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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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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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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Record ID
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