Dale-Patterson Family collection

General Note: Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883

Creator: Dale, Dianne; Polk, P. H., 1898-1985
Names: Barry, Marion, 1936-2014; Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984; Dale, Dianne; Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973; Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973; Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011; Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991; Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987; Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988; Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962

Provenance: The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.

Summary: The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 2010 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892.

Biographical/Historical note: The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.

Type: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Photographs; Programs; Clippings; Correspondence; Ephemera; Postcards

Citation: Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.

Arrangement note: The collection is arranged in four series: Series 1: Dale-Patterson Family papers Series 2: Charles Qualls papers Series 3: Community Organizations Series 4: Subject Files

Processing Information note: The collection processed by Archivist Jennifer Morris with the assistance of Dianne Dale.

Rights: The Dale-Patterson Family collection is 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.

Genre/Form: Photographs; Programs; Clippings; Correspondence; Ephemera; Postcards

Scope and Contents note: The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Restrictions: Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

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