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Washingtoniana Scrapbook Collection
Washingtoniana Vertical File Index
Vertical files are news clippings, brochures, pamphlets and other documents placed in folders based on subject headings. Examples of the headings include Residential Sections, Politics and Government, Colleges and Universities, to name a few. As with the book collection, the files cover all subjects related to the District of Columbia: social, economic, cultural, recreational, political, and historical.
Washingtoniana Yearbook Collection
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.
Harry S. Wender Papers
This collection contains correspondence, internal memorandum, proposals, publicity materials, legislative materials, meeting minutes, editorials, and membership lists. Most of these materials are related to Home Rule voting rights for D.C. residents from the 1930s through the 1960s. Organizations mentioned in this collection include the D.C. Suffrage Association, Committee of the 100, Citizens Conference on District Suffrage, and Young People’s Home Rule League.
WETA Women of Achievement Oral History Project
J. C. Wilfong, Jr. Collection
Williams, Albert "Vision" Black Lives Matter Panels
The Collection Consists of 3 works, created by Albert "Vision" Williams on the temporary construction walls surrounding the United State Chamber of Commerce Building located at 1615 H Street, NW. The works were created during the civil unrest in the days following the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
Paul K. Williams House History Collection
The collection consists of 585 house history folders of homes in the District of Columbia. The folders contain housing permit records, historical information about the house and its prior owners. The Collection has a digital copy of basic data of the house histories on an external hard drive.
Wire Service Photographs Collection
This collection contains 223 photographs and multiple clippings of political figures, congressional hearings, individuals from Washington D.C., the Capitol Building, as well as hearings and protests related to the Lend-Lease Act of 1941.
Gus L. Wolf Photograph Collection
The collection consists of twenty-seven glass plate negatives and corresponding 8x10 black & white prints, dating from circa 1880-1900. Image subjects include the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, U.S. Capitol, Lafayette Park, Mount Vernon, and the Petersen House. Additionally there are several images of what is believed to be the Potomac River, as well as a number of unidentifiable locations.