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Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Charlene Drew Jarvis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 131
Scope and Contents The Charlene Drew Jarvis Papers document Drew-Jarvis’s campaign for Washington, D.C.’s City Council, her time as national co-chair for the Clinton/Gore presidential campaign, and her work on the National Institute of Health Mental Health Advisory Council. Documents include biographical information, brochures, campaign materials, correspondence, contact lists, council files, Board of Elections and Ethics files, mailings, programs, photographs, publications, speeches, and audiovisual...
Dates: 1978-2014
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia Records

 Collection
Identifier: 033
Scope and Contents

The collection contains clippings and alphabetically arranged office files maintained by the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia to document its activities. Topics in the records cover primarily local D.C. political issues, but also national and international concerns of the National League of Women Voters. The records are divided into two series: topical files and clippings.

Dates: 1930-1982
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Lowe, Carol Hill (DC Commission for Women)

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023.022
Dates: 1978 - 2010
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Marion Barry for Mayor Records

 Collection
Identifier: 152
Scope and Contents

The collection contains paper materials from Marion Barry’s 1978 campaign for mayor. Included in this collection are campaign promotional material, D.C. Government agency papers and campaign related reports. The materials date from 1977-1981.

Dates: 1977 - 1981
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Mayor's Mansion Debate Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 129
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of correspondence, in the form of emails, faxes, and letters. Additional materials include: reports, testimonies, maps, copies of deeds, and appraisals from both government agencies, and private citizens.

Dates: 2001-2003
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Metropolitan Washington Planning and Housing

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1993-001
Dates: Unknown
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Political Posters

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_060_political
Dates: 1972-
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Political Study Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 095
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of records pertaining to the Political Study Club of Washington, D.C. including yearbooks, annual breakfast programs, and clippings.

Dates: 1914-1968
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Reports of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_commissioners
Dates: 1874 - 1929
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Self-Determination for D.C. (SDDC) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 003
Scope and Contents The collection consists of office files documenting the activities of the Self-Determination for D.C. Coalition in support of home rule and voting rights issues. In particular, the collection consists of testimony, legislation, lobbying packets, correspondence, and media lists regarding its lobbying efforts in support of Congressional legislation passed in 1973 granting D.C. home rule (D.C. Self-Government and Reorganization Act). The records also contain materials compiled by the coalition...
Dates: 1970-1980
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

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