Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 390
Anacostia Museum. Education Department
Records, 1967-1989
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Anacostia Museum. Education Department |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1967-1989 |
| Quantity: | 17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 390 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda from Zora Martin-Felton and other staff of the Education Department, as well as program reports, budget justifications, and planning statements. These materials are scattered throughout the records and have many chronological gaps. The records also describe the development of educational materials for Museum exhibitions, and of workshops and programs for local teachers and students. In addition, the records detail the evolution of Department initiatives such as the Youth Advisory Council and the Outreach Services Branch, and contain planning materials for special events sponsored by the Department and the Museum. Some research materials for programs and exhibitions are also included. |
Historical Note
The Education and Development Department was established in 1967 as one of the two original branches of the Museum. Its early responsibilities focused on interpreting the Museum's exhibitions to the public. However, as the Museum established itself, the Department reached beyond this early mandate and became an active member of the Anacostia community. Its accomplishments included the development of educational outreach services which used ethnic-based materials; the creation in July 1969 of a Mobile Division to facilitate the Museum's involvement in the community; the formation of a Youth Advisory Council and other cultural arts groups; and the establishment of a Children's Room in February 1972. Renamed the Education Department by 1973, it also played a leading role in developing programs at the Museum which focused on urban problems and the concerns of incarcerated community members.
Zora B. Martin-Felton joined the Museum at its founding as Program Director, and by 1971 was named Supervisory Program Manager of the Education and Development Department. In 1979 she became an Education Specialist, and in 1989 was referred to as Chief of the Education Department. Fletcher A. Smith came to the Museum in July 1969 as the Coordinator of the new Mobile Division. He later took the title of Program Manager of the Division, which was renamed the Outreach Services Branch. The Branch was terminated after Smith's resignation in September 1978.
Descriptive Entry
The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda from Zora Martin-Felton and other staff of the Education Department, as well as program reports, budget justifications, and planning statements. These materials are scattered throughout the records and have many chronological gaps. The records also describe the development of educational materials for Museum exhibitions, and of workshops and programs for local teachers and students. In addition, the records detail the evolution of Department initiatives such as the Youth Advisory Council and the Outreach Services Branch, and contain planning materials for special events sponsored by the Department and the Museum. Some research materials for programs and exhibitions are also included.
Index Terms
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Name
- Anacostia Museum. Education Department
- Anacostia Museum. Outreach Services Branch
- Anacostia Museum. Youth Advisory Council
- Martin-Felton, Zora
- Smith, Fletcher A.
Subject
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 390, Anacostia Museum. Education Department, Records
Container List
Box 1
Program Committee, 1968-1969
Special Campaign Invitations, Fund-raisers
Cedar Lane Unitarian Summer Day Camp, July 1969
Correspondence (Zora Martin), 1974
Suggestion Box, 1973-1975
Neighborhood Advisory Committee, 1967-1972
Carver Museum
Planning Notes for Exhibits Design and Production Lab, 1971-1973
Memoranda and Correspondence, 1976
Friends of the ANM (Anacostia Neighborhood Museum), 1967
Exhibit, Education, and Research Committee, 1973
Neighborhood Advisory Committee, Membership Acknowledgment Letter
Campaign Correspondence, 1968
Fund Raising Campaign, 1970
Fund Raising, 1969-1970
Clay Class
Donations from SI Gift Shops, 1968
Program Committee, 1969-1970
Correspondence, 1975
Fund Raising Campaign, Bornstein Letter
Inner Voices, Outside Chapter, 1971
Memoranda and Announcements, 1973-1974
Z.M. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1974-1976
Suggestion Box, 1968-1972
Summer 1969
Neighborhood Advisory Committee, 1970
Exhibits Committee, 1968
Festival of the Arts, 1975
Program, 1971-1974
Staff, 1971-1974
Festival of the Arts, 1971
Trailblazers, 1967-1968
Survey on Presentation on Nassau and the Bahamas, 1973
Volunteers
Suggestion Box, 1975
Festival of the Arts (Calendars), 1968
Junior League, 1973
SI Classes - 3rd Quarter, 1968
Z.M. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1973
Exhibit Committee, 1967
Festival of the Arts, 1972
Society for Preservation of Weeksville, 1972
Survey Instrument, Robert Cannady, Jr.
Urban Ecology, 1970
Tour Group/Teachers' Brochures, 1969
ANM Volunteer Appreciation Forms
Correspondence, 1972
Country Store, 1967-1968
Box 2
Center for Inquiry and Discovery, 1976
Correspondence, 1968
Festival of the Arts, 1976
Festival of the Arts, 1973
Correspondence, undated
Correspondence, 1969
Correspondence, 1971
Outgoing Correspondence and Memoranda, 1968
Proposals/Funding, 1974
Memoranda and Announcements, 1967-1972
Z. Martin, Outgoing Memoranda, 1971
Z. Martin, Outgoing Memoranda, 1972
Z. Martin, Incoming Correspondence, 1967-1968
Z. Martin, Outgoing Memoranda, 1969
Z. Martin, Outgoing Memoranda, 1970
Staff Meeting Minutes, 1968
Festival of the Arts, 1969
Incoming Correspondence, 1973
Z. Martin, Incoming Correspondence, 1973
Correspondence, 1970
Junior League Proposal, 1969-1970
Festival of the Arts, 1974
Correspondence, 1967
Z. Martin, Outgoing Memoranda, 1967
Sixth Anniversary
Box 3
Zora Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1980
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1980 (2 folders)
Marshall Jackson, Incoming Correspondence, 1980
Schroder Cherry, Incoming Correspondence, 1979-1980
S. Cherry, Outgoing Correspondence, 1980
S. Cherry, Outgoing Correspondence, 1979
M. Jackson, Incoming Correspondence, 1979
Outreach Correspondence, 1980-1982
S. Cherry, Incoming Correspondence, 1980-1982
Z. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1979
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1979 (4 folders)
Z. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1978
Z. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1977
General Outgoing Correspondence, 1978
Fletcher Smith, Outgoing Correspondence, 1978
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1978 (3 folders)
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1977
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1976
Box 4
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1985
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1984 (2 folders)
Frances Webb, Incoming Correspondence, 1984
Robert Hall, Incoming Correspondence, 1984
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1983 (2 folders)
F. Webb, Incoming Correspondence, 1983
Z. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1983 (2 folders)
F. Webb, Outgoing Correspondence, 1983-1984
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1982
Z. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1982
Z. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1981
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1981 (2 folders)
Box 5
Zora Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1980
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1980 (2 folders)
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1980-1981
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1979 (2 folders)
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1979
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1978 (2 folders)
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1978
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1977
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1977 (2 folders)
Frances Webb, Incoming Correspondence, 1985
Z. Felton, Outgoing Correspondence, 1985
Robert Hall, Outgoing Correspondence, 1985
F. Webb, Outgoing Correspondence, 1985
Z. Felton, Incoming Correspondence, 1985
Box 6
Zora Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1985
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1984-1985
Frances Webb, Outgoing Memoranda, 1986
F. Webb, Outgoing Memoranda, 1983-1984
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1984
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1983 (2 folders)
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1983
F. Webb, Incoming Memoranda, 1983
Schroder Cherry, Incoming Memoranda, 1982
S. Cherry, Outgoing Memoranda, 1982
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1982 (3 folders)
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1982
Z. Felton, Outgoing Memoranda, 1981 (2 folders)
Z. Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1981
S. Cherry, Outgoing Memoranda, 1980-1982
S. Cherry, Incoming Memoranda, 1980
Box 7
Zora Felton, Incoming Memoranda, 1984-1985
Frances Webb, Incoming Memoranda, 1985
Robert Hall, Incoming Memoranda, 1985
Robert Hall, Outgoing Memoranda, 1985
Budget Statement and Projections, 1981
Scripts
Black Heritage Puppets, 1981
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Memoranda, 1977-1979
Summer Film Festival Proposal, 1980
Summer Course for Credit, 1978
Books and Pamphlets - Various Exhibits
Black History Month Material, 1983
Anacostia Student Exhibition Project, 1982
OESE Intern Program, 1982
Articles on St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Z. Felton Newspaper Clippings
Outreach Program List
Mini Exhibit Checklist
Mailing/Distribution Lists
Safety Checklist
Minority Women Survey Sheets, 1979
Oral/Local History & Research Article, 1979
Museum Education Roundtable, 1978
Monthly Program Reports, 1977
Teacher Workshop Materials, 1985
Teacher Workshop Questionnaires
Summer Creative Writing Workshop, 1983
Eta Phi Sigma Sorority Exhibit, 1984
Children of South Africa Exhibit Materials
Harlem Renaissance Exhibit Proposal
Disabled Access, 1978-1979
SI Council Meeting Report, May 1977
Collaborative Education Committee, 1982-1983
Ed Dwight Sculpture Show, 1983
Education Dept. Programs and Services
Anna J. Cooper Simplified Labels, 1980-1981
African Art File, 1981
Subscriptions for Magazines and Books
Kids on the Block Puppets
Proposal for Children's Exhibit
Participant Lists for Black History Month Programs
World Health Organization Cockroach Report, Roaches/Rats Exhibit
Box 8
DCPS (D.C. Public Schools) Gifted and Talented Program Evaluations, 1983
Shirley Chisholm Lecture, 1976
ANM General Store
Blacks in Westward Movement Teacher's Handbook
Staff and Performer Publications and Publicity
Combined Federal Campaign Report, 1982
Museum Education Roundtable, 1982-1984 (2 folders)
Children's Room: Craft Ideas, Recipes, etc.
Youth Advisory Committee
Audio Tape and Exhibit Scripts
Out of Africa Audio Tape and Exhibit Scripts
Workshop and Demonstration Reservations
Summer Workshop, 1977 (2 folders)
UPO Grandparents' Workshop Evaluation, 1977
Region I Staff Development, 1977-1978
Teacher Training Workshops, 1975-1977 (3 folders)
"Little People," 1974
Zora Felton Supervisory Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1973-1974
Mobile Division, 1969-1977 (2 folders)
Youth Advisory Council, 1969-1974 (4 folders)
Teaching Resources
Box 9
Tour Packet, 1984-1985
William Marshall Performance, 1986
Harlem Renaissance Exhibit Scripts (7 folders)
Children's Exhibit Proposal: "Anacostia As It Was," 1982 (2 folders)
Exhibit Scripts (SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service), 1981
"Frederick Douglass Years" News Clippings
Teacher's Workshops, 1986
"Images: Black and White"
Handicapped Materials, 1984
Teachers Workshop for Gifted and Talented Coordinators, 1983
Black History Month Workshop, 1985
"Renaissance" Teachers Course for Credit, 1986
Teacher Training (Gettysburg), 1985
Kwanzaa Workshop, 1986
Kwanzaa Workshop for Teachers, 1985
Tri-Museum Family Day, 1986
Tri-Museum Family Day, 1985-1986
D.C. Humanities Council Proposal, 1986
Neighborhood Advisory Committee Minutes, 1967-1968
Kwanzaa booklet comments and feedback, 1973
Young Audiences Programs, 1986
National History Day, 1986
Summer Youth Employment Program, 1982
"Children of South Africa" Photo Exhibit
Listing of Afro-American Studies Chairpersons/Directors, 1979
Northeast Museums Conference, 1984
Press/News Releases, 1983
African American Museums Association, 1984
Aboriginal Artists of Australia, 1980
African Influence on Afro-American Artists (Exhibit Proposal), 1979
Kwanzaa
African Recipes
African Art Objects for Children's Room
Docent Evaluation Sheets
"Green Hornet" (SI Staff Handbook)
Box 10
Research File: School Integration
"Black Women" Exhibit Script
"Mary McLeod Bethune and Roosevelt's `Black Cabinet'," 1982
"Science: Man's Greatest Adventure," 1971
Research Materials on Proposed Exhibit: "Anacostia As It Was: Black Life in the 1800s," 1983
Jamaica Exhibit
Bethune Exhibit Script, 1981
Pinpoints, Inc. Musical on Anna J. Cooper Life
Black Man in Science Exhibit, 1980
"Black Women" Exhibit Script, 1977
D.C. Art Association Show, 1970
African Exhibition II, 1973
"This Is Africa," 1968
Box 11
Oral Histories and A.J.C. Scripts, 1975
Barnett-Aden Collection, 1974 (2 folders)
"The Message Makers," 1974 (2 folders)
Script Writing, 1975
D.C. Art Association Show, 1972
"Evolution of a Community," 1972 (3 folders)
Black Scientists, 1970-1971 (3 folders)
"Accent," 1971
D.C. Art Association Annual Exhibit, 1971
Martin Luther King Exhibit, 1971
Black Patriots, 1970
Lorton Reformatory, 1970 (3 folders)
"The Rat: Man's Invited Affliction," 1969 (2 folders)
Negro History Exhibit, 1969
"This Thing Called Jazz," 1968
Museum Opening, 1967
Box 12
"The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties," 1985 (4 folders)
"Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall" (3 folders)
"Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds," 1984-1985
Robinson/Lebby Art Show
"Portraits In Black," Harmon Collection, 1983
Children's Exhibit: "Anacostia As It Was..." Material
"Black Wings," 1984
Box 13
"Portraits in Black," 1983
"Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation," 1984 (4 folders)
Black Women in the `80's
"Out of Africa," 1979 (6 folders)
"Anna J. Cooper," 1978-1979 (2 folders)
Africa: Kingdoms to Colonization
D.C. Art Association, 1978
"Harlem Renaissance"
Inventory (Fletcher Smith), 1978
Mini Exhibits
Exhibit Script: "Frederick Douglass Years" (Mobile)
Africans and Afro-Americans: Response and Resistance
"Anacostia Story," 1977 (2 folders)
Anacostia Exhibit Part II
"Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds," 1976 (2 folders)
"Frederick Douglass Years"
Box 14
Requisition/Duplication Forms, 1985 (2 folders)
Requisitions, Photo Work Orders, 1985
Time Cards, FY 1985
Requisitions, SF-44s, FY 1986
Memo to FW, FY 1986
Corr from RH, FY 1986
Memo to RH, FY 1986
Corr to FW, FY 1986
Memo to ZMF, FY 1986
Corr to ZMF, FY 1986
Requisitions, SI-4s, FY 1986
Budget, FY 1986
Memo from ZMF, FY 1986
Corr to RH, FY 1986
Corr from FW, FY 1986
Memo from Frances Webb, 1985
Corr from ZMF, FY 1986
Memo from RH, FY 1986
Corr to ZMF, FY 1986
Box 15
Frederick Douglass Years Current Materials
Region I Teacher Training: 1975-1976
Peer Teachers Evaluation Sheets - 3/2/1979
(In-School) Festival of the Arts Performances, 1977
Teacher Training: Region I Meetings - 1976-1977
Title I, Region I T/T 5/19 and 5/20/1980
Oakcrest Elementary School (Prince George's County) - African Exchange and Kwanzaa 11/28/1990
Staff Development Day Schedule 1979
Prince George's County Social Studies Teachers (Staff Development - Africa) 11/1/1979
Montgomery County H.R. 18 Classes - April 1979
Montgomery County Quarterly Integrated Education (QIE) Teacher Specialists Workshop - 9/21/1979
Teacher Training Region A CBC Chairpersons 12/13/1982; Gifted and Talented Coordinators 12/14/1982
Region A - "How to Turn..." Teacher/Training 3/12/1981
Evaluations: "How to Turn Your Classroom into a Museum"
Region I - Teacher Training for Title I Teachers 5/19/1980 and 5/20/1980
Teacher Training: "How and Why" Workshop 2/6/1980
UDC (University of DC) Media Workshop - January 1980
Q.I.E. Teacher Workshop - 9/1979
Anacostia Pre-School Teachers/Parents Workshop on "Africa..." and Kwanzaa
Teacher Training: OESE Group (Metropolitan Washington) - "Out of Africa" - July 12, 1979
Training: Met. Girl Scouts and Arlington, VA, Rec. Dept. 7/9/1979 and 7/19/1979
Evaluations: Museum-School Relations - Office of Museum Programs - SI 3/15/1979
Two-W Teachers (DCPS) Workshop Evaluation 3/15/1979
City-Wide Peer Teachers Workshop 12/1/1978
Region I Staff Development: "Museum Workshop" - 10/30/1978
SI-OESE Teacher Training Workshops 1977
Budget FY 1987
Budget FY 1986 and (FY 86 Budget Update/Planning Statement)
Budget FY 1985
Budget FY 1984
Education Development Five-Year Planning Proposal - 1/16/1978
Five-Year Planning FY 1981-1985
Educators' Coordinators Meetings 1986-1987
School Without Walls 1988-1989
Mid-Atlantic Museums Association
Museum Education: SI Council Meetings 10/1985
Smithsonian Committee for Wider Audience
Education Department Evaluation
Five-Year Planning Statement - Education Department 1983
Budget FY 1983
Lunch Bag Forum - Education Department 1983
Box 16
Anacostia Museum Statistical Records 1983-1988
Correspondence to Robert Hall 1988
Volunteers 1987-1988
Correspondence to Zora Martin-Felton 1986-1987
Statistics - Museum Visitorship 1976-1977
Correspondence to Zora Martin-Felton FY 1987
Correspondence from Zora Martin-Felton FY 1987
Memorandums from Zora Martin-Felton FY 1987
Memorandums from Frances Webb FY 1987
Memorandums from Robert Hall FY 1987
Correspondence from Robert Hall FY 1987
Correspondence to Frances Webb FY 1987
Correspondence from Frances Webb FY 1987
Memorandums to Zora Martin-Felton FY 1987
Kwanzaa Workshop Anacostia Museum 12/12/1987
Education and Museum Policymaking by Schroeder Cherry 5/5/1986
Education Department Minutes 1986
Comments - Cassette Tape Evaluations 1986
Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc. Intern Ms. Nkereuwen Iniang 4/1985
SI: Internal Control Review 1984
OESE Interns 1984
Volunteer-Run After-School Art Program Kathleen Zielinski and JoNell Rice 1984
Volunteers 1983
Internship Applications/Applicants 1983
Inventory - Education Department, Zora Felton 1981-1982
Evaluation Forms
Box 17
Zora Felton's Activities FY 1988
Exhibit Schedule FY 1988
Zora Felton's Activities FY 1988-1989
1987 Correspondence to Zora Felton 7/1987-11/1987
Outreach - 1987 (Summer) J. Pass
Education Department Staff Meetings 1986
Teacher Seminars/Workshops/Previews FY 1985
FY 1983 Five-Year Planning Statement
FY 1983
Outreach 1981-1983
Planning Statement, etc. - April 12, 1984
Budget Statement: FY 1984-1989
FY 1981 Budget: Objectives, Planned Expenditures and Support Requirements
Education Department Budget 1981
Outreach 1981
Budget FY 1980
Outreach 1980
Cafritz-Smithsonian Education Busing Program 1979-1980
Five-Year Plan 1/1978
Budget FY 1978
Outreach Programs 1978-1979
Budget: 1977 FY 1979
Budget: FY 1977
New Anacostia Museum Annex/Demographics on AM as of 1977
Budget: FY 1976
Summer Art Workshop for Children by Bronwyn Jones (D.C. Public School Teacher) 1976
Anacostia Center for Education - Planning Meeting at Malcolm X (1976)
Budget: FY 1975
Budget Justification: 1975
1969-1975: Budgets, Narratives, Proposals
Budget FY 1969-1975
African American Museums Association
"Anna J. Cooper," Exhibition Programs and Commissioned Play
Colonial Williamsburg Black Perspective: Slide Narration and Research Materials
Learning Activity Center Evaluation Sheets Plus Master List
OESE Teacher Intern Program and High School
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