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Interview: Fletcher Smith

Object Details

Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Scope and Contents
Robert Yarci interviews Fletcher Smith about the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM) and Smith's educational outreach work as Program Manager of the Mobile Division at ANM. They discuss the mobile exhibit on Africa, specifically Ghana, Ethiopia, and Ghana, and how to teach Africans in the United States about modern-day progressive Africa.
Interview. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
Date
circa 1970s
Extent
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Interviews
Topic
African Americans
Communities
African American neighborhoods
Neighborhoods
Community museums
Museums and community
Education -- Museums
African diaspora
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Citation
Interview: Fletcher Smith, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003523

Related Content

1 result(s)
  • 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.
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