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Social History: Anacostia and Barry Farms

Catalog Data

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Dale, John Henry, Jr.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place:
Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1970s
Scope and Contents:
Residents of Anacostia talk about the early history of Barry Farms, Anacostia, and the Freedmen's Bureau. They describe the boundaries of Anacostia and Barry Farms, the relationship between black people and white people, the police-community relationship, and sanitization conditions. John Dale is one of the residents.
Interview clips. AV003502: copy #2, content consists of interview clips from other audiovisual assets. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
Collection 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.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Neighborhoods  Search this
African American neighborhoods  Search this
Communities  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Police-community relations  Search this
Sanitation  Search this
Social history  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Social History: Anacostia and Barry Farms, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003502
See more items in:
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7647ea4a9-6a92-44a1-a3c3-dcc3f170f348
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-09-023-ref651