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.
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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
See more items in
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
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ACMA.09-006
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1689968100682-1689968101097-1