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.
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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
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