Richard Pryor at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Object Details

Scope and Contents: Richard Pryor presents John Kinard with a painting by Pleasant Burke, an artist and inmate at Lorton Reformatory. Pryor and Kinard both speak about Lorton Reformatory and the inmates at Lorton Reformatory. Pryor performs a short comic routine.; Presentation and performance. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Dated 1974.

Occupation: Artists
Topic: African Americans; African American artists; Prisoners; African American prisoners; Comedians; African American comedians

Citation: Richard Pryor at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989

Scope and Contents note

This collection contains video and audio recordings of events, talks, and ceremonies hosted at or by the Anacostia Community Museum. It also contains audiovisual PR materials for the museum and its events. The collection includes recordings of a wide array of events, including the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum, award and dedication ceremonies, and documentation of on- and off-site events and talks, such as recordings of lectures and sermons delivered by founding Museum Director John Kinard.

Date

1967-1989

Extent

12 Linear feet

392 Sound recordings (50 open reel 1/4" sound recordings ; 5 microcassette sound recordings ; 337 audio cassette sound recordings)

266 Video recordings (1 Super 8 film reel ; 152 open reel 1/2" video recordings ; 3 U-matic 3/4" video recordings ; 110 VHS 1/2" video recordings)

Citation

Anacostia Community Museum Programs and Projects, 1967-1989, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Museum records

Topic

African Americans

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Identifier

ACMA.09-023

General

Many of the video recordings originally recorded onto 1/2" open reel were transferred to VHS in 1990.