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Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Anacostia Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

140 Sound recordings (45 sound cassettes ; 6 sound disk CD-Rs)

6 Electronic discs (DVD) (6 data disk DVD-Rs)

2.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Electronic discs (dvd)

Oral history

Interviews

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1974-1975

Scope and Contents note:

The Anacostia Oral History Project Collection contains 39 oral history interviews with 42 individuals who either grew up in or spent a considerable amount of time in the neighborhood. Interviewees discuss their memories of Anacostia dating back to the 1890s and points of focus include education, occupations, transportation, geographic boundaries, and recreational and community activities. The interviews were conducted and recorded on audiocassettes in 1975 through the Center for Anacostia Studies and the Anacostia Community Museum. Most of the interviews have been digitized and are accessible in the archive on CDs.

Biographical/Historical note:

The Center for Anacostia Studies was the predecessor of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum research department.

Related Archival Materials note:

The Anacostia Community Museum Archives also houses other oral histories of the area, including the ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Genre/Form:

Oral history

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Anacostia Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

ACMA.09-006

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa75960751b-6c6a-4411-a135-cdcbfbe86170

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-09-006

Creator:

Jourdan, David W.  Search this

Long, Elgen Marion, 1927-  Search this

Names:

Nauticos Corporation  Search this

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937  Search this

Noonan, Frederick  Search this

Extent:

4.5 Cubic feet (5 legal document cases and 13 cassette tape boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1959-1998

Summary:

This donation consists of 156 separate interviews or sound sources collected by Elgen Long while he was researching and writing his book, Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved which promotes the theory that Amelia Earhart's aircraft came to rest at the bottom of the ocean near Howland Island.

This collection is in English.

Scope and Contents:

The donation consists of 156 separate interviews or sound sources, some comprising two or more tape sides. Most of them are interviews conducted by Long, including interviews with: crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Itasca; Naval and Coast Guard officials; mechanics and engineers involved in the maintenance of Earhart's aircraft; New Guinea and Australia residents and radio operators; friends, family and associates of Earhart and Noonan; and advocates of alternative disappearance theories. There are also radio interviews and a few movie soundtracks and miscellaneous items. The total running time of the collection is 13,209 minutes (220sca hours). This donation also includes a hard drive which holds 387 audio files in .mp3 or .mp4 format (each file is an interview with the possibility of multiple interviews per tape).

Arrangement:

Arrangement by donor.

Biographical / Historical:

Elgen Long collected oral recordings, both interviews and sound sources, while he was researching and writing his book, Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved which promotes the theory that Amelia Earhart's aircraft came to rest at the bottom of the ocean near Howland Island. These tapes were also used throughout Long's partnership with David W. Jourdan, founder of the deep-sea exploration company Nauticos, during their three attempts to locate Earhart's aircraft on the ocean floor (2002, 2006, and 2017).

Provenance:

David Jourdan, Gift, 2020, NASM.2020.0025

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Underwater exploration  Search this

Flights around the world  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews -- 1950-2000

Sound recordings -- Audiotapes -- Audio cassettes -- Music

Citation:

Amelia Earhart Project Recordings, NASM.2020.0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2020.0025

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Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2e9335b2f-1f78-465d-9314-4c94c3885e5e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2020-0025

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-09-10T14:58:17.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-11-30T19:03:18.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2009-04-06T17:58:14.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-06-15T12:08:28.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-09-08T13:21:24.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2009-03-30T19:51:56.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-06-20T16:53:39.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2009-03-23T16:22:22.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2009-02-24T19:42:51.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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smithsonianfolkways

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_5lzWcA5NJeg

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-09-23T14:56:22.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-03-26T20:03:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-01-09T16:43:58.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-12-20T14:19:08.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2009-04-06T17:45:31.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-08-15T14:38:42.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-04-07T16:14:50.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-06-15T17:59:18.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2021-04-07T14:00:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

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