These records reflect the varied interests and activities of John R. Kinard as Director of the Anacostia Museum. The files consist primarily of official correspondence
with museum professionals, community leaders and activists, officials of Washington, D. C., and Smithsonian management. Kinard's involvement with organizations such as the
African American Museums Association, the Anacostia Historical Society, the Anacostia Coordinating Council, and the Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation is documented.
Materials include photographs and clippings from newspapers and magazines, some of which describe Kinard's May 5, 1987, speech at the 51st annual conference of the Southern
African Museums Association held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
![view General Correspondence, 1975 digital asset: Letter from S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Honorable John J. Rooney of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the involvement of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in Kwanza celebrations. Dated February 21, 1974. [Image numbers SIA2016-011463 and SIA2016-011464]](https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?max=170&id=https://sirismm.si.edu/siris/electronicresource.gif "Letter from S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Honorable John J. Rooney of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the involvement of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in Kwanza celebrations. Dated February 21, 1974. [Image numbers SIA2016-011463 and SIA2016-011464]")
