Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AV002913
- Names
- Birney Elementary School
- Frederick Douglass Memorial Home
- Garfield Elementary School
- Edwards Jr., Edward J., 20th century (active)
- Smith, Emma
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Topic
- African American men
- African Americans
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- exhibit
- See more items in
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records / Series 2: Interviews
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 1 Digital file ((1 data disk DVD-R digital, 24-bit 96kHz WAV.)))
- 1 Sound disc ((1 sound disk CD-R (01:04:25). digital, 16-bit 44.1 KhZ))
- 1 Sound cassette ((1 sound cassette (01:04:25)))
- Date
- 1970- 1971 March 19
- 2007 September 14
- Container
- Box 2, Folder 4
- Box 4, Cassette 18
- Box 5, Disk 18
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Audio
- Digital files
- Sound discs
- Sound cassettes
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Collection Citation
- Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records, 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.
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Scope and Contents note
- Edward J. Edwards Jr., an African American man born around 1910, speaks about his experience as a teacher beginning in 1937 and his appointment as principal of the Garfield and Turner schools in 1946. Topics include Garfield Elementary School, Birney Elementary School, important landmarks in Anacostia, and prominent community members, such as Ella Foster and Emma Smith. Edward J. Edwards Jr. was interviewed on December 12, 1970 by an unnamed volunteer or staff member at Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now the Anacostia Community Museum). Digital audio files include significant white noise and static; interviewee cannot be heard for most parts.
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1698439200631-1698439201110-0
