Anacostia Oral History Project, 1974-1975
Object Details
- Scope and Contents note
- The Anacostia Oral History Project Collection contains 39 oral history interviews with 42 individuals who either grew up in or spent a considerable amount of time in the neighborhood. Interviewees discuss their memories of Anacostia dating back to the 1890s and points of focus include education, occupations, transportation, geographic boundaries, and recreational and community activities. The interviews were conducted and recorded on audiocassettes in 1975 through the Center for Anacostia Studies and the Anacostia Community Museum. Most of the interviews have been digitized and are accessible in the archive on CDs.
- Date
- 1974-1975
- Extent
- 1.38 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- 45 Sound cassettes (45 sound cassettes )
- 6 Sound discs (6 data disk DVD-Rs)
- 67 Sound recordings
- Citation
- Anacostia Oral History Project 1974-1975, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Sound cassettes
- Sound discs
- Sound recordings
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Interviews
- Topic
- African Americans
- African American women
- African American men
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)
- Congress Heights (Washington, D.C.)
- Identifier
- ACMA.09-006
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EAD Collection Results
- Oral history interview with Stanley Smith
- Oral history interview with Raymond McKenzie and Nellie Marshall McKenzie
- Oral history interview with James Banks
- Oral history interview with Virginia Hool
- Anacostia Historical Society
- Anacostia Historical Society meeting - tape 1
- Oral history interview with Mack Taylor
- Oral history interview with Jennie Greene Smith
- Oral history interview with Maurice Hill
- Oral history interview with Cabell Bayne Marbury
- Anacostia Historical Society meeting - Mr. Walker Lecture tape 3
- Oral history interview with Ledru Koontz
- Oral history interview with (Rev.) J.J. Clark
- Oral history interview with Geneva J. Craig
- Oral history interview with John Saunders
- Oral history interview with Charles A. Williams
- Oral history interview with Robert H. Dyson
- Oral history interview with Henry Sayles Jr.
- Oral history interview with Marvin Moon
- Anacostia Historical Society meeting
- Oral history interview with Sallie E. Underdue
- Oral history interview with Ed Smith
- Oral history interview with George Trivers
- Oral history interview with Irving B. Yochelson