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Collection
Identifier: 054
Scope and Contents
Consists of meeting minutes (1949-1965) and correspondence of the Michigan Park Citizens Association. It also contains a scrapbook of photographs, letters, and other memorabilia about the Michigan Park Garden Club (1951-1973).
Dates:
1949-1979
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHP013
Scope and Contents
On February 27, 1993, the Washingtoniana Division held a public panel entitled “Milestone on the Road to Self-Government” at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. The panel was part of the 20th Annual Conference on Washington, D.C. Historical Studies. Panelists included John Bonner Duncan, Walter E. Washington, John Hechinger, and Charles Horsky, prominent D.C. politicians who played key roles in D.C.’s transition from the three-commissioner-led government to home rule in 1973. The panel...
Dates:
1993
Collection
Identifier: P022
Content Description
The collection consists of 443 glass plate negatives of various news related images generally taken around the mid-1920s. In the 1990s, Jerry McCoy, a Washingtingtoniana librarian and amateur photographer, made prints from the original negatives for researcher access. Eight of the negatives have no print and there is one print that has no negative. Writing on the rear of the prints is that of Washingtoniana volunteer Robert A. Trouex, however the text was directly taken from the original...
Dates:
1880 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1930
Collection
Identifier: PBY100-A
Collection
Identifier: P015
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 86 packages of strip negatives. Some packages contained multiple negatives bringing the total number of strip negatives to 97. The strip negatives contain between one and seven images, with 372 total images in the collection. All images were taken by Mary Mitchell and are of locations throughout D.C. including the U.S. Capitol building, Chinatown, Dupont Circle, National Mall, and Lafayette Square. It appears that this collection includes 85 or more images that...
Dates:
1960-1975
Collection
Identifier: 107
Scope and Contents
The collection includes yearbooks, club bulletins, invitations to club events, notices of club meetings, clippings, and a scrapbook containing correspondence, clippings, invitations, and event programs.
Dates:
1910-1949
Collection
Identifier: PUNK006
Collection
Identifier: 215
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photocopies of meeting minutes, minute indexes, the constitution, and by-laws for the Mount Pleasant Citizens Association. Minute indexes are keyed to the page numbers in the physical books of minutes, which cover multiple years. Some years were split between multiple books. There are indexes for the years 1921-1927, 1927-1932, 1933-1938, 1938-1948, and 1948-1957. The indexes provide the key to topics of the meeting’s discussions and actions. Some topics of note...
Dates:
1921 - 1957
Collection
Identifier: 037
Scope and Contents
Records from the Mount Pleasant Neighbors Association extend from August 5, 1959 to August 24, 1964. The collection contains, primarily, correspondence, testimonials, membership guidelines, and information about club activities and campaigns. Records for the non-profit, Historic Mount Pleasant, cover the years 1985 through 1996. Items in the collection include membership guidelines and information on the Mount Pleasant Revolving Loan Funds.
Dates:
1959-1964; 1985-1996
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHP023
