Object Details
Interviewer
Lowe, Gail Sylvia
Interviewee
Nighbert, Esther
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Carver Theater (Washington, DC)
Cooper's Restaurant
Youth Advisory Council (Anacostia Museum)
Anderson, Stanley J.
Archer, Audrey
Blitzer, Charles
Bryant, Barbara
Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984
Gibson, Charles
Jessup, Georgia Mills (1926-2016)
Jones, Altman
Kinard, John, 1936-1989
Marsh, Caryl
Martin-Felton, Zora (1930-2022)
Morris, Carol
Nighbert, Esther
Prue, Alvin Eugene
Tyler, Edgar (Tiny)
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Collection Citation
ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents note
Esther Nighbert discusses her involvement with the Anacostia Community Museum from its opening in 1967 through 1972. She describes her role and her work, including serving as a secretary for John Kinard, assisting him with editing and re-writing various publications, and the various ways she provided support to the museum. She discusses the museum's impact on the neighborhood, its relationship with the Smithsonian Institution, and its influence nationally and internationally. She recollects various exhibits, events, youth programs, and the many individuals involved in managing, developing, and advising the museum.
The interview was conducted by Gail S. Lowe on September 1, 1992. Periodically, there is some minor background noise. The interviewee can be heard clearly throughout the recording.
Exhibitions mentioned: The Rat: Man's Invited Affliction, This Thing Called Jazz.
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Place
Adams Morgan (Washington, D.C.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Topic
African Americans
Civil rights
Community museums
Provenance
Conducted as part of the ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, which includes approximately 100 interviews of residents and influential people of the Anacostia area of Washington, DC.
Interviewer
Lowe, Gail Sylvia
Interviewee
Nighbert, Esther
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Sponsor
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Biographical / Historical
Esther Nighbert (1912-2004) was born in Hazelton, PA. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston and authored Handbook on Creative Dramatics. She lived in Washington DC for a time and served as a secretary to John Kinard at the Anacostia Museum from its opening in 1967 through 1972. She moved to Gainesville, FL in 1976. She was awarded the Eleanor Gordon Award for Lifetime Service to Unitarian Universalist Ideals and Humanist of the Year from the Florida Humanist Association. She was a member of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, served on the national board for INFACT, and was a member of United Farm Workers Ministry and Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice.
Extent
1 Sound cassette (original)
1 Sound cassette (copy)
Date
1992 September 1
Container
Box AV 60
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-034, Item AV001518, AV001681
Type
Archival materials
Audio
Sound cassettes
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.
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Record ID
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