The Anacostia Story: Narration
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Scope and Contents
- An overview of the history of Anacostia from 1608 when Captain John Smith explored the region of the Chesapeake Bay and the Nacotchtank Indians to the establishment of small businesses, churches, and schools. Aspects included or discussed: first European settlers, slavery, tobacco, James Barry, establishment of Uniontown, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Congress Heights, establishment of Freedmen's Bureau, settlement of Barry Farms, Solomon G. Brown, community churches, small businesses and commercial enterprises, schools and public education, Frederick Douglass, opening of a bank in Anacostia, expansion of transportation and Suitland Parkway, fight for public services, and public housing.
- Narration. Audio only. Related to exhibition 'The Anacostia Story.' Undated.
- Date
- circa 1977
- Extent
- 1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Topic
- African Americans
- Communities
- Neighborhoods
- African American neighborhoods
- Slavery
- African American churches
- Schools
- African American business enterprises
- Small business
- African American churches
- Community development, Urban
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Culture
- African American
- Citation
- The Anacostia Story: Narration, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-039, Item ACMA AV001360
Related Content
1 result(s)-
Anacostia story: 1608-1930 exhibition records
- Date
- circa 1977-1978
- Extent
- 15.25 Linear feet (26 boxes)
- Citation
- Anacostia story: 1680-1930 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Exhibition catalogs
- Maps
- Clippings
- Photographic prints
- Contact sheets
- Exhibition records
- Correspondence
- Topic
- African Americans
- African American neighborhoods
- Museum exhibits
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-039