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Oral history interview with John W. and Everson Patterson

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Names

Birney Elementary School
Dickens, Wanda
McKenzie, Raymond, 1898-2001
Patterson, Elsie M., 1904-1999
Patterson, Everson, 20th century (active)
Patterson, John, 1910-1980
Qualls, Charles E., 1932-1984
Shipley, Rezin, Dr., 1865-1924
Smith, Emma

Collection Citation

Anacostia Oral History Project 1974-1975, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

John and Everson Patterson discuss their family tree and highlight prominent family members as well as their neighbors, including Miss Davenport and her mother Miss Dyson, Graham Mitchell, and Mr. McKenzie. They also talk about the various police officers they knew, such as "Bulldog Williams," and the different local businesses, such as Dr. Shipley's Pharmacy and Millers Hardware Store. John and Everson Patterson speak about Birney Elementary School and its teachers as well as existing family in Anacostia. John and Everson Patterson were interviewed by Wanda Dickens. No digital audio file due to tape failure at the time of the interview; interview notes are available.
sova.acma.09-006_ref766

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa71ed6ac43-10b9-4340-948b-0232dc103ccc

General

Everson Patterson's first name is sometimes misspelled as Averson.

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Topic

African American men
African Americans
African Americans in business -- 1930-1940

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Anacostia Oral History Project, 1974-1975
Anacostia Oral History Project, 1974-1975 / Interviews

Sponsor

This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Extent

1 Sound cassette
1 Digital file

Date

1975 October 14

Container

Box 1, Folder 22
Box 2, Cassette 68

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Type

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

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.09-006_ref766
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa71ed6ac43-10b9-4340-948b-0232dc103ccc
ACMA.09-006
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1689968100682-1689968101097-1

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