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Washington (D.C.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n79018774

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

A. Mercer Daniel Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-003
Scope and Contents This collection is a personal photo album created by A. Mercer Daniel, a law librarian and the first African American member of the American Association of Law Libraries, documenting the 1910s–1960s with an emphasis on the 1930s. There are 216 photographs on 114 pages, mostly black and white and some sepia; most inserted into corner mounts, the rest adhesive mounted. Most photographs measure 2 ¼” x 3” to 5 ½” x 3 ½”, all are captioned. 22 photographs lacking from album and 2 with surface loss...
Dates: 1910 - 1960

Jefferson Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.
Dates: 1823-1917

Folder 35, 1920s

 File — Box 1: [1006235666], Folder: folder 35
Identifier: Folder 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection of genealogical records.
Dates: 1920s

Hestor L. Stevens Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4237
Overview The collection consists of twelve letters written by Hestor L. Stevens (1803-1864), a representative from Michigan, detailing his law business in Washington, DC, during the election of 1860 and the beginning of the Civil War.
Dates: 1860 - 1861

Letters to Marquis de Lafayette Lane

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4301
Overview This collection contains letters sent to Maine native Marquis de Lafayette Lane while he served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, a post he held from 1862-1867.
Dates: 1863-1867

Portrait of a man in Washington, D. C., circa 1880

 Item — Box 2: [1006235649], item: 2008.026.000061
Identifier: 2008.026.000061
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of three albums containing 184 photographs of the Snow family of Tuscaloosa. Images include scenes of Snow family members, their Tuscaloosa home, friends, and family vacations. Albums include a Carte de Visite of family friends, F. A. P. Barnard, University of Alabama professor of Chemistry, Philosophy, and Astronomy. Of interest are photographs of a vertical lift bridge possibly spanning the Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.
Dates: circa 1880

Portrait of F. A. P. Barnard, circa 1880

 Item — Box 2: [1006235649], item: 2008.026.000053
Identifier: 2008.026.000053
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of three albums containing 184 photographs of the Snow family of Tuscaloosa. Images include scenes of Snow family members, their Tuscaloosa home, friends, and family vacations. Albums include a Carte de Visite of family friends, F. A. P. Barnard, University of Alabama professor of Chemistry, Philosophy, and Astronomy. Of interest are photographs of a vertical lift bridge possibly spanning the Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.
Dates: circa 1880

Edward Devereaux Smith manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1285
Abstract A manuscript titled "A Telephone Rate Case," (subsequently published by Public Utilities Reports, Inc., Washington DC, in 1941), intended to provide material to help lawyers understand the background, existing state of, and rules involved in deciding public utilities rare cases.
Dates: 1941

United States Capitol collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1474
Overview Books, letters, articles, and descriptions about the architecture, art, and location of the United States Capitol from the 1950's.
Dates: 1950-1960's

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.019: [1006241516]
Identifier: 2009-090
Abstract This collection depicts buildings and monuments in Washington, District of Columbia.
Dates: 1914-08