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What Once Was: Bellevue Becomes Dumbarton House: a moving experience

This What Once Was column was originally published in The InTowner newspaper — August 19, 2015. The InTowner ceased publication in 2020. PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2015 By Matthew  B. Gilmore* On May 30, 1914 John L. … Continue reading

May 21, 2021 · Leave a comment

What Once Was: Washington’s Lime Kilns: Creating the stuff of building

This What Once Was column was originally published in The InTowner newspaper — August 19, 2015. The InTowner ceased publication in 2020. PUBLISHED: AUGUST 19TH, 2015 By Matthew B. Gilmore* To view images full … Continue reading

May 19, 2021 · Leave a comment

What Once Was: Washington DC, Center of Manufacturing . . .

This What Once Was column was originally published in The InTowner newspaper — July 15, 2015. The InTowner ceased publication in 2020. PUBLISHED: JULY 18TH, 2015 By Matthew B. Gilmore* … Continue reading

May 13, 2021 · Leave a comment

Robert Watson: George Washington’s Final Battle February 18, 2021 4pm

Georgetown University Press, Georgetown College, and the Georgetown University Library would like to invite you to the next event in our series of ongoing live streamed interviews with Georgetown faculty and Press authors … Continue reading

February 16, 2021 · Leave a comment

What Once Was–DC History Column — Matthew B. Gilmore

What Once Was — Matthew B. Gilmore (archival links below) Washington DC, Center of Manufacturing . . . PUBLISHED: JULY 18TH, 2015 Washington’s Lime Kilns: Creating the stuff of building PUBLISHED: AUGUST … Continue reading

November 27, 2020 · Leave a comment

Recent Scholarship on Washington, D.C. — 2019 edition

BY MATTHEW B. GILMORE This bibliography is the latest compilation of non-book/non-monograph scholarship on Washington, D.C. It includes theses, dissertations, and scholarly articles from 2018 into 2019 (and a few … Continue reading

November 12, 2020 · Leave a comment

Grant Quertermous – Interview with a Washington DC History Author – “A Georgetown Life: The Reminiscences of Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon of Tudor Place”

A GEORGETOWN LIFE: The Reminiscences of Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon of Tudor Place. Grant S. Quertermous, Editor. Georgetown University Press, October 2020 http://press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetown/georgetown-life Tell us about the book.     The book, … Continue reading

September 30, 2020 · Leave a comment

Food on the Streets: Street vending in the District of Columbia

Food on the Streets: Street vending in the District of Columbia Excerpts.. . For complete column CLICK: https://intowner.com/2020/03/24/food-on-the-streets-street-vending-in-the-district-of-columbia/ By Matthew B. Gilmore*   In 19th century Washington sales of goods … Continue reading

March 27, 2020 · Leave a comment

Kip Lornell – Interview with a Washington DC History Author – “Capital bluegrass : hillbilly music meets Washington D.C.”

Capital Bluegrass: Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, D.C. – Kip Lornell https://global.oup.com/academic/product/capital-bluegrass-9780199863112?cc=us&lang=en& What inspired you to write this book?  Since moving to Washington, DC, in 1988 for a post-doctoral fellowship at Smithsonian Folkways, … Continue reading

January 22, 2020 · Leave a comment

James Conroy – Interview with a Washington DC History Author – “Jefferson’s White House: Monticello on the Potomac”

Jefferson’s White House: Monticello on the Potomac October 2019. https://rowman.com/isbn/9781538108468/jefferson’s-white-house-monticello-on-the-potomac Tell us about the book Jefferson’s White House: Monticello on the Potomac is the first book devoted to the President’s … Continue reading

January 10, 2020 · Leave a comment

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