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Sketches from Life Slide Show for the Black Women Exhibit

Catalog Data

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000  Search this
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911  Search this
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005  Search this
Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883  Search this
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913  Search this
Walker, Maggie Lena, 1867-1934  Search this
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
3 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Music
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1984
Scope and Contents:
Narrator, for the Sketches from Life slide show, provides biographical vignettes of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Rosa Parks, Maggie Lena Walker, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Narration and music. Part of Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds Audiovisual Records. AV00310, AV003315, AV003383-1: same content. AV003315-1: narration until 001130, followed by static and beeps. AV003315-2: narration begins at 001234, preceded by static and beeps. AV003310: dated 19841031. AV003315 and AV003383: undated.
Biographical / Historical:
Photographs, artifacts, a slide show, and films form the exhibition - Black women: Achievements Against the Odds - that examines the contributions of 113 American black women in such areas as government, education, fine arts, civil rights, medicine, law, and industry. The women represent the world-famous as well as the little-known and include poet Phillis Wheatley, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Patricia Roberts Harris, educator Nannie Helen Burroughs, the first female editor-in-chief of the Boston University Law Review Clara Burrill Bruce, author Maya Angelou, sculptor Edmonia Lewis, and businesswoman Eartha M.M. White. The exhibition was created and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service; and it was on display at Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from February 8, 1976 - January 2, 1977 and October 21, 1984 - June 30, 1985.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003315-1 ACMA AV003315-2 ACMA AV003383-1
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Series Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African American women  Search this
Women  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Human Rights  Search this
Women's rights  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Traveling exhibitions  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Narration
Music
Citation:
Sketches from Life Slide Show for the Black Women Exhibit, Exhibition Records AV03-028, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-028, Item ACMA AV003310-1
See more items in:
Black women: achievements against the odds exhibition records
Black women: achievements against the odds exhibition records / Series ACMA AV03-028: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds Audiovisual Records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7ad5f6a50-224d-41b3-9b60-a4b79c1ccdaa
EDAN-URL:
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