Betty Reyes, co-owner of restaurant El Tamarindo, spoke about the demographics of restaurant patrons, the evolution of the menu, source of food for restaurant, where and how often advertise, how neighborhood has changed since restaurant opened, why like working in restaurant, and why does not like working in restaurant. She identified the Salvadoran dishes on the menu, noted much of the menu is Mexican food at this location, and listed the ingredients of the horchata, her mother's recipe from El Salvador.
Reyes also spoke about her children, the food she cooks at home for her family, food from other cultures she eats, restaurants she eats at when she goes out to eat, the Salvadoran American cultural organization, her husband's involvement in a soccer fundraiser for children in El Salvador, her sister's restaurant in Wheaton, Maryland, and visiting El Salvador. She also explained why she moved to Washington, DC.
Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static, and background noise. Interviewee's voice is intelligible 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.
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Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
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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).
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Extent:
2 Digital files
1 Sound cassette
Type:
Archival materials
Digital files
Sound cassettes
Place:
Haiti
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1992-1993
Scope and Contents:
Evelyne Atkins and Nadia Adams spoke about their memories of living in Haiti as children, without their parents for several years; leaving Haiti and migrating to the United States in 1969; and their first experiences, including readjusting themselves to their parents, in the United States. They both consider themselves Haitian.
Atkins and Adams explained how their parents instilled Haitian culture during their upbringing; why they had few or no American friends in school; how they plan to raise their children, including discipline, teaching language, and instilling Haitian history, culture, and traditions; and the differences between their marriages and their parent's marriage, specifically being married to an American man versus a Haitian man. Note, Adams had children at time of interview.
Atkins and Adams spoke about dating Haitian and American men before they were married, their weddings, Catholicism, intercultural marriage, their assimilation into American culture, their involvement in the Haitian community currently and when a teenager, type of music they listen to, how Haitians raise and discipline their children, family heirlooms, how they decorate their home, the type of art they like, and going to specialty markets to get Haitian food. They also spoke about Haitian traditions, including New Year's and saving seeds from oranges, and the mixing of Haitian and American foods for Thanksgiving dinner.
Eric Atkins, Evelyne's second husband, spoke about why he was interested in dating and marrying a woman from a different culture; experiencing Haitian food and traditions; his interest in Haitian music, dance, and culture, and learning French and Creole; soccer games; wanting to visit Haiti and buy property in Haiti; being raised Catholic; disciplining his kids in his first marriage; and intercultural marriage.
Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static, and some background noise. Interviewees' voices are intelligible 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).
Mrs. Bonhomme spoke about her parents and siblings, being raised by her grandmother, and the values she grew up with. Mr. Bonhomme spoke about his father's work as a minister and Haitian ambassador, including his father's exile from Haiti. They spoke about speaking Creole and French with family at home, their religious background, and raising their children. They explain they have never lost touch with Haiti, and why they stayed in the United States. Mr. Bonhomme explained he does want to go back to Haiti when security changes.
Interview is in English and minimal French. Digital audio files include loud white noise and static, and lots of background noise. Interviewees' voices are soft and 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).
Purchased with funds given in memory of Philip L. Ravenhill, the Sylvia H. Williams Memorial Fund for Acquisitions, Frieda B. Rosenthal, Barbara Croissant and Mark E. Baker
