Washingtoniana Yearbook Collection
Scope and Contents
Collection consists mainly of yearbooks donated from a variety of sources and assembled by Washingtoniana staff into a collection. A few bound items related to schools in the District of Columbia were added to the collection over the years.
Dates
- Creation: 1889 - 2012
Historical Note
In 1905 Library Director Dr. George F. Bowerman founded a local history collection, known then as the Washingtoniana Division, with the acquisition of a few books on the history of Washington, DC. and other materials. Since that time, the collection has grown to be one of the largest local history collections housed in a public library in the United States. The Collection consists of books, maps, newspapers and periodicals, ephemeral items, objects, archival collections, photographs, and digital materials of all kinds. Today the department is known as The People’s Archive and is made up of the Washingtoniana, Black Studies, and Peabody Room collections.
Extent
36 Linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Yearbooks in this collection were donated to the Library from a variety of sources.
- Title
- Washingtoniana Yearbook Collection
- Subtitle
- A Guide to the Washingtoniana Yearbook Collection
- Author
- Guide prepared by Mark S. Greek, CA
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022-12-06: Added yearbooks currently housed at the Georgetown Library in the Peabody Room
- 2023-01-17: Added 13 yearbooks from Woodward Prep School
- 2023-02-07: Added 2 yearbooks from recent donations
Repository Details
Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository