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Dorothy Burlage Southeast Neighborhood Collection

Creator:
Burlage, Dorothy, 1937-  Search this
Names:
Southeast Neighborhood House (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this
Horn, Etta, 1928 – 2001  Search this
Jones, Theresa  Search this
Kinard, John, 1936-1989  Search this
Martin-Felton, Zora  Search this
Extent:
.42 Linear feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Newspaper clippings
Newsletters
Writings
Reports
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
bulk 1966-1971
Scope and Contents:
The Dorothy Burlage Collection, which dates from 1966-1971 and measure .42 linear feet, documents the activism and activities of Southeast Neighborhood House in the Anacostia area of Washington, DC. Burlage worked for the organization during the 1960s. The collection includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, correspondence and writings focusing on community organizing, public housing, and social change. Also present are issues of Southeast News, a Southeast Neighborhood House publication.
Biographical:
Dorothy Dawson Burlage was born on September 13, 1937, in San Antonio, TX, to Joseph Dawson and Virginia Hendrix Dawson. Burlage attended Mary Baldwin University for one year before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin, where she became involved in campus political movements, such as National Student Association (NSA) and the YWCA Christian Faith and Life Community. Burlage graduated in 1959 and moved to Illinois to become the program director of the YMCA at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. During her time with the YMCA, she collaborated with members of NSA and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to organize various demonstrations, rallies, and protests focused on racial equality. Burlage also became an official member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and began working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). While working for the YMCA, Burlage met several prominent Civil Rights activists and workers, including Tom (1939-2016) and Casey Hayden (1937-2023), Alan Haber (1936- ), and Ella Baker (1903-1986).

Burlage attended the Harvard Divinity School for a year and a half, before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in the winter of 1961-1962 to pursue work with the NSA's Southern Students Human Relations Project. Burlage was tasked with developing educational plans for White and Black students on integrated campuses and planning voter registration programs. During this time, Burlage met more prominent figures in the Civil Rights movement, such as Joan Browning (1943- ), Anne Braden (1924-2006), Constance "Connie" Curry (1933-2020) and Bob Zellner (1939- ). Soon after, Burlage moved to Raleigh, North Carolina to take a director position with the Raleigh Citizens Associations (RCA). Burlage worked closely with students from local Black colleges to develop voter registration strategy.

In August of 1962, Burlage moved back to Atlanta for one year before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1963 with her husband, Robb Burlage (1937- ). For the next two years, the couple worked with SDS and Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC) to help bridge gaps between the organizations' missions and goals. By mid-1965, Burlage and her husband moved to Washington D.C. where she became a community organizer in the Anacostia neighborhood, working primarily with the Southeast Neighborhood House. She joined fellow community activists, such as Etta Horn (1928-2001), Zora Martin-Felton (1930-2022), Walter Washington (1915-2003), and John Kinard (1936-1989), to organize a strong, community-based grassroots movement in Anacostia. The group Burlage was involved in was known as the "Target Team" and they worked with other local groups, including "Rebels with a Cause" and "Band of Angels." In 1966, Burlage and other community members helped Marion Barry (1936-2014) organize a citywide bus boycott to protest fare increases. The Target Team disbanded in 1968, feeling they had succeeded in their mission to support the movement in Anacostia. By 1970, after her divorce and the death of her friend, Ralph Featherstone (1939-1970), Burlage left community activism to pursue graduate studies.

Burlage received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University, where her political involvement shifted to focus on women and family policies. In 2023, Burlage is a child psychologist in private practice focusing on children and adolescents.
Provenance:
Donated by Dorothy Burlage in 2017.
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:
Community-based social services  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Public housing  Search this
Genre/Form:
Newspaper clippings
Newsletters
Writings
Reports
Citation:
Dorothy Burlage collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dorothy Burlage.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-101
See more items in:
Dorothy Burlage Southeast Neighborhood Collection
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa75bf7cd02-a9e8-45a3-a867-bb52ffdd7231
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-06-101
Online Media:

D.C. Tenant's Survival Guide

Collection Creator:
Shia, Nancy, 1947-  Search this
Extent:
7 Prints (11 x 15 inches; 12 pages; 7 digital images)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Washington D.C., United States
Date:
1980 April
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at 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.
Topic:
Newspapers -- 20th century  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Collection Citation:
Nancy Shia papers, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Nancy Shia.
See more items in:
Nancy Shia Papers
Nancy Shia Papers / Series 3: Printed Materials / 3.1: Newspapers / Newspaper clippings
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7ea6657c4-5117-4aee-b384-4d398a0e5945
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-099-ref78

Interview with Jessie Hilliard

Collection Creator:
Washington, Rico, Music Journalist  Search this
Yanagawa, Shino (Photographer)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
2010 August 18
Scope and Contents:
Jesse Hillard is a resident of the Marcus Garvey homes in Brooklyn, New York. She has lived there for over thirty years and witnessed all the changes it has undergone in that time. She talks about what is wrong with the community and what she thinks can fix it. Hillard also talks the failures of the New York City Housing Assocation and how they are failing tenants.
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.
Topic:
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Collection Citation:
We the People Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Rico Washington and Shino Yanagawa.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-103, Item acma_06-103-JessieHilliard
See more items in:
We the People: The Citizens of NYCHA in Photos + Words Project Records
We the People: The Citizens of NYCHA in Photos + Words Project Records / Series I: Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7ec3f98ea-e8c0-4a78-8a66-1db338612adc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-103-ref20

Oral History Interview with Philip Kennedy

Interviewer:
Meghelli, Samir  Search this
Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (MP3)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Columbia Heights (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2016 April 15
Scope and Contents:
Interview created as part of the research for the Anacostia Community Museum's "A Right to the City" 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.
Topic:
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Housing -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Housing policy  Search this
Neighborhoods -- Washington, D.C. -- History  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Citation:
Interview with Philip Kennedy, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
A Right to the City Exhibition Records
A Right to the City Exhibition Records / Series I: Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d3ed4eac-f557-4751-aa0c-aefa777c3826
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-119-ref61

Oral History Interview with Eddie Moy

Interviewer:
Meghelli, Samir  Search this
Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (QuickTime Movie)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)
Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2016 December 1
Scope and Contents:
Interview created as part of the research for the Anacostia Community Museum's "A Right to the City" 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.
Topic:
Restaurants -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Neighborhoods -- Washington, D.C. -- History  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Citation:
Interview with Eddie Moy, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
A Right to the City Exhibition Records
A Right to the City Exhibition Records / Series I: Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa72531eab6-30cf-493e-b221-01f879fb649a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-119-ref84

Oral History Interview with Jiating Xu

Interviewer:
Meghelli, Samir  Search this
Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (QuickTime movies)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2016 October 11
Scope and Contents:
Interview created as part of the research for the Anacostia Community Museum's "A Right to the City" 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.
Topic:
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Neighborhoods -- Washington, D.C. -- History  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Citation:
Interview with Jiating Xu, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
A Right to the City Exhibition Records
A Right to the City Exhibition Records / Series I: Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa770d2191d-ef98-4325-9d80-5767ecb1c2b3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-119-ref85

Oral History Interview with Vera Watson

Interviewer:
Meghelli, Samir  Search this
Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (QuickTime movies)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2016 December 12
Scope and Contents:
Interview created as part of the research for the Anacostia Community Museum's "A Right to the City" 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.
Topic:
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Neighborhoods -- Washington, D.C. -- History  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Citation:
Interview with Edwin Jackson Sr and Margeret Jackson, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
A Right to the City Exhibition Records
A Right to the City Exhibition Records / Series I: Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c6819f52-6ca8-4505-ab45-42ca8d1b1579
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-119-ref92

Oral History Interview with Blake Biles

Interviewer:
Meghelli, Samir  Search this
Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (QuickTime Movies)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2016 December 12
Scope and Contents:
Interview created as part of the research for the Anacostia Community Museum's "A Right to the City" 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.
Topic:
Gentrification  Search this
Housing policy  Search this
Housing -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Neighborhoods -- Washington, D.C. -- History  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Citation:
Interview with Blake Biles, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
A Right to the City Exhibition Records
A Right to the City Exhibition Records / Series I: Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa76e7952a2-8b92-4773-9644-acf26e64626f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-119-ref97

Oral History Interview with Caroline Hennessy

Interviewer:
Meghelli, Samir  Search this
Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (QuickTime Movies)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2016 December 12
Scope and Contents:
Interview created as part of the research for the Anacostia Community Museum's "A Right to the City" 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.
Topic:
Gentrification  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Housing -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Neighborhoods -- Washington, D.C. -- History  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Citation:
Interview with Caroline Hennessy, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
A Right to the City Exhibition Records
A Right to the City Exhibition Records / Series I: Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c3eb828d-e12a-4585-a3c8-ba12d4ffc0e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-119-ref98

The new South in the Southwest : Anglos, Blacks, and Mexicans in Central Texas, 1880-1930 / by Neil Francis Foley

Author:
Foley, Neil Francis  Search this
Physical description:
x, 417 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Texas
Date:
1997
1990
Topic:
Agriculture--History  Search this
Tenant farmers--History  Search this
Sharecroppers--History  Search this
Farm tenancy--History  Search this
Landlord and tenant--History  Search this
Land tenure--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Mexicans--History  Search this
Mexican Americans--History  Search this
White people--History  Search this
Call number:
HD1511.U6 T4 1990a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_512731

Ritual, memoria popular y proceso político en la sierra ecuatoriana / Mary M. Crain ; [traducción, Héctor Dueñas]

Author:
Crain, Mary M (Mary Markwell) 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
286 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ecuador
Imbabura
Imbabura (Ecuador)
Date:
1989
Topic:
Social classes  Search this
Peasantry  Search this
Farmers  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Social structure  Search this
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Rural conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_796711

The material basis of the Postbellum tenant plantation : historical archaeology in the South Carolina Piedmont / Charles E. Orser, Jr

Author:
Orser, Charles E  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
South Carolina
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
Plantations--History  Search this
Plantation life--History  Search this
Landlord and tenant--History  Search this
Archaeology and history  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F270.O77 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_354810

Landlord William Scully / Homer E. Socolofsky

Author:
Socolofsky, Homer Edward 1922-  Search this
Subject:
Scully, William 1821-1906  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Middle West
Date:
1979
C1979
Topic:
Businessmen--Biography  Search this
Landlord and tenant--History  Search this
Call number:
HD210.M53 S386X
HD210.M53S386X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_116423

Carving out the commons tenant organizing and housing cooperatives in Washington, D.C. Amanda Huron

Author:
Huron, Amanda  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2018
Topic:
Housing, Cooperative  Search this
Housing  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Public spaces  Search this
Commons  Search this
Sociology, Urban  Search this
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--General  Search this
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Urban & Regional  Search this
Call number:
HD7304.W3 .H876 2018 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153204

Landlord and tenant in colonial New York : manorial society, 1664-1775 / by Sung Bok Kim

Author:
Kim, Sung Bok 1932-  Search this
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
1978
C1978
Topic:
Landlord and tenant--History  Search this
Manors--History  Search this
Call number:
HD211.N7K55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_97469

The plantation South, 1934-1937, by William C. Holley, Ellen Winston, T.J. Woofter, Jr. ..

Author:
Holley, William C  Search this
Winston, Ellen Engelmann Black Mrs. 1903-  Search this
Woofter, Thomas Jackson b. 1893  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 124 p. incl. maps, tables, diagrs., forms. 13 pl. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southern States
Date:
1940
Topic:
Agricultural laborers  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Call number:
HV85.A36 no.22X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_246774

The Politics of Staying Put

Author:
Gallaher, Carolyn  Search this
Physical description:
279
Type:
Books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2016
Topic:
Condominiums--Conversion  Search this
Condominiums--Conversion--Law and legislation  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Gentrification  Search this
Real estate development  Search this
Call number:
HD7287.67.U52 W343 2016 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146257

Uncle Sam as a landlord under the Federal tort claims act, by Irvin M. Gottlieb and Paul H. Gantt

Author:
Gottlieb, Irvin M  Search this
Gantt, Paul H. 1907-  Search this
Physical description:
145 p. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1967
[c1967]
Topic:
Government liability--Outlines, syllabi, etc  Search this
Landlord and tenant--Outlines, syllabi, etc  Search this
Government property--Outlines, syllabi, etc  Search this
Call number:
KF1321.Z9 G68
KF1321.Z9G68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_21099

When tenants claimed the city : the struggle for citizenship in New York housing / Roberta Gold

Author:
Gold, Roberta  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 330 pages ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
Minorities--Housing--History  Search this
Housing--History  Search this
Minorities--Social conditions  Search this
Landlord and tenant--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1080639

The politics of staying put : condo conversion and tenant right-to-buy in Washington, DC / Carolyn Gallaher

Author:
Gallaher, Carolyn 1969-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 265 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2016
Topic:
Condominiums--Conversion  Search this
Condominiums--Conversion--Law and legislation  Search this
Landlord and tenant  Search this
Gentrification  Search this
Real estate development  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1061551

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