Author:

Ruffins, Fath Davis  Search this

Ed:

Kreamer, Christine Mullen  Search this

Karp, Ivan  Search this

Lavine, Steven D  Search this

Subject:

African American Museum Project  Search this

Center for African American History & Culture (U.S.)  Search this

National African American Museum (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of African American History and Culture  Search this

National African American Museum Project  Search this

Physical description:

Number of pages : 105; Page numbers : 506-611

Date:

1992

Category:

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Notes:

Ruffins is a curator at the National Museum of American History

Summary:

Traces the history of efforts to document and preserve African American history, with a detailed analysis of the preservation of objects, folklore, music, governmental records, and other materials over the 19th and 20th centuries.

Contained within:

Museums and communities : the politics of public culture (Book.)

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Museums--History  Search this

African Americans--History  Search this

Cultural property--Protection  Search this

Historic preservation  Search this

Collectors and collecting  Search this

Publisher:

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_12976