Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum Search this
Extent:
3 Digital files
2 Sound cassettes
Type:
Archival materials
Digital files
Sound cassettes
Place:
Virgin Islands
Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island)
Puerto Rico
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1991 July 10
Scope and Contents:
Carmen Robles, born in St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, spoke about living with her mother and siblings in Puerto Rico from about 6 months of age until 10 years old, and then moving back and living in the Virgin Islands around 1968. Her mother was from the British Virgin Islands, and her father was also born in Virgin Islands and was of Puerto Rican descent. Her father died shortly after she returned to the Virgin Islands, and she spoke about how not having a father affected her and her life. She detailed her experience of and feelings about returning to the Virgin Islands and meeting her father's family.
Robles talked about her private school experience in Puerto Rico; her public and parochial school experience in the Virgin Islands; and applying to and being accepted to Georgetown in Washington, DC. She explained she married during her senior year of high school and the consequences of that decision; and her experience of simultaneously working, taking care of her daughter, and attending Georgetown, where she studied Languages of Linguistics. She also spoke of her friendships at Georgetown, and her pregnancy with her second child.
Robles spoke about her work experience, including, with the Latino community as a Spanish teacher at the Spanish Education Development (SED) Center; at La Clínica del Pueblo and learning about the politics of health; involving a child abuse project as a Office of Latino Affairs consultant; as public health specialist at Office of Latino Affairs; as a Planned Parenthood volunteer; and teaching Spanish to health professionals. She also discussed about her immediate and future goals involving her community work, education, family, and work with politics.
Robles explained her political views on race and class; her identity as an Afro-Latino (not Hispanic), Black female who "fights for the rights of other women" (she avoids the label "feminist"); how she defined and/or identified herself in each country she lived; how people around her perceived her and her identity, including when she spoke up / spoke out about her political views, in each country she lived; and the racial aspects of living in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
Finally, Robles explained that she shares her difficulties because it might help someone else; the greatest lesson she learned was "be true to yourself" meaning "follow your pain, and explore the pain and figure out root of the pain" and polishing your identity; and she taught excellence, as defined within oneself, and compassion.
Carmen Robles was interviewed by Anthony Knight. Interview is in English and minimal Spanish. Digital audio files include white noise and static; interviewee can be heard clearly for the most part. Note, after the date of this interview, Carmen Robles was also known as Carmen Robles-Gordon and then Carmen Robles-Inman.
General:
Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum Search this
Extent:
2 Digital files
1 Sound cassette
Type:
Archival materials
Digital files
Sound cassettes
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
circa 1992-1993
Scope and Contents:
Elena Tscherny spoke about the Office of Library Services and Programs, her career with and work for the District of Columbia Public Library, services and events that the DC Public Library offers the Spanish speaking community, artist exhibitions, bilingual librarians and staff, and the Mt. Pleasant library. She also explained how she would be able to help with Anacostia Museum's Latino exhibit; her involvement with and thoughts about community organizations and DC government's Office of Latino Affairs; how DC government budget cuts affect the DC Public Library; and ideas for documenting the Latino community.
Elena Tscherny was interviewed at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library in Washington, DC. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include very loud white noise and static, and very background noise, including voices and a vacuum, at the beginning of the interview; interviewee's voice can be difficult to hear at times.
General:
Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Hugo Medrano, producer and artistic director of the GALA Hispanic Theatre, spoke about the Grupo de Artistas LatinoAmericanos (GALA) Hispanic Theatre, including its history, mission, awards including Helen Hayes award, role in the neighborhood community, and performing in various cities in and outside of the United States. He explained non-traditional casting, including working with people across different races and ethnicities, and who spoke different languages; the challenges of performing plays in both Spanish and English; and how the type of performances and subject of plays changed based on their audience, sometimes the plays reflected the reality of Latin America and other times they performed "normal plays."
Medrano also spoke about acting as a child and studying acting in Argentina; working in television in Buenos Aires; leaving Argentina in 1965 because of government censorship; and his arrival in Washington, DC after working for 6 years in Spain. He explained Washington, DC was a desert in regards to theatrical arts at the time of his arrival; he worked as a busboy in a hotel while studying English in Washington, DC; projects and theaters he worked at prior to the founding of the GALA Hispanic Theatre; the evolution of Latino theater in the United States and Argentina; and stigma by press and award organizations as Hispanic actors and theater.
Interview is in English. Digital audio files include loud white noise and static, and minimal background noise; interviewee can be heard for the most part.
General:
Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Maricela Medina spoke in detail about growing up, including games and entrepreneurial activities, and her school experience, including boarding school, in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo dictatorship; Monte Plata, the town where she lived; her family origin and history, including when and why they migrated to the Dominican Republic; her mother and her father; the two years she lived in Dominican Republic after her mother immigrated, on a diplomatic visa, to the United States; the circumstances her mother immigrated to the United States; and domestic worker experiences.
Medina described preparing to immigrate to the United States; her first impressions of the United States when she arrived in Washington, DC at the age of 12, including her realization that Black people lived in the United States; her life and educational experience, including overcoming the language barrier, through Catholic high school and Howard University in Washington, DC, and University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan; the Latino community in Washington, DC, social gatherings, and how the community evolved; the tensions, including biases and prejudices, between the Hispanic and African American communities; customs, traditions, and values she learned in the Dominican Republic and maintained when she moved to the United States; and specific plights of immigrants and how immigrants' plights have changed over time.
Medina also spoke about identity and described herself as a Black Hispanic woman, Black Latin American woman, or Black Dominican woman; her Dominican and Catholic upbringing; her role as a godmother; race and racism in the United States, Dominican Republic, Latin America, and at the schools she attended; prejudice versus racism; and the Mount Pleasant disturbance. She also stated she is an American citizen, and explained why uses Hispanic and Latino interchangeably.
Maricela Medina was interviewed by Hector Corporan. Interview is in English and minimal Spanish. Digital audio files include loud white noise and static; and some background noise. Interviewee can be heard clearly. Interviewer often spoke at same time as interviewee.
General:
Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum Search this
Extent:
2 Digital files
1 Sound cassette
Type:
Archival materials
Digital files
Sound cassettes
Place:
Puerto Rico
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1992-1993
Scope and Contents:
Sonia Gutierrez, director of the Carlos Rosario Adult Education Center, spoke in detail about the origin, students, services, successes, challenges, and evolution of PEILA (Program of English Instruction for Latin Americans) and the Carlos Rosario Adult Education Center in Washington, DC. She also spoke about struggles faced by Latinos, including the anti-immigrant climate; the political activism and demonstrations to keep Latino education programs funded; and how the Black community and Latino community worked together to fight for home rule in Washington, DC.
Gutierrez described the evolution of the Latino community in the Washington, DC, including the shift of leadership and how current leadership differed from early leadership. She detailed the long path to establish the Office of Latino Affairs in Washington, DC, which started with a sit-in outside of Mayor Washington's office; and the founding of the Council of Latino Agencies. She also discussed the roles of Marion Barry throughout this activism work.
Gutierrez spoke about Latinos' immigration statuses and the decision making processes around becoming a United States citizen. She also briefly spoke about coming to Washington, DC in 1971, growing up in Puerto Rico in a middle class family and attending private school, her marriages, and being inducted into DC's Women's Hall of Fame.
Sonia Gutierrez was interviewed by Hector Corporan. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static; interviewee's voice is intelligible.
General:
Associated documentation, including partial transcripts, for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives. The textual transcripts are not verbatim of the audio recordings.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
A group of Latinas hold a banner that says: "Spanish Catholic Center Says 'No' To Health Care Cuts". The Archdiocese of Washington created The Spanish Catholic Center in 1967 in an effort to provide education, health and social services to immigrants from around the world. The Spanish Catholic Center is a member of Catholic Charities, the largest private outreach organization in the Washington, D.C. area.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
On April 5, 1995, ralliers gathered on the National Mall for a Latino Health Care rally to protest proposed reductions in Medicare and Medicaid in Washington, D.C.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
unk--Mike Millius--Sitting in the rain--Let's leave town; unk--Its alright--Come on down to my house; Janis Ian--Great American dream--unk; Teatro Capesino---Carry it on
Track Information:
101 Unknown / Unknown. Guitar. English language.
102 Sitting in the Rain / Mike Millius. Guitar. English language.
103 Let's Leave Town / Mike Millius. Guitar. English language.
104 It's All Right / Unknown. Guitar. English language.
105 Come on Down to My House / Unknown. Guitar. English language.
106 The Great American Dream / Blind Girl Grunt, Janis Ian. Guitar. English language.
108 Carry it On / Teatro Campesino (Organization), Laura Safer. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-3959
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Read by Carola Yonmar, v. 2-3 with guitar accompaniment.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Program notes on slipcase ; texts, from the New Mexican alabado, by J. B. Rael, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1951 ([4] p.) inserted.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only, Missing LP?.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Cancion de la temura = Song of tenderness (3:18) -- La llorona = The weeping woman (4:03) -- Pollerita colorada = Little red skirt (2:00) -- Al alajo = To garlic (2:35) -- Manos vacias = Empty hands (2:14) -- Vamos chamar o vento = Let's call the wind (2:38)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-1754
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
America--SAS (Saucy sauce)--Fray Felipe--La Vasoviana--Indita de cochiti--El burrito--Tecolotito--Mi cabello--Bueyecito canelo--La vieja y sus anamalitos--Bailen palomitas--La rana--El carrito de la paranada--Las menitras--El sapo y la rana
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-4125
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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unk (2x)--Indita de cochiti--El carrito de la paranada--Las menitras--My wonderful horse--Santa Fe trail--unk--an old woman--Little donkey--Singing frog--Maid of Cochiti
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-4134
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
