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DC Community Heritage Project Showcase Film 2015
Film shown at the 2015 DC Community Heritage Project showcase at the Richard Wright Charter School. The film consists of interviews and footage of each grantee either working on their projects or demonstrating the results of their work.
DC Community Heritage Project Showcase Film 2014
This film, produced for the 2014 DCCHP Showcase event, highlights the grantee projects produced during the cycle. The showcase was held at Wilson High School in Ward 3.
DC Community Heritage Project Showcase Film 2013
This film, produced for the 2013 DCCHP Showcase event, highlights the grantee projects produced during the cycle. The film is separated into categories focusing on: Landmarks, Neighborhoods, and Culture.
Letter from Ken McClain of the U.S. Weightlifting Federation to Irene Stewart Kellogg
A letter of congratulations from Ken McClain, the Records Chairman, of the U.S. Weightlifting Federation to Irene Stewart Kellogg for setting a new record of 75kgs in the women's 45-49 age group. It accompanied a National Masters Certificate.
Certificate from the U.S. Weightlifting Federation
A photograph of the certificate sent to Irene Stewart Kellogg in 1991 for snatch 32.5 kg in the 45-49 age group. It certifies that she has a National Masters' Record.
Tags: athletics, community history, history, records, sports, women of color
Award Plaque from the U.S. Weightlifting Federation
A photograph of the award plaque received by Irene Stewart Kellogg in 1992 for lifting 75 kg in the 45-49 age group from the U.S. Women's Master Program of the U.S. Weightlifting Federation.
Tags: athletics, community history, records, sports, women of color
Photo of Irene Kellogg
This is a photo of Irene C. Stewart Kellogg as she displays a shirt and medal she won from the U.S. Women's Master Program in weightlifting for lifting 75 kg in the 45-49 age group.
Tags: athletics, community history, history, records, sports, women of color
Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Museum: Stanton Road Archaeological Collection Object Description
This document is a detailed account of the 67 material objects found at the home of Annie Taliaferro. Taliaferro lived in Barry Farms at the corner of Stanton Road and Suitland parkway at the turn of the twentieth century. She is assumed to be a…
Stanton Road Accession Proposal
This document is a proposal to the Anacostia Community Museum for the accession of material objects found at the home of Annie Taliaferro, who lived in Barry Farms at the corner of Stanton Road and Suitland parkway at the turn of the twentieth…
Bloomingdale Village Square Project: Project Overview
A brochure detailing the scope and purpose of the Bloomingdale Village Square Project by the Bloomingdale Civic Association. This document explains the goals of the project, its associated activities, and the organizations strategy for project…
RWPCS News Presents: The Whispers from Barracks Row 1960-2010
This is a short journalistic video produced by high school students of Richard Wright Public Charter School. The short film interviews older and newer residents of the Barracks Row neighborhood to learn how demographic and economic changes have…
"Memories from the Heart" Full Gospel Tabernacle Church
A video of the history of Full Gospel Tabernacle Church. This video features a footage of a October 17th community block party in which a woman reads church history and another offers a spoken word performance. It also includes short edited clips of…
Letitia Woods Brown Lecture 2015
Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis delivers an introductory, biographical lecture for the 42nd Annual DC Historical Studies Conference on the late Prof. Letitia Woods Brown for the occasion of the scholar's 100th birthday. Clark-Lewis describes how Woods…
Walking Tour of Jewish H Street, NE
This walking tour brochure, created by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, maps 10 historical sites along the H Street corridor in northeast Washington. The guide also provides a historical timeline covering developments in the…
We are Fairfax Village: a brief history of the Fairfax Village Community
This article uses archival research and testimony from neighborhood residents to describe the history of Fairfax Village in Washington, DC. The document provides a historical narrative beginning with the neighborhood's construction in 1938, its…
Riverside Baptist Church History - Founding Pastor and Early Deacon
As part of an effort to organize and archive its collection of historic artifacts and documents, Washington, DC's Riverside Baptist Church produced this brochure examining the history of two of its early members. The brochure uses items from the…
The Opportune Time
Residents of Christ House in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC discuss changes in their neighborhood and, through oral history interviews with fellow Kairos Community members, changes they have undergone in their own lives. Christ House serves as a home…
CHAW 40 Years Documentary
This documentary was produced by the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop as part of a continuing effort to document the history of the organization and the surrounding neighborhood. Generations of CHAW students and educators were interviewed for the film.…
Historic Park View - A Walking Tour
This historic walking tour brochure guides users past several historic sites in the Park View neighborhood.
Click here to download a PDF version of the brochure.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Remetter Cornelia Freeman
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
Freeman recalls her youth in the Ivy City neighborhood. Her family arrived…
Freeman recalls her youth in the Ivy City neighborhood. Her family arrived…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Charles Brown
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
The interviewer asks Brown questions about his childhood in Ivy City. Brown…
The interviewer asks Brown questions about his childhood in Ivy City. Brown…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Romaine Thomas
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
Thomas takes interviewers on a walking tour of the Ivy City neighborhood,…
Thomas takes interviewers on a walking tour of the Ivy City neighborhood,…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Kenneth Cunningham
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – David Feggins
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
Feggins is a former Ivy City resident who regularly returns to the…
Feggins is a former Ivy City resident who regularly returns to the…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Marsha Riley
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.