Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7f0264530-a43e-4b75-8c1a-3bd4e3d40e60

Local Numbers

AV002932

Names

Armstrong High School (Washington, D.C.)

Birney Elementary School

Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)

Frederick Douglass Memorial Home

Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

Howard family

Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973

Shipley, Rezin, Dr., 1865-1924

Warner, John

Collection Creator

Anacostia Community Museum

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Anacostia Community Museum

Topic

African American men

African Americans

Community Organizations

Community development

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

exhibit

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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 Sound disc ((1 sound disk CD-R (00:32:03). digital, 16-bit 44.1 KhZ))

1 Sound cassette ((1 sound cassette (00:32:03)))

1 Digital file ((1 data disk DVD-R digital, 24-bit 96kHz WAV.)))

Date

1970 - 1971 March 19

2007 September 14

Container

Box 2, Folder 19

Box 4, Cassette 33

Box 5, Disk 33

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Type

Archival materials

Audio

Sound discs

Sound cassettes

Digital files

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

John G. Warner, an African American man born around 1896, discusses growing up in Anacostia after moving there in 1903 with his family. He provides information about his education at the Birney School, playing at Green Willow and Eureka Park, banking at Anacostia Finance Company, and local landmarks such as the Frederick Douglass Home. He talks about his father, John B. Warner, who was a pastor at Campbell AME Church, and how close-knit the congregation was when he was younger. Warner also spoke about community organizing, particularly through church gatherings, to help make improvements to the neighborhood, such as paving roads and putting in more streetlights. He describes a few of the major changes he has seen in Anacostia, including crime and the police, religious affiliations, and family structures. John G. Warner was interviewed by an unnamed volunteer or staff member at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now the Anacostia Community Museum). Digital audio files include white noise and static; interviewee can be heard clearly for most parts.

Restrictions

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: [email protected].

Record ID

ebl-1698440400305-1698440401027-0