What Once Was “Good order, good taste, and with due regard to public interests involved”: the origins of the Shipstead-Luce Act
What Once Was “Good order, good taste, and with due regard to public interests involved”: the origins of the Shipstead-Luce Act By Matthew B. Gilmore* On May 16, 1930 Congress … Continue reading
Aug 5, 2017 House History workshop at Library of Congress
Aug 5, 2017 House History workshop https://www.eventbrite.com/e/house-history-day-tickets-36452140333 Sponsored by Humanities DC When: August 5, 2017 session 1: 10 am session 2: 1 pm register for just one session Where: Library … Continue reading
NARA cuts Saturday hours–who to contact
Ann Cummings ann.cummings@nara.gov William (Jay) Bosanko william.bosanko@nara.gov is the NARA COO (https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2013/nr13-25.html) David Ferriero david.ferriero@nara.gov is Archivist of the United States NARA Senior Staff: https://www.archives.gov/about/organization/senior-staff The National Archives and Records Administration announced last … Continue reading
AHA – Letter to Archivist of the US Concerning Discontinuing of Saturday Research Room Hours (July 2017)
Letter to Archivist of the US Concerning Discontinuing of Saturday Research Room Hours (July 2017) [NOTE: the posted announcement gave Ann Cummings ann.cummings@nara.gov at the contact to express concern. William … Continue reading
Whither Washingtoniana?–collection closes July 7, 2017 at the Carnegie Library building!
Washingtoniana will close its doors at the Carnegie Library on July 7, 2017. Preparations for construction of the (fast-tracked) Apple global flagship store, as described here: http://intowner.com/2017/06/14/plans-for-major-rehab-enhanced-use-of-historic-carnegie-library-building-now-moving-forward/ are due to begin. … Continue reading
Plans for Major Rehab, Enhanced Use of Historic Carnegie Library Building Now Moving Forward
Plans for Major Rehab, Enhanced Use of Historic Carnegie Library Building Now Moving Forward PUBLISHED: JUNE 14TH, 2017 Accompanying images can be viewed on page 1 of the June 2017 issue … Continue reading
Treasury Dept Collection of Confederate Records (RG 365) & the Civil War Special Agencies of the Treasury Dept (RG 366) moved to Archives I (downtown DC)
The Process: Moving RG 365 and 366 Records from Archives II to Archives I FROM: https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2017/05/16/the-process-moving-rg-365-and-366-records-from-archives-ii-to-archives-i/ Posted on May 16, 2017 by Netisha Today’s post was written by Amanda Landis and Ken … Continue reading
Selling the Eyes of the Public – Washington Wages War on Billboards – for a century
Selling the Eyes of the Public – Washington Wages War on Billboards PUBLISHED: MAY 22ND, 2017 o view images full size & high resolution, left click on each By Matthew … Continue reading
Public Washington DC history resources – Library of Congress – DC City Directories (microfilm)
(–and paper) (and evening research hours) The Library of Congress is a superb public institution for researching Washington DC history. Contrary to perception it is not difficult to use, once you … Continue reading
Carnegie transformation to Apple Store — Proposal presentation May 9, 2017
Text from email from NCPC–As a reminder, the first NEPA Scoping Meeting for this project will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Carnegie Library, from 4:00pm until … Continue reading
