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Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 Exhibition Records

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Object Details

Date
1987 October - 1988 October
Extent
27.63 Linear feet (63 boxes)
Citation
Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the rise of Black churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Catalogs
Exhibit scripts
Correspondence
Exhibition records
Brochures
Topic
Museum exhibits
African American churches
Identifier
ACMA.03-036

In the Collection

  • Research files

  • Audiotape script

  • Daily evaluation form

  • National Museum of American History, Costume Study Gallery

  • Newspaper clippings and magazines

  • Articles

  • Brochures

  • Photocopies of "Climbing Jacob's Ladder"

  • Biographies

  • Seymour, Smith: "Early Black Churches of Anacostia," 1988

  • Exhibit script (panels)

  • Exhibit script research, correspondence and revisions

  • Black church Exhibit loose memos (Memos about extending the exhibit)

  • Stanley Nelson, Lydia Lively, The Black church: The case for Historical Preservation Film treatment

  • Final exhibit script, 1987

  • Exhibit draft

  • Smith, Edward: "Climbing Jacob's Ladder," 1988

  • Edward Smith: Correspondence

  • Completed photographic orders

  • Appreciation program and reception, Sept. 17, 1988

  • Correspondence: video rights

  • SITES: Traveling exhibition notes, 1990-1993

  • Requests for photocopy

  • Photgraphy requests

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