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The Dunbar Legacy: Sallie Underdue and Herbert Nicholson Lecture

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Names

Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)
M Street High School (Washington, D.C.)
Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964

Collection Creator

Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum

Citation

The Dunbar Legacy: Sallie Underdue and Herbert Nicholson Lecture, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Sallie Underdue and Herbert Nicholson, 1917 graduates of Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., reminescenced about their former teacher, Anna J. Cooper. They also provided historical context about Anna J. Cooper and Dunbar High School.
Lecture. Audio only. Very poor audio quality. Part of Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records. Dated 19810217.
sova.acma.03-029_ref912

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d4d122c6-3197-4535-983e-596bc4a62cfd

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States

Topic

African Americans
African American women
African American educators
African American women educators
Women
Educators

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

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Anna J. Cooper: a Voice from the South Exhibition Records
Anna J. Cooper: a Voice from the South Exhibition Records / Series ACMA AV03-029: Anna J. Cooper: a voice from the South audiovisual records

Biographical / Historical

The collection, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records, contains sound and video recordings of exhibit tours, gallery talks, and lectures associated with an exhibition, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South. The exhibition - Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South - presented the life and times of Washington, D.C. black educator and author Anna Julia Haywood Cooper through historical documents, photographs, memorabilia, and re-creations of her home and classroom settings. It was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from February 1981 to September 1982; Louise Daniel Hutchinson served as curator. The exhibition was based on an unpublished manuscript by the late Dr. Leona Gable, Smith College; and titled after Cooper's written work, A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South.

Extent

1 Sound recording (audio cassette)

Date

1981

Custodial History

Created for the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.03-029, Item ACMA AV001378

Type

Archival materials
Sound recordings

Genre/Form

Sound recordings

Note

002534

Series 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.
ACMA.03-029_ref912
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d4d122c6-3197-4535-983e-596bc4a62cfd
ACMA.03-029
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1554838806206-1554838806224-1

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