Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Object Details
- 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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EAD Collection Results
- Dance Series: Sarah Lawrence Dance Troupe
- Panel Discussion: What Africa Should Mean to Us Today
- Video Camera Demonstration
- Rosalind Jeffries: Themes of African Art
- Gospel Truth
- Musical Performance: Tabu Ley Rochereau and L' African Fiesta National
- African Music
- Discussion: Anacostia As We Knew It
- Gaston Neal: 100 Years of Black Writing
- Christmas Program with Santa Claus at Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Musical Recordings: Ghana-Guinea-Mali Calypso
- Education Program for School Teachers Related to The Anacostia Story: 1608-1930
- Black Poetry Reading and A Look into Anacostia, A Look into the Past
- Performance by Capitol Ballet Company
- Carroll Greene Lecture on African American Artists
- Dance Series and Dance Troupe
- John Kinard Lecture: Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
- Far East of the River: Site Location
- Recordings of lectures
- John Kinard Lecture: AMEZ Denomination
- Anne Forrester Lecture on Early Kingdoms of Africa
- Kramer Junior High School Modern Dance Group Performance
- Lecture: Doctor Edward S. Hope
- Musical Performance: Lin Covington