Object Details
- General
- Claudine's maiden name is Blires. Her first husband's last name is Trivers (she is the mother of George J. Trivers) and Norris Scott is her second husband.
- Local Numbers
- AV002906 AV002907 AV002908
- Names
- Anacostia National Bank
- Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)
- Scott, Claudine Trivers, 20th century (active)
- Scott, Norris, 1888-1976
- Trivers, George, 1907 - 1997?
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Topic
- African American women
- African American men
- African Americans
- Banks and banking
- Segregation -- United States
- Community development
- 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
- 3 Sound cassettes (1 box)
- 2 Sound discs ((1 sound disk CD-R (01:17:01). digital, 16-bit 44.1 KhZ))
- 4 Digital files ((1 data disk DVD-R digital, 24-bit 96kHz WAV.)))
- Date
- 1970- 19 Mar 1971
- 2007 September 14
- Container
- Box 2, Folder 26
- Box 4, Cassette 14A
- Box 4, Cassette 14B
- Box 4, Cassette 14C
- Box 5, Disk 14A & 14B
- Box 5, Disk 14C
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Audio
- Sound cassettes
- Sound discs
- 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
- Norris Scott, an African American man born on November 13, 1888, and his wife Claudine (née Blires) Trivers Scott, an African American woman born around 1893, discuss what Anacostia was like throughout their marriage, with Norris being from the area. They talk about the changing demographics of the neighborhood; what recreation was available for African American residents then, such as Eureka and Green Willow Parks for playing sports (baseball and rugby) as well as Ottaway Holmes for boating; what typical occupations, such as laborers and domestic workers; how the biggest churches at that time were Campbell AME Church and Bethlehem Baptist Church; and about banking at the only bank in the neighborhood, the Anacostia Bank (now Anacostia National Bank). The Scotts also speak about the construction of public housing and Suitland Parkways starting in the 1940s and how those projects changed Anacostia. Additionally, they discuss how segregation and integration impacted the community, particularly how different administrations, such as the Wilson Administration, made racial tension worse. They conclude the interview providing information about the current problems of the neighborhood: transportation, sanitation, and crime. Claudine (née Blires) Trivers Scott and Norris Scott were interviewed on December 5, 1970, 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: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1698441000661-1698441001421-0
