Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d4a6a303-8267-4d74-b514-bdde1b28bc23

Local Numbers

AV002903

Names

Bethlehem Baptist Church (1872-) (Washington, D.C.)

Frederick Douglass Memorial Home

Southeast Neighborhood House (Washington, D.C.)

Horn, Etta, 1928 – 2001

Jones, Theresa

Kidd, Mary, 20th century (active)

Martin-Felton, Zora

Collection Creator

Anacostia Community Museum

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Canada

Anacostia Community Museum

Topic

Community Organizations

Police-community relations

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 cassette ((1 sound cassette (00:54:14)))

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

1 Sound disc ((1 sound disk CD-R (00:54:14). digital, 16-bit 44.1 KhZ))

Date

1970- 1971 March 19

2007 September 14

Container

Box 2, Folder 24

Box 4, Cassette 10

Box 5, Disk 10

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Type

Archival materials

Audio

Sound cassettes

Digital files

Sound discs

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

Mary Kidd, a white woman, discusses her life in Anacostia after she moved to the neighborhood from Canada in 1962. She talks about education, particularly public schooling in Canada; the common occupations in the neighborhood, such as laborers and clerks for the government; recreation, including basketball at local parks and nearby swimming pools; closeknit family structures and female-led households; and churches residents attended, such as Bethlehem Baptist Church and Faith Presbyterian Church. She also goes in depth about the racial tension in the neighborhood, recalling specific incidents over the last 8 years. She speaks about the Southeast Neighborhood House and the Southeast Neighborhood Action Board, where she got to know community leaders, such as James Coates, Etta Horn, Stanley Anderson, and Theresa Jones. Other topics of discussion include Frederick Douglass Home, the Police Advisory Council, and other people to interview, such as Zora Martin Felton and William Raspberry. She ends the interview talking about the numerous current pressing problems of the neighborhood today: overcrowding in schools, the police force, inadequate housing and welfare programs, the pervasiveness of drugs, and the lack of proper sanitation and public transportation. Mary Kidd was interviewed on December 12, 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: [email protected].

Record ID

ebl-1698440400305-1698440401030-1