Object Details
Interviewer
Miller, Erin
Interviewee
Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
Names
Carver Theater (Washington, DC)
Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel (19280603-20141012)
Molotov, Bob
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001
Watkins, C. Malcolm
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Collection Citation
ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents note
Richard Ahlborn discusses his involvement in the founding of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now Anacostia Community Museum), where he assisted with planning, examining the Carver Theater site, and working on early exhibits. He describes how the relationship between the museum and the Smithsonian Institution has evolved over time, and the impact the museum had on his life, and on the Anacostia neighborhood.
The interview was conducted by Erin Miller on November 5, 1991. The audio quality is clear with some background static throughout the recording.
Exhibition mentioned: Blacks in the Westward Movement.
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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
Miller, Erin
Interviewee
Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
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Sponsor
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Ahlborn (1933-2015) earned a BA in Studio and Art History from the University of Colorado, graduating with honors and Phi Beta Kappa. He won a Henri DuPont Wintearthur Museum Fellowship at the University of Delaware, where he earned an MA in American Studies. He wrote more than fifty books and monographs and specialized in Spanish American history and arts research. He served as Curator at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. He worked for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History from 1964 to 2002 and retired as Curator Emeritus.
Extent
1 Sound cassette (original)
1 Sound cassette (copy)
Date
1991 November 5
Container
Box AV 57
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-034, Item AV001547, AV001639
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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