Object Details
Interviewer
Fischer, Helene
Interviewee
Saunders, Frederick
Names
Anacostia Business and Professional Group
Anacostia Pharmacy
Carver Theater (Washington, DC)
District of Columbia Parks and Recreations Roving Leaders Program
Anderson, Stanley J.
Battle, Percy M., 1925-2008
Blitzer, Charles
Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984
Marsh, Caryl
Saunders, Frederick
Shackleton, Polly , 1910-1997
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Collection Citation
ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents note
Frederick Saunders, a former Roving Leader for the Washington DC Parks and Recreation Department in the Anacostia Neighborhood, discusses the conception and early development of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now Anacostia Community Museum). He details the City Council members, and neighborhood leaders involved in the museum's formation, and the impact it had on the residents, neighborhood youth, and surrounding businesses. He recalls the hiring and tremendous impact of the museum's first director, John Kinard. He describes how the museum has evolved over time, and through the transition from the original site to the current location.
The interview was conducted by Helene Fisher on July 5, 1991. The audio quality is clear throughout the recording.
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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.
Interviewer
Fischer, Helene
Interviewee
Saunders, Frederick
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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
Frederick Saunders (1937-) served as an Assistant Director of the Washington DC Parks and Recreation Department's Roving Leader Program. He worked with young residents in the Anacostia neighborhood.
Extent
1 Sound cassette (copy)
1 Sound cassette (original)
Date
1991 July 5
Container
Box AV 60
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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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