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Subject:
Kinard, John 1936-1989  Search this
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture  Search this
Date:
August 5, 1989
Category:
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes:
Zora Martin-Felton and Gail S. Lowe. A Different Drummer: John Kinard and the Anacostia Museum. Washington, D.C.: Anacostia Museum, 1993.
Summary:
John R. Kinard (1936-1989), founding director of the Anacostia Museum, dies after a long illness. Dr. Kinard shepherded the new museum through its early years, built a new museum building at Fort Place, S.E., and set its course as a museum of African American history and culture.
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Anacostia Historical Society  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Deaths  Search this
Museum directors  Search this
Clergy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
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