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
- Tri-School Science Project
- Music Recordings: Rhythm and Blues
- John Kinard Sermon: Finding Calm in a Raging Sea
- Musical Recordings: Chamber Music, Soul Music, and Jazz Music
- Education Program: Household Items
- Musical Recordings: Negro Spirituals and Gospel Music
- John Kinard on ANM Administration, Exhibits, and Programs
- Poetry Reading by Sterling Brown
- Louise Bennett
- Frederick Douglass Home
- An Evening of Poetry by American Negro Poets
- Musical Recordings: Instrumental Music
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum: 5th Anniversary Celebration
- Live Performance of Calypso Music
- John Kinard's Memorial Tribute at Smithsonian Institution
- Ed Dwight Interview
- Kwanzaa Programs 1976-1989
- Religious Service at John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church
- Black Military and Anacostia Forts during the Civil War
- WJLA 'Community 7' Segment: Interview with Zora Martin-Felton
- Battle Hymn of the Republic by Nineteen Street Baptist Church
- Public Performance: Shakespeare Plays
- Kwanzaa Sound Tape
- History and Performance of Black Music