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Oral history interview with Alvin Eugene Prue

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Interviewee

Prue, Alvin Eugene

Names

Carver Theater (Washington, DC)
Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984
Prue, Alvin Eugene

Collection Creator

Anacostia Community Museum

Collection Citation

ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents note

Alvin Eugene Prue discusses how the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now Anacostia Community Museum) affected the surrounding neighborhood and became a source of pride for residents. He describes his involvement with the museum as a singer who performed matinees, and a visitor who took many arts and crafts classes. He explains how the museum staff and programs provided training for neighborhood youth to become young adults and community leaders. He also describes John Kinard and Zora Martin-Felton's many contributions to the museum and neighborhood.  The interview was recorded on June 27, 1991. The audio quality is clear throughout the recording with some minor background static.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7192fbe0f-3dc4-4d7e-b24f-92550dea859b

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

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.

Interviewee

Prue, Alvin Eugene

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ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project

Sponsor

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

Biographical / Historical

Alvin Eugene Prue (1930-) was a resident of the Anacostia neighborhood in Washington DC. He sang with a group called the Anacostia Neighborhood Singers and was an active participant in many classes and activities at the Anacostia Community Museum. 

Extent

1 Sound cassette (original)
1 Sound cassette (copy)

Date

1991 June 27

Container

Box AV 60

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.09-034, Item AV001538, AV001671

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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ACMA.09-034
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1503511968140-1503511968154-0

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