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
- Kwanzaa: Woodbridge Elementary School
- Musical Performance: Rhythm and Blues
- Exhibition: The D.C. Public Schools Student Art
- Performances by Arthur Hall Dancers and Hart School Students
- Stanley Anderson on the Origin of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Black Perspective Series: Lois Mailou Jones
- African Play
- Educational Program about George Washington Carver
- Demonstrations of 18th and 19th Century Customs
- Discussion about Pan-Africanism
- McGovern Elementary School Presents Alice in Wonderland
- Children Play Games to Demonstrate Their Knowledge of Anacostian History
- Social History: Anacostia and Barry Farms
- Discussion on Exhibit Techniques held in Colonial Williamsburg
- African Music and Oriental Music
- Historical Reenactments at Colonial Williamsburg
- Race Films
- First Anniversary of the Worldwide Gospel Promoters Incorporated
- Stokely Carmichael Seminar at Howard University
- How to Turn Your Classroom into a Museum: Research, Education, and Exhibit Displays
- Reflection and Renewal: A Community Celebration
- Screen Printing Demonstration
- Nigerian Artist Bead Painting Demonstration
- PR Tape: Mobile DC, YAC, Staff Titles, and History