An exhibition on African American contributions to America's westward expansion. Organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The show was held at the museum from February --June, 1975. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: 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.
Live musical performances. Footage of musical performance and audience, including some members of audience dancing.
Music. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Poor sound quality; no sound about halfway through recording. AV004335: outdoor performance begins at 001231 (preceded by Opening of Blacks in the Westward Movement Exhibition). Undated.
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. Anacostia Community Museum Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Date:
1975
Scope and Contents:
Includes footage of the exterior of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and the large posters for the exhbition, Blacks in the Westward Movement, handing on the exterior. Also contains unedited or b-roll footage of the exhibition
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Blacks in the Westward Movement exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Place:
West (U.S.) -- history
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1975
Scope and Contents:
Footage of the exterior of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM) and the large posters for the exhibition, Blacks in the Westward Movement, hanging on the exterior walls of ANM. Interior footage includes patrons viewing exhibit displays and artifacts for Blacks in the Westward Movement. Recording includes live musical performances for the exhibition's opening.
Unedited or b-roll footage. Part of Blacks in the Westward Movement Audiovisual Records. AV004335: exhibition footage until 001230 (followed by Live Musical Performances at Outdoor Event). Undated.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection 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.
John McCready--Lily Dale; Paul Holland--Joe Bowers; R.R. Denoon-- Root hog or die; Ben Rice--Uncle Sam is rich enough to give us all a farm; Robert Walker--Custer's last charge; Slim Wilson--Little old sod chanty; Denoon Family--Sally goodin'; Ben Rice--The stone that goes (keeps) rolling-- There was a wealthy merchant--Jacket so blue--A boat full of Irish; David Rice--Old Ned Moore--I robbed old Nelse; David McIntosh--Hang me, oh hang me (I've been around the world); Cassie Acker, Vance and Martha Alworth--Bury me beneath the willow (frag)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-0814
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, California, United States.
General:
REEL C34; CDR copy. FW-ASCH-7RR-0812 through FW-ASCH-7RR-0816 were among a large number of tapes (at least 35) provided to Moe by Sidney Robertson Cowell, who produced several Folkways albums and whose correspondence with Moe and Folkways fills three folders in the Archives Correspondence Files. She recorded many traditional folksingers in the 1930's and most of the songs on these tapes are dubs of 78's in our Archives and/or in the Archive of Folk Culture in the Library of Congress. Despite having reviewed her correspondence in the Archives Correspondence Files, I couldn't locate anything regarding the "why and wherefore" of the many such tapes she sent to Moe. Regarding the current five tapes, the first four contain recordings made in 1936 through1939 by Ms. Cowell, primarily in the southeastern U.S.; some were made by her in Missouri, Arkansas,Wisconsin, Illinois and California. Four songs on -0815 were originally recorded in 1909 in England, by Percy Grainger. The fifth tape was originally recorded by Maud Karpeles in Appalachia in 1950. FW-ASCH-7RR-0814 includes John McCready (Groveland, CA), Paul Holland (Springfield, MO), R. R. Denoon (Springfield, MO), Ben & David Rice (Springfield, MO), Clyde "Slim" Wilson (Springfield, MO), Denoon Family Band (Springfield, MO), David McIntosh (Carbondale, IL), and a group including Vancie & Martha Halworth, Cassie Acker, and Clyde Wilson (Springfield, MO). Most songs, are traditional ballads, sung unaccompanied.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
These records consist of materials documenting the following exhibitions: "Blacks in the Westward Movement;" "Buy Now Pay Later" (consumer problems exhibition); "Country
Store;" "Drug;" "Sage of Anacostia;" and "The Rat: Man's Invited Affliction." In addition, there is John Kinard's correspondence; memoranda from William Warner, Assistant
Secretary for Public Services; budgetary and travel materials; drafts, articles, and printed matter pertaining to ANM history and anniversary celebrations; files on community
organization meetings at ANM; and photographs of D.C. Mayor Walter Washington celebrating D.C. community leader Stanley J. Anderson Day at ANM. Related records can be found
in Record Units 99 and 145.
Historical Note:
The beginning of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM) can be traced to the 1966 Aspen, Colorado meeting of the American Association of Museums. At that time S. Dillon
Ripley suggested to the members that museum directors try to take their museums to the people of low income areas by renting store front buildings and creating relevant exhibits
to arouse curiosity and stimulate motivation for further learning.
Upon his return, Ripley outlined his idea for a satellite museum. Charles Blitzer, then Director of the Smithsonian's Office of Education, chaired the committee to start
the project. With the aid of his assistant Carolyn Bronheim, Benjamin Lawless, Assistant Chief of Exhibits, and Frank A. Taylor, Director General of Museums, the requirements
for the satellite museum were defined.
After many meetings with community self-help groups, an advisory council was formed. This council was to function as liaison between the Smithsonian Institution and the
community. On April 23, 1967, the newly formed council announced Anacostia in southeast Washington, D.C. as the community for the Smithsonian's first satellite museum. The
abandoned Carver Theater was selected as the site.
In June 1967, the museum was formally named Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM). John Kinard was chosen as the director and assumed his duties on July 1, 1967. ANM was
officially opened September 15, 1967.
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
2 Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,908 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1967
Scope and Contents:
Edited film surveys the westward movement in America and the impact on the American Indian during the last century using historical photographs. The film also explores the folklore of the American Plains Indian. Film is narrated by Walter Brennan.
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2003.5.100
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Matanuska-Susitna School District educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Edited film explains the centrality of the buffalo to plains Indian tribes and how the "white man's" westward movement disrupted and eventually descimated the life of these American indian tribes. Film also highlights the major battles that took place on the western plains. Distributed by Encyclopedia Britannica.
Legacy Keywords: Buffalo ; Plains Indians ; Westward movement
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.165
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
REMC 2 educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Folder 28 Cyrus McCormick: Lithograph. Consists of correspondence and loan agreement about borrowing a lithograph dramatizing westward movement. Includes photographs of the lithograph.
Collection Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions Search this
Container:
Box 12 of 29
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 361, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation Search this
Extent:
0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Account books
Place:
Pennsylvania -- 1810-1830
Date:
1817-1824.
Scope and Contents:
Includes detailed financial records, receipts from individual gate-keepers, payments to them and other employees, receipts of capital subscription from company stockholders.
Biographical / Historical:
Accounts kept by Putnam Catlin, treasurer of Milford & Owego Turnpike Road Co. of Pennsylvania, a privately owned highway.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
