Dates

• Creation: Unknown

Extent

4 Linear feet (Total Boxes: 3)

Inventory

The collection is distributed within three boxes. Box # 1 (1978 - 2001) contains many magazine and newspaper articles on a variety of Washington DC focused topics including; historic buildings which no longer exist, the state of the city under the leadership of mayor Marion Barry, Georgetown (rising property prices, citizen’s association, it’s waterfront, and the Rosewood hotel controversy), police reports, a copy of Applewhite’s essay on the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Post article clippings from TV critic Tom Shales and humor columnist Art Buchwald, a copy of Applewhite’s magazine article, “Washington DC: A city of mistrust and promise”, Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown’s Christ Church, DC Developing Families Center, DC Policeofficer Elizabeth Jones New Yorker article and correspondence, demographics, Black Washington, DC slums, DCs wealthy including 1985-1987 The Regardie’s 100 reports on “The Richest People in Washington”, the U.S. National Arboretum, architectural plans for the Holocaust Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian, Whitehurst Freeway’s demolition and renovation plans, Washington writers and where they lived, most valuable properties in DC, Capitol Hill office design, topography and trivia. Box #2 (1950 - 2000) holds13 folders, a spiral bound notebook, and seven oversized magazines including Holiday, Town and Country, Look, The Washingtonian, House and Garden, and Potomac. The folders contain a large amount of newspaper and magazine clippings of articles and images. All contents are focused on the topic of architecture, specifically: Architects of DC, architect Hugh Jacobsen’s and David M. Schwartz’ designs, architectural group Hartman-Cox’s designs, wallet sized DC architectural cards, Art Deco in DC, Cleveland Park’s architecture, streetscape and land use, contract for services between Applewhite and architectural firm Lewis and Holt alongside inspiration clippings, collections of articles written by architectural historians Carlton Knight and James Marston Fitch, and Washington DC church and street names. Box #3 (1955 - 2015) contains magazine and newspaper clippings focused on Washington DC and architecture topics including: the Old Executive Office Building design, architects’ critiques of Washington D.C, churches, the metro, DC art collectors, federal funding for the arts, the National Gallery of Art, clippings and a book on architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey house, DC embassies’ designs, articles written about or by Washington architect Arthur Cotton Moore, articles and clippings of DC bridges, Adams Morgan Mcdonalds’ facade restoration, D.C. gardens, the art scene, city planning including a folded and oversized map of the northwest quadrant of DC, mansions of DCs elite, downtown DC office buildings, cemeteries in DC, the newest Federal Triangle building, and articles about landscape design group Oehme, Van Sweeden. Also included are three oversized copies of 1950s Home and Garden magazines featuring the luxurious homes of Washington, essays on the art of writing, 1980 Citizen’s Association of Georgetown pamphlet, abstracts of papers presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, a report on the design relationship of new architecture in old settings, the National World War II Memorial design competition program brochure, and a National Capital Planning Commission’ landscaping plan report.