Scope and Contents note
- These records document the planning, organizing and execution of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, exhibit scripts, administrative records, and artists files.
- Date
- 1983
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Citation
- Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Research
- Exhibit scripts
- Correspondence
- Exhibition records
- Topic
- Museum exhibits
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-002