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Creator:

Burt, Catherine  Search this

Names:

Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1898-1989  Search this

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955  Search this

Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000  Search this

Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-  Search this

Coppin, Fanny Jackson  Search this

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-  Search this

Dunham, Katherine  Search this

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911  Search this

Lee, Jarena, b. 1783  Search this

Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005  Search this

Parsons, Lucy E. (Lucy Eldine), 1853-1942  Search this

Powers, Harriet, 1837-1911  Search this

Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-  Search this

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937  Search this

Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883  Search this

Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913  Search this

Walker, Alice, 1944-  Search this

Walker, Maggie  Search this

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931  Search this

Wright, Jane Cooke., Dr., 1919-  Search this

Extent:

1.42 Linear feet ((2 boxes))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Articles

Photocopies

Correspondence

Pamphlets

Brochures

Clippings

Date:

circa 1980s

Summary:

The collection, which dates from the 1980s and measures 1.42 linear feet, was compiled in the course of preparations for the "Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds" exhibit, which was staged at the Anacostia Museum from February 1976 to December 1976. This collection documents the lives and achievements of African American women in a variety of fields, including law, medicine, education, politics, science and the arts. The collection is comprised of documents, magazine and newspaper clippings, correspondence, photocopies, brochures and pamphlets.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African American women educators  Search this

African American women jazz singers  Search this

African American women executives  Search this

African American women journalists  Search this

African American clergy  Search this

African American abolitionists  Search this

African American women artists  Search this

African American women athletes  Search this

African American women authors  Search this

African American women civil rights workers  Search this

African American women scientists  Search this

African American women political activists  Search this

African American women poets  Search this

African American women physicians  Search this

African American women librarians  Search this

African American women legislators  Search this

African American women lawyers  Search this

African American women judges  Search this

African American women singers  Search this

African American women social reformers  Search this

Women clergy  Search this

African American military personnel  Search this

African American women  Search this

African American women entertainers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Articles

Photocopies

Correspondence

Pamphlets

Brochures

Clippings

Citation:

Catherine Burt vertical file on Black women, circa 1980s, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Catherine Burt.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-065

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa72f05569f-6fb5-427f-836d-79558d0d8eb9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-065

Author:

Andrews, William L. 1946-  Search this

Lee, Jarena b. 1783 Life and religious experience of Jarena Lee  Search this

Elaw, Zilpha b. ca. 1790 Memoirs of the life, religious experience, ministerial travels, and labors of Mrs. Zilpha Elaw  Search this

Foote, Julia A. J. 1823-1900 Brand plucked from the fire  Search this

Subject:

Lee, Jarena b. 1783  Search this

Elaw, Zilpha approximately 1790-1846  Search this

Foote, Julia A. J. 1823-1900  Search this

Physical description:

x, 245 p. : port. ; 24 cm

Type:

Biography

Date:

1986

C1986

Topic:

African American evangelists--Biography  Search this

African American women  Search this

African Americans--Religion  Search this

Call number:

BV3780.S57 1986X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_373154