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
- Education Program for School Teachers Related to The Anacostia Story: 1608-1930
- Performance by Capitol Ballet Company
- Dance Series and Dance Troupe
- Far East of the River: Site Location
- Kramer Junior High School Modern Dance Group Performance
- Workshop: Creating Exhibition Displays
- Children Singing in Outdoor Concert
- PR Workshop
- Live Musical Performances at Outdoor Event
- Interior of the Exhibits Lab
- Interview: Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Dale, Jr
- Classroom and Museum Project: How to Turn Your Classroom into a Museum Introduction
- City Celebration - Ellipse: Musical Performances
- Stokely Carmichael Lecture at Howard University
- Alex Haley's Presentation on Genealogical Trace at the National Archives
- A Struggle for Unity
- PR Stills: Opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Exhibitions, and Programs
- Exhibition Prep
- ACM Education Department Programs Audiovisual Records
- Richard Pryor at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Dedication of Mary McLeod Bethune Statue at Lincoln Park
- Anacostia Information Day 1973
- African Welcoming of Nana Oparebea to the United States
- Larry E. Thomas: The Influence of Africa on the African American Artist