Object Details
- Local Numbers
- ACMA AV003088 ACMA AV003550 ACMA AV003383-3 ACMA AV003383-4
- General
- Title transcribed from physical asset.
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Names
- Anacostia ACs
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Birney Elementary School
- Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)
- Greenwood Transfer Moving and Storage Company, Inc. (Washington, D.C.)
- Macedonia Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (Washington, D.C.)
- Southeast Neighborhood House (Washington, D.C.)
- St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.)
- Allen, Helen Greenwood
- Dale, Almore
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Duckett, Ruth
- Ellis, Martha
- Greenwood, Benjamin O., Sr.
- Kinard, John, 1936-1989
- McKenzie, Walter
- Taylor, Blakely
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- Museums and community
- Community museums
- African Americans
- Communities
- Neighborhoods
- African American neighborhoods
- Churches
- African American churches
- Schools
- Baseball teams
- Recreation centers
- Entrepreneurship
- African American businesspeople
- Business enterprises
- African American business enterprises
- Small business
- Family-owned business enterprises
- Crime
- Police
- Police-community relations
- Migration, Internal
- Social history
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- See more items in
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records / Series ACMA AV03-040: Evolution of a Community Audiovisual Records
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Biographical / Historical
- Evolution of a Community, an exhibit at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from January 1972 though December 1972, presented the history of Anacostia from post-World War II to the present through photos, text, drawings, video tape programs, and a slide/tape show. Evolution of a Community Part II, also known as Anacostia Today, was on display at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from March 1973 though July 1973. The exhibitions developed as a result oral histories collected from Anacostia residents.
- Extent
- 3 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)
- 1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
- Date
- 1972
- Custodial History
- Created for the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Introduction by John Kinard. Program Moderator: Almore Dale.
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-040, Item ACMA AV003581
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Sound recordings
- Citation
- Down Memory Lane, Exhibition Records AV03-040, 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
- Video recordings
- Sound recordings
- Note
- 003206 003328 003300 002038 002342
- Scope and Contents
- Older residents of Anacostia share their experiences and memories growing up and living in the once tight knit community, Anacostia, to provide evidence of Anacostia's history with goal of understanding the history of the community for present and future generations and with the theory that if man does not know where he came from, he/she cannot know here he/she is, and has no direction for the future. Martha Ellis reminiscences about her work at the public schools, particularly Birney School. Ruth Duckett, Ellis' daughter, talks about her work with the youth group at the Southeast House; when it was safe to sit outside and walk down the street; the portrayal of Anacostia in the newspapers and media; successful people who grew up in Anacostia and moved to other parts of the city and country; the baseball club Anacostia ACs; and ministers and movement of churches in the area. Churches mentioned by Duckett and other residents include Macedonia Baptist Church, St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, and Campbell A.M.E. Church. Residents speak about Anacostia's rich heritage of people doing things - the craftsmen, construction workers, business people, and entrepreneurs - including sign painter, automobile painter, and artist Walter McKenzie; the fish man Mr. Chapman; the Greenwood family and their family business, Greenwood Transfer Moving and Storage Company; and the Taylor family, specifically Blakely Taylor, who were brick layers. They reminiscence about how everyone knew everyone, how everyone helped each other and the community thrive, when mothers stayed home and took care of children, when children participated in programs at the recreation center, when police had closer tie to community; and when it is so quiet, residents could hear cars go across the 11th street bridge. Residents also talk about the present: movement of people from different communities into Anacostia, younger Anacostians forced away because of zoning and no housing besides apartments, dirty streets, and violence. Overall, residents do not feel as if everything is bad in Anacostia; they just wish something would be done to fix the problems before they become worse.
- Community Program. Filmed during exhibit Evolution of a Community with introduction by John Kinard (transcribed from physical asset AV003581) and moderated by Almore Dale. AV003581: Part 1. AV003088: Part 2. AV003550: Part 3, poor image quality. Part of Evolution of a Community Audiovisual Records. Dated 19720524. AV003383-3 and AV003383-4: sound only, content overlaps with video recordings, undated.
- Series Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1554839407468-1554839407498-1
