Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AV002891
- Names
- Anacostia National Bank
- Frederick Douglass Memorial Home
- Howard University
- Jones, Alton
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Topic
- African American men
- African Americans
- African Americans in business -- 1930-1940
- African American families
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- exhibit
- See more items in
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records / Series 2: Interviews
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 1 Sound recording ((1 data disk DVD-R digital, 24-bit 96kHz WAV. )))
- 1 Sound recording ((1 sound disk CD-R (00:32:04). digital, 16-bit 44.1 KhZ))
- Date
- 1970 - 1971 March 19
- Container
- Box 1, Folder 30
- Box 4, Cassette 2
- Box 5, Disk 2
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Audio
- Sound recordings
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Collection Citation
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Scope and Contents note
- Alton M. Jones Sr., an African American man born in 1912, talks about the Anacostia neighborhood during the 1910s through the 1930s. Jones says that most families at the time had lived in Anacostia for generations and had close affiliations with local churches, such as St. John CME Church. He discusses how the neighborhood was segregated and there was little interaction between races, until schools began to integrate; how business associations, civic groups, and fraternal organizations shaped the politics of the neighborhood. Jones Sr. speaks about his involvement with several community organizations, including the Douglass-Garfield Civic Association, Fort Stanton Civic Association, and the Washington Housing and Planning Association. Jones Sr. also discusses banking and recreation in Anacostia. In 1949, Anacostia had only one or two banks, since most of the government employees who lived in the neighborhood banked in the Northwest quadrant of Washington D.C. However, Jones Sr. notes how the neighborhood has grown in the last two decades due to the work of several community leaders, including Ella Foster and Stanley Anderson, who helped bring better education, transportation, and police. Jones Sr. describes how housing, crime, and unemployment are still pressing issues for the neighborhood, but he has noticed civic organizations trying to address those problems. Alton M. Jones Sr. was interviewed on November 21, 1970 by an unnamed volunteer or staff member at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now the Anacostia Community Museum). Digital audio files include white noise and static; interviewee can be heard clearly for some parts.
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1698437700635-1698437701111-0
