Object Details
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Inner Voices (Drama group)
Lorton Correctional Complex (Washington, D.C.)
Lorton Reformatory
Collection Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Series Citation
Lorton Reformatory: Beyond Time Audiovisual Records, Exhibition Records AV03-053, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
For the exhibition Lorton Reformatory: Beyond Time, the narrator provides a short history as well as a description of the architectural look and feel of Lorton Reformatory. The dormitories, dining halls, barber shop, chapel, art studio, infirmary, arts and crafts building, ball field, miniature golf course, educational building, and maximum security cells are described. The narrator speaks of the marketable skills the inmates acquire in the barber shop, print shop, tag shop, garment shop, and car maintenance shop. The artistic pursuits of the inmates through the Inner Voices group, theatrical and band performances, and arts and crafts are also described.
Narration. Part of Lorton Reformatory: Beyond Time Audiovisual Records. Undated.
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Local Numbers
ACMA AV003328-2
Place
Lorton (Va.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Topic
African Americans
Prisons
Prisoners
Arts in prisons
Museum exhibits
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
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Biographical / Historical
The exhibition, Lorton Reformatory: Beyond Time, explored the artistic expression, poetry, and performance created by Lorton Reformatory inmates. The exhibit was held at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from October 1970 to November 1970.
Extent
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Date
circa 1970
Custodial History
Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.03-053, Item ACMA AV003328-1
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Narration
Note
001148 004625
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.03-053_ref516
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ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1554839412814-1554839412819-1
