Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings Department, 1978-1979
Art Institute of Chicago, Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture Department, 1978
Beinecke Library, Yale University, 1980
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1979
Elmhurst College, 1979-1980
Essley Noble Memorial Museum, 1979
Illinois State Museum, 1979
Illinois State University, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, 1979
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1978
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 1978-1979
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1978
Madison Art Center, Inc., 1978-1979
Milwaukee Art Center, 1978-1979
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), 1978-1979
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 1979
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1978
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1978-1980
Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, 1978-1979
Southern Illinois University Museum and Art Gallery, 1979
University of Michigan Art Museum, 1979
Western Illinois University Art Gallery, 1978-1979
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1978-1979
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Collection Citation:
The Gertrude Abercrombie papers, circa 1880-1986, bulk 1935-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1883-1962, bulk 1885-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Brown Foundation. Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Ann Zelle discusses how she came to meet John Kinard at the 1969 annual meeting of the American Association of Museums (AAM) in San Francisco. She describes John's impact on the AAM and on the International Council of Museums (ICOM) where his work with the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now Anacostia Community Museum) gained international attention. She describes her first impressions of the museum, recalling that it was a joyful, exuberant, hands-on museum that integrated into the neighborhood. She also describes John Kinard's many contributions, paying tribute to his charisma, his patience, and his ability to maintain great relationships with both the Smithsonian Institution leadership and the Anacostia community.
The interview was conducted on July 14, 1992 by Zora Martin-Felton. There is background static which makes it difficult to hear the interviewer in some parts, but the interviewee can be heard clearly throughout the recording.
Biographical / Historical:
Ann Zelle (1943-) taught at Northern Virginia Community College and worked at the Smithsonian Institution. She served as an administrator and educator from 1963-1973 at the Illinois State Museum, Newark Museum, the International Council of Museums, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, and helped establish Art & Soul, which was a collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Conservative Vice Lords. She also served as Associate Professor Emerita and as Head of Photography at the American University School of Communication from 1982 to 2002. She retired in 2007, moving to Western North Carolina, and continuing her creative work as a sculptor and photographer.Â
Provenance:
Conducted as part of the ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, which includes approximately 100 interviews of residents and influential people of the Anacostia area of Washington, DC.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Collection Citation:
ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
