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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
21.6 Cubic feet (consisting of 17 cartons, 2 oversized boxes.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Transcripts
Color slides
Exhibition records
Exhibit scripts
Contact sheets
Photographic prints
Correspondence
Place:
Washington Metropolitan Area
Date:
1942-1998
Summary:
These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of an exhibition exploring the immigration of people of African descent from Central and South America and the Caribbean to the Washington Metropolitan Area. The show was organized and hosted by the Anacostia Museum from August 21, 1994 through August 7, 1995. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
Scope and Contents:
The records of the Black Mosaic exhibition presented by the Anacostia Community Museum measure 21.6 cubic feet and date from 1942 to 1998, with the bulk of material dating from 1990 to 1995. The records include administrative records, publications, research files, floor plans, exhibit text drafts, oral history transcripts, and project files for programs coordinated for or tangentially with the Black Mosaic Exhibit.

Administrative records include advisory board member lists, meeting minutes, agendas, grant proposals, project reports and assessments, correspondence, training material for museum volunteers and docents, and assorted notes. Publications within the series directly relate to the Black Mosaic Exhibit and the Anacostia Community Museum. Correspondence includes both internal correspondence and those with local community members.

Writings and notes were previously scattered throughout the collection have been collocated within the Administrative Records series, and a majority are undated. The notes cover topics ranging from administrative activities to exhibit and research planning. Included are printed documents, scrap paper, and spiral-bound notebooks.

The research files contain background information about numerous immigrant communities within Washington D.C. The community research files were originally organized by country, continent, or region of origin, and then later by subjects that coordinated with the exhibit's designated themes. This organization method has largely been maintained. Research files include scholarly articles, news clippings, event programs, compiled bibliographies, and material related to the study of museology.

The exhibit files include floor plan layouts, photocopies of images, interview transcripts, exhibit literature, and extensive exhibit text drafts. Drafts of the exhibit's text include notes throughout multiple editing stages. Additionally, copies of flip books for different thematic sections of the Black Mosaic exhibit are included and are organized alphabetically by title. Other exhibit literature present is primarily in English with one French copy present.

The project files include training material for collecting oral histories and documenting community folklife, conference records, event records, and records pertaining to related projects at the Anacostia Community Museum. Concurrent projects supporting the exhibit include the Black Mosaic community newsletter and an educational curriculum project. Additional project records that thematically overlap with the Black Mosaic exhibit but extend beyond the timeframe of the formal exhibit are present also.
Arrangement:
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D.C. exhibition records are arranged in four series:

Series 1: Administrative Records

Series 2: Research Files

Series 3: Exhibit Files

Series 4: Project Files
Historical Note:
The exhibit Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D.C. was curated by the Anacostia Community Museum's supervisory curator Portia James, and was open at the Anacostia Community Museum from August 1994 to August 1995. The exhibition explored the immigration of people of African descent from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean to the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Topics addressed in the exhibition include migration, situations faced by Black immigrants, the maintenance of relationships with places of origin, community events and cultural performances, public and private expressions of culture, commodification of culture for economic support, and the expression of multiple identities. Some intentions of the exhibit were to provide forums for discussing culture and identity, provide resources for people learning about communities in the Washington Metro area, and to be a model to other museums and cultural institutions for understanding and interpreting similar immigration and settlement patterns.

The exhibit was designed to be experienced with broader cultural concepts being introduced towards the external part of the exhibit, while personal stories could be experienced further in. Over 100 oral history interviews featured prominently in the exhibit where interviewed individuals explained their immigration experience and how they've adapted to life in the area. The exhibit also included mounted photographs, artifacts, music, and conversations. Artifacts included passport photos, tickets, family photographs, and letters. The exhibit's text displayed in three languages: English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. There were additional exhibition guides provided in Brazilian Portuguese, French, and the Ghanaian languages of Ga, Twi, Akan, and Ewe.

Coupled with the exhibit, the museum coordinated an extensive series of programs to engage various communities in the exploration of issues and traditions. These programs included creating newsletters and a photograph exhibit to keep the community up to date about the progression of the exhibit, working with performance groups, creating multi-institutional partnerships in order to develop more effective methods of collecting oral histories, and collaborating and modeling for the CFPCS African Immigrant Communities project.
Provenance:
Records of Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity Among Black Immigrants in Washington, D.C. Exhibition were created by the Anacostia Community Museum.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
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.
Topic:
Immigrants -- United States -- Exhibitions  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Genre/Form:
Transcripts
Color slides
Exhibition records -- 1990-2004
Exhibit scripts
Contact sheets
Photographic prints
Correspondence
Citation:
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-027
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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa769b48dcf-5b93-4db2-b89e-3e4819fb8f55
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-03-027
Online Media:

Artists' Files

Collection Creator:
Fisher, Ethel, 1923-  Search this
Extent:
0.4 Linear feet (Boxes 8, 12)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1952-2010
Scope and Contents:
Artists' files include printed material such as exhibition catalogs, announcements, and clippings on various artists, many of whom were Ethel Fisher's friends and acquaintances. There is also limited correspondence scattered throughout. Prominent artists include Will Barnet, Stanley Boxer, Irving Fine, Ilse Getz, Ibram Lassaw, and Paul Thek. There is one sound disc (CD) of music.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copy requires advance notice.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ethel Fisher papers, 1930-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.fishethe, Series 6
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Ethel Fisher papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bb023faa-c042-4857-9c58-3733dcf1e0db
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-fishethe-ref160

Oversized Music Score by Irving Fine from Box 8, Folder 14

Collection Creator:
Fisher, Ethel, 1923-  Search this
Container:
Box 12, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1958
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copy requires advance notice.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ethel Fisher papers, 1930-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ethel Fisher papers
Ethel Fisher papers / Series 6: Artists' Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91ac4dd1e-6858-44da-bd65-88e8b7d7f08b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-fishethe-ref170

History of Black futures

Title:
Afro futurism
Editor:
Strait, Kevin Michael Angelo  Search this
Conwill, Kinshasha  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Young, Kevin 1970-  Search this
Writer of introduction:
Strait, Kevin Michael Angelo  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Anderson, Reynaldo 1964-  Search this
Barber, Tiffany E  Search this
Curtis, Ariana  Search this
Ewing, Eve L  Search this
Fleming, Tuliza K  Search this
Hendryx, Nona  Search this
Jemisin, N. K  Search this
Jennings, John 1970-  Search this
Lewis, Steven  Search this
Neal, Mark Anthony  Search this
Nichols, De  Search this
Nichols, Elaine  Search this
Pretzer, William S  Search this
Shindell, Matthew  Search this
Tate, Angela  Search this
Wilkinson, Michelle  Search this
Womack, Ytasha  Search this
Wormsley, Alisha B  Search this
Writero of supplementary textual content:
Boyd, Herb 1938-  Search this
Writer of afterword:
Nelson, Alondra  Search this
Interviewee:
Reid, Vernon  Search this
Issuing body:
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.),.)  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
216 pages color illustrations 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Expositions
Exhibition
Exhibition catalogs
Bildband
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2023
21st century
21e siècle
Topic:
Afrofuturism  Search this
Fantastic, The  Search this
African American arts  Search this
Black people in art  Search this
Black people in popular culture  Search this
Afrofuturisme  Search this
Fantastique  Search this
Arts noirs américains  Search this
Personnes noires dans l'art  Search this
Personnes noires dans la culture populaire  Search this
Afrofuturist  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies  Search this
HISTORY / African American & Black  Search this
ART / American / African American & Black  Search this
Pop-Kultur  Search this
Person of Color  Search this
Afrofuturismus  Search this
Outer space / In art  Search this
Black people in popular culture / United States  Search this
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) / Catalogs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162215

Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the greatest jazz collaboration ever

Author:
Griffin, Farah Jasmine  Search this
Washington, Salim  Search this
Physical description:
294 pages illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Books
Nonfiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Date:
2008
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162880

Inside the Seraglio private lives of the Sultans in Istanbul John Freely

Author:
Freely, John 1926-  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 360 pages illustrations (some color), maps, portraits 20 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
Turkey
Istanbul
Empire ottoman
Date:
2000
Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Topic:
Sultans--Dwellings  Search this
Sultans  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
DR438.1 .F74 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_851614

The legacy of Muslim Spain edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi ; chief consultant to the editor, Manuela Marín

Author:
Jayyusi, Salma Khadra  Search this
Marín, Manuela  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 1098 illustrations (some color), maps (some folded) 25 cm
Type:
Books
Aufsatzsammlung
Place:
Spain
Espagne
Andalusia (Spain)
Andalousie (Espagne)
Mauren
Andalusia
Spanien
Date:
1992
711-1516
Topic:
Muslims  Search this
Musulmans  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Geschichte  Search this
Islam  Search this
Kultur  Search this
Kulturerbe  Search this
Mauren  Search this
Cultuur  Search this
Morisco's  Search this
Civilisation  Search this
Call number:
DP103 .L38
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_880833

Istanbul in the 16th century the city, the palace, daily life Metin And

Author:
And, Metin 1927-  Search this
Physical description:
326 color illustrations, maps 29 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Turkey
Istanbul
Turquie
İstanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)
Asie Mineure
İstanbul (Turquie)
Date:
1994
16th century
16e siècle
Topic:
Palaces--History  Search this
Palais--Histoire  Search this
Alltag  Search this
Bildband  Search this
Courts and courtiers  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Palaces  Search this
Court and courtiers  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Cours et courtisans  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Call number:
DR726 .A73 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_885949

Black Journal: 22; The Black G.I.

Directed by:
Kent Garrett, American, born 1941  Search this
Produced by:
William Greaves, American, 1926 - 2014  Search this
National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970  Search this
Subject of:
L. Howard Bennett, American, 1913 - 1993  Search this
Sylvester Bracey Sr., American, ca. 1949 - 2019  Search this
Owned by:
Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023  Search this
Medium:
acetate film
Dimensions:
Duration: 50 Minutes
Length (Film): 1,800 Feet
Type:
sound films
color films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Place filmed:
H? Chí Minh, Viet Nam, Asia
Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Asia
Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1970
Topic:
African American  Search this
Documentary films  Search this
Film  Search this
Gesture  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Military  Search this
Public television  Search this
Race discrimination  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
Object number:
2012.79.1.51.1a
Restrictions & Rights:
© National Educational Television
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Pearl Bowser Collection
Portfolio/Series:
Black Journal
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52bd1f8e2-5401-4dc0-9984-bb011645927b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.79.1.51.1a

Slag Dump

Artist:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 8.4 cm x 27.1 cm; 3 5/16 in x 10 21/32 in
Object Name:
Watercolor
Other Terms:
Watercolor; Watercolor
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania
ID Number:
1993.0427.02
Catalog number:
1993.0427.02
1993.427.02
Accession number:
1993.0427
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-e163-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1154612

Johnnie Appleseed Passed Here

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 27.6 cm x 21.4 cm; 10 7/8 in x 8 7/16 in
Object Name:
print
Date made:
1976
ID Number:
1984.0338.107
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.107
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2f21-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391732

Eight Bridges

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Physical Description:
aluminum (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 21.6 cm x 28 cm; 8 1/2 in x 11 in
overall: 21.6 cm x 28 cm; 8 1/2 in x 11 1/32 in
Object Name:
plate
printing plate
plate, printing
ID Number:
1984.0338.117
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.117
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4718-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391781

Tori Bradley

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 13.9 cm x 10.8 cm; 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.135
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.135
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-47d8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391808

Martin Leiser on his 90th Birthday

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 10 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.136
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.136
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-488e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391809

Helen at 14

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 20.2 cm x 13.8 cm; 7 15/16 in x 5 7/16 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.137
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.137
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-488f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391810

Young Peer

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 20 cm x 14 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.138
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.138
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4890-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391812

George Seibel

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Boyer, Helen King  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 27.7 cm x 21.4 cm; 10 7/8 in x 8 7/16 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.139
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.139
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4891-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391814

Retrospect

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 27.7 cm x 21.4 cm; 10 7/8 in x 8 7/16 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.140
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.140
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4892-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391815

John Brashear of Pittsburg

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 27.7 cm x 21.4 cm; 10 7/8 in x 8 7/16 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.141
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.141
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4893-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391817

Martha Hunt Harris

Maker:
Boyer, Louise MIller  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 27.7 cm x 21.6 cm; 10 7/8 in x 8 1/2 in
Object Name:
print
ID Number:
1984.0338.142
Accession number:
1984.0338
Catalog number:
1984.0338.142
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4894-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391818

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