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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:

U Street Oral History Project - D.C.'s Cultural Corridor in Dig DC
U Street Oral History Project - D.C.'s Cul...

Vanessa Ruffin-Colbert Interview, 2017-08-22

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc003_03.mp3
Scope and Contents

Vanessa Ruffin-Colbert discusses her early life in Washington, DC and experience living in Southwest; her involvement in the community and relationship with the children and families in the area; changes and issues related to the neighborhood and its residents; redevelopment and construction in Southwest; and her continued efforts and hopes to improve the community.

Dates: 2017-08-22

WAMU Broadcast Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 045
Scope and Contents The collection contains 679 audio cassettes containing recordings primarily of three weekly shows, Metro Connection, Public Interest (DC Politics Hour) and the Kojo Nnamdi Show dating between 1998 and 2004. All show content is related to local D.C. current affairs and history. The collection also contains editorials on D.C. political issues, most often prepared by Mark Plotkin, as well as some 1-hour segments from Public Interest, which relate to local Washington, D.C. matters. ...
Dates: 1998–2004
Washington Community Video Center Collection in Dig DC
Washington Community Video Center Collecti...

Washington Community Video Center Collection

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_210_WCVC

Washington Community Video Center (WCVC) Collection

 Collection — External hard drive DIG_00031: Series dcpl_210_WCVC
Identifier: 210
Content Description

Content topics include: May Day Demonstrations, Paris Peace Talks, Welfare Recipients speaking out, urban conditions, Kathleen Cleaver, a video made and directed by welfare mothers, housing in Adams Morgan, Allen Ginsberg at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, 1970 interviews with pro-war demonstrators at a rally called by Reverend Carl McIntire, and more.

Dates: 1970 - 1975

Washington, D.C. Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P030
Scope and Contents The earliest postcards in the collection date from circa 1898 with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1920s to the 1940s. The collection consists almost exclusively of imprinted (ink) postcards but also includes “real-photo” (gelatin silver) variety as well. The collection leans heavily towards images of tourist Washington but many images of “hometown” Washington are included as well (Businesses, Churches, Organizations, Restaurants, Schools – Private/Public, Stores, and...
Dates: ca. 1848-1940

Washington Navy Yard Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P018
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 31 3.5x5 inch and 30 8x10 inch images of buildings 137 (General Foundry) and 167 (Boiler Makers shop) in the Washington Navy Yard complex. The smaller images are interior and exterior views of buildings and the larger images are reproductions of architectural blueprints.

Dates: 1975

Washingtoniana Slide Collection

 Collection — External hard drive DIG_00002
Identifier: P026
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 35mm slides artificially assembled from various locations throughout the division’s collection based solely on format. The images cover a wide array of subjects. The topics include the Cherry Blossom Parade, Moscow Circus, Papal visit, federal buildings, street scenes, 1968 riots, Georgetown, urban planning, and construction

Dates: 1820-1987

Harry S. Wender Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 009
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930-1973

J. C. Wilfong, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P010
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 32 3 x 3 inch black and white photographs. There are no negatives with this collection. The images were taken between 1963-1965 and are of houses and businesses throughout Washington, D.C., many of which have been demolished. Historic locations include the Belasco Theater, Edwin Stanton House, John Philip Sousa House, Heurich Mansion, and the Commandant’s House at the USMC Barracks. Notations on many of the photographs indicate the year the building was demolished...
Dates: 1963-1965