Scope and Contents The collection contains letters, programs, meeting minutes, speeches, event tickets, brochures, pamphlets, invitations, financial records, legislative materials, political memorabilia, and other rare items dating primarily from the 19th through the mid- 20th century. Of particular significance are letters, petitions, and legislative acts documenting the work of elected and appointed mayors; a Board of Alderman; and City Councils from 1802 through the early 1870s in the “Politics...

Scope and Contents The Evening Star Records consist of a variety of formats. These materials were gathered over 130 years of the newspaper’s publication in Washington, D.C. The collection includes information on the day-to-day operations, leadership changes, labor disputes, marketing reports, historical materials, and other topical files and reports. Materials in the collection include: correspondence; financial records; newsletters; newspapers; clippings; advertising and marketing reports;...

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Content topics include: May Day Demonstrations, Paris Peace Talks, Welfare Recipients speaking out, urban conditions, Kathleen Cleaver, a video made and directed by welfare mothers, housing in Adams Morgan, Allen Ginsberg at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, 1970 interviews with pro-war demonstrators at a rally called by Reverend Carl McIntire, and more.