Prologue to Evolution of a Community Part II

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; Hutchinson, Louise Daniel (19280603-20141012)
Names: Anacostia Community Museum; Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Collection Creator: Anacostia Community Museum

Topic: African Americans; Communities; Neighborhoods; African American neighborhoods; Community museums; Museums and community; Slavery; Racism; Race discrimination; Segregation; Unemployment; Housing; Starvation; Drugs; Medical care; Social history; Museum exhibits

Creator: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; Hutchinson, Louise Daniel (19280603-20141012)

See more items in: Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records; Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records / Series ACMA AV03-040: Evolution of a Community Audiovisual Records

Sponsor: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Biographical / Historical: Evolution of a Community, an exhibit at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from January 1972 though December 1972, presented the history of Anacostia from post-World War II to the present through photos, text, drawings, video tape programs, and a slide/tape show. Evolution of a Community Part II, also known as Anacostia Today, was on display at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from March 1973 though July 1973. The exhibitions developed as a result oral histories collected from Anacostia residents.

Custodial History: Created for the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Developed by historian Louise Daniel Hutchinson.

Citation: Prologue to Evolution of a Community Part II, Exhibition Records AV03-040, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Contents: Introductory narration for museum exhibit, Evolution of a Community, draws parallel between the greed and ignorance of Europeans enslaving and dehumanizing Africans beginning in 1442, and the racism and inequality of African Americans 500 years later. The museum exhibit examines the social ills - unemployment, feeble health care, starving bodies, poor housing, and deadly drugs - that daily plaque the community of Anacostia.; Narration. Part of Evolution of a Community Audiovisual Records. Undated.

Series Restrictions: Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.