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Patterson, Frederick Douglass--Snapshot wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom surrounded by family in Anacostia

Object Details

Date
1987
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Collection Rights
The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Collection Citation
Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.

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  • Dale-Patterson Family collection
    Scope and Contents note
    The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.
    Biographical/Historical note
    The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.
    Date
    1866 - 1990.
    Extent
    6 Linear feet (9 boxes)
    Provenance
    The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.
    Rights
    The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
    Citation
    Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Photographs
    Programs
    Clippings
    Correspondence
    Ephemera
    Postcards
    Topic
    African Americans
    African American families
    Place
    Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
    Identifier
    ACMA.06-074
    General Note
    Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883
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