Resource Listings A-F
Address: 3400 Bryan Point Road; Accokeek, MD 20607
Phone #: (301) 283-2113
Fax #: (301) 283-2049
World Wide Web Address: http://web.gmu.edu/bios/potomac/af
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Clara Moran
Susan Proctor
accofound@aol.com
Scope of the Collection: The Accokeek Foundation, an educational non-
profit
organization, practices and teaches good land stewardship and sustainable use of
natural
resources, and interprets the natural and cultural resources of the Tidewater
Potomac. Using our
two farm sites, the historic National Colonial Farm and the modern-day Ecosystem
Farm as
outdoor classrooms, our programs blend ecology, history, and economics,
educating people of all
ages about responsible land stewardship - past, present, and future.
Through a partnership with the National Park Service, the Foundation cares for
200 of
Piscataway Parks's 4,700 acres. This unique alliance ensures that visitors will
always be able to
experience the natural and cultural heritage and the the expansive beauty of the
Potomac River
landscape.
Major Holdings:
- National Colonial Farm, a restored ca. 1775
tobacco
farm homestead and outdoor living history
museum with examples of 18th century vernacular architecture including a
farmhouse, tobacco
barn, smokehouse, and animal enclosures.
- Over 200 acres of open fields and meadows providing habitat for nesting birds;
walking trails
through upland and lowland forest; tidal swamp; managed buffer zone; fishing
pier.
- Museum Garden featuring herbs, flowers and heirloom crops from three distinct
cultures. The
Accokeek Foundation is a recognized leader of historic plant preservation.
- Native Tree Arboretum featuring 128 species native to southern Maryland.
- Heritage-breeds of domesticated animals, such as Hog Island sheep, Red Devon
cattle, and
Ossabaw hog.
Admission Policy: Open to the public with fees of $2.00 for adults, $ .50
for children,
and $5.00 for families.
Hours: The Park is open year round from dawn until dusk. For tour
information and for
Visitor Center, Colonial Farm, and Ecosystem Farm hours, please call (301) 283-
2113.
Lending Policy: A library is maintained for staff, volunteers, and board
members. Other
visitors by appointment only, with no borrowing privileges.
Duplication Policy: Nominal charge for most items.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 105 N. Union St., #327; Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone #: (703) 838-4399
Fax #: (703) 838-6491
World Wide Web Address: http://ci.alexandria.va.us/oha
/archaeology
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Barbara Magid, Assistant Director, barbara.magid@ci.alexandria.va.us
Scope of the Collection: The Alexandria Archaeology Museum is a
repository for over
two million artifacts and supporting documentation from sites throughout
Alexandria, Virginia. The collection includes more than two million
artifacts
from 181
registered archaeological sites. These range from prehistory to the early
20th
century, but
primarily relate to the
period 1780-1900.
Major Holdings:
- Records for some Alexandria archaeological sites include scale drawings of
foundations and
other architectural features; archaeological materials may include architectural
fragments.
- Hopkins and Sanborn insurance maps from late 19th through mid
20th century and copies of early 19th century Mutual
Assurance Maps.
- Copies of tax and census records, and extensive secondary materials relating
to individual
properties and the City as a whole.
- Over 20,000 slides and photo negatives.
Admission Policy: By appointment only for research or use of the library.
Museum
visitors may view the exhibition without appointment.
Hours: Office Hours - Tuesday - Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm
Museum Hours - Tuesday - Friday, 10 am to 3 pm
Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm
Lending Policy: Research and library materials are non-circulating.
Duplication Policy: Photocopies may be made on site, and copies of
photographs can be
ordered, both for a small fee.
Access and Finding Aids: Complete lists of Alexandria Archaeology
Publications,
consultant reports, and bibliography can be found on the Web site, under
"Research". Portions of
the artifact
collection are on a database.
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Address: 801 S. Payne Street; Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone #: (703) 838-4402, x4591
Fax #: (703) 519-3326
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Jean Federico, Director, Office of Historic Alexandria,
jean.federico@ci.alexandria.va.us
Jackie Cohan, Archivist and Records Manager
Scope of the Collection: Public records for the City of Alexandria, including all records
necessary for the administration of the municipality. Includes building
drawings, construction
documents,
building permits, and financial records for the City.
Major Holdings:
- Drawings and plans for urban renewal and construction of some building
additions in Old
Town.
- Records of Mayors and City Council members.
- Deed books.
- Scrapbooks about the City from mid 1950s to 1970s.
- Researchers are also encouraged to use archival records at Lloyd House (210 N.
Washington
St.,
Alexandria, 703-838-4577) and Court House (520 King St., Alexandria, 703-838-
4044, Clerk of
Circuit Court: Ed Semonian).
Admission Policy: Free admission. Researchers must register, present
identification, and
describe their research project. Stacks are not open, visitor must request
specific kinds of
records.
Some
current records are retained by Departments and permission may be necessary to
obtain.
Archival
records may also require permission for access. FOIA requests are processed by
the City through
Citizen Assistance (703-838-4800).
Hours: Telephone inquiries, 8 am to 5 pm. Appointment necessary for
research or visits
to the archives. Call in advance to review materials and check on holdings.
Lending Policy: Loans are made to museums and historical societies, upon
completion
of
standard facility report.
Duplication Policy: Photocopying available at $ .25 per page.
Access and Finding Aids: Limited finding aids, primarily of records of
Mayor and City
Council and docket materials for City Council meetings (last 3-5 years are now
available on
Lotus
Notes,
with subject search).
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City of Alexandria
Department of Planning and Zoning
entry forthcoming
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Address: 4703 Annapolis Road; Bladensburg, MD 20710
Phone #: (301) 927-7150
Fax #: (301)927-5407
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
W. Dickerson Charlton, Trustee/Treasurer, Aman Memorial Trust
Scope of the Collection: The Aman Memorial Trust owns the George Washington
House/Indian Queen Tavern, at 4302 Baltimore Avenue, Bladensburg, MD
20710.
Major Holdings: n/a
Admission Policy: The property is occupied by tenants (with the Aman
Memorial Trust
as landlord), but tenants usually provide access during normal business hours
(weekdays, 9 am to
5 pm).
Hours: n/a
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: n/a
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 1735 New York Ave., N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone #: (202) 626-7496
Fax #: (202) 626-7587
World Wide Web Address: http://www.e-
architects.com
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Sarah H. Turner, Turner@aiamail.aia.org
Scope of the Collection: The Archives, a section of the AIA Library, is the official repository for
all records
produced by the AIA, a professional membership association founded February 23, 1857 and incorporated
April 15,
1857. These materials document the organization's administrative and financial history, committee
structure,
membership, conventions and exhibitions, special activities, etc. The majority of the records date from the
20th
century, through the years, 1857-1900 are well represented and a few pre-1857 records exist.
Major Holdings:
Administrative records (1857-present): Detail the operation, activities, and policies of the
organization,
including correspondence with numerous architects. Papers of officers and components of the Institute.
Membership records: Files contain applications for membership, biographical data, building lists,
correspondence and nominations for Fellowship in the AIA. Obituaries and photographs may also be
present. (Limited
records dating from 1857-1890; detailed documentation dating from 1890-present.)
Manuscript records of individual architects: Refers to AIA activities, membership, committees, etc.
Architects
A. J. Bloor, David K. Boyd, Glenn Brown, Walter Cook, Dan Everett Waid, and Clarence C. Zantzinger
are well
represented. Papers of Thomas U. Walter, Richard Upjohn, Cass Gilbert, Richard Morris Hunt, Charles
McKim, Louis
Sullivan and others are also present.
Competition records: Files on individual competitions and involvement of the AIA in approving
competition
programs.
Manuscript records of Institute involvement in the development of Washington, D.C.: Includes
park planning,
Lincoln Memorial, Commission of Fine Arts, etc.
Western Association of Architects records (1884-1889): Membership files, annual meeting reports,
and
correspondence.
Related association records (19th century-present): Including AIA Chapters, and municipal and
state
architectural clubs.
The Archive of Women in Architecture: Material on some 4,000 women architects and more than
100
organizations related to women in architecture.
Photographic Collection: Approximately 100,000 photographic images dating from the 1870's to
present. Of
special interest is the White Pine Series and the Horace Peaslee photographic and post card collection.
Rare books: The core libraries of Richard Morris Hunt, Thomas U. Walter, Louis Sullivan, and
other
architects.
Rare serials: Including American Architect and Building News, Federal Architect,
Architect and
Engineer of California, and all serial publications of the AIA.
Gold medal and honor awards: Project data, text and visual materials concerning AIA honor and
gold medal
award programs.
Admission Policy: By appointment only.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: In-house use only.
Duplication Policy: With permission of the archivist. Cost $ 1.50 per page for archival and rare
book material.
Access and Finding Aids: Archives Master Catalog: Index of record groups, series, boxes and
folders.
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Address: 1735 New York Ave. N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20006-5292
Phone #: (202) 626-7492, 7493
Fax #: (202) 626-7587
World Wide Web Address: www.aiaonline.com
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Nancy Hunn, Director, Information Services, hunnn@aiamail.aia.org
Scope of the Collection: The Knowledge Center provides AIA members with
unlimited
access to architectural knowledge, research and resources and is one of the
preeminent sources
on architecture for the public at large.
Major Holdings:
- About 30,000 monographs on architectural history and practice issues, building
types, building
construction, domestic architecture, historic preservation, and urban and
regional planning.
- AIA publications, including newsletters and journals published by AIA
Chapters.
- Over 300 serials and periodical publications.
- Slide collection of 120,000 slides consisting predominately of AIA Honors and
Awards
winners, illustrative of contemporary American buildings.
- Videotape collection including AIA-produced films and videos plus taped
presentations and
panel discussions from AIA conventions and independently produced materials.
Admission Policy: Open to all AIA members. Non-members pay a nominal
admission
fee for use of the facility per day.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Lending Policy: Loan period is 28 days. Fines accrue at $1.00 per day for
overdue items.
Duplication Policy: Self-serve photocopying, $ .25/page.
Article photocopying, $ 10.00 per article for members, $ 15.00 per article for
non-members (plus
applicable copyright charges).
Access and Finding Aids: The online catalog at http://www.aiaonline.org is one finding aid.
However, the
Knowledge
Center will be migrating to a new Web-based client/server tool over the next
year. Our Web
pages are currently under redesign. Consult our Web site for new developments as
they unfold.
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Address: 636 I Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20001-3736
Phone #: (202) 216-2320
Fax #: (202) 898-1185
World Wide Web Address: http://www.asla.org
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Susan Cahill-Aylward, Director of Information, scahill@asla.org
Scope of the Collection: Landscape architecture, land planning, design
and
construction,
biography and history, business and reference, environment and sustainability,
garden design,
graphics, preservation, tree and plant material, urban design and wetlands.
Major Holdings:
- Landscape Architecture magazine, 1910 - current.
- Landscape Architecture News Digest (LAND), 1960 - current.
- ASLA Bulletin, August 1948 - December 1975 (final issue).
- Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1899-
1926.
- Illustrations of ASLA members' works, 1931-1934.
Admission Policy: Open to ASLA members and staff; open by appointment to
non-
members.
Hours: Appointments may be scheduled on Monday - Friday, 10 am to 4 pm.
Lending Policy: No circulating materials.
Duplication Policy: Up to 50 pages copying are free to members per visit.
For non-
members, copying at $ .50 per page.
Access and Finding Aids: LAM Index 1910-1982. Current year LAM Index
available at
ASLA Online (see http://www.asla.org).
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Address: University Library, American University; 4400 Massachusetts
Avenue, N.W.;
Washington, D.C. 20016-8046
Phone #: (202) 885-3256
Fax #: (202) 885-3226
World Wide Web Address: http://www.library.am
erican.edu/de
pts/archives.html
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
George Arnold, University Archivist and Head of Special Collections,
garnold@american.edu
Scope of the Collection: The American University Archives chronicles
more than one
hundred years of the University's history. The collections include records in a
variety of media.
Major Holdings: The American University Archives maintains limited
documents of
campus buildings and campus architecture including paper records, photographs,
blueprints, and
artists' renderings. Architects include:
- Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot
- Van Brunt & Howe
- Henry Ives Cobb
Admission Policy: All legitimate researchers are admitted. No fee.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: On site use only.
Duplication Policy: Photocopies cost $ .10 per page. Fragile items are
not photocopied.
Researcher may need to obtain permission of copyright owner for duplication.
Access and Finding Aids: Intellectual access is by card and electronic
index.
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Address: Curator's Office, Room HT-3, U.S. Capitol; Washington, DC 20515
Phone #: (202) 228-1222
Fax #: (202) 228-4602
World Wide Web Address: http://www.aoc.gov
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Dr. Barbara A. Wolanin, Curator, bwolanin@aoc.gov
William C. Allen, Architectural Historian, ballen@aoc.gov
Sarah H. Turner, Archivist, sturner@aoc.gov
Scope of the Collection: The Architect of the Capitol has approximately
2,500 linear
feet
of textual records that date from as early as 1851 and document the buildings
that make up the
Capitol Complex: the Capitol and grounds, the
House
and Senate
Office Buildings, the Library of
Congress, the Supreme Court, the U.S.
Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Power
Plant. In addition,
the records document renovation, construction, and other projects assigned to
the Architect of
the
Capitol by the Congress. These include the Columbia Hospital for
Women, the
Court of Claims
(now the Renwick Gallery), the U.S.
Court
House (formerly Old City Hall), and
service on the
Alley Dwelling Authority.
The agency holdings include over 100,000 original architectural drawings. The
bulk of the
drawings date from the early 20th century onward and include record drawings,
construction
drawings, and shop drawings. There are also some early drawings of the Capitol
dating from the
period 1794 1850 documenting construction and actual and proposed changes to the
building.
The
most important mid-nineteenth-century drawings are the group by Thomas U. Walter
for the
Capitol extension and dome construction.
In addition, the agency has over 70,000 photographic images that date from 1856
to the present
documenting the various phases of the construction, renovation, and maintenance
projects under
the jurisdiction of the Architect. There are also property acquisition
photographs dating from the
1890s that document the neighborhoods surrounding the Capitol.
Major Holdings: The following is a list of the agency's holdings
representing architects
involved with the construction of the Capitol and the Capitol Complex and
buildings formerly
under the
jurisdiction of the Architect:
Benjamin Henry Latrobe:
24 drawings including plans, elevations, and details of the Supreme Court, the
proposed
Egyptian-style Library of Congress, and the Small Senate Rotunda.
Also
schemes
for rebuilding
the north wing (1806).
Thomas U. Walter:
1,200 drawings and plans for the extensions to the Capitol. Includes
exterior
and interior views
of
the north and south wings, plumbing drawings, and furniture design in addition
to drawings for
the dome. Also includes proposal for east and west extensions of the Capitol
(1864, 1874) and
drawings for the Old Post Office and the Marine barracks at
Pensacola,
FL and Brooklyn, NY. Also
includes textual records and photographs.
Edward Clark (Architect of the Capitol, 1865-
1902):
Approximately 500 drawings for the extensions to the Capitol, the
Government
Printing Office,
and various school buildings and fire houses in Washington, D.C. Includes a
proposed design for
the Library of Congress. Also includes textual records and
photographs.
Frederick Law Olmsted:
40 drawings of the Capitol grounds and the west front terraces.
Some of the
drawing are signed
by
Thomas Wisedell and C. Howard Walker. Also includes textual records.
Waring, Chapman and Farquhar:
250 drawings documenting the plumbing projects in the Capitol
during the
1890s.
Elliott Woods (Architect of the Capitol, 1902-
1922):
Plans and drawings documenting his work on the Capitol, Cannon House Office
Building,
Russell
Senate Office Building, Capitol Power Plant, Columbia Hospital for Women, U.S.
Court House,
and Court of Claims. Also includes textual records and
photographs.
Carrere and Hastings:
Plans and drawings for the Cannon House Office Building and
Russell Senate
Office
Building. Also includes plans for a proposed east front extension and
reconstruction of the
House
and Senate
Chambers. Also includes textual records and photographs.
Nathan Wyeth:
Plans and drawings for the Columbia Hospital for Women.
Also includes
textual records
and
photographs.
David Lynn (Architect of the Capitol,
1922-
1954):
Plans and drawings documenting his work on the Capitol, enlargement of the
Capitol Grounds,
the Botanic Garden, the Addition to the Thomas Jefferson Building of the
Library
of Congress,
the
John Adams Building of the Library of Congress, the Longworth House Office
Building, and the
Supreme Court Building. Also includes textual records and
photographs.
Bennett, Parsons and Frost:
Plans and drawings for the Botanic Garden. Also includes
textual records
and
photographs.
Pierson and Wilson:
Plans and drawings for the John Adams Building and the
Addition to the
Thomas Jefferson
Building of the Library of Congress. Also includes textual records and
photographs.
Allied Architects:
Plans and drawings for the Longworth House Office Building.
Also
includes
textual records
and photographs.
Cass Gilbert:
Plans and drawings for the Supreme Court Building. Includes
10 elevation
drawings of the
Supreme Court. Also includes textual records and photographs.
Wyeth and Sullivan:
Plans and drawings for the C Street facade of the Russell Senate Office
Building. Also
includes textual records and photographs.
J. George Stewart (Architect of the
Capitol, 1954-
1970):
Plans and drawings documenting his work on the east front extension of the
Capitol, the
Rayburn House Office Building, the House Underground Garages,
and the
Dirksen
Senate Office
Building. Also includes textual records and photographs.
Dewitt, Poor and Shelton:
Plans and drawings for the east front extension of the Capitol;
proposed
west front
extension,
restoration of the Old Senate Chamber, Old Supreme Court Chamber and Statuary
Hall; and the
James Madison Building of the Library of Congress. Also includes
textual
records
and
photographs.
Harbison, Hough, Livingston, and Larsen:
Plans and drawings for the Rayburn House Office Building
and the
renovations
to House
and
Senate Chambers. Also includes textual records and photographs.
Eggers and Higgins:
Plans and drawings for the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Also includes
textual records
and
photographs.
Dewitt and Hardison:
Plans and drawings for the House Underground Garages. Also includes textual
records and
photographs.
George M. White (Architect of the
Capitol, 1971-
1995):
Plans and drawings documenting his work on the restoration of the Old
Senate Chamber,
Old Supreme Court Chamber, and Statuary Hall and his role in the design and
construction of
the
James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress and
the Hart Senate
Office
Building. Also includes textual records and photographs.
John Carl Warnecke and Associates:
Plans and drawings for the Hart Senate Office Building. Also
includes
textual records and
photographs.
The holdings also include a small number of drawings by the following
architects and
draftsmen: Steven Hallet, Giovanni Andrei, Pringle
Slight; George
Strickland;
William Strickland,
Robert Mills, George Hadfield, James Renwick, and Daniel H.
Burnham.
Admission Policy: Open for research to scholars by appointment. Access to
some
records
is restricted.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 4 pm, except for federal holidays.
Lending Policy: All material must be used in the Curator's Office or AOC
Records
Center.
Duplication Policy: No charge for photocopying, limit of 25 pages.
Photographs must be
ordered from outside source on a fee basis.
Access and Finding Aids: Guide to the Historical Records of the Architect
of the
Capitol,
available for use in the Curator's Office.
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Address: 1015 N. Quincy St.; Arlington, VA 22201
Phone #: (703) 228-5966
Fax #: (703) 228-7720
World Wide Web Address: http://www.co.arlington.va.us/l
ib/aup.htm
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Judith Knudsen, Virginia Room Supervisor, Jknudsen@co.arlington.va.us
Scope of the Collection: The Virginia Room serves as the special
collection repository
for
the Arlington County Public Libraries. The collection is comprised of
information related to
Virginia current events and history with a focus on the Northern Virginia area.
The Community
Archives, a division of the Virginia Room, maintains a collection of historical
documents that
narrate the
history of Arlington County, its citizens, important issues, and community
organizations.
Major Holdings:
Community Archives:
Kenton D. Hamaker Architectural Drawing Collection, RG 81, 1933-1970s (1960s and
1970s):
The Kenton D. Hamaker Architectural Drawing Collection consists of approximately
180
projects
and includes drawings and tracings from the architects and draftsmen,
subdivision and
development planning by associated engineers, and a small amount of construction
specifications
by the architect and consultants. The Sharpe and
Hamaker
architectural firm primarily designed
residential properties in Arlington and the surrounding counties. The collection
also contains
material related to the firm's work with the design and construction of churches
and office
buildings.
Photograph collections, 1920s to the present: The Community Archives has several
photograph
collections containing architectural material. This material includes black and
white images of
buildings, houses, construction sites, and land tracts.
Virginia Room:
The Virginia Room collection of vertical files covers architectural subjects
such as houses,
churches, apartment complexes and businesses. The information is in the form of
newspaper
articles, pamphlets, and narratives. In addition, the Virginia Room has
approximately 700 books
related to the subject of architecture.
Admission Policy: Admission is free. The Virginia Room requires
researchers to sign
the
guest register and present valid identification. There are additional policies
and procedures
regarding the use of archival material.
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm
Wednesday, 1 to 9 pm
Lending Policy: Material does not circulate.
Duplication Policy: The Virginia Room has a photocopier. Patrons must
receive
permission from staff to photocopy archival material.
Access and Finding Aids: Finding Aids for archival material are available
in print
version at the Central Library and all Branch libraries. At this time
approximately 10% of the
archival collection
is cataloged. The Virginia Room books are cataloged. Although there is not an
index for the
vertical files, the Virginia Room maintains a card catalog index for local
newspapers.
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Address: 12207 Tulip Grove Drive; Bowie, Maryland 20715
Phone #: (301) 809-3088
Fax #: (301) 809-2308
World Wide Web Address: http://www.cityofbowie.org
/comserv
/
museums.htm
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Stephen E. Patrick, Curator, sepatrick@hotmail.com
Scope of the Collection: Collection of four furnished museum sites under
the City
Museum division, including the Belair Mansion, the circa 1745
plantation
house
of Maryland's
colonial governor, Samuel Ogle (1694-1760). House enlarged and restored circa
1914 by
architectural firm of Delano and Aldrich.
Also
information on the
Belair stable, built circa 1907,
the "cradle of Thoroughbred Racing" in Maryland. Railroad station museum in
circa 1910
complex of three rail depot structures. Prince George's County Genealogical
Library housed in
1961 Levitt ranch house.
Major Holdings:
- Research materials relating to the historic structures in Bowie,
MD.
- National Historic Register nominations and Historic Structures reports.
- Small research library and vertical file.
- Photographs and research materials relating to the architectural firm of
Delano and Aldrich.
Admission policy: Tours, $ 3.00 adults. Researchers admitted free of
charge.
Hours: Open for tours Thursday - Sunday, 1 to 4 pm. Researchers may
schedule with
curator weekdays, 9 to 4 pm, by appointment.
Lending Policy: Loans only to other museum institutions for exhibition
purposes.
Access and Finding Aids: Card file for archive research collection.
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Address: 20th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20551
Phone #: (202) 452-3686
Fax #: (202) 872-7572
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Mary Anne Goley, Director, Fine Arts Program
Scope of the Collection: Documents pertaining to the Federal Reserve
Board building.
Major Holdings:
Competition and/or project drawings for the Federal
Reserve Board
building by:
Paul Cret - competition and project
drawings.
John Russell Pope - competition drawings.
James Gamble Rogers - competition drawings.
Note:
Federal Reserve Board files at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA)
include extensive correspondence regarding the 1935 competition and construction
of the new
Board building. Files include an unsolicited deWaddy Wood for a central bank
building.
Admission Policy: Open by appointment only.
Hours: n/a
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: n/a
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: Mullen Library, Rooms 4-5; 620 Michigan Avenue, N.E.;
Washington, D.C.
20064.
Phone #: (202) 319-5065
Fax #: (202) 319-6554
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Dr. Timothy J. Meagher, Archivist and Museum Director, Meagher@cua.edu
William John Shepherd, Assistant Archivist, Shepherw@cua.edu
Scope of the Collection: The Archives collects and preserves the records
of the
University. The Manuscript collections deal primarily with American Catholic
history and with
American labor history. The Museum primarily consists of art such as paintings
and busts,
artifacts including lay devotional and liturgical, and miscellaneous
anthropological items.
Major Holdings:
Architectural drawings, plans, specifications, renderings, photographs, etc.
(ca. 1888-1970)
documenting Catholic University buildings and
grounds.
Admission Policy: Administrative clearance is necessary before using
materials.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Photocopying available for materials up to 11 x 17
inches. For large
format architectural plans and drawings, one would have to do sections
individually and tape or
paste the copy together.
Access and Finding Aids: Inventory of documents available.
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Address: Pangborn Room 200; The Catholic University of America;
Washington, D.C.
20064
Phone #: (202) 319-5167
Fax #: (202) 319-4485
World Wide Web Address: http://www.cua.edu/www/mullen/
engcoll.
html
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
William A. Guy, Head, Science & Technology Libraries, Guy@cua.edu
Scope of the Collection: The library's materials support the teaching and
research
activities of the architecture and planning, computer science, engineering, and
mathematics
programs at the
university.
Major Holdings:
- 11,012 monographs in the field of architecture and planning.
- 62 current architectural periodicals.
Admission Policy: Limited use by the public.
Hours: During the academic year:
Monday - Thursday, 9 am to 11 pm
Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm
Sunday, 1 pm to 11 pm
Lending Policy: Borrowing privileges available only for faculty and
students in the
Washington Research Library Consortium.
Duplication Policy: Photocopies are available (vendor card operated).
Copyright
restrictions apply.
Access and Finding Aids: Online catalog (ALADIN), card catalog (closed in
1991),
Architectural Index, Art Index, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.
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Address: 620 Michigan Avenue, N.E.; Washington, D.C. 20064
Phone #: (202) 319-5515
Fax #: (202) 319-4438
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Howard Levo, Director
Scope of the Collection: The Department maintains drawings (blueprints,
sepias,
tracings, etc.) for all buildings on the University campus.
Major Holdings: n/a
Admission Policy: Not open to the public, although written inquiries
concerning use of
the records will be answered.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am to 4 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Reproduction of some types of drawings is possible.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 101 East Kirke St.; Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone #: (301) 656-5135
Fax #: n/a
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Joan Marsh, Chevy Chase Historical Society Board of Directors
Scope of the Collection: The collection relates primarily to the history
and development
of
the suburb of Chevy Chase (which includes
land both in
Maryland
and the District of Columbia).
Topics include the Chevy Chase Land Company,
its
founders and
the suburban development
initiative, architects and landscape architects who practiced in the area,
transportation features
such as the streetcar, residents of the area, churches, schools, etc.
Major Holdings:
- Over 1000 historic photographs.
- Over 150 historic maps.
- Oral histories.
- Records of deeds.
- Architectural drawings.
- Clippings files.
- Other historical documents.
Admission Policy: Call for appointments.
Hours: n/a
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: n/a
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive; College Park, MD 20740
Phone #: (301) 864-6029
Fax #: n/a
World Wide Web Address: http://www.smart.net/parksrec
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
William Herndon
Scope of the Collection: The Museum is dedicated to collecting and
documenting the
significant history of College Park Airport, early military aviation and early
aviation in general
(primarily pre-World War I). Collections include phphotos and archives related
to many
significant events in aviation, including the history of College Park Airport
from Wright
founding
in 1909 to the present.
Major Holdings:
- Over 2000 books on aviation, early periodicals and books on origins of
aviation and military
aviation (pre-World War I).
- Archives covering: the origins of aviation, early military aviation, aviation
in general, Signal
Corps Aviation School, early air mail (1918-1921), experiments on radio
navigational aids by the
Bureau of Standards, ERCO and the Ercoupe, Henry and Emile Berliner, early
helicopter
(1919-1925), general aviation and the golden age of aviation, early people and
activities in
Washington, Berliner Collection, College Park Airport 1909-present.
- 1500 photo images and negatives of aviation, primarily Wright Brothers, early
military
aviation,
College Park Airport.
- Microfilm on early aviation (plus reader/printer).
- Videos on aviation, early film footage and oral histories.
- Early and current aviation magazines.
Admission Policy: To utilize collections, public and researchers must pay
a small
admission fee to the museum ($ 4.00 adults, $ 3.00 seniors, $ 2.00 kids), sign
in, and get special
badge to gain entry to the library.
Hours: Daily, 10 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: Books are not loaned; copies can be made of photos and
archival items.
Duplication Policy: Copies made for a small fee.
Access and Finding Aids: All tapes and books are accessioned and on
library computer;
archives are currently being accessioned; photos are being scanned and
inventoried for use with
computers. Microfilm reader and videotape player are available.
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Address: National Building Museum, Suite 312; 441 F Street, N.W.;
Washington, D.C.
20001
Phone #: (202) 504-2200
Fax #: (202) 504-2195
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Charles H. Atherton, Secretary, Charles_Atherton@IOS.DOI.GOV
Sue Kohler, Historian, Sue_Kohler@IOS.DOI.GOV
Scope of the Collection: The Commission of Fine Arts is a design review
agency for
proposals dealing with public buildings, monuments, memorials, and parks, as
well as the design
of coins and national medals. The Commission also reviews private construction
and demolition
projects in Georgetown, and private
construction in
areas adjacent
to the "monumental core" or
Rock Creek Park. The collection serves the
working
needs of the
Commission members and staff,
documents information in Commission publications, and records Commission
activities. After
five
years many documents are deposited in the National Archives.
Major Holdings:
Minutes of the Commission:
1910 - (also available on microfilm at National Archives, 1910-1991).
Architectural drawings:
Prints of original drawings, some full-size and others file-size, of many of the
projects submitted
to the Commission in the past twenty years, approximately. Also, some original
floor plans of
historic or destroyed Washington buildings produced for the Commission's
publications.
Photographs:
Extensive collection of historic and contemporary photos of buildings (including
some interiors),
models, city views, landscapes, and parks, including many projects that were
never realized.
Also,
many photos of European cities and buildings taken c. 1900.
Slides:
The Commission has several thousand slides of buildings, bridges, parks, etc.,
and of concept
and
final presentations of projects submitted for review.
Admission Policy: The Commission of Fine Arts is not a research facility,
and materials
are not organized for public use. Researchers may, however, request permission
to use
Commission records by writing to the Secretary.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: The Commission does not lend items from its collections.
Duplication Policy: Photocopy machine available.
Access and Finding Aids: Index to Minutes. No electronic access or
finding aids
available.
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Address: 500 17th Street, NW; Washington, DC 20006
Phone #: (202) 639-1721
Fax #: (202) 639-1778
World Wide Web Address: http://www.corcoran.org (archives not yet on
Internet)
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Addr
Marisa Keller, Archivist, mkeller@corcoran.org
Scope of the Collection: The Archives holds the records of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art
and the School of art, founded in 1869 to "promote the American genius." These
records include
exhibition records, directors' and curators' correspondence, letters from
artists, trustee minutes
and school records.
The Archives also holds the records of the Washington Gallery of Modern which
merged with
the
Corcoran in 1968. Architectural records exist for the institution's current
building.
Note: The collection does not include material relating to James Renwick's
design for the
Corcoran's first home, now the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of
American Art,
Smithsonian Institution. The Architect of the Capitol has some holdings in this
area.
Major Holdings:
Architectural Drawings and Correspondence:
Drawings, specifications, and correspondence concerning the construction and
subsequent
alterations of its current buildings. The first building constructed on the site
at New York
Avenue
and 17th Street, NW was designed by Ernest
Flagg
(1857-1947).
An addition, designed by
Charles Platt (1861-1933) was opened in 1928
and
named for
Senator William Andrews Clark.
The collection also includes correspondence with Faulkner, Stenhouse, Fryer and
Faulkner and
with Vincenzo Stiepovitch, who did the
murals in the
Renwick
Gallery (the Corcoran's first home)
and Ezekiel Moses, who did the ornamental
sculpture
on the
Renwick's exterior.
Exhibition Records:
Records and catalogues are available from several exhibitions held at the
Corcoran dealing with
architectural subjects. Included among these are the Washington
Architectural
Club exhibitions
held in the early twentieth century; "The Architecture of the Americas" (1939);
"Designs for
Mural Decorations and Sculpture for Federal Buildings" (1939); and "The
Architectural Vision
of
Paolo Soleri" (1970).
Admission Policy: Open to the public by appointment only
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 am to 4:30 pm.
Duplication Processes Available: Xerox copy service available, no fee.
Access and Finding Aids: Guide to the Corcoran Archives (1985);
unpublished finding
aids to individual series available in the Archives.
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Address: 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20008
Phone #: (202) 387-7783
Fax #: (202) 234-6817
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Lura Young, Librarian, lura@cosmosclub.org
Scope of the Collection: The Cosmos Club, founded in
1878, is a private club which maintains a small library and archives of materials on its own history and
activities for club members' use.
Major Holdings:
- Architectural drawings of the remodelling of the present Cosmos Club
headquarters (early
1950s).
- Drawings of the Club's former quarters (Dolley Madison House; and others
on Lafayette
Square).
- Books containing photographs or sketches of the Club's quarters.
- Deeds to the current building, and to the property once owned on Lafayette
Square.
Admission Policy: Not open to the public, but serious researchers may
write and make
an
appointment.
Hours: n/a
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Xerox copies can be made for a fee.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 1776 D Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20006-5392
Phone #: (202) 879-3256
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Fax #: (202) 879-3252 (several offices share this number - please mark
all faxed
materials as being
for the NSDAR Archivist, for the Office of the Historian General, etc.)
World Wide Web Address: http://www.dar.org
Contact Person's Nam
Dr. Elva Crawford, Archivist/Historian, ecrawford@DAR.org
Scope of the Collection: The collection of architectural drawings housed
in the
Archives of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution includes
approx. 1500
items, most of which pertain directly to the NSDAR national headquarters
building complex
located in Washington, D.C. This complex consists of: (a) Memorial Continental
Hall, designed
by Edward Pearce Casey ca. 1904; (b) the original NSDAR administration building,
designed by
Marsh and Peter in the early 1920s; (c) DAR
Constitution Hall, designed by John Russell Pope
and constructed in the late 1920s; and (d) additions to the Administration
Building made in the
late 1940s, under the guidance
The DAR archival architectural drawings
collection
additionally includes materials related to other structures with which the DAR
has been
associated over the decades, such as the Valley Forge
Bell
Tower (Valley Forge, Penn.), assorted buildings at the DAR School (Tamassee, S.C.), and the Pilgrim Memorial Fountain (Plymouth, Mass.), etc.
Major Holdings: Architects involved with the construction of Constitution
Hall and
Memorial Continental Hall and the Administration Building:
Edward Pearce Casey: Drawings of the
interior and exterior of Memorial Continental
Hall
including basement, first, second, and third floor plans and library conversion
plans. Drawings
by
E.P.
Casey also are located in the DAR Museum at
1776 D
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
John Russell Pope: Drawings of the
interior and exterior of Constitution Hall, including
basement,
first and second floor plans as well as details of front and side elevation
columns, portico ceiling,
and
wiring. Other drawings include vestibule screen details, terraces, steps,
driveways, columns, and
the library
stair hall.
Mill Petticord and Mills: Drawings of
the interior of Constitution Hall, removable panels
on the
stage, and alterations to the library.
Eggers and Higgins: Drawings of the
interior and exterior of the basement, first, second
and third
floor and penthouse of the Administration
Building.
Included are detail drawings of the electrical
fixtures,
corridor elevations, attic floor, stairs, bronze grillwork, fountains, doors,
settlement joints and
columns.
Detail drawings of the skylight in Constitution Hall.
Zantzinger and Borie: Plans and
details of the Carillon
Tower, porch extension and floor
blocks.
John M. Lambert, Jr.: Plans of the
Kate Duncan Smith DAR
School in Grant, Alabama.
Admission Policy: Access to the NSDAR Archives is restricted. Researchers
interested
in using
materials housed in the NSDAR Archives must address their request to the
President General,
NSDAR,
at the address shown above. Details should be provided about the scope and
intent of the
researcher's
project.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to 4 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: n/a
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 614 H Street, N.W., Room LL35; Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone #: (202) 727-7512
Fax #: n/a
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Emma Thompson, Chief, Records Management Division
Scope of the Collection: Documents pertaining to construction for the
District of
Columbia.
Major Holdings:
Over one million plans (1960 - present) and permits (1964 - present) for
construction (new and
renovation), plumbing, electrical work, etc. for the District of Columbia. The
records are filed
alphabetically by the property address which is the only access point to the
documents. Initial
contact for all records is made through this office. Permits and plans are
maintained at the
records
management office for eight years before being transferred to the Federal
Records Center in
Suitland, MD.
Admission Policy: Open to the public; advance notice preferred.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:15 am to 4:45 pm.
Lending Policy: None - records available for on-site use only.
Duplication Policy: Copying available.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Note: This institution currently has no space available for consulting
documents.
Address:
Phone #:
Fax #:
World Wide Web Address:
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Scope of the Collection:
Major Holdings:
Admission Policy:
Hours:
Lending Policy:
Duplication Policy:
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District of Columbia Public Library
Martin Luther King Memorial Library
Washingtoniana Division and the Washington Star Collection
Address: 901 G Street, N.W., Room 307; Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone #: (202) 727-1213
Fax #: n/a
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Matthew Gilmore
Scope of the Collection: The collection is a comprehensive source for the
history of the
District of Columbia. Materials document non-federal aspects of the District,
with emphasis on
residents, neighborhoods, locals, buildings, and events. However, the collection
is strong for
architecture of federal buildings.
Major Holdings:
Print/microfilm sources:
- 25,000 volumes on various aspects of Washington's history, including books on
architecture
and
city planning, guidebooks, and historic survey reports done for the D.C.
Historic Preservation
Office.
- Washington city directories - The Division has a complete run of city
directories on microfilm.
- Taxation and assessment records - The Division has a majority of the
assessment records from
1889-present; 1889-1948 on microfilm, 1950-present in print.
- Building permits (1877-1899 ) on microfilm.
Picture sources:
- Washington Historical Image Collection - based on the 1945 E. BB. Thompson
purchase. The
Library bought approx. 2,000 glass plate negatives from a local photographer,
E. B. Thompson,
for $1000. Eventually, prints were made from these plates and in turn negatives
made for
circulating.
- Many other items have been accreted to the collection since 1945 from many
sources. Images
from books, magazines, and newspapers were added - photographs, engravings, and
drawings.
Some photographs were purchased from the Evening
Star
and from the Library of Congress. All
told the collection now contains over 20,000 images or 100 linear feet of
material. What makes
this collection so special is that it is browsable, and that negatives can be
borrowed. The user
must, however, determine copyright permissions.
- The collection illustrates downtown Washington predominantly, and the federal
buildings
found
therin (Capitol, White House, and Treasury). Street scenes and houses are
another strength. Most
materials are from the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
although
some date as far back as 1800, and some to the 1970s.
- The Washington Star Collection
arrived in
1982, donated
by the Washington
Post, which had purchased all assets of the defunct Star - which had
published since
1852 and was the major evening newspaper in Washington for over a century.
Material from the
Washington Star Collection is under copyright of the Washington
Post. The
Star collection is the largest single collection of photographs in the
Washington area
(approx. one million photographs), and is of particular importance for its
coverage of local
history
subjects in the 1960s and 1970s. If only half of its images of this time period
relate in some way
to
the capital and its environs, it rivals the Washingtoniana collections at the
Library of Congress.
- Other collections in the area include those at the National Archives,
Historical Society of
Washington, George Washington University, Howard University, the White House,
and the
Architect of the Capirol. Most of these other collections do not offer much
20th
century material.
- The Star collection, coming as it does from a newspaper, illustrates
many facets of
Washington - parks, parades, buildings, marches, riots, and urban renewal. Even
quotidian
details
of the life of Washington are to be found in the collection, just the details a
newspaper did cover:
council meetings, the dog pound, construction of the Dupont Circle
underpass.
- Over half of the collection is arranged by name. Persons depicted are local
and national -
presidents (Hoover through Reagan), sports figures, politicians, and visiting
dignitaries.
Architectural drawings:
Small collection of architectural drawings of banks and residences (in the
process of being
cataloged).
Maps and
Real estate plat atlases, Hopkins and Baist, 1887-1965 (in print and on
microfilm).
Vertical file:
Washington Star morgue:
The newspaper clipping morgue, containing over 13 million clippings from the
Washington Star,
is arranged by subject.
Washington, D.C. community archives:
The various archival collections in the WDCCA with architectural or urban
planning material
include: American Society of Landscape
Architects/National
Capital Area Ch
apter, Downtown
Progress, D.C. Public Library records, D.C.
Historic
Preservation
Office, and the Emergency Committee
on the Transportation Crisis.
Newspapers:
Complete runs of major newspapers are available on microfilm from the 1790s to
present.
Community and ethnic newspapers are available. The Library is the local
affiliate of the U.S.
Newspaper Program and will be locating, collecting, and microfilming newspapers
comprehensively.
Periodicals:
The Division has over 200 periodicals, both current and out-of-date, ranging
from 1900 to
present. These include the Washington Board of Trade News, Home
Builder, and
The Realtor.
Note:
The Buildings and Grounds department has very extensive holdings of
architectural drawings for
D.C. Public Library systems facilities.
Admission Policy: Admission is free. Research appointments are available,
and
requested for photographic research.
Hours: Please call for the most up-to-date information.
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 10 am to 7 pm.
Tuesday, 10 am to 9 pm.
Friday and Saturday, 10 am to 5:30 pm.
Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a?
Duplication Policy: Duplication processes are available.
Access and Finding Aids: Online catalog - CityCat; card catalog (closed
1991).
Bibliographies and finding aids: Architecture, Neighborhood
History,
Neighborhood Titles, Photographic Research.
Other:
Traceries,
District of Columbia Public Library Survey: Final Report 1997.
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Address: 1703 32nd Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone #: (202) 339-6980
Fax #: (202) 625-0436
World Wide Web Address: http://www.doaks.org
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Dr. Irene Vaslef, Librarian
Mark Zapatka, zapatkam@doaks.org
Scope of the Collection: The Center has materials for reconstructing and
interpreting
every aspect of Byzantine civilization, taking into consideration the preceding
cultures of Greece
and Rome as well as the medieval Slavic, Islamic, and western Latin societies in
communication
with Byzantium.
Major Holdings: n/a
Admission Policy: Open to qualified readers.
Hours: By appointment only. Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: n/a
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
Trustees for Harvard University
Byzantine Photograph and Fieldwork Archives
Address: 1703 32nd Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone #: (202) 339-6970
Fax #: (202) 625-0436
World Wide Web Address: http://www.doaks.org/byzresearch.ht
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Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Dr. Natalia Teteriatnikov, Curator, TETERIATNIKOVN@doaks.org
Michelle Savant, Assistant to the Curator, SAVANTM@doaks.org
Scope of the Collection: The Byzantine Photograph and Fieldwork Archives
have
materials for reconstructing and interpreting every aspect of Byzantine
civilization, taking into
consideration the preceding cultures of Greece and Rome as well as the medieval
Slavic,
Islamic,
and western Latin societies in communication with Byzantium.
Major Holdings:
Photographic Collection:
- 150,000 b/w photographs.
- 22,000 color slides.
- 6,000 camera original large format color transparencies, used for study and
lent for publication.
- 25,000 camera original negatives of architecture in Byzantium. Many of the
negatives were
taken
on Byzantine Institute of Dumbarton Oaks
field work
projects.
Fieldwork Archive:
Drawings, plans, watercolors, and research materials of early Christian and
Byzantine
monuments.
Princeton Index of Christian Art:
Iconographic tool for use by the scholar studying the early Christian and
Medieval period to the
year 1400 AD. Includes a file of about 700,000 cards providing a systematic
analysis of the
subject matter of the existing images, and 500,000 photographs illustrating the
works of art
Admission Policy: Open to qualified scholars.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: Materials do not circulate.
Duplication Policy: Photographs can be ordered. Some slides can be
duplicated, at the
curator's discretion.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
Trustees for Harvard University
Garden Library
Studies in Landscape Architecture
Address: 1703 32nd Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone #: (202) 339-6460
Fax #: (202) 625-0432
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Linda Lott, Rare Book Librarian
Annie Thacher, Reference Librarian
landscape@doaks.org
Scope of the Collection: The Garden Library collects works in the field
of landscape
architecture, garden history, botany, architecture, design, and related fields
such as geography
and
social history.
Major Holdings:
Rare Book Collection:
- Books, manuscripts, prints, and drawings dating from the late 15th
century to the
present in the following subject areas: all aspects of the history of gardens,
from theory and
practice of design to garden views and plant materials.
- Correspondence between Mrs. Bliss and Mrs. Farrand related to the design of
gardens.
Reference Collection:
Drawings and photographs from the archival collection of material covering Beatrix Farrand's
work at Dumbarton Oaks, as well as the history of the gardens and
park.
Admission Policy: Open to qualified scholars.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: Materials do not circulate. It is possible to have
material photographed
or, in certain cases, photocopied.
Duplication Policy: At librarian's discretion.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 1703 32nd Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone #: (202) 339-6443
Fax #: (202) 625-0284
World Wide Web Address: http://www.doaks.org
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Bridget Gazzo, Librarian, gazzob@doaks.org
Scope of the Collection: Covered thoroughly are the art and anthropology
of
Mesoamerican and Andean cultures of the pre-Columbian and early Colonial
periods.
Major Holdings:
- Books and manuscripts on pre-Columbian art, archaeology, and related topics.
- Accounts of early explorers, missionaries, and other early Europeans in the
New World.
- Ethnographies, early dictionaries, and similar materials. Emphasis of the
collection is Mexico,
Central America, and the Andes.
- Significant works on architecture, particularly as produced by Maya, Inka,
Aztec and earlier
cultures (Chavin, Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, etc.).
Admission Policy: Open to qualified researchers, by application. Not open
to the public.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: No inter-library loan.
Duplication Policy: Photocopying available.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 3915 Chain Bridge Rd.; Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone #: (703) 246-2123
Fax #: (703) 385-1911
World Wide Web Address: http://www.co.fairfax.va.um/library
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Suzanne S. Levy, Virginia Room Librarian, sleve@vsla.edu
Scope of the Collection: Materials for Virginia history research and
education from
colonial times to modern day, with special emphasis on the Civil War.
Major Holdings:
Primary sources:
- Presidential papers of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
- The Official Record of the War of the Rebellion.
- Fairfax County manuscript collection.
- Birth, death and marriage records.
- Deeds, wills, tax records, court order and minutes books, and Northern Neck
land grants.
Photographic archive:
- More then 100,000 images, with subjects spanning the colonial period to
present. Includes
prints, photographs, slides, portraits, and postcards.
- Quentin Porter Collection (ca. 1945-1975),
Falls Church photographer.
- Henry H. Douglas Collection (1950s and
1960s), local historian and founder of the Pioneer
America Society.
- Reston Times Collection .
Other materials:
- Community and church histories.
- Historic building files.
- More than 2,500 maps, historical to contemporary, including U.S. Geological
Survey
topographical maps, County, City and Town road maps, Alexandria Drafting Company maps,
and more.
- Selected newspapers maintained on microfilm (1736-present), with indexed
Fairfax County
newspapers (1886-present).
Admission Policy: Open to the public.
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 10 am to 9 pm.
Friday, 10 am to 6 pm.
Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm.
Sunday, 12 noon to 6 pm.
Lending Policy: Some materials circulate, to holders of Fairfax County
Library card.
Duplication Policy: Self-service copying at $ .15 per page.
Access and Finding Aids: Web and online catalogs; finding aids, special
indexes.
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Scope of the Collection:
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Address: 201 East Capitol Street, S.E.; Washington, D.C. 20003
Phone #: (202) 675-0310
Fax #: (202) 675-0313
World Wide Web Address: http://www.folger.edu
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Werner Gundersheimer, Director
Richard Kuhta, Librarian
Dr. Georgianna Ziegler, Reference Librarian, ziegler @folger.edu
Scope of the Collection: Founded in 1932, the Folger
Library contains
about 250,000
volumes, including about 150,000 rare books (pre-1800) and 100,000 modern (post-
1800). The
collections focus on British and European literary, cultural, political,
religious, and social history
from the 15th through the 18th centuries, with particular
strength in
the
16th and 17th centuries.
Major Holdings:
Books (1500-1725) in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin cover
the following
subjects, and are supported by modern reference publications on related
topics:
- Architecture (over 350 volumes).
- Renaissance technology (over 300 volumes, on woodworking and carpentry,
decorative iron
work, glass making, mining, crafts and trades, flood control, mathematics).
- Horticulture (over 200 volumes, some illustrated with garden plans,
orangeries, grottos and
garden tools).
- Military (over 600 volumes, some on military architecture and engineering).
- Cookery (over 200 volumes, some depicting interior scenes).
- Voyages and travels (over 300 volumes, illustrating life, customs, and native
habituations in the
Orient, Africa, and the Americas).
- English topography (includes the architectural and topographical works of
Wenceslaus Hollar,
atlases, and maps with special emphasis on Warwickshire and
Stratford-upon-Avon).
Theatrical Prints:
35,000 items, mainly relating to Shakespeare and Shakespearean productions
in the
18th and 19th centuries.
Photographs:
19th and 20th century theatrical scenes, actors, and
actresses.
Early shots of Warwickshire and the Shakespearean countryside in England.
Architectural Drawings:
- Works in ink and watercolor of Benjamin
Wyatt's plan
for the
rebuilding of the Drury Lane
Theatre in London, 1812.
- Plan of the renovation of the theater in Birmingham,
England,
early 18th century.
- Study sketches and research drawings of C. Walter
Hodges on
the reconstruction of Elizabethan
theaters, notably the Globe Theater.
Paintings:
200 paintings, late 18th through 19th century, of
Shakespearean
scenes
and characters.
Guidebooks and Prints:
200 items, relating to Rome in the 16th and 17th
centuries.
Admission Policy: Use of the Library is granted to registered readers
only. Information
on registration requirements can be obtained from the Registrar. Send inquiries
to: e-mail,
Registrar@folger.edu; phone, 202-675-0306; fax, 202-675-0313.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:45 am to 4:45 pm.
Saturday, 9 am to 12 noon.
Closed Sunday and Federal holidays.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Microfilm, photography, and scanning available.
Access and Finding Aids: Card catalogs, subject bibliographies, and
HAMNET online
catalog.
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