This collection includes news programs, television shows, and music recorded from local and national radio and television broadcasts as well as prerecorded programs, such as The Negro Texans and Alex Haley Lecture for the Doubleday Lecture Series. Anacostia Community Museum does not hold the copyright of the broadcast programs and prerecorded programs in this collection. Content includes news coverage of Anacostia and Washington, DC events; announcements about and coverage of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum events; broadcasts of Martin Luther King, Jr's speeches; interviews with civil right leaders; and short documentaries.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
A Material World (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.) Search this
Information Age: People, Information and Technology (Exhibition) (1990-2006: Washington, D.C.) Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Doubleday Lecture Series. Search this
Search for Life: Genetic Technology in the Twentieth Century (Exhibition). (1987: Washington, D.C.) Search this
Western Views and Eastern Visions (Exhibition) (1980-1981: Washington, D.C.) Search this
Extent:
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Videotapes
Date:
1980-2010
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of audio and video recordings of special events at the National Museum of American History documenting exhibitions; visits of American politicians
and foreign dignitaries; receptions; music and dance performances; dinners; meetings; commemorative and anniversary events; lectures, including speakers at the Doubleday Lecture
Series; fund raising; and conferences. Materials include audiotapes and videotapes.
Author Alex Haley is a speaker for the Frank N. Doubleday Lecture Series; the theme of the lecture series is education in the real world. Haley speaks of researching and writing about his genealogical roots for his book, Roots, using oral history and archival materials, including those at the National Archives. He talks about traveling to Gambia and learning about the history of Kinte clan from a griot, a West African historian who is a repository of oral history for a particular African clan. Haley also speaks of black heritage and African heritage; his life in the coast guard and as a freelance writer; and his family as he was growing up.
Lecture. Part of Broadcast Programs. Undated.
General:
Title created by ACMA based on transcription from physical asset and contents of recording.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture Search this
Container:
Box 13, Folder 15-16
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1985 February 7-8
Scope and Contents:
Concert and colloquium held February 7-8, 1985, at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Program discussed and illustrated the various styles of jazz improvisation from its early twentieth century origins to its recent avant-garde forms. Jazz improvisation is considered one of the core elements of the jazz experience and a significant component in the forming of the jazz tradition. Improvisation is described as a spontaneous composition. It has been used in the musical expressions of all cultural groups. From unpublished program notes. See program guide for additional information about this colloquium and concert.
The concert and colloquium formed part of the Frank Nelson Doubleday Lecture Series and was presented by the National Museum of American History and the Doubleday Book and Music Clubs, Incorporated. Program content was created by Bernice Johnson Reagon, director of the Program in African American Culture (PAAC). Program number AC408.29.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions exist. Collection items available for reproduction Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
The Art of Jazz Improvisation: A Festival of Traditional and Contemporary Approaches, Frank Nelson Doubleday Lecture Series, photographs, 1985 February 7
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture Search this
Container:
Box 13, Folder 18
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1985-02
Scope and Contents:
Event performed on February 7, 1985 in the Flag Hall, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Performances by Doc Cheatham and the Sweet Basil Quintet featuring Eddie Barefield and Bobby Pratt, Clark Terry and his Jolly Giants, and the Archie Shepp Quartet.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions exist. Collection items available for reproduction Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture Search this
Container:
Box 17, Folder 18
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1988 May 12
Scope and Contents:
Program presented at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) as part of the Frank Nelson Doubleday lecture series. It featured Robert Anderson, the Sterling Jubilees and the Richard Smallwood Singers.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions exist. Collection items available for reproduction Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
