Washingtoniana Slide Collection

Collection — external hard drive: DIG_00002

Identifier: P026

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 35mm slides artificially assembled from various locations throughout the division’s collection based solely on format. The images cover a wide array of subjects. The topics include the Cherry Blossom Parade, Moscow Circus, Papal visit, federal buildings, street scenes, 1968 riots, Georgetown, urban planning, and construction

Dates

Creation: 1820-1987

Language of Materials

English

Extent

8 Boxes

Additional Description

Custodial History

These were assembled from a variety of locations throughout the division in 2005, with each series representing a presumptive donor or creator.

Processing Information

Slides were originally stored in various filing cabinets, folders and boxes throughout the Washingtoniana division. In 2005, the 35mm slides were gathered together and it was decided that the slides would be moved to the archives for long-term storage and preservation. The slides were combined with several other smaller slide collections. Each image was assigned a number and placed in an archival storage box. Numbers in thousand increments were used to distinguish between different series within the collection. Brief item level descriptions and other data were collected at this time.

Subjects

Topical

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Washingtoniana 35mm Slide Collection
Subtitle: An inventory of the Washingtoniana 35mm Slide Collection at DC Public Library
Author: Finding aid prepared by Mark Greek.
Date: 2006
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English