Smithsonian Institution Libraries Anacostia Museum Branch Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture Branch Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Anacostia Community Museum Library Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Anacostia Community Museum Library Search this
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Anacostia Community Museum Library Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1991
1991-
Category:
Agency History
Notes:
This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
Smithsonian Annals, 1991-2000
Smithsonian Directory, 2002
Anacostia Community Museum Library, https://library.si.edu/libraries/anacostia, accessed April 28, 2023
Anacostia Community Museum, Agency History, https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217775, accessed April 28, 2023
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Phone List, via Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20020322214205/http://www.sil.si.edu:80/Information-Files/staff-directory.htm, accessed April 28, 2023
Smithsonian Staff Phone Directory, via Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20081007083134/http://www.sil.si.edu:80/Resources/phones/phone-list.cfm, accessed April 28, 2023
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Library, via Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20020815175333/http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/anac-hp.htm, accessed April 28, 2023
Email, "Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Executive Leadership Team Updates," September 23, 2022.
The Anacostia Community Museum Library Research Center supports the museum's mission of documenting and preserving communities' memories, struggles, and successes. The library collection focuses on Washington, D.C. community history and culture, United States regional history, activism, and social justice issues and social movements.
The Anacostia Museum Branch was established in 1991. In 1995, its name was changed to the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture Branch and then in 2006 was renamed the Anacostia Community Museum Library. The library was part of Smithsonian Institution Libraries at the time of its creation and then later part of Smithsonian Libraries. In 2020, after the merger of the Smithsonian Libraries and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, it became part of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. In 2022, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives renamed their libraries as library research centers.
The first librarian was Timothy Carr, who served in the role from 1991-1992. Thomas Bickley was librarian between 1994-1997. The position was vacant until Tracy-ann Suleiman-Stewart served as librarian between 1999-2002. Shauna Collier served as librarian between 2002-2008. The position remained vacant until Baasil Wilder and Paul McCutcheon served as "roving" librarians in 2011. Wilder continued as librarian until 2022. Shauna Collier began her second tenure as librarian in 2022. Librarians at the library sometimes also served concurrently as librarians elsewhere in Smithsonian Institution Libraries (prior to 2020) or Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (2020- ).
For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
