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Oral History Interview with Mary Kidd

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

sova.acma.03-040_ref600
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].
ACMA.03-040_ref600
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d4a6a303-8267-4d74-b514-bdde1b28bc23
ACMA.03-040
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1698440400305-1698440401030-1

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