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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 Johnson Publications from C.E. Qualls

  • Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls

  • Printed materials--Birney School newsletter

  • Letter to Mr. L. P. ?

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina--Portraits

  • Birney School Life Magazine

  • Letter to Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines from Charles E. Qualls

  • Dale-Patterson Family Papers

  • Dale, Dianne--Debutante Ball

  • Letter to Mr. Qualls from Board of Commissioners, D.C.

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from Mrs. Jesse Gregory

  • Letter to Mrs. Gregory from Charles E. Qualls

  • Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson pose with five other women

  • Biographical Materials

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina--Snapshots

  • Almore Dale

  • Thelma D. Perkins speaking at podium

  • Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls

  • Portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson with her nephews.

  • List of individuals who volunteered time with Douglass Home repairs

  • Family homes--Various locations

  • Invitation to Soiree at newly painted Frederick Douglass Memorial Home

  • Portrait of Norman Dale wearing military uniform

  • Letter to "Whom it May Concern" from Charles E. Qualls

  • A Small Army Rescues a House newspaper article

  • Letter to the Coordinating Committee of Anacostia & Vicinity

  • Letter to Mr. Carl Murphy from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Mrs. Dorsey from Charles E. Qualls

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina--Group portrait, Hampton Institute

  • News release for the 139th Anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass

  • Letter to Mrs. Frances H. Mason from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to the General Chairman from Frances H. Mason

  • Letter to Mrs. Scott from Charles E. Qualls

  • Dale, Almore--Various settings

  • Telegram to Dr. Charles Qualls from Rosa L. Gragg

  • Correspondence

  • Group portrait with Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson

  • Letter to Mr. Koontz from Charles E. Qualls

  • Barry Farm Recreation Center

  • Letter to Honorable Charles Dawson

  • Frederick D. Patterson wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom surrounded by family.

  • Dale, Almore--Dale's Market

  • Letter to Mrs. Warner from Ulysses J. Banks

  • Letter to C.E. Qualls from F.E. Rogers

  • Letter to Mrs. Dorsey from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Mr. Carl Murphy from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Dr. Quarles from Emma I. Dickson

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from Mrs. C.J. Schaeffer

  • Letter to Honorable Charles C. Diggs

  • Anacostia AC's Baseball team

  • Birney School Life Magazine

  • To Editor of Ebony Magazine from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from Grace Bush

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina--Snapshots from Barry Farm Recreation Center concert

  • Frederick D. Patterson wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom.

  • Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson and unidentified friend

  • Almore Dale standing by his Buick

  • Almore Dale standing near car

  • Profile portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson

  • Letter to Mrs. Warner from Dorothy Contee

  • Letter to Mrs. Emma I. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Mr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson

  • Charles Qualls Papers

  • Letter to Mr. Qualls from H. D. Rose

  • Frederick D. Patterson wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom standing beside Mrs. Marie Dale.

  • Consumer's in Dale's Market

  • Letter to Mr. Qualls from H. D. Rose

  • Letter to Mrs. Rosa L. Gragg from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Mr. Qualls from Captain Forrest L. Binswanger

  • Almore Dale viewing fruit display

  • Family portrait

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson

  • Postcard, Frederick Douglass Patterson, President Tuskegee Institute

  • General letter from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Bishop D. Ward Nichols

  • Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson--Portraits and snapshots

  • Portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson

  • Almore Dale behind store counter

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls from F.R. Dorsey

  • Letter to Charles E. Qualls

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina--Photo scrapbook

  • Dale, Dianne--Portraits and snapshots

  • Photographs

  • Letter to Mr. Hartzog from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to Mr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson

  • Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson on steps with unidentified friend

  • Letter to Dr. Charles E. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson

  • Dale, Almore--Portraits and snapshots

  • Almore Dale

  • Portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson

  • Letter to Dr. Quarles from Emma I. Dickson

  • H.R. 3597 to incorporate the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Assocation

  • Letter to Dr. Qualls and Committee

  • Wilhelmina Patterson sitting at piano

  • Letter to Mrs. Gregory from Charles E. Qualls

  • Letter to the Board of Commissioners, D.C. from Charles E. Qualls

  • Patterson, Wilhelmina--Shiloh Baptist Church events

  • Almore Dale standing by fruit display

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