Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AV002910 AV002911
- Names
- Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)
- Hampton University Choir
- Howard University
- Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
- Dett, R. Nathaniel, 1882-1943
- Egypt, Ophelia Settle (1903-02-20-1984-05-25)
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Tibbs, Roy W., 1890-1944
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Topic
- African American women
- African Americans
- Public Education
- Community Organizations
- Segregation -- United States
- African American families
- School integration
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- exhibit
- African American educators
- Women social workers
- 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
- 2 Sound recordings (1 box)
- 1 Sound disc ((1 sound disk CD-R (00:31:31). digital, 16-bit 44.1 KhZ))
- 1 Digital file ((1 data disk DVD-R digital, 24-bit 96kHz WAV.)))
- Date
- 1970- 1971 March 19
- 1974 April 3 - 1975 November 11
- Container
- Box 2, Folder 27
- Box 4, Cassette 16A
- Box 4, Cassette 16B
- Box 5, Disk 16
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Audio
- Sound recordings
- 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 note
- Ophelia Settle Egypt, an African American woman born on February 20, 1903, discusses her time in Anacostia after moving to the neighborhood in 1940. She talks about the public education available (such as Dunbar High School), the "Social Work Row" in the neighborhood (a street in Anacostia where many social workers lived), the different occupations residents had, and the typical family structures. She describes how the neighborhood was segregated and how sit-in protests began the difficult integration process. Egypt provides information about her time at Howard University, recalling student involvement with the sit-in protests (including her own experiences) as well as with musical groups at Howard Theater and Constitutional Hall, where students saw Duke Ellington and Marian Anderson perform. She speaks about how the communities in Anacostia used to be much more close-knit by organizing civic organizations and neighbors helping each other with childcare and housework. She recalls the fight for integration of schools and other public spaces. The interview is cut short during Egypt noting the difference between childrearing now versus when she was growing up. Ophelia Settle Egypt was interviewed on December 9,1970, 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. The interview was cut short due to a recording failure of tape #16B.
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1698441000661-1698441001422-0
