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Collection Creator:
Plummer-Arnold family  Search this
Extent:
1.21 Linear feet
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 2005
Scope and Contents:
This series is composed of letters, certificates, and DVDs and includes oversized material. Material relates to Henry Vinton Plummer's military service, his 1894 dishonorable discharge, and his descendants' successful campaign to upgrade it to an honorable discharge. Folder 1 contains an undated letter from Brigadier General Vincent K. Brooks commending Plummer's family on their years of advocacy and commemorating his service as the first African American chaplain of the Regular Army. Folder 2 contains Plummer's framed certificate of honorable discharge, backdated to 1894. Folder 3 contains two DVD copies of "Restoring Honor: The Case of Chaplain Plummer," a 43-minute documentary released in 2005 by Keith B. Plummer that tells the story of Chaplain Plummer's service and his family's campaign to clear his name.
Arrangement:
This series is housed in a single box.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for unrestricted research. Use of the collection requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
The Plummer-Arnold Family papers are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Collection Citation:
The Plummer-Arnold family papers, undated-2005, bulk circa 1880-1955, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Reverend L. Jerome Fowler.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-038, Series 2
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Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa71e147859-c9c1-4d95-b569-6a4d2bc453d9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-038-ref11