Washington (D.C.)

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Autograph manuscript draft(s) of Dr. Wilfred M. Barton's The Road to Washington (1919), including photographs by the author used as illustrations in the book.

The story describes Washington D.C. landmarks and provides facts concerning the British invasion and capture of the city in 1814.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of an 1862 legal petition filed by Philip T. Berry in Washington, DC, for compensation for the emancipation of thirteen formerly enslaved individuals: Nelly Beall, Sandy Beall, Sophy Beall, Susan Beall, Margaret Beall, Kitty Beall, Robert Beall, Alexander Beall, Mary Beall, Henry Thomas, and Ann Thomas. The petition includes descriptions of each of the formerly enslaved individuals. The petition was filed following the passing of the District of Columbia Compensated...

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The collection contains correspondence, photographs, architectural drawings, ephemera, and other material related to the Brady-Howle family of Washington, D.C., with ties to Georgetown University and the family home Valley View.

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Two account ledgers (organized by the name of the account holder); one dated 1831-1837, from a leather merchant (labeled "Buckey and Burkhart"); the other, dated 1850-1852, from a general merchandizing store (labeled "Barnard and Buckey"). In the 1853 Washington and Georgetown City Directory, Barnard and Buckey are listed as auctioneers based in Georgetown on Bridge Street, between High and Congress Streets (present day M Street, between Wisconsin Avenue and 31st Streets, N.W.)

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the correspondence of William Oswald Dundas. It includes outgoing letters addressed chiefly to Edward I. Devitt, SJ. (1841-1920), archivist and professor of history at Georgetown College and Henry J. Shandelle, S.J. (1848-1925), librarian and professor of English and philosophy; extensive recollections of student life at Georgetown 1856-58 and of life in Washington DC during the 1850s. Incoming correspondence includes letters from James Edward Calhoun (1796-1889)...

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Correspondence, notes, and newspaper clippings by and about the Smith, Mills, and Dimitry families. The bulk of the collection consists of correspodence.

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The Huck family papers consist of business correspondence and related items between Laurie M. Huck and his sister-in-law, Anna Clarke Rogers, and her husband, James Webb Rogers, II. Laurie M. Huck was married to Cornelia Clarke Rogers, the sister of Anna Clarke Rogers and Mae Harris Clarke, both of whose papers can be found in the Rogers family papers.

Scope and Contents The collection documents the D.C. Youth Chorale (the official city-wide chorus of the D.C. Public School System) and its director, Edward Jackson, Jr., primarily from the 1960s to the early 1980s. It includes concert programs, advertisements, and newspaper clippings, as well as materials collected for Jackson's application for the 1983-1984 National Teacher of the Year Award. The collection also contains a photograph album documenting an event held in celebration of Jackson and the D.C....

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This collection contains 35mm black and white photographic negatives taken by Fr. Emeran J. Kolkmeyer between 1929 and 1933 showcasing his travels throughout Europe and the US as well as shots of the Georgetown University campus.

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Contains publications, clippings and correspondence re Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland history. Much relates to buildings or places and to Jesuit or Catholic history. Material about Maryland's celebration of its Tercentenary in 1934 is found in the Maryland section.

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This collection is of interest to local family and Catholic historians, including research into devout Catholic women.

Contains estate file, including will and probate court documents, relating to Mary M. Mattingly. Also: baptismal record (photocopy) and obituary.

Scope and Contents note The George H. O'Connor Papers contain correspondence, photographs, programs, songs, music and cartoons, accumulated by O'Connor throughout his life. The correspondence includes letters from William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, J. Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, and Edward Stettinius. The most interesting letters are two written by O'Connor himself to his wife Blanche, while O'Connor was staying at Warm Springs with President Roosevelt.Perhaps the most...

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The collection consists of correspondence among the Shoemaker family and their Temperance Movement associates. Much of the correspondence revolves around their Temperance work, family matters, local affairs, and Albert E. Shoemaker's time at Georgetown Law School.

See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.

Scope and Contents The collection primarily deals with family-related matters of the Eid, Brown, and Shoemaker families. The materials relate to the history of the 19th century Washington D.C. area, specifically Tenleytown, Friendship Heights, and west Chevy Chase, Maryland. See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.The Eid family materials includes deeds, plats, bills of exchange, and indentures from the 1830s to the 1860s. It also includes an undated bill...

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Series VII. American History

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The papers include correspondence, printed ephemera, sketches and other artwork, and a file of cyanotype photographic prints showing a variety of Washington, D.C. subjects at the very end of the nineteenth century. Sullivan’s work as a Washington architect is documented by a file of proposals and related materials.

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Series VII. American History

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Premier Cab Association Sightseeing Guide Book [includes Washington, D.C., Georgetown, Arlington, Alexandria, Mount Vernon, and Annapolis], 1940.

Historic Washington, D.C., 1948. Published by the Columbia Historical Society.

Mount Vernon handbook, 1948. Published by Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union.

Georgetown: 1751 to the present by Donald Stetson Davis in collaboration with Scott Hart, 1965.

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Contains activist and political ephemera from 1967-1972, including flyers, pamphlets, newspapers, and protest art. The materials, which may have been collected by a Georgetown student, primarily focus on political and social movements centered in the Washington, D.C. area. Most items concern the Vietnam War, with other topics being the Black Movement, student (and Georgetown) activism, and U.S. Presidents.

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Published ephemera relating to the historical develpment of Washington, DC in the 20th century. Primarily comprised of plans, maps, directories, reports, and studies of various agencies, commissions, task forces, associations, and interest groups engaged in the urban planning of the capital area, as well as miscellaneous ephemera consisting of event-related ephemera (invitations, brochures, menus, tickets, etc.), park and monument brochures, gallery show catalogs, playbills, etc.