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Dale-Patterson Family collection

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

General Note
Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883
Creator
Dale, Dianne
Polk, P. H., 1898-1985
Names
Barry, Marion, 1936-2014
Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984
Dale, Dianne
Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973
Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973
Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011
Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991
Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987
Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988
Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Topic
African Americans
African American families
Provenance
The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.
Creator
Dale, Dianne
Polk, P. H., 1898-1985
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Dale-Patterson Family collection
Summary
The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 2010 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892.
Biographical/Historical note
The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.
Extent
6 Linear feet (9 boxes)
Date
1866 - 1990.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.06-074
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Programs
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Postcards
Citation
Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged in four series: Series 1: Dale-Patterson Family papers Series 2: Charles Qualls papers Series 3: Community Organizations Series 4: Subject Files
Processing Information note
The collection processed by Archivist Jennifer Morris with the assistance of Dianne Dale.
Rights
The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Programs
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Postcards
Scope and Contents note
The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.
Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503511967589-1503511967591-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c29572e9-2bd6-4b2a-8982-b527693b7885

In the Collection

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  • Letter to C. E. Qualls from J.N. Ferguson

  • Birney School Life Magazine

  • Almore and Marie Dale

  • Perkins, Thelma Dale--Portraits and snapshots

  • Program for the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home soiree

  • Letter to Dr. Peters from C.E. Qualls

  • General letter to DC Public School Principals from Charles E. Qualls

  • Dale, Dianne--Miss Barry Farms

  • Mme. Lillian Evanti Recital at Shiloh Baptist Church

  • Interior of Dale's Market, fruit and vegatable display

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from Anacostia National Bank

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina "Bess"

  • Anacostia Coordinating Committee art show at Barry Farms Recreation Center

  • Invitation to the Restoration Launching Program for the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Anacostia, D.C.

  • Letter to Doctor Qualls from Russell L. Paxton

  • Barry Farm Recreation Center

  • Community Organizations

  • Family Photographs

  • Letter to the Capitol Cab Association from C.E. Qualls

  • Letter to the Coordinating Committee from A.E. Medina

  • Letter to Doctor Qualls from G. H. Hamm

  • Letter to Trustees from Emma I. Dickson

  • Norman and Almore Dale

  • Note to the Coordinating Committee from Campbell A. M. E. Church

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from R. L. Calhoun

  • Barry Farm Recreation Center

  • Debutante Cotillion portrait

  • Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls

  • Glamour Pix portrait of Thelma D. Perkins

  • Dale, Norman--Portraits

  • Letter to Mr. Qualls from Carl Murphy

  • Thelma D. Perkins speaking at unidentified event

  • Tuskegee Institute (University) tennis team

  • Letter to Honorable Adam Clayton Powell

  • Coordinating Committee of Anacostia and Vicinity

  • Interior of Dale's Market

  • Patterson, Frederick Douglass--Snapshot wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom surrounded by family in Anacostia

  • Birney School Life Magazine

  • Birney School Life Magazine

  • Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, Inc. brochure

  • Dale, Marc--Snapshots

  • Scrapbook

  • Anacostia Neighborhood Board Meeting minutes

  • Dale, Almore--Neighborhood Housing Services

  • Anacostia Economic Development Corporation

  • Miscellaneous files

  • Dale, Dianne--Wedding

  • Greater Southeast Community Hospital Foundation

  • Curriculum vitae

  • Printed materials--Armstrong Technical High School

  • Correspondence

  • Correspondence from "Dreamers" foundation

  • James G. Patterson portrait

  • Marc Dale certificates & correspondence

  • Dale, Norman

  • Biographical Materials

  • Anacostia Historical Society

  • Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

  • Administrative Files

  • Printed materials--The Negro in the American Theatre by Edith J.R. Isaacs

  • Portrait of Mamie Brooks Patterson

  • Family gatherings--Capahosic, Va.

  • Anacostians Concerned for Senior Citizens

  • Patterson, Frederick Douglass--Snapshots, UNCF reception at Rayburn Bldg. in recognition of Presidential Medal of Freedom award.

  • Committee of Concern Business and Professional People in the N0. 11 Precinct

  • Church programs

  • Programs

  • Printed Materials

  • Tuskegee Institute--Snapshots of P.H. Polk

  • Patterson, Frederick Douglass--Snapshots, Prairie View, TX.

  • Patterson, James G.-- Portraits

  • Anacostia Historical Society

  • Expansion project

  • Dale, Marie

  • Dale, John Henry Sr.--Portrait

  • Family obituaries

  • Frederick D. Patterson with his brother and sisters standing in front of a window.

  • Anacostia Historical Society--proposal

  • Olivet AME Church materials

  • Certificates

  • Family homes--1219 Sumner Road, SE

  • Patterson, Frederick Douglass--Snapshots, Tuskegee Institute

  • Clippings

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina--Snapshot, unidentifed Mary McLeod-Bethune event

  • Perkins, Thelma Dale

  • Anacostia Coordinating Committee events

  • Anacostia Business and Professional Association events

  • Funeral memory book

  • Transcripts from "Dreamers" foundation video

  • Dale, John Ivan--Portraits and snapshots

  • Parkchester Housing Cooperative

  • Hansborough, Morrison

  • Brochures and catalogs

  • Postcards

  • Biographical Materials

  • Transcription of speeches, interviews, presentations

  • Correspondence

  • Family gatherings--Snapshots

  • Tuskegee Institute--George Washington Carver stamp event

  • Newsletters and programs

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