Scope and Contents

The library has accepted donations, purchased, and collected images for the Historical Image Collection since the early 1920s. Collection strengths include: Streets; Federal buildings; Federal monuments and memorials; Houses and estates; Commercial buildings; and Early Washingtonians.

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...