Object Details
- Names
- Birney Elementary School
- Frederick Douglass Memorial Home
- Howard University
- Iowa State University
- Miner Teachers College
- Pullman Company
- Bradshaw, John
- Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia River (Md. and Washington, D.C.)
- Congress Heights (Washington, D.C.)
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Topic
- African American men
- African Americans
- Frederick Douglas
- 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).
- Date
- 1970- 1971 Mar 19
- Container
- Box 2, Folder 11
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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
- Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson, an African American man born on October 10, 1901, discusses his time growing up in Anacostia until he was seven before moving to Texas with his oldest sister. He talks about why he was named after Frederick Douglass and talks about attending Birney Elementary School; spending summers and holidays visiting his Aunt Julia Dorsey in Anacostia; the geographical boundaries of the neighborhood and how residents were segregated; and recreation in Anacostia, such as going to church, playing at the Frederick Douglass Home, and swimming in the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. Dr. Patterson also recalls memories of his Aunt Julia, his brother John, older sister, and various other family members. More topics of discussion include Howard University, the Dale family, the Pullman Company, Miner Teaching College, and St. John CME Church. He speaks about family structures, transportation, and racial tensions in Anacostia. He ends the interview by providing detailed information about his higher education at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) and teaching at Virginia State College (now Virginia State University). Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson was interviewed by John Bradshaw on December 29, 1970. His wife, Catherine Patterson, also contributed to the interview and is mentioned as "Mrs. Patterson" in the interview transcript. A man named "Mr. Dale" was also present for the interview. There is no digital audio file or cassette available for this interview; transcript of this interview is available.
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1698439800625-1698439801217-0
