24 10 274 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/07ec19ffecb6f6a57c83c345830a1f82.jpg 3051987ebc7e5380091a1f096aeff847 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.laurelhistoricalsociety.org/">Laurel Historical Society Museum & John Calder Brennan Library</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1119/#geolocation">817 Main Street. Laurel, MD 20707</a> <a>+1 (301) 725-7975</a> <a href="mailto:research@laurelhistoricalsociety.org">research@laurelhistoricalsociety.org</a> Description The Laurel Historical Society works to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of greater Laurel. Early projects included renovating and landscaping the B&O railroad station, placing the Avondale Mill, and the old Laurel High School (now the Edward Phelps Community Center) on the National Register of Historic Places, and developing the first walking tour of Old Town Laurel. Preservation efforts have continued to the present. The Society was instrumental in preserving the Fairall Foundry on First Street. The Society continues its efforts with oral histories, and preservation projects. Recent Society highlights include development of an extensive new Walking Tour of Laurel, which complements a new marker program implemented by the City. Approximately 1,800 items that reflect the early history of Laurel, Maryland as an industrial mill town, and its various stages of development as it grew into a commuter hub for DC and Baltimore. Resource <a href="http://www.laurelhistoricalsociety.org/pages/about_bkgd.html">Museum:</a> The City of Laurel began exterior restoration of a mill workers’ house it owned just east of the former site of the Laurel Cotton Mill and adjacent to Riverfront Park. In 1991, the city authorized the Laurel Historical Society to use the mill workers' house as the Laurel Museum. The Laurel Museum opened its doors to the public in May 1996. Its first exhibit, from Mill House to Museum documented the history of the house and its renovation. Since then The Laurel Museum has mounted fifteen major exhibitions, including its most recent: Stationed in Laurel: Our Civil War Story. Throughout its history the Society has worked to ensure that the Laurel Museum and the Society’s collection are maintained to the highest professional standards. An interpretive plan and collections policies and procedures ensure that the artifacts entrusted to our care are preserved, recorded and remain accessible through exhibits and to researchers. <a href="http://www.laurelhistoricalsociety.org/pages/brennanLibrary.html">John Calder Brennan Library:</a> The Society has an extensive collection of records, photographs, books, files and items related to Laurel history. These are catalogued and available to researchers. The library is named after John Calder Brennan (1908-1996), a Laurel resident for 50+ years who researched and published information on the history of Laurel. His extensive collection of Laurel-related materials was donated to the LHS at his death. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Laurel Historical Society Museum & John Calder Brennan Library 20th century 21st century Balt/Wash development Historical society industry Laurel library Maryland mill https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/65ce1142f84fc04379d1c80b0bb52abd.jpeg 6089eefc9793fe70f6c895620d8c0451 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://kensingtonhistory.org/?page_id=51">Kensington Historical Society Archives</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1118/#geolocation">3710 Mitchell Street, Kensington, MD 20895</a> <a href="mailto:info@kensingtonhistory.org">info@kensingtonhistory.org</a> Description The Kensington Historical Society has been an integral part of Kensington since 1977; our programs address a broad view of our local history. It is our hope the KHS will help stimulate greater interest in Kensington history and the preservation of Kensington’s architecture. The Kensington Historical Society's archival collection comprises many old maps of the area, many prints and photographs of the buildings in the area, minutes of Society and Town meetings, past newsletters, files of family biographies, growing up in Kensington reminiscences, books on historic preservation, and subject files with information that relates to the Kensington area. Resource <a href="http://kensingtonhistory.org/?page_id=373">Vision of Kensington:</a> A long range preservation plan. <a href="http://kensingtonhistory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Index_Kensington_Picture_History.pdf">Index to Kensington: A Picture History</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kensington Historical Society Archives 20th century buildings community Historical society Kensington maps Maryland minutes newsletters photographs prints https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/3b0e0e45ebd2fc6f7d1642d31cf07aef.jpg bb6fb129442bbe59277b1f730bf5628a Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://jhsgw.org/">Archive & Library, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1117/#geolocation">701 Fourth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001</a> <a>+1 (202) 789-0900</a> <a href="mailto:info@jhsgw.org">info@jhsgw.org</a> Description The Jewish Historical Society, the central repository of the Washington Juwish community, maintains a collection of photographs, documents, scrapbooks, ritual objects, family heirlooms, and other material documenting the history of the local Jewish community. The Society's collections trace the history of the Jewish community in the greater Washington, DC, area from the mid-19th century through the present day. Through personal and family papers, organizational and business records, congregation and synagogue archives, historical photographs, oral histories, ritual objects, and a reference library, the collections document the unique nature of life in and around Washington, DC -- a history that is local, national, and international. The Society’s library houses biographical and reference files and over 100 books about local Jewish history, Washington, D.C. history, and American Jewish history. The library includes several publications on the history of specific organizations, congregations, and families within the greater Washington area, as well as the Society’s annual journal and other journals about American Jewish history. Resource <a href="https://www.jhsgw.org/events-and-tours/group-programs/1876-synagogue-tour">Historic 1876 Synagogue - Lilian & Albert Small Jewish Museum:</a> Take a guided tour of our historic synagogue building -- built in 1876. Sit in an original pew and hear what life was like for the 38 immigrant families who built the first synagogue in Washington, D.C. Learn about the physical changes to the building -- both inside and out -- and the move of the building that forever changed its future and secured its place in our nation's capital. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archive & Library, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington 19th century 20th century 21st century Alpert, Seymour business records Cohen, Sheldon S. community District of Columbia documents Eichborn, Janice grocery stores hebraica heirlooms Historical society Jervis, Ida Jewish Lynn, Harry oral history personal papers photographs records scrapbooks synagogue Washington Washington Coliseum Wolf, Lloyd Wolf, Simon https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/8e10d7bcec83c45a3a45440f7f09dce0.jpg bb172925915b0cd7c944f9def9d446c7 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://library.howard.edu/MSRC">Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1116/#geolocation">500 Howard Place, NW, Washington, DC 20059</a> Architecture Library: <a>+1 (202) 806-7250 Research Center: </a><a>+1 (202) 806-7239</a><a> Research Center Reading Room: </a><a>+1 (202) 806-4237</a> <a href="mailto:refdept@howard.edu">refdept@howard.edu</a> Description With its now-100 years of collecting and preserving the evidence of the black presence in human history and human civilization, the MSRC is the place to look for knowledge of and insights into the global black experience. The histories and cultures of peoples of African descent in Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, South and Central America as well as Europe and Asia are all a part of this treasure trove of information. The Center collections include hundreds of thousands of books, millions of pages of manuscripts, sheet music, photographs, newspapers, personal papers and organizational records are all part of the Moorland-Spingarn collections Resource Howard University Archives Photographs and Audiovisual Collection: Collections include images, audiotapes, and audio-visual tapes that document the university's physical development, activities, organizations, and etc." <a href="http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/1534/1114109/MasterFA_file.pdf">Manuscript Division:</a> Materials include more than 200 fully processed manuscript collections, an additional 300 collections with inventories, over 700 oral histories, more than 150,000 photographs and other images. Cassell, Albert, 1895-1969. Papers: Afro-American architect, engineer, planner, and educator. Personal and business correspondence, writings, legal and financial documents, architectural drawings with inventories, reports, and photographs relating to Cassell's activities in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Includes documents relating to buildings at Howard University and Morgan State University as well as a housing project for Afro-Americans in northeast Washington, DC, and a proposed community development in Calvert County, MD Williston, Augustus (Architectural Drawings) Williston, David Augustus. Papers. Williston was a prominent landscape architect in Washington DC. This collection include Architectural drawings. Howardiana Biographical Files: Provides information about distinguished faculty, alumni, and staff of the university. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University 19th century 20th century african american art audiovisual District of Columbia library manuscripts oral history photographs university Washington https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/8bd120452ee7ce9d665690282adcac4a.jpg 2f0cd7d984addc154d70aeb08ad0c3be Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.dchistory.org/research/">Kiplinger Research Library, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1115/#geolocation">801 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001</a> <a>+1 (202) 249-3955</a> <a href="mailto:library@dchistory.org">library@dchistory.org</a> Description The collections document over 200 years of local history. The Society collects, preserves, arranges, and describes collections that document the city's physical landscape as well as the families, organizations, businesses, neighborhoods, religious institutions, and other communities that comprise Washington DC. Kiplinger Washington Collection, donated to the Historical Society of Washington DC in 2011, was a corporate art collection begun in the 1920s. The collection compised over 5,000 maps, paintings, prints, and photographs relating to Washington DC and political portraits. In the mid-20th century, the company became interested in "Vanishing Washington", commissioning and collecting paintings of endangered landmarks. Of particular interest is the Barrett Collection of nearly a thousand photographs of Washington buildings taken in the 1960s. The catalog includes more than 100,000 prints, negatives, and slides from the 1860s to the present, documenting local street scenes, events, businesses, and people; more than 500 cataloged maps, tracing the development of the built environment; anad more than 800 archives and manuscript collections, ranging from diaries and personal papers, to early 18th century land records, to the historic records of existing organizations. Resource <a href="http://www.dchistory.org/uploads/research/HSW_Guide_BuildingHistoryResources.pdf">Building History Research Guide</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kiplinger Research Library, Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 19th century 20th century 21st century architecture art buildings city contracts community diaries District of Columbia Historical society land records landmarks landscape manuscripts maps negatives neighborhoods paintings personal papers photographs prints religious institutions slides street scenes Washington https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/10d1b6b5939d4abec801c2ba89ee298a.jpg 7dd8aba5f540ddfc9c2d6c0df6969238 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/7ac65ac6485871efac964329a9df9d39.jpeg 7a73c13191c97b9bd068807fd8b524c1 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/e1d239de26ee4a57b0bef6269b4436a0.jpg 25da60a8a0e2edce642344ae054c1eb3 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.historicmedley.org/">Historic Medley District, Inc.</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1114/#geolocation">19933 Fisher Avenue, Poolesville, MD 20837</a> <a>+1 (301) 407-0777</a> <a href="mailto:info@historicmedley.org">info@historicmedley.org</a> Description The Historic Medley District, Inc. was founded in 1974 by 27 Montgomery County residents concerned about the neglect and disappearance of historic buildings and landmarks in the area formerly known as the voting district, "Medley District of Montgomery County, Maryland". The purpose of HMD, Inc. is the conservation of buildings, structures, objects and spaces that contribute to the historic character of the area; the development and implementation of plans for preserving and using these resources; promotion of research and education in area history and its contribution to Montgomery county; and encouragement of citizen participation in these activities. Resource <a href="http://www.historicmedley.org/visit/john-poole-house/">John Poole House & the E.L. Stock, Jr. Memorial Arboretum:</a> The John Poole House is the oldest building in Poolesville. The log structure was built in 1793 by John Poole, Jr., served as a trading post for traveling merchants and families from the surrounding farms and plantations, and was the US Post Office "Poole's Store, Maryland" from 1810. The General Store Museum furnishings are based on authenticated period inventories. The arboretum surrounding the John Poole House is a collection of trees, bushes, herbs, and perennials indigenous to western Montgomery County before 1850. It is now undergoing a restoration. <a href="http://www.historicmedley.org/visit/seneca-schoolhouse/%E2%80%9C">Seneca Schoolhouse:</a> The Seneca Schoolhouse presents a typical school day in 1880 in Seneca, Maryland. In 1865, Mr. Upton Darby, a farmer and miller, collected subscriptions from his neighbors to start a one-room school. Families contributed cash and skills. The Darby family provided two acres of land as well as the stone and wood for the building. Others offered to plaster and paint, or to dress the stone. Families with more limited means cut and seasoned oak for the woodstove. Others offered to board the teacher who moved from family to family each month. <a href="http://www.historicmedley.org/visit/town-hall/">The Old Town Hall Bank Museum and Exhibit Hall</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Historic Medley District, Inc. 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century arboretum architecture buildings community conservation Darby, Upton historic district historic site Maryland Medley District Montgomery County plans Poole, John Poolesville preservation records schoolhouse US Post Office https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/71dcdb81cb093ed04d5dc86fa5c01a88.jpg 2b42d069a6eb9b8c3ca9749c2109c52e Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.gunstonhall.org/">Gunston Hall Plantation</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1113/#geolocation">10709 Gunston Road, Mason Neck, VA 22079</a> <a>+1 (703) 550-9220</a> <a href="mailto:historic@gunstonhall.org">historic@gunstonhall.org</a> Description Gunston Hall is a National Historic Landmark owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia and administered by a Board of Regents appointed from The NSCDA. Mason’s home, constructed between 1755 and 1759, is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. Visitors receive a guided tour of the mansion with outbuildings, 550 acres of grounds and hiking trails to visit. Major Holdings: <ul><li>George Mason & Historic Human Rights Documents, Essays</li> <li>Mansion Furnishing Collection</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gunston Hall Plantation 18th century architecture art drawings Georgian historic site human rights mansion maps Mason Neck Mason, George (Owner) photographs plans records tours trails Virginia https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/d2575c75d89a8d2a66053317d44ca7b0.jpg 5c1c3c43d9f3c17c3f0944f1b1f141a0 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://greenbeltmuseum.org/">Greenbelt Museum</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1112/#geolocation">10 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770</a> <a>+1 (301) 507-6582</a> <a href="mailto:greenbeltmuseumedu@gmail.com">greenbeltmuseumedu@gmail.com</a> Description Greenbelt, Maryland is a National Historic Landmark planned community built in 1937 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. One of three green towns established during the Great Depression, the project put struggling Americans to work, provided low-income housing in the Washington, D.C. region and was a bold experiment in town planning and cooperative living. The Greenbelt Museum allows visitors to experience Greenbelt’s beauty and rich history through tours of our historic home, exhibits, public lectures, educational programs for children, and walking tours of the historic community. Resource <a href="http://greenbeltmuseum.org/blog/">Greenbelt Oral History and Cultural Landscapes Project:</a> Community planning has been an important aspect of Greenbelt’s history since it was carefully designed by the Resettlement Administration in the 1930s. This project aims to document how current Greenbelt residents interact with their city’s landscape: how residents move through the city, how residents actively shape the landscape, and how Greenbelt’s landscape features influence residents’ actions. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greenbelt Museum 20th century architecture cooperative living educational programs Great Depression Greenbelt historic site Maryland museum neighborhoods New Deal planned community Roosevelt, Franklin D. tours https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/380fd4e25f5753074e63be579ad92587.jpg a415f5666463d463b6dba7ebb22b2738 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.library.georgetown.edu/special-collections">Special Collections, Georgetown University Library</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1111/#geolocation">Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library, 3700 O Streets NW, Washington, DC 20057</a> <a>+1 (202) 687-7444</a> <a href="mailto:speccoll@georgetown.edu">speccoll@georgetown.edu</a> Description Includes manuscripts, rare books, and the University's Art Collection. Resource <a href="http://www.library.georgetown.edu/special-collections/archives">Georgetown University Archives:</a> The Archives serves as the institutional memory of Georgetown University. As such, it acquires, preserves and makes available records of enduring value that document University activities, functions, decisions, policies and programs. Georgetown established its Archives in 1816, being one of the first American colleges to do so. Because of this longevity, the Archives has an unusually rich collection, housing material from before the University’s founding in 1789 to the present. The Archives aims to support research, aid teaching and promote understanding of Georgetown’s rich heritage Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Special Collections, Georgetown University Library 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century art books District of Columbia library manuscripts records university Washington https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/126bfe7f0b6fd46c5caed996908cecfe.jpg 92b70380d3b05a985fa54dfef0c849c5 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/35929">Peabody Room, DC Public Library</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1110/#geolocation">3260 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007</a> <a>+1 (202) 727-0233</a> Jerry McCoy: <a href="mailto:jerry.mccoy@dc.gov">jerry.mccoy@dc.gov</a> Description The Peabody Room is a special collection of Georgetown neighborhood history. It includes subject vertical files, photographs, maps, neighborhood microfilmed newspapers, paintings, engravings, and artifacts that document various aspects of Georgetown life. It also features a house history file for nearly every home in Georgetown. Following a devastating 2007 fire that heavily damaged the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, a newly constructed, climate-controlled third floor now houses the Peabody Room. A number of materials were water-damaged during the fire and may not be publicly accessible. Includes family papers, servant memoranda, a rare African-American 19th century business ledger, community activist files, manuscripts of slave contracts, and photographs of a local boy school Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Peabody Room, DC Public Library 19th century african american architecture community contracts District of Columbia engravings house history file ledgers library manuscripts maps neighborhoods newspapers paintings photographs servants vertical files Washington water damage