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Capitol Hill Restoration Society records
Collection
Identifier: MS2009
Abstract
Collection consists of material gathered and created by the Capitol Hill Restoration Society as a function of their work as an advocacy agency in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The type of material in the collection includes newsletters, correspondence, photographs, treasurer reports, maps, reports, studies and websites. This material dates from 1904-2022 with the majority of the material falling within the dates 1958-2012. Topics of interest include Eastern Market, Barney Circle Freeway...
Dates:
1904-2022
Committee of 100 on the Federal City (Fonds containing MS2017 and MS2131)
Fonds
Identifier: Fonds-Committee of 100
Scope and Contents
This fonds contains correspondence, reports, minutes, publications, newspaper articles, memorandum, bank statements, financial records, court case records, maps, blueprints, and websites. The material dates from 1909-2023 with the bulk of the material falling within the dates 1930-2007.The material in this fonds document the Committee's stance on the issues it chose to address within the areas of planning, historic preservation, and transportation. Within the subject of transportation there...
Dates:
1909-2023; Majority of material found within 1930-2009
Peter S. Craig papers
Collection
Identifier: MS2066
Abstract
Peter Stebbins Craig was a lawyer in Washington, D.C. who led legal challenges against the construction of interstate highways through the city in the 1960s and 1970s. Taking the side of residents whose homes would be razed for new freeways, Craig successfully battled developers, business leaders, and members of Congress to block seven multilane highways that would have destroyed 200,000 housing units within the city. This collection contains reports and studies, correspondence, legal...
Dates:
1904-1983; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1975
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- Express highways 2
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- Automobile parking 1
- Barney Circle (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Buildings 1
- Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Citizens' associations 1
- City planning 1
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- Community activists 1
- Eastern Market (Washington, D.C.) 1
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- Committee of 100 on the Federal City (Washington, D.C.) 2
- Craig, Peter Stebbins 2
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 2
- American Planning and Civic Association 1
- Capitol Hill Restoration Society 1
- Delano, Frederic Adrian 1
- Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968 1
- Green, Constance McLaughlin 1
- McGrath, Dorn Charles 1
- Nolen, John 1
- Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 1
- Shackleton, Polly 1
- United States. National Capital Planning Commission 1
- United States. Post Office Dept.--Buildings--Washington (D.C.) 1 + ∧ less
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