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Libraries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Association of Liberated Librarians Records

 Collection
Identifier: 157
Scope and Contents The collection includes organizational documents made and collected by the Association of Liberation Librarians (ALL). This includes bylaws, membership and job/volunteer announcements, meeting minutes and reports, newsletters, correspondence, and material relating to site visits. Since many of the organizers and later leaders of the Association of Liberated Librarians (ALL) also held leadership positions in both the District of Columbia Library Association (DCLA) and the DC Chapter of the...
Dates: 1953-1997
DC Public Library Archives in Dig DC
DC Public Library Archives in Dig DC

DC Public Library Archives

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_archives

District of Columbia Public Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: 040
Scope and Contents The archive contains the official records of the Washington Free Public Library and the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). The records include photographs, slides, correspondence, scrapbooks, posters, newsletters, blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, meeting minutes, internal memoranda, audiotapes, reports, payroll ledgers, financial information, and other official files. The records document the operations and projects of the library’s directors, board of trustees, divisions,...
Dates: 1896 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1970

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
Downtown Progress Records in Dig DC
Downtown Progress Records in Dig DC

Downtown Progress Records in Dig DC

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_025_005

Georgetown Neighborhood Library hosts first Banned Books Week event, 2023-10-11

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_web0001_047
Abstract

Single article on the Georgetown Neighborhood Library Banned Books Week event in October, 2023

Dates: 2023-10-11

Alice L. Hagemeyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 162
Content Description

This collection includes publications, photos, and letters that pertain to Alice Hagermeyer’s advocacy for deaf people and libraries.

Dates: 1974 - 2013

John Hazel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 086
Scope and Contents

This collection primarily contains reproductions collected by John Hazel. The original material in this collection consists of clippings, photographs, and legal documents.

Dates: 1972-1994

Kermit Turner interview, 2017-09-20

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc001_09.wav
Scope and Contents

Kermit Turner discusses his childhood in Annapolis, MD, being the first African American page at Anne Arundel County Public Library, moving to Boston, his return to DC, his HIV diagnosis, his relationship with Whitman-Walker, and his Lymphoma diagnosis and subsequent treatment.

Dates: 2017-09-20

Mamie Himmelwright McIlwee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 161
Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Mamie H. McIlwee’s work advocating for resources for Petworth public schools and libraries.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1932 - 1952