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News Coverage of the exhibition 'Always There.'

Object Details

Creator: WTTG (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Scope and Contents: During an interview for a news segment on FOX News 5, Anacostia Museum Director Steven Newsome talked about the exhibition 'Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts' and African American quilt techniques; and a provided an explanation of story quilts. The news segment also included footage of the quilts which were on display throughout the exhibit.; News program. Related to exhibition 'Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts.' Dated 1993.

Date: 1993

Extent: 1 Video recording (VHS)

Type: Archival materials; Video recordings

Topic: African Americans; Quiltmakers; African American quiltmakers; Quilts; Museum exhibits

Place: Anacostia (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.); United States

Citation: News Coverage of the exhibition 'Always There,' Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier: ACMA.03-014, Item ACMA AV002223

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Always there: the African American presence in American quilts exhibition records

Date

undated

Extent

1 Linear foot (1 box)

Citation

Always There Exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Exhibition catalogs

Brochures

Contact sheets

Photographic prints

Exhibition records

Topic

African American quilts

Museum exhibits

Quilts

Identifier

ACMA.03-014