Slides

Object Details

Collection Citation: Dorn C. McGrath, Jr. slides and other material, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dorn C. McGrath, Jr.

Collection Rights: The Dorn C. McGrath, Jr. slides and other material are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Scope and Contents note: This series contains 1,889 35mm mounted transparencies. The oldest images depict 1940 and 1950s Anacostia scenes, reproduced in slide format during the 1990s. The earliest slide is of Cafritz Hospital, it was created in 1965, with the latest slides having been created in 2006. Images depict buildings, roads, people, maps, plans and presentations. The slides were originally housed in five boxes labeled "A-E", one box labeled "Untitled", and nine small boxes. The slides have been re-housed from these boxes into archival binders. The slides in each binder are arranged in their original order and preserve the following categories as they appeared at the time of donation: "Streets", "Subjects", and "Miscellaneous".

Collection Restrictions: The collection is open for unrestricted research. Use requires an appointment.