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Oral History Interview with Edward J. Edwards Jr.

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Names

Birney Elementary School
Frederick Douglass Memorial Home
Garfield Elementary School
Edwards Jr., Edward J., 20th century (active)
Smith, Emma

Collection Creator

Anacostia Community Museum

Collection Citation

Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents note

Edward J. Edwards Jr., an African American man born around 1910, speaks about his experience as a teacher beginning in 1937 and his appointment as principal of the Garfield and Turner schools in 1946. Topics include Garfield Elementary School, Birney Elementary School, important landmarks in Anacostia, and prominent community members, such as Ella Foster and Emma Smith. Edward J. Edwards Jr. was interviewed on December 12, 1970 by an unnamed volunteer or staff member at Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now the Anacostia Community Museum). Digital audio files include significant white noise and static; interviewee cannot be heard for most parts.
sova.acma.03-040_ref580

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa73dec5792-2624-4244-bd2e-2819cfe217da

Local Numbers

AV002913

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Anacostia Community Museum

Topic

African American men
African Americans
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
exhibit

See more items in

Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records
Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records / Series 2: Interviews

Sponsor

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Extent

1 Digital file ((1 data disk DVD-R digital, 24-bit 96kHz WAV.)))
1 Sound disc ((1 sound disk CD-R (01:04:25). digital, 16-bit 44.1 KhZ))
1 Sound cassette ((1 sound cassette (01:04:25)))

Date

1970- 1971 March 19
2007 September 14

Container

Box 2, Folder 4
Box 4, Cassette 18
Box 5, Disk 18

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Type

Archival materials
Audio
Digital files
Sound discs
Sound cassettes
Oral histories (document genres)

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.

Genre/Form

Oral histories (document genres)

Restrictions

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.03-040_ref580
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa73dec5792-2624-4244-bd2e-2819cfe217da
ACMA.03-040
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1698439200631-1698439201110-0

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