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Collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, speeches and addresses, calendars, legal documents, personnel files, exhibits, financial records, programs, brochures, photographs, and reports dating from 1957-1989 generated by Joseph Vincent Charyk during his time working for Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT).

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This collection contains manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, periodicals, pamphlets, maps, photographs, slides, negatives, microcassette tapes, floppy discs, and various digital records related to the life and work of Josephine "Jo" Campbell (1927-2006), journalist, civil rights worker, and environmentalist.

Abstract Collection consists of prospectuses and multiple forms of ephemera, including postcards, posters, flyers, and programs related to various book presses and bookbinders, as well as rare book and press event materials. It also contains correspondence to and from Joshua Heller. Thre is a series of correspondence sent to Joshua and Phyllis Heller from artist Susan Allix. The collection dates from 1911-2015.These prospectuses and ephemera are associated mainly with fine (also known as...

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This collection contains the personal scrapbook of Joy Dirksen, student at Mount Vernon Seminary circa 1945-1946. The contents include correspondence, photographs, programs from social events and other school-related materials.

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This collection contains manuscripts, cover art, correspondence, drafts, critiques, fliers. Much of the material relates to two works by McCombs, Territories and Habit of Fire. The material dates from 1989-2008. There is also a small file for the reading series Kensington Row Bookshop which McCombs runs.

Abstract The Julia Dorn Heflin papers consist of material relating to her career at Mount Vernon College and her external work in the theater arts community of Washington, DC. Heflin was Director of the Drama and Speech department at Mount Vernon College and as faculty advisor to the popular "Prep Players" and "Curtain Callers" student theater groups. This collection consists of Heflin's personal and professional correspondence, performance programs and scripts, clippings, material relating to...

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This collection contains journals, travel diaries, correspondence, poetry and short stories published and drafts, magazines, music scores, photographs, and personal papers relating to Karren Alenier's literary career. Most of the collection folders do not have dates supplied. The date range for the entire collection is 1962-2016.

Abstract Kate Tittmann (1856-1938) was a founder of the Washington Club and a charter member and former national treasurer-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Kate Tittmann was married to Dr. O.H.Tittmann, former president of the National Geographic Society and head of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Kate Tittmann was born in Detroit. She came to Washington following her marriage and remained in the city for 23 years before moving to Leesburg, Virginia. This collection contains...

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This collection contains newsletters, photographs, correspondence, annual reports, and governing documents created and gathered by Kerry Stowell as a member of the co-op board of Watergate East, Incorporated. The material dates from 1988 to 2011.

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The collection includes prints, posters, cartoons, one Yellow Star of David Badge, postcards and other Judaica, much of it related to antisemitism.

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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 programs, correspondence, articles and other miscellanies amassed by D.C. poet Kim Roberts pertaining to over 250 Washington D.C. poets.

Abstract Collection contains correspondence, promotional materials, clippings, interviews, photographs, slides, audio cassette tapes, electronic records, and other materials. The material dates from 1978-2008, and was collected by Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson in the course of their research on go-go music. The materials document the evolution of go-go and the cultural and political role of go-go in Washington, D.C. Go-go originated in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s. It is a subgenre of funk, and...

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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.

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This collection contains documents from Kwame Alexander and his two publishing companies - BlackWords Press and Alexander Publishing Group. The collection ranges in dates from 1990 until 2007.

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Materials in this collection include prints from science fiction works such as Battlefield Earth.

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...

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This collection contains materials collected by Laird Evans over the course of his career as a Teamster.

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 This collection contains course materials, correspondence, written reviews, speeches and lectures, programs, photographs, and audio materials from Lawrence Bell Laurent, a former Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington Univeristy. The material in this collection dates from 1948-2010, and includes records from Laurent's professional career as a radio and television critic for "The Washington Post" and his academic career teaching at American University and George Washington University...

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Collection contains correspondence, newspaper articles, a scrapbook, government documents, and a report. These documents are dated between 1937-39. Most of the material in this collection consists of letters both incoming and outgoing from the League for Progress in Architecture as members protested the design, location, and lack of design competition of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

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...

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...

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. This collection...

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.