Photographs

Capitol Hill Symphony Society Collection

Collection

Identifier: 080

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, memos, by-laws, photographs, programs, meeting minutes, and press releases related to the Capitol Hill Symphony Society. The majority of the materials were created in 1964, although the dates range from 1962 to 1965.

Dates: 1962-1965

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Card Mounted Photograph Collection

Collection — External hard drive DIG_00012

Identifier: P025

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of various types of cartes-de-visites and cabinet card photographs ,which were popular in the 19th and early 20th century.

Dates: 1883-1889

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Cartes de visite and cabinet card portraits

Digital Collection

Identifier: dcpl_p025

Dates: 1880 - 1900

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Colony Theatre Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P020

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 16 8x10 inch black and white images shot by Frederick Figall. The images are of the exterior and interior of the Colony Theatre, which was located 4921 Georgia Avenue NW in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1988

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Columbian Newspaper Research Files Collection

Collection

Identifier: 030

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of background research materials gathered for issues of the Columbian Newspaper. Included in the materials are correspondence, clippings, press releases, photographs, government documents, publications, reports, flyers, legal pleadings, and handwritten notes. The folders are arranged alphabetically by topic.

Dates: 1973 - 1977

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Coolidge Senior High School Oral History Project Collection

Collection

Identifier: OHP028

Scope and Contents In 2007, Ingrid Drake coordinated the Coolidge Senior High School Oral History Project, interviewing 25 alumni, staff, teachers, and students of Calvin Coolidge Senior High School. Drake applied for and received a $5,000 grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities to obtain equipment and facilitate the interviews. A radio show was produced for WPFW of the final interviews; and bound copies of the interviews to give to the alumni. This collection is comprised of 16 audio CDs (14...

Dates: 2007

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Dr. Darrell Clayton Crain Jr. Photograph Collection

Collection — External hard drive DIG_00010

Identifier: P035

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 270 Kodachrome Ektachrome slides, three empty slide boxes, and one original 8x10 black and white photograph, as well as 275 digital surrogates of all of the analog images donated and several family photographs of Crain and his homes which the Library only received digitally. The photographs document daily life in the Washington, D.C. area, Dr. Crain’s travels around the U.S. and abroad, and important events. Events depicted include the March on Washington for Jobs...

Dates: 1949-1989

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Joseph Owen Curtis Photographic Collection

Collection — External hard drive DIG_00012

Identifier: P007

Scope and Contents The collection contains approximately 270 black and white prints and 83 slides, the majority of which depict the African-American community of the Southwest neighborhood of Washington, D.C., primarily from the 1920s through the 1970s. The photographs document a historic neighborhood that would be largely razed in the 1950s and 1960s, dramatically changing the landscape and population of the neighborhood. The photographs of streets, businesses, and buildings provide visual...

Dates: 1910 - 1989

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

D. C. Historic Preservation Division Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P002

Scope and Contents The collection contains photographs, negatives, and some slides of historic properties in the City taken from approximately 1970-1987. The photographs consist of two types: snapshots and enlargements submitted by applicants to support their requests for building permits to renovate historic properties; and photographs maintained by the Division of historic buildings in the District. The collection also contains a very small amount of letters related to historic properties. Photographs of...

Dates: 1937; 1970-1987

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library