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District of Columbia Library Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 039
Scope and Contents

The papers of the District of Columbia Library Association consist of approximately 16 linear feet of material documenting the activities of this organization from its inception in 1894 to the present day. Material includes minutes, financial records, correspondence, handbooks, publicity materials, organization publications and photographs.

Dates: 1894-1997

District of Columbia Militia Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 068
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of three scrapbooks about the D.C. Militia (National Guard) Engineer Battalion. Materials included in the scrapbooks include: clippings from local and national newspapers, correspondence, programs, flyers, maps, blueprints, and photographs. The scrapbooks are labeled "1890-1898," however, the materials extend to 1906. Each scrapbook contains notes at the beginning regarding the contents.

Dates: 1890-1906

District of Columbia Police Department Scrapbooks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 069
Scope and Contents

The four scrapbooks that make up this collection contain clippings, programs, and photographs documenting the successes and failures of the Metropolitan Police Department. Also included in these scrapbooks are clippings related to the King and Queen of England.

Dates: 1939-1948

District of Columbia Society, National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 112
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of yearbooks and programs

Dates: 1923-1961

District of Columbia Statehood Commission Records

 Collection
Identifier: 048
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials produced or collected by the D.C. Statehood/Compact Commission (Commission) from 1978 to 1994. The materials include correspondence; reports; clippings; press releases; financial materials; meeting minutes; legislative testimony and bills; Commission publications; pamphlets; brochures; articles; speeches; memorabilia; videos; audiotapes; and photographs. Significant items, activities, and topics covered by the materials include: Commission activities...
Dates: 1788-1994; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1994

Arrington Dixon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 132
Scope and Contents

The Arrington Dixon Papers Collection contains materials including campaign ephemera; correspondence; newspaper clippings and publications; photographs; pamphlets; and other documents related to Dixon’s political campaigns, work in city government (especially for the District of Columbia City Council), and personal life. The bulk of the collection covers 1953 to 1989.

Dates: 1935-2008; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1989

Downtown Progress Records

 Collection
Identifier: 025
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, committee reports, memoranda, legal papers, and general office files of Downtown Progress. Also included are photographs, sketches, maps, architectural drawings, street diagrams, and slides of buildings and streetscapes located in the downtown urban renewal area of Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1960-1977

Dr. Arthur A. Snyder Personal Receipts and Georgetown Assembly Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PBY057
Scope and Contents This small collection (one box) contains seven files arranged chronologically by year (1878-1899) of business receipts issued to Arthur A. Snyder. Additionally, nine files arranged chronologically by season (1885-1897) contain business records and ephemera related to the Georgetown Assembly, of which Snyder was secretary. The Georgetown Assembly materials were originally in scrapbook format but the majority of ephemera pieces had become unattached from their original backing pages and had...
Dates: 1878 - 1897

Charles B. Dulcan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 078
Scope and Contents

This collection contains clippings, photographs, correspondence, organizational information, and 78 RPM records related to Charles B. Dulcan and the Hecht Company.

Dates: 1912-1952

Lee Dunlap Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 167
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 440 commercially produced and/or reproductions of other photographers images of various prominent/celebrity African Americans collected by the donor.

Dates: 1916 - 1990

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WAMU-FM (Radio station : Washington, D.C.) 3
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Adams Morgan Better Neighborhood Conference 1
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Alba, Joaquin de 1
American Association of University Women. Washington Branch 1
American Society for Public Administration. National Capital Area Chapter 1
American Society of Landscape Architects. Potomac Chapter 1
American Society of Music and Fine Arts 1
Arts Club of Washington (Washington, D.C.) 1
Association of Liberated Librarians 1
Atwood, Albert W. (Albert William), 1879-1975 1
BYT Media Inc. 1
Bachrach Studios 1
Barber, Lucy G. (Lucy Grace), 1964- 1
Bateman, Grace 1
Beacon College (Leesburg, Fla.) 1
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Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1
Black Nurses Association 1
Black in Space 1
Bloom, George 1
Braxton, Frank E., Sr., 1915-2015 1
Bray, Howard 1
Burgess, Robert 1
Burrows family 1
Butler, Josephine 1
Calvin Coolidge High School 1
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Capozzi, John J., Jr. 1
Cardozo Senior High School 1
Cayton, Hannah 1
Center for Inspired Teaching 1
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Congress Heights Historic Building Survey 1
Connolly, Cynthia 1
Cook, Verla R. 1
Cooke, Paul P. 1
Cooper, Margaret 1
Council of Jewish Women (U.S.) 1
Cragin family 1
Crain, Darrell Clayton, Jr., Dr. 1
Crutchfield, Edith Amanda, 1936- 1
Curtis, Joseph Owen 1
D.C. Citizens for Better Public Education 1
D.C. Federation of Civic Associations 1
DC Community Humanities Council 1
Daughters of the American Colonists. District of Columbia Society 1
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District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission 1
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Dixon, Arrington 1
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Dupont Circle Community Association 1
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Eistophos Science Club 1
Ellis, Sarah E. 1
Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis 1
Enoch Pratt Free Library 1
Evening Star Newspaper Co.. Washington Star, The 1
Farnsboro Tenants Association 1
Faul, Jan W., 1945- 1
Federation of Citizens Associations of the District of Columbia 1
Fenning, Karl, 1881-1963 1
Figall, Frederick 1
First Capital Realty (Firm) 1
Foggy Bottom Association 1
Foxall family 1
Foy, MacKenzie River, 1997- 1
Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.) 1
Frank, Madeline Harriet 1
Friday Morning Music Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
Friends of Eastern Market 1
Friendship Citizens Association 1
George Washington University. Center for Washington Area Studies 1
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