A Guide to Washington, D.C., Materials
Related Resources
Services
to the States: District of Columbia
The District of Columbia has a richly diverse community
including immigrant populations from many parts of the
world. Because the American Folklife Center is located
in Washington, DC, a number of its collections document
the District's folklife and are readily available to District
residents in the Folklife Reading Room. The District
of Columbia's Local Legacies Projects, an exploration
of local traditions and celebrations, and a concert Webcast
from Reverb are available on the Center's Web page.
America's Library is especially designed for kids and their
families. The site contains rare and sometimes unusual items
from the collections of the Library of Congress.
Explore
the States: District of Columbia
Jump Back in Time
Abolition in the District of Columbia, April 16, 1862
Washington D.C., Became the Capital, July 16, 1790
The Cornerstone of the White House Was Laid, October
13, 1792
Chronicling
America
This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages
from 1880-1910 from the following states: California,
Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
and the District of Columbia. Search
this collection to find selected newspapers from the
District of Columbia.
American
Treasures at the Library of Congress - The Nation's Capital
Contains L' Enfant's original plan of Washington, D.C.,
and early pictures of the Capitol and the White House.
Temple
of Liberty: Building a Capitol for a New Nation
Online exhibition of original prints, drawings, and documents
related to the construction of the U.S. Capitol.
The
Guide to Law Online
The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library
of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated
guide to sources of information on government and law
available online. It provides selected links to useful
and reliable sites for legal information, including concerning
the District
of Columbia.
African
American Photographs Assembled for the 1900 Paris Exposition
The collection contains photos gathered for use in the
American Negro Exhibit at the Paris Exposition, consisting
of portraits and scenes of education, work, and daily
life. Includes more than 360 photos presented by W.E.B.
Du Bois. Search this collection, using the terms Washington,
D.C. or Howard University to locate items
related to Washington, D.C.
Center
for Architecture, Design and Engineering
The Center for Architecture, Design and Engineering includes
Biographies
and essays on architectural themes which supplement
the essays in Capital Drawings: Architectural Designs
for Washington, D.C., from the Library of Congress,
edited by C. Ford Peatross.
Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Search PPOC using the subject headings United
States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) or
District
of Columbia--District of Columbia--Washington to find
digital images related to Georgia, such as prints, photographs,
and political cartoons. Search
all text fields in PPOC to locate additional images.
Washington,
D.C., Sights Before 1850: A Select List of Images
A select list of early images of Washington, D.C., from
the Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
Capital
Drawings: Architectural Designs for Washington, D.C.
"Capital Drawings: Architectural Designs for Washington,
D.C., from the Library of Congress" was published
by The Johns Hopkins University Press in association with
the Library. Edited by C. Ford Peatross, the Library's
curator of architecture, design and engineering collections
in the Prints and Photographs Division, "Capital
Drawings" features drawings for some of Washington's
most important buildings, monuments and memorials as well
as anonymous structures of everyday life and ambitious
projects that were never built.
Freedom
Rising: Washington in the Civil War
Historian and biographer Ernest B. Furgurson discussed
his new book, which tells the story of how the Civil War
transformed the nation's capital from a provincial city
into one of America's most important cultural and social
centers.
Hidden
Washington: The Alley Communities of the Nation's Capital
The program brought to life the alley communities in
Washington, D.C., where people lived, worked, played and
worshiped.
Lincoln
and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington
Daniel Epstein is a poet, dramatist and biographer with
12 books in print. Epstein has been awarded a Guggenheim
Fellowship and Prix de Rome from the American Academy
of Arts and Letters.
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