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view Sharon Farmer Photograph digital asset: Washington, DC (Sharon Pratt Dixon)

Sharon Farmer Photograph

Extent:
1 Photographic print (b&w, 16 x 20 inches.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
circa 1991-1995
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at ACMarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African American mayors  Search this
Women politicians  Search this
African American photographers  Search this
Citation:
Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (©Sharon Farmer).
Identifier:
ACMA.06-124.16
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Sharon Farmer Photograph
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa718359039-b610-47de-a186-2d5f210f89a8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-06-124-16
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view Washington, DC (Sharon Pratt Dixon) digital asset: Washington, DC (Sharon Pratt Dixon)

Washington, DC (Sharon Pratt Dixon)

Creator:
Farmer, Sharon, 1951-  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (b&w, 16 x 20 inches.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
circa 1991 - 1995
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at ACMarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African American mayors  Search this
Women politicians  Search this
African American photographers  Search this
Citation:
Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (©Sharon Farmer).
See more items in:
Sharon Farmer Photograph
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7dc28f379-4866-40e8-9b49-fda8e68f53f3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-124-16-ref1
view Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews digital asset: Finding aid

Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews

Creator::
  Search this
Extent:
160 audiotapes (Originals). audiotapes (Reference copies).
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Transcripts
Date:
1996
Introduction:
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program staff conduct interviews with current and retired Smithsonian staff and others who have made significant contributions to the Institution. There are also interviews conducted by researchers or students on topics related to the history of the Smithsonian or the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Descriptive Entry:
This collection is comprised of one hundred and sixty interview sessions, totaling approximately 68.5 hours of recordings and 289 pages of transcript. Thirteen of the interview sessions have been transcribed, while the remainder of interview sessions have been described in short summaries.

Interviewees were Smithsonian staff, retirees, volunteers, and visitors, including:

Lorie Aceto - 033

Paul Allen - 044

Leslie Atkins - 034

Preston Atkins - 034

Betty Belanus - 123

Louise D. Belcher - 027

Stephen Belcher - 027

Dick Bell - 140

Cordelia Benedict - 141

Francine Berkowitz - 026

Maggie Bertin - 132

Carvester Booth - 050

David Bosserman - 133

Steven Bostwick - 137

Anita Buffaloe - 105

Josephine Burman - 057

Olivia Cadaval - 040

Richard Callwood - 139

Nathaniel Carleton - 071

Judy Chelnick - 099

Barbara Coffee - 091

Sheila E. Cogan - 095

Ronald Colaprete - 081

Judie Cooper - 058

Patricia Cox - 038

William E. Cox - 077

Myron Curtis - 009

Melissa Darden - 135

Herb Davis - 056

James Deutsch - 055

David DeVorkin - 006

Kathleen Dorman - 029

Doc Dougherty - 157

James Early - 062

Douglas Evelyn - 068

Edgar Farley - 101

Edward Fisher III - 153

Jody Fitterer - 008

Lou Fleming - 088

John Franklin - 085

William Gagham - 124

Jim Galvin - 096

Helen Gaul - 102

Mark Geiger - 083

John Gibson - 011

Jane Glaser - 041

Lee Galssco - 122

Andrew Goffrey - 042

Carol Gover - 036

Elease Hall - 092

Sara Harkavy - 080

Marguerite Harding - 021

Robert Harding - 078

Rebecca Hartman - 080

William Hartung - 017

Martha Hayes - 052

Leonard Hirsch - 125

Alice Hirschfeld - 002

Elaine Hodges - 134

Cynthia Hoover - 024

Bernard Howard - 136

David Howery - 131

Karin Hoyes - 001

Regina H. Ingrim - 160

Reuben Jackson - 111

David Jickling - 117

Myron Johnson - 047

Larry Jones - 042

Mitchell Jones - 149

Steve Jones - 042

Ken Jordan - 042

Martin Kaufna - 066

Walter Kelly - 144

Dana Kent - 065

David Kessler - 070

Kethshara Khlok - 147

Donald E. Kloster - 015

Ramunas Kondratas - 106

Amy Kotkin - 145

Kamille Kreger - 051

Michael Kreger - 051

Manjula Kumar - 010

Katharine Landfield - 114

Peggy Langrall - 086

Dorothy Laoang - 037

Felix Lapinski - 022

Jeffrey LaRiche - 152

Elyse Lattner - 159

Tom Lauderbaugh - 076

Myron Lecar - 059

Rose Lee - 061

Martin Levine - 107

Steven Lubar - 110

Marian Hope Lund - 003

Ian MacTavish - 073

Joseph Madeira - 014

Peter Magoon - 148

Barbara Manioc - 096

Sally Maran - 087

Kenneth Mason - 143

B. C. May - 004

Virginia McCawley - 121

Mary McCutcheon - 104

David McFadden - 025

Joseph H. McGuiness - 082

Adriana McMurray - 097

Jimmy Melendez - 044

Felicia Messina-D'Haiti - 084

Per Midboe - 073

Harry Miller - 138

Barbara Moore - 103

David Moore - 064

Marvin Nakashima - 005

Diana N'Diaye - 035

Norman Novack - 155

Jen Page - 146

Geoffrey Parker - 150

Joan Paull - 060

Marvette Perez - 109

Catherine Perge - 032

Don Phillips - 042

Jeff Place - 154

Nancy Pope - 119

Jean Porter - 007

Fred Price - 053

Louis R. Purnell - 089

Larry Randall - 054

Jahari Rashad - 158

Sharon Reinckens - 019

Sharon Rohnback - 093

Anne Roocker - 069

Rex Roocker - 069

Ingrid Roper - 031

Cordelia Rose - 115

Deborah Rothberg - 130

Lucile Rowe - 018

Margaret Santiago - 113

Lori Schlemmer - 098

Volkor K. Schmeissner - 127

Eric Scott - 046

Mina Smith Segal - 043

Ruth Selig - 108

Arnold Sperling - 048

David Squire - 156

John Stine - 030

Sally Sweetland - 023

Nancy Sweezey - 151

Charles Tamosa - 142

Kenneth Thomas - 045

L. Susan Tolbert - 112

Billy Turner - 020

Raineldo Urriola - 094

Vincent VanAllen - 128

Tom Vennum - 028

Jane Walsh - 012

Rita Wanpeha - 120

Mark H. Warmaling - 072

Deborah Watkins - 075

Mick Weltman - 067

David West - 079

Dennis Whigham - 074

Janice Whigham - 192

William White - 049

Amy Wilson - 063

Jennie Witthoff - 039

Douglas Wonderlic - 118

Mary Wood - 016

Chuck Woolf - 126

Steptoe Wrenn - 013

Holly Wright - 116

Agnes Yore - 090

Elizabeth Zimmer - 100

Amanda Zocchi - 038

Interviewers were Smithsonian staff and volunteers, including Francine Berkowitz, Maggie Bertin, Dorothy Blink, David Bosserman, Emily Botein, Olivia Cadaval, Tim Carr, Vivien Chen, Martin Collins, Eduardo Contreras, Odette Diaz, John Franklin, Shenandoah Gale, Joanne Gernstein-London, Margy Gibson, Terrica M. Gibson, John McKiernan Gonzalez, Pamela M. Henson, Paula Johnson, Katherine Kirlin, Felix Lapinski, Tom Lawrence, Brian LeMay, Magdelena Mieri, Pilar Somma Montalvo, Jen Page, Marvette Perez, Catherine Perge, Sarita Rodriguez, and Polly Stewart.
Historical Note:
A section of the 1996 Festival of American Folklife was devoted to capturing the history and memories of Smithsonian for the Smithsonian Institution's celebration of its Sesquicentennial in 1996. Staff and volunteers of the Institutional History Division and the Center for Folklife Programs conducted interviews with Smithsonian staff, volunteers, and visitors about their memories of the Smithsonian. Between June 26 and July 7, 1996, some 173 individuals were interviewed alone and in groups. Interviewees included a wide array of Smithsonian staff from many museums and organizations, several Smithsonian volunteers, and a number of visitors to the Festival. Staff interviewees ranged from guards in a K-9 unit, to administrators, curators, educators, "skull" crews who move large objects, registrars, administrative staff, and horticultural staff, among others. Interviews of visitors focused on their reminiscences of visits to the Smithsonian museums and previous Folklife Festivals. Additional interviews of collected Smithsonian staff can be found in Record Unit 9508, Senate of Scientists Interviews; Record Unit 9522, Association of Curators Reminiscences; Record Unit 9595, Smithsonian's 150th Birthday Interviews; and Record Unit 9622, National Museum of Natural History Centennial Interviews.
Topic:
Oral history  Search this
Interviews  Search this
Visitors  Search this
Volunteers  Search this
Museums -- Employees  Search this
African Americans -- History  Search this
Anniversaries  Search this
African Americans  Search this
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Genre/Form:
Audiotapes
Transcripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9594, Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews
Identifier:
Record Unit 9594
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Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru9594
view Visual Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties exhibition records digital asset: Visual Journal Invitation

Visual Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties exhibition records

Creator:
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Museum  Search this
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture  Search this
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006  Search this
Willis, Deborah, 1948-  Search this
Extent:
8.5 Linear feet (15 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Exhibition records
Photographs
Brochures
Invitations
Exhibit scripts
Correspondence
Catalogues
Photocopies
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Virginia
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1996
Summary:
An exhibitionn celebrating the work of five African American photographers who documented segregated black communities in Washington, D.C., rural Virginia, and New York City in the 1930s and 1940s. Curated by Deborah Willis the exhibition was held at the Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building, South Gallery from April 18, 1996 to September 29, 1996. Photographers included: Robert H. McNeil, The Scurlock Studio, Morgan and Marvin Smith, and Gordon Parks.
Scope and Contents note:
These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, exhibit scripts, administrative records, exhibit layouts, brochures, art files,invitations, inventory, project scheudle, permission forms, photocopies, and clippings.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Museum exhibits  Search this
African American photographers  Search this
Genre/Form:
Exhibition records -- 1990-2004
Photographs
Brochures
Invitations
Exhibit scripts
Correspondence
Catalogues
Photocopies
Citation:
Visual Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
ACMA.03-025
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa77f0eab60-9a5f-4425-bd49-69f10da48fd5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-03-025
Online Media:
view Records digital asset: Finding aid

Records

Creator::
National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director  Search this
Extent:
15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
circa 1964-1984
Descriptive Entry:
These records consist mostly of the correspondence of Warren H. Robbins, which documents activities of the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) since its inception. Also included are some correspondence and memoranda of Jean M. Salan, John E. Reinhardt, and David L. Stratmon, a previous Associate Director of MAA (Museum of African Art). The correspondence is with government officials of African nations, African art dealers, agencies of the United States government, individual benefactors of NMAfA, African American artists, university professors, and others; and concerns donations, specimen acquisition and loans, planning of exhibitions, conservation of permanent collections, grants, scholarly research, and publications.
Historical Note:
In 1964 a privately-funded Museum of African Art (MAA) was established by Warren M. Robbins, a former American foreign service officer, at the Frederick Douglass house in Washington, D.C. Robbins served as first Director of MAA, which mounted exhibitions of traditional African artwork and developed educational programs to foster public insight and appreciation of the cultures and artistic achievements of Africa. When MAA became a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution on August 13, 1979, its collections included some eight thousand objects of African sculpture, costumes, textiles, musical instruments, and jewelry; numerous books on African culture and history; early maps of Africa; educational materials; and photographs, slides, and film segments on African art, society, and environment bequeathed to the Museum by world-renowned photographer Eliot Elisofon.

In 1981 MAA was renamed the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA). The following year Robbins became Founding Director Emeritus and John E. Reinhardt assumed responsibility as Acting Director. Sylvia H. Williams was appointed Director of NMAfA in 1983.

Staff of NMAfA has included Warren M. Robbins, Director, 1964-1981, and Founding Director Emeritus, 1982- ; John E. Reinhardt, Acting Director, 1981-1982; Sylvia H. Williams, Director, 1983- ; Jean M. Salan, Assistant Director for Administration, 1979-1980, Assistant Deputy Director, 1981-1982, and Assistant Director, 1983- ; Lydia Puccinelli, Curator of Collections, 1979- ; Roy Sieber, Associate Director for Collections and Research, 1983- ; Roslyn A. Walker, Research Curator, 1981- ; and Edward Lifschitz, Academic Coordinator, 1979-1982, and Curator of Education, 1983- .
Topic:
Art museum directors  Search this
Art dealers  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 634, National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director, Records
Identifier:
Record Unit 634
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Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0634
view Judge Robert H. Terrell presidential certificates digital asset: Finding aid

Judge Robert H. Terrell presidential certificates

Names:
District of Columbia. Municipal Court  Search this
Extent:
3 Items (certificates (1 mapcase folder))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Certificates
Date:
1905-1918
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of three presidential certificates, issued to Judge Robert H. Terrell and indicating his appointment to the District of Columbia Municipal Court bench. The certificates were signed by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson in 1905, 1910 and 1918, respectively.
Biographical / Historical:
Judge Robert H. Terrell (1857-1925) was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. As was the case for most African American youths born during this time, Terrell was educated in public schools. He attended schools in the District of Columbia and was a graduate of the Groton Academy in Groton, Massachusetts. In order to pursue his college education, Terrell worked in a dining hall at Harvard. He was one of seven magna cum laude scholars to graduate from Harvard in June 1884. After graduation, he found work in schools within the Washington D.C. area. After teaching for a few years, Terrell decided to attend law school and chose the Howard University Law School. He earned his LL.B. in 1889 and his LL.M. in 1893. In 1889, Terrell resigned from his job as a teacher in order to accept a position as the chief clerk in the office of the auditor of the U.S. Treasury. 1901, Terrell accepted an appointment to serve as a justice of the peace in Washington D.C, making him the first African American justice of the peace. In 1905, Terrell was appointed to the Municipal Courts of the District of Columbia; he served in this capacity until his death. Terrell also was a member of the faculty at the Howard University Law School from 1910 to 1925.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African American judges  Search this
Genre/Form:
Certificates
Citation:
Judge Robert H. Terrell presidential certificates, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.2007.7058
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-2007-7058
view Audiovisual Records digital asset: Finding aid

Audiovisual Records

Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs  Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Date:
1984-1994
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of audiotapes from the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), and include tapes of Smithsonian Institution (SI) radio commercials and tapes of news conferences, radio programs, and press briefings from the Office of the Secretary and the Smithsonian Board of Regents.

The Smithsonian Institution radio commercials were produced by the Office of Public Affairs between the years 1988-1994 and broadcast on predominately African American radio stations in the Washington, D.C. area. Topics include recruitment of SI volunteers from minority communities; exhibitions at the Anacostia Community Museum, National Museum of African Art, National Air and Space Museum, and National Museum of American History; and Smithsonian Black History Month observances. There are also tapes of the narration portions of TV (video) public service announcements covering topics such as diversity, senior citizens, and the Latino community.

Audiotapes from the Office of the Secretary cover the years 1984-1991 and include the official announcement of Robert McCormick Adams as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian, as well as Secretary's press conferences and staff addresses. Audiotapes of the Board of Regents cover the years 1986-1993 and consist of press briefings.

Citation or reproduction of audiotapes of commercial radio programs must be approved by the radio station, and/or the Office of Public Affairs.
Restrictions:
Citation or reproduction of audiotapes of commercial radio programs must be approved by the radio station, and/or the Office of Public Affairs, Transferring office; Contact reference staff for details.
Topic:
Publicity  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Museums -- Educational aspects  Search this
African American History Month  Search this
Radio programs  Search this
Radio broadcasting  Search this
Genre/Form:
Audiotapes
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-074, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs, Audiovisual Records
Identifier:
Accession 96-074
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Audiovisual Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa96-074
view Louise Daniel Hutchinson Oral History Interviews digital asset: Finding aid

Louise Daniel Hutchinson Oral History Interviews

Creator::
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel, interviewee  Search this
Extent:
4 audiotapes (Reference copies).
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Transcripts
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- History
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (Washington, D.C.)
Ridge (Md.)
Date:
1987
Introduction:
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program staff conduct interviews with current and retired Smithsonian staff and others who have made significant contributions to the Institution. There are also interviews conducted by researchers or students on topics related to the history of the Smithsonian or the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Hutchinson was interviewed for the Oral History Collection because of her pioneering career in black history at the National Portrait Gallery and Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Additional information about Hutchinson can be found in the Records of the Anacostia Community Museum, which are also housed in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Hutchinson's personal papers will be available to researchers at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Descriptive Entry:
The Louise Daniel Hutchinson Interviews were conducted for the Smithsonian Institution Archives in January and July of 1987 by Anne McPherson Rogers, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, as part of course requirements for an oral history seminar. The interviews discuss Hutchinson's family history, youth, education, work at the NPG and Frederick Douglass Home, career at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, and reminiscences of colleagues such as John R. Kinard, S. Dillon Ripley, and Lawrence Erskine Thomas, c. 1928-1986. The interviews consist of 3.0 hours of tape and 77 pages of transcript.
Historical Note:
Louise Daniel Hutchinson (1928-2014), was Director of the Research Center at the Anacostia Museum from 1974 to 1986. Born on June 3, 1928 in Ridge, Maryland, she grew up in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Constance Eleanor Hazel and Victor Hugo Daniel, were teachers and active in African American community affairs. She attended Miner Teachers College, Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Howard University, where she received a B.A. degree in 1951 and pursued additional graduate studies in sociology. After her marriage to Ellsworth W. Hutchinson, Jr., she taught as a substitute teacher while raising their six children.

In 1971, Hutchinson began her Smithsonian career as a researcher at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), where she worked with the William E. Harmon and Winold Reiss collections of portraits of African Americans and on the exhibit, The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution. After her 1972 appointment as an Education Research Specialist, she focused on the creation of cooperative programs between the NPG and the District of Columbia Public Schools and the development of a curriculum on the history of the District of Columbia.

Hutchinson left the Smithsonian in 1973 to become an Education Research Specialist for the National Park Service at the Frederick Douglass Home in Anacostia. At the Douglass Home, she trained staff to use artifacts and historical writings to enhance interpretation of the site.

In 1974, Hutchinson was appointed Historian and Director of Research at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum [renamed Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) in 2006]. At the museum, Hutchinson was responsible for research in support of exhibits, including The Anacostia Story: 1608-1930, Out of Africa: From West African Kingdoms to Colonization, and Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. During her tenure, Hutchinson also worked to define a mission for the ANM; increase dialogue with the museums on the Mall; build a permanent collection; establish close ties with the local community; and create exhibits which responded to community needs and the changing mission of the ANM. She developed the ANM's program of recording community history through oral history and was a catalyst in the formation of the Anacostia Historical Society. Hutchinson retired from the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in 1986.
Rights:
Restricted. The interviews are open to researchers but may not be cited, quoted or reproduced without the permission of Louise Daniel Hutchinson prior to 2025. Contact SIHistory@si.edu for more details.
Topic:
African Americans -- History  Search this
Art  Search this
Education  Search this
African Americans -- Portraits  Search this
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Interviews  Search this
Teachers  Search this
African Americans -- Social life and customs  Search this
Museums -- Educational aspects  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Museums -- Public relations  Search this
Museums -- Educational aspects  Search this
Historians  Search this
African Americans -- Portraits  Search this
Genre/Form:
Audiotapes
Transcripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9558, Louise Daniel Hutchinson Oral History Interviews
Identifier:
Record Unit 9558
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Louise Daniel Hutchinson Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru9558
view National Zoological Park, Easter Monday Oral History Interviews digital asset: Finding aid

National Zoological Park, Easter Monday Oral History Interviews

Extent:
12 audiotapes (Reference copies).
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Date:
2003
Introduction:
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program staff conduct interviews with current and retired Smithsonian staff and others who have made significant contributions to the Institution. There are also reminiscences and interviews recorded by researchers or students on topics related to the history of the Smithsonian or the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

The National Zoological Park Easter Monday Oral History Interviews were recorded by the Smithsonian History Division to document this cultural tradition in Washington, D.C.
Descriptive Entry:
On April 21, 2003, Pamela M. Henson, of the Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, and Jeffrey Hyson, assistant professor at St. Joseph's College, conducted interviews with twelve zoo visitors on Easter Monday about their families' Easter Monday traditions and reminiscences of past Easter Monday visits to the National Zoo. Interviewees were Justine Love, Tyrone Parker, Donald Isaac, Clarence Miles, Antoinette Archie, Delois Jackson, Joyce Madyun, Benet Durant, John Matthews, Marie Reardon Dudley, Harold Flood, and Lorraine Miller.

This collection contains twelve interview sessions, totaling approximately 6 hours of recording. The interviews have not been transcribed.
Historical Note:
After the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park opened in 1891, families began visiting the National Zoo on the Monday after Easter Sunday. Many of the visitors were African Americans who worked as domestics and had the day off after the Easter Sunday. Easter Monday at the National Zoo soon became a traditional African American family event. Especially popular among the many children were the Easter egg rolls down Lion-Tiger Hill in the park. The Easter Monday tradition has continued to the present, especially as an African American family celebration.
Topic:
African Americans -- History  Search this
Zoos  Search this
Easter  Search this
African American families -- Social life and customs  Search this
Family recreation  Search this
Easter eggs  Search this
Celebrations  Search this
Easter Monday  Search this
African Americans  Search this
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Interviews  Search this
African Americans -- History  Search this
Genre/Form:
Audiotapes
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9615, National Zoological Park, Easter Monday Oral History Interviews
Identifier:
Record Unit 9615
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National Zoological Park, Easter Monday Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru9615
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Interview discusses the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM), including meetings with Charles Blitzer concerning lack of interest in Smithsonian by Washington, D.C., African American community; concerns that exhibits like A Nation of Nations at the Nati...

Collection Creator::
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001, interviewee  Search this
Container:
Interviews
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Rights:
Restricted. Contact SIHistory@si.edu to request permission.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9591, S. Dillon Ripley Oral History Interviews
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S. Dillon Ripley Oral History Interviews
S. Dillon Ripley Oral History Interviews / Interviews
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru9591-refidd1e2086
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Addresses Shropshire's career at RBL, including: Gatlinburg Symposium on Photomorphogenisis and visiting scientists; Shropshire's sabbatical at the University of Freiburg in Germany, with Hans Mohr, and his application process for sabbatical; work with...

Collection Creator::
Shropshire, Walter, interviewee  Search this
Container:
Interviews
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Rights:
Restricted. Contact SIHistory@si.edu to request permission.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9597, Walter Shropshire Oral History Interviews
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view Covers her family background, early life, education, work at the NPG and Frederick Douglass Home, and her initial involvement with the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, c. 1928-1974, including: Family background; childhood in the Shaw district of Washingt... digital asset: Anacostia Historical Society members pose in front of the Carver Theater, which served as the first home for the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, now known as the Anacostia Community Museum, 1967. Louise Daniel Hutchinson, historian at the museum, is the seventh person from the left in the front row. [Image no. 92-1705]

Covers her family background, early life, education, work at the NPG and Frederick Douglass Home, and her initial involvement with the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, c. 1928-1974, including: Family background; childhood in the Shaw district of Washingt...

Collection Creator::
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel, interviewee  Search this
Container:
Interviews
Type:
Archival materials
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Restricted. The interviews are open to researchers but may not be cited, quoted or reproduced without the permission of Louise Daniel Hutchinson prior to 2025. Contact SIHistory@si.edu for more details.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9558, Louise Daniel Hutchinson Oral History Interviews
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Jacob Lawrence and the migration series from the Phillips Collection / [edited by Elsa Smithgall ; interviews by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Elizabeth Hutton Turner]

Author:
Smithgall, Elsa  Search this
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr  Search this
Turner, Elizabeth Hutton 1952-  Search this
Phillips Collection  Search this
Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum  Search this
Mississippi Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this
Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this
Physical description:
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Interviews
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
African Americans in art  Search this
Call number:
ND237.L29 A4 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_829506
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Black, white, and Jewish : autobiography of a shifting self / Rebecca Walker

Author:
Walker, Rebecca 1969 Nov. 17-  Search this
Subject:
Walker, Rebecca 1969 Nov. 17-  Search this
Walker, Alice 1944- Family  Search this
Physical description:
320 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
Topic:
Racially mixed women--Race identity  Search this
Racially mixed women  Search this
Daughters  Search this
African American women  Search this
Jewish women  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_823807
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Double vision

Author:
Fine, Ruth 1941-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stovall, Lou  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2002
Topic:
Print workshops  Search this
African American prints  Search this
Call number:
NX164.N4 B5X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752823
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Hot potato : how Washington and New York gave birth to Black basketball and changed America's game forever / Bob Kuska

Author:
Kuska, Bob  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 208 p., [12] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2004
Topic:
Basketball  Search this
African American basketball players  Search this
African Americans--Recreation--Social aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_820176
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The 3rd annual Blen Art Show

Title:
Third annual Blen Art Show
Author:
Blen Art Show (3rd : 2005 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Subject:
Boghossian, Skunder 1937-2003  Search this
Physical description:
50 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2005
C2005
20th century
Topic:
Painting, Ethiopian  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND1086 .B54 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_770273
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Above and beyond category : the life and art of Charles Sebree / by Melvin Marshall and Blake Kimbrough

Author:
Marshall, Melvin  Search this
Kimbrough, Blake T  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Sebree, Charles  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2002
Topic:
African American painters  Search this
Call number:
NX164.N4 B5X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752819
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Washington, D. C. : 1861-1962 / Tracey Gold Bennett ; foreword by Catherine L. Hughes

Title:
Washington DC, 1861-1962
Author:
Bennett, Tracey Gold  Search this
Physical description:
127 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2006
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F200 .B46 2006
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_815477
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City within a city : Greater U Street Heritage Trail / Paul K. Williams, project director ; Kathryn S. Smith, lead historian

Title:
Greater U Street Heritage Trail
Author:
Williams, Paul Kelsey  Search this
Smith, Kathryn Schneider  Search this
Historical Society of Washington, D.C  Search this
DC Heritage Tourism Coalition  Search this
Physical description:
1 pamphlet ([40] p.) : ill., ports., map ; 24 x 10 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Greater U Street (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2005
C2001
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
African American neighborhoods--History  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F202.G73 W554 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_801745

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