Object Details
Interviewee
Faruq, Sala
Names
Carver Theater (Washington, DC)
Faruq, Sala
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Collection Citation
ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents note
Sala Faruq discusses her experience at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now Anacostia Community Museum) in 1976, when she received training and participated in museum programming. She describes the museum's relationship with the Smithsonian Institution and her experience of the museum's leadership at that time. She also discusses how the museum in 1991 compared to the original museum at the Carver Theater location, and how the museum impacted the Anacostia neighborhood over time.
The interview was conducted on October 24, 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.
Interviewee
Faruq, Sala
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Sponsor
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Biographical / Historical
Sala Faruq Farrow (1953-) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing and printmaking from Howard University, and a Master of Arts degree in arts management from the American University in Washington, DC. She is the owner and designer for her company, Afro-Originals, which began in 1998. She worked as a freelance graphic designer from 2008 to 2011, and a senior museum assistant for the Wells Fargo History Museum since 2011. In 2019 she received the City of Charlotte Placemaking Program Award.
Extent
1 Sound cassette (original)
1 Sound cassette (copy)
Date
1991 October 24
Container
Box AV 57
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-034, Item AV001528, AV001679
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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