Dale-Patterson Family collection
The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.
Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.
The collection processed by Archivist Jennifer Morris with the assistance of Dianne Dale.
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
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
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.
Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.
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.
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.
Includes Committee on Employmnent and Economic Development documents and materials relating to Dr. Calvin W. Rolark and Wilhelmina J. Rolark.
Include the minutes of the Community Recreation Advisory Board, 4th Regular meeting and appendix II.
Includes testimony for appointment for the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.
Contains school memorablia of Ms. Dale's late daughter Melaine Washington.
Includes invitation to the DC Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board unveiling of her late husband Almore M. Dale's portrait and a program booklet from the ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication of The Almore M. Dale Boardroom.
Contains a list of first settlers in Barry Farm from the recollections of Anacostia Historical Society members.
Postcard, Frederick Douglass Patterson, President Tuskegee Institute
Postcard sent to Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson from Lillian Evanti. Evanti speaks on her tour and visiting Wilhelmina's brother, Frederick Douglass Patterson and his wife Catherine and son, Frederick Douglass, Jr.
Norman and Almore Dale
"To Aunt Bessie from Norman and Almore, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year," written on back of post card.
Anacostia AC's Baseball team
Almore Dale, third from the left on the second row.
Almore Dale
Almore and Marie Dale
Almore Dale
Almore Dale standing near car
Almore Dale standing by automobile on Nichols Avenue (now, Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue) in a business district.
Dale, Almore-- Tennis tournaments
Almore Dale (far right)managed the Tuskegee Institue tennis team.
Dale, Almore--Various settings
Debutante Cotillion portrait
Marie & Almore Dale, Debutante Jean Berry, and Eddie & Mary Berry.
Four generations of Dale family members (l-r): Hattie Dale (2nd wife of John Henry Dale, Sr.,), John Henry Dale, Sr., Almore Marcus Dale, Dianne Dale, Marie Dale, John Ivan Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson Dale, Adrianne Dale, and John Henry Dale, Jr.
Dale, Almore--Dale's Market
Consumer's in Dale's Market
Almore Dale standing by fruit display
Almore Dale viewing fruit display
Almore Dale behind store counter
Interior of Dale's Market, fruit and vegatable display
Interior of Dale's Market
Almore Dale standing by his Buick
Dale, Dianne--Portraits and snapshots
Dale, Dianne--Miss Barry Farms
Dianne Dale crowned Miss Barry Farms during the Fifth Barry Farm Playground Festival
Dianne Dale, Miss Barry Farms rides in the back of a car during the Fifth Barry Farms Playground Festival.
Dale, Dianne--Debutante Ball
Includes photograph taken by George E. Hull, Jr.
Family portrait
Portrait of Norman Dale wearing military uniform
Image taken at Fort Custer Photo Shop in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Front row: James Patterson, Lorenzo Patterson, and John Patterson. Back row: Wilhelmina "Bess" and Lucille Patterson.
Frederick D. Patterson wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Frederick D. Patterson wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom standing beside Mrs. Marie Dale.
Frederick D. Patterson wearing Presidential Medal of Freedom surrounded by family.
(Row 1 L to R Marie Dale and Dianne Dale; Row 2 Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson; Row 3 Patricia Brown and Rev. Charles Brown; Melanie Washington and Frederick Douglass Patterson, Jr.)
Portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson with her nephews.
Almore Dale, Wilhelmina "Bess" Patterson, and Norman Dale (L-R).
Portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson
Wilhelmina Patterson sitting at piano
Profile portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson
Portrait of Wilhelmina Patterson
Patterson, Wilhelmina--Group portrait, Hampton Institute
Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson pose with five other women
Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson, holding a hat pose with five other women.
Group portrait with Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson
Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson (second row, top right)in unidentified group portrait.
Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson and unidentified friend
Wilhelmina Bessie Patterson on steps with unidentified friend
Patterson, Wilhelmina--Photo scrapbook
Patterson, Wilhelmina--Snapshots from Barry Farms concert
Barry Farm Recreation Center
Barry Farm Recreation Center
Barry Farm Recreation Center
Mme. Lillian Evanti Recital at Shiloh Baptist Church
Glamour Pix portrait of Thelma D. Perkins
Thelma D. Perkins speaking at unidentified event
Thelma D. Perkins speaking at podium
Family homes--Various locations
Dr. Charles E. Qualls(1932- 1984) was an entrepreneur, pharmacist, and civil leader in Washington, D.C.
Qualls was born in New Bern, Tennessee to Fred and Ary Watts Qualls, after his birth the family moved to South Bend, Indiana. Charles moved to Washington, D.C. in 1936 to attend Howard University, where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy in 1941. After graduation, he achieved his dream of becoming a business owner when he opened his drug store, the Anacostia Pharmacy. Two years later, Dr. Qualls married Aleneitha Johnson of Conway, South Carolina and the couple had one son, Frederic Qualls.
He became "Doc Qualls" to all who knew him, and the Anacostia Pharmacy became a fixture for the community. Throughout his career, Mr. Qualls strived to improve the business in Anacostia and to bring city services to its residents. He was chair and organizer of Anacostia Coordinating Committee of the Anacostia and Vicinity, which represented church, school and civic groups before local government agencies; and he was a charter member and first president of the Anacostia Business and Professional Association.
His influence in Anacostia and District of Columbia extended beyond the interests of local businesses to the health of Anacostia's residents. Dr. Qualls founded the Washington Pharmaceutical Association in 1947; he was also instrumental in the establishment of a Southeast Unit of the D.C. Chapter of the National Cancer Society. A trustee of Greater Southeast Community Hospital, Qualls lobbied and fundraised for the hospital in the underserved community.
In 1984 at the age of 72, Charles E. Qualls died of cancer at Howard University Hospital.
This series documents the professional and personal life of Dr. Charles E. Qualls between 1937 and 1982. It contains materials related to Dr. Qualls's education, community involvement, pharmacy business, and leisure activities. Included in the materials are correspondence, clippings, invitations, photographs, professional journals, program booklets, and playbills from performing arts shows. Found within the papers are documents related to his wife, Aleneitha Qualls.
Birney School Life Magazine
Birney School Life Magazine
Birney School Life Magazine
Birney School Life Magazine
Birney School Life Magazine
Letter to Mrs. Emma I. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Dr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to Mrs. Gregory from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Dr. Qualls from Mrs. Jesse Gregory
Letter to Mrs. Dickson from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mrs. Gregory from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Trustees from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to Mr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to Dr. Quarles from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to Dr. Qualls and Committee
Letter to Dr. Qualls from F.R. Dorsey
Letter to Mrs. Dorsey from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Honorable Adam Clayton Powell
Letter to Honorable Charles Dawson
Letter to Honorable Charles C. Diggs
Letter to Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Dr. Quarles from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to Johnson Publications from C.E. Qualls
Letter to "Whom it May Concern" from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to the Board of Commissioners, D.C. from Charles E. Qualls
A Small Army Rescues a House newspaper article
To Editor of Ebony Magazine from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. Qualls from Board of Commissioners, D.C.
Letter to the Capitol Cab Association from C.E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. Carl Murphy from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Dr. Qualls from Anacostia National Bank
Letter to the Coordinating Committee from A.E. Medina
Letter to Bishop D. Ward Nichols
Letter to Dr. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to C. E. Qualls from J.N. Ferguson
Letter to C.E. Qualls from F.E. Rogers
Letter to Dr. Charles E. Qualls from Emma I. Dickson
Letter to Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. Carl Murphy from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. Qualls from Carl Murphy
Letter to Dr. Peters from C.E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. Qualls from H. D. Rose
Letter to Mr. Qualls from Captain Forrest L. Binswanger
Invitation to Soiree at newly painted Frederick Douglass Memorial Home
Program for the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home soiree
General letter from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. Qualls from H. D. Rose
Letter to Mrs. Dorsey from Charles E. Qualls
General letter to DC Public School Principals from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mrs. Frances H. Mason from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Dr. Qualls from Mrs. C.J. Schaeffer
Letter to Dr. Qualls from Grace Bush
Letter to Doctor Qualls from G. H. Hamm
Letter to Mrs. Scott from Charles E. Qualls
News release for the 139th Anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass
Letter to Dr. Qualls from R. L. Calhoun
Letter to the Coordinating Committee of Anacostia & Vicinity
Letter to Mrs. Warner from Ulysses J. Banks
Letter to Mrs. Warner from Dorothy Contee
Letter to Doctor Qualls from Russell L. Paxton
Letter to the General Chairman from Frances H. Mason
Note to the Coordinating Committee from Campbell A. M. E. Church
Letter to Mr. Koontz from Charles E. Qualls
Invitation to the Restoration Launching Program for the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Anacostia, D.C.
Telegram to Dr. Charles Qualls from Rosa L. Gragg
Letter to Mr. Hartzog from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mrs. Rosa L. Gragg from Charles E. Qualls
Letter to Mr. L. P. ?
List of individuals who volunteered time with Douglass Home repairs
H.R. 3597 to incorporate the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Assocation
Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, Inc. brochure
Anacostia Coordinating Committee art show at Barry Farms Recreation Center
Note writting on back of photograph reads: Coordinating Committee of Anacostia and Vicinity art show contest 3/55. L-R Frank Alton, Chair Committee, winner 1st prize Chester Jennings, 2nd prize Gertrude Jones-Charles Qualls Gen. Chairman Coordinating Committe.