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Collection consists of records, correspondence, photographs, and ephemeral materials ranging in date from 1931 to 1981. The records document John Russell Mason's librarianship education at Columbia University, individual exhibits held at the University Library, and his career at The George Washington University.

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The Joint Western Area Committee (JWAC) was one of four area conferences of the Teamsters, and served as a semi-autonomous intermediary organization between the local units of the IBT, and the national organization. The collection contains agendas, minutes, and proceedings from the Joint Western Area Committee (JWAC) of the Western Conference of Teamsters Freight Division for the period from 1965 until 2004.

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The majority of the pamphlets concern antisemitism and sermons from prominent European and American rabbis. The pamphlets are dated from 1946-79.

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This collection contains portraits in the form of lithographs, photographs and paintings of famous Americans and historical events. The materials date between 1804-2001 with a bulk of the collection being undated. Some of the objects corresponding control files with extra information on the object.

Abstract The Labor Publications and Printed Material Collection is an artificial collection created by the Special Collections and University Archives from a variety of sources. This collection contains publications and printed materials related to labor organization in the United States. The material dates from 1861-2011. The collection consists of various materials published by union and non-union organizations. Significant topics include labor attitudes towards wages, civil rights, gender...

Abstract The collection is comprised of printed copies of various union constitutions and their by-laws, as well as contractual, wage and working condition agreements between unions and their employers, dating from 1883-1999. The majority of the unions represented are related to the railroad industry, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, and the United Transportation Union. Also...

Abstract This collection consists of 14 series. Series 1 contains microfilm reels of a range of documentation created by various departments and offices of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The microfilm reels were selected for copying by James Neff in the 1990s. Series 2 contains files having to do with IBT history. Series 3 contains files having to do with IBT locals. Series 4 contains miscellaneous newspapers produced by IBT. Series 5 contains biographies and news clippings pertaining...

Abstract Laurence Edward "Larry" LeSueur was a Peabody-award winning radio correspondent best known as one of "Murrow's Boys," a band of international correspondents assembled in Europe before and during World War II by Edward R. Murrow for CBS. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, LeSueur was one of the first journalists to land at Normandy and report back news of the battle to Americans at home. This collection contains typewritten scripts, correspondence, articles, journals, audiocassettes and audio reels, and...

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This collections contains the papers of Larue A. "Bud" Moore, a International Brotherhood of Teamster member who served as president of local 696. The collection contains the certificates and coorespondence of Larue Moore from 1964-1976.

Abstract Lessons of the Sixties is an organization dedicated to documenting the efforts and lessons learned by local DC Metropolitan Area activists, students, organizers and those who dreamed of building a better world through new ideas, political advocacy, local organization building, and other means in the years 1960-1975. Since 2010, the Institute for Policy Studies has served as the organizational home for the Lessons of the 60s providing office space and infrastructural support. Since 2010 the...

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Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913) has been described by some as the father of American sociology. His contributions to sociology are almost forgotten today, but at one time he was considered to be one of America's leading intellectuals. Collection includes diaries, correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook. and sixty-nine articles written by Lester Frank Ward. The materials range in date from between 1883 and 1919.

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Collection contains articles, flyers, ephemera, and correspondence related to radical student organizations, socialism, and communism. The material dates from 1965-88 with the bulk of the material falling between 1968-71.

Abstract Lou Chibbaro, Jr. is a reporter for The Washington Blade. After starting out as a freelance writer in 1976, he joined the Blade staff full-time in 1984. He has covered many beats for the Blade including the federal agencies, elections, the Supreme Court, Congress and the White House. His reporting has focused on gay civil rights, and gay rights legislation. He has also written about crime and criminal trials involving anti-gay violence and hate crimes.This collection contains...

Abstract Marcella Brenner was a long-tenured member of the George Washington University Community, serving in multiple capacities as a student, professor, program director, trustee, professor emerita, and advisor from 1964 to her death in 2007. Over the course of her long career in higher education, she became one of the foremost experts on museum education and founded the Museum Education Program at George Washington University. In her personal life, she was an avid participat and educator in the DC...

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Contains diaries, correspondence, research notes, articles, chapters from books, syllabi, exam questions, news clippings, correspondence, original military ballads, illustrations, and photographs range in date from 1936-1990 (bulk 1960-1990) documenting Cunliffe’s career as a scholar of American history.

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This collection contains oral histories (both audio and video recordings) of people associated with the Marion Barry campaign for mayor in 1978. The colletion also contains a small amount of paper records and artifacts related to the campaign and District government. These oral histories were conducted between 2015 and 2017. The collection as a whole dates from 1975 - 2017.

Abstract In 1975, Penn and Doug Schoen, founded the polling firm Penn Schoen Berland. Early clients included Ed Koch, Luis Herrera Campins in Venezuela, Menachem Begin for re-election as prime minister of Israel, President Bill Clinton, and British prime minister Tony Blair. Penn was a chief strategist and pollster in the Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign. He has worked for Microsoft and is currently President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the...

Abstract This collection contains handwritten commentaries, typed commentary, published articles from multiple newspapers and personal documents from the career of Mark Plotkin. Plotkin was most well known for his career as a political commentator and analyst primarily on the radio and on TV. These appearances were local and international (CBC-Canadian Broadcasting Company and CTV-Canadian Television Commentary). Plotkin was the political analyst for WAMU, an NPR affiliate, from 1982-2002. After...

Scope and Contents This collection is made up of the research files of Martin K. Gordon for the hearings on Riots, Civil and Criminal Disorders of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations. The committee was investigating the protests and civil unrest that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection includes articles from periodicals and journals, congressional committee transcripts and bibliographic materials. The documents date from 1962 to 1976...

Abstract Marjorie Merriweather Post, Founder of the General Foods Corporation, was the First Alumna Trustee of Mount Vernon Seminary and College. She gave untiringly to Mount Vernon Seminary and College, and maintained a lifelong relationship with the school that kept her in constant communication with George Lloyd and later Peter Pelham, Presidents of Mount Vernon Seminary and College. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, invitations, speeches and memorabilia,...

Abstract This collection contains photographs, slides, scrapbook pages, faculty handbooks, correspondence, brochures, event programs, student and alumni publications, and oversized poster boards and artifacts, which include plaques, framed photographs, Mount Vernon College themed paraphenalia, and various items of A/V equipment. These materials documenting the the daily lives of students, special college events, and alumni involvement in college life, were produced and used by students and faculty of...

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This collection consists of manuscript and lecture notes, and one speech and is dated from 1919-1971. Murray Frank had a varied career that included writing and teaching. Most of his work related to Jewish issues.

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The NAESP is dedicated to developing principals’ professional skills in order to improve the quality of children’s educations. The collection includes the organization’s publications, recordings and documents from annual conferences and events, and governing documents such as bylaws and platforms.

Scope and Contents Subseries contains materials created by the Office of Convention and Conference Management (later Conferences and Facilities Management). The files include materials detailing the planning and management of the annual conventions, memoranda, hotel and convention center information, meeting arrangements, convention delegate packets, reports on conventions, and news coverage of later annual meetings.These records provide excellent insight into the management of hosting conventions...

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Collections contains the moving image and audio recordings produced or held by the National Education Association. The collection contains three series reflecting the recording's purpose. The three series are:

Conventions; Educational Material; and Promotional Material.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of photographs created by or for the National Education Association in the course of its work. The series are divided up according to either the purpose the photograph was intended for, the publishing department or the people/places in the photographs.There are eight series in the collection, the Congressional Contact Teams Photographs, Conventions Photographs, Division and Departments Photographs, Government Relations Photographs, Miscellaneous...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the commissions of the NEA. The collection contains nine series reflecting the bodies and their records. The nine series are: the Commission on Coordination of Research Agencies, Commission on Professional Rights and Responsibilities, Educational Policies Commission, Joint Commission on the Emergency in Education, National Citizens Commission for Public Schools, National Commission for the Defense of Democracy, National Commission on Teacher Education and...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the committees of the NEA. The collection contains twenty-six series reflecting the bodies and their records. The twenty-six series are: the Citizenship Committee, Committee of Constitutional Compliance, Committee on Educational Finance, Committee on International Relations, Compliance Committee, Committee on Planning and Organizational Development, Committee on Professional Ethics, Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom, Committee on Women's Concerns, Committee...

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This collection documents the councils of the NEA. The collection contains six series reflecting the offices that created or held these records. The six series are: Council for Research in Education, Council of National Organizations on Children and Youth, Higher Education Council, National Council of Education, Council on Instruction, and National Council on Teacher Retirement.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the many departments of the NEA. It contains sixty series reflecting organizational bodies and their records. The sixty series are: The American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, the American Association of School Administrators, the American Association of School Librarians, the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association, the Association for Educational Data Systems, the American Industrial Arts Association, the...