25 10 274 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/33371c85547aa09451a3544e516a2e49.jpeg 0657749fc65e477bf650e3dab59ab29d Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://library.gwu.edu/scrc">Special Collections Research Center, George Washington University</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1109/#geolocation">Gelman Library, 2130 H St NW, Washington, DC 20052</a> GW Libraries <a>+1 (202) 994-6558</a> SCRC <a>+1 (202) 994-7549</a> <a href="mailto:gelman@gwu.edu">gelman@gwu.edu</a> <a href="mailto:speccoll@gwu.edu">speccoll@gwu.edu</a> Description The Special Collections Research Center's mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible primary resources and rare or unique materials to all researchers regardless of institutional affiliation. Other Collections include: Rare Books and Maps, University Archives & Records Management, Africana Research Center, Media & Journalism, and Education Resource <a href="http://library.gwu.edu/scrc/collections/washingtoniana">Washingtoniana Collection:</a> The Washingtoniana Collection documents the city's political, economic, social, and cultural history. These materials encompass a variety of topics including the Metro, the DC government, local businesses, neighborhood, and civic associations. The primary source materials relating to Washington, DC are in the form of individual papers, family papers, and organizational records which document the economic, political, social, and cultural history of the District of Columbia and the metropolitan Washington area. Subject interests for the collection include city planning, public transportation, dance, literature, local politics and government, business, and communities and neighborhoods. Collection strengths include the Washington Writers' Archive, a large collection of material documenting the DC City Council and local government, and a significant grouping of maps. <a href="http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/index.php?title=Main_Page">George Washington & Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia:</a> Under the University Archives & Records Management, the George Washington and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia is a growing online resource dedicated to the vibrant history of George Washington University and to the surrounding Foggy Bottom community. <a href="http://library.gwu.edu/collections/kiev">The I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection:</a> The I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection was established in 1996 by Dr. Ari and Phyllis Kiev with the donation of the private library of Dr. Kiev’s father, Rabbi I. Edward Kiev (1905-1975), one of the preeminent Judaica librarians of the 20th century. In 1998, the Kiev Room was dedicated to house the collection – along with supplementary collections of Jewish graphic art, archives, printed and recorded music, ephemera, artifacts and ritual objects - and to provide a reading room for researchers. The continued growth of the Kiev Collection is supported by the Kiev Foundation and outside donations. <a href="http://teamstersarchives.gwu.edu/">George Washington University - International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor History Research Initiatives:</a> The George Washington University and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters launched an initiative in 2008 to build an educational and research environment to explore the role that the American labor movement in general and the Teamsters in particular have played in the development of the United States from the late 19th Century onwards. Key aspects of this collaboration include an active archival program to acquire, arrange, preserve, and provide access to historically-significant materials documenting American labor history; an active exhibit program; academic courses; colloquia; seminars; a state-of-the-art reading room; and meeting spaces for the Teamsters and members of the GW community. 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 Research Center, George Washington University 20th century Africana Research Center art books business history community DC City Council District of Columbia Foggy Bottom government International Brotherhood of Teamsters Judaica Kiev, I. Edward labor history maps Metro neighborhoods personal papers plans records transportation university Washington https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/02650961e3a2a41734b5aa299cceeacc.png 82598d7f7c6b34820b3b474da0c37752 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://sca.gmu.edu/">Special Collections & Archives, George Mason University</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1108/#geolocation">Fenwick Library, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030</a> <a>+1 (703) 993-2220 </a><a href="mailto:speccoll@gmu.edu">speccoll@gmu.edu</a> Description SCRC collects materials related to George Mason University, Northern Virginia, performing arts, transportation and planning, and photography. SCRC collects oral histories pertaining to Northern Virginia; the Federal Theatre Project; Reston, Virginia; and George Mason University's history. It currently conducts an active oral history program. Resource <a href="http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/pca.html">Planned Community Archive Collection:</a> Architectural drawings for select Reston buildings; Photographs and sketches of Reston buildings, Brochures for Reston buildings, containing drawings, plans, and sketches. 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 & Archives, George Mason University architecture archives drawings Fairfax Mason, George oral history photographs plans records Reston university Virginia https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/e53ac8ff87dca80baf2733422a2cc690.jpg df513c26bb7f4a32238af069608a35ed Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/campus_design.html">Office of Campus Design and Planning, Gallaudet University</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1107/#geolocation">College Hall, 800 Florida Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695</a> <a>+1 (202) 651-5684</a> Executive Director, Hansel Bauman: <a href="mailto:hansel.bauman@gallaudet.edu">hansel.bauman@gallaudet.edu</a> Project Coordinator, Liletha Davidson: <a href="mailto:liletha.davidson@gallaudet.edu">liletha.davidson@gallaudet.edu</a> Description The Gallaudet University Campus is a beautiful and historic place. The original campus, designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted in 1866, is identified as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. In support of Gallaudet University's mission to "ensure the intellectual and professional advancement of deaf and hard of hearing individuals," long-term stewardship of the campus will ensure the campus setting is responsive and expressive of the rich relationship between deaf and hard of hearing experiences and the built environment -- an emerging approach to architecture and planning developed at Gallaudet known as DeafSpace. Resource <a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/campus_design/projects.html">Projects:</a> Information on previous projects 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 Office of Campus Design and Planning, Gallaudet University 19th century 20th century 21st century architecture community DeafSpace District of Columbia hearing impaired historic district Olmsted, Frederick Law (Architect) planning office records university Washington https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/bf43197afe6c2d88770d86a6518e6737.jpeg f5bc325fd7325c5911faac807517d655 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/library_deaf_collections_and_archives/about.html">Gallaudet University Library Deaf Collections and Archives</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1106/#geolocation">800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695</a> <a>+1 (202) 651-5000</a> <a href="mailto:archives@gallaudet.edu">archives@gallaudet.edu</a> Description The Gallaudet University Archives is responsible for the institutional memory of the University and also strives to preserve the memory o the global Deaf Community. 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 Gallaudet University Library Deaf Collections and Archives archives community District of Columbia hearing impaired library records university Washington https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/057d022efa37b78cb8333eca3e519ff0.jpg b439f67c730566cab2ca87041a560436 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/about-gaithersburg/city-facilities/gaithersburg-community-museum">Gaithersburg Community Museum</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1105/#geolocation">9 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877</a> <a>+1 (301) 258-6160</a> <a href="mailto:museum@gaithersburgmd.gov">museum@gaithersburgmd.gov</a> Description The Gaithersburg Community Museum is located in the restored 1884 B&O Railroad Station complex. In partnership with the Gaithersburg Historical Association, the City of Gaithersburg collects photographs, documents, and other historic articles that tell the story of Gaithersburg and present that story in an interesting and interpretive manner. 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 Gaithersburg Community Museum 19th century city plans community documents Gaithersburg historic site Maryland museum photographs railroads restoration https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/23648386685278c0f0b5dc4ea3f33638.jpg 893a35585aa44e97b65acc3853271215 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/118d145934da0792faa81d55055c4f2d.jpg d07ccf174ac72a8cd6b505bf140d9045 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/fb2d652993a9f63c42c85d6f6c42d053.jpg f387db3ef489fc967e3790283844e24a https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/340b85e74c21367bcb7a082032a729d3.jpg 84ba08bd7377b768a7a778da519a2726 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/391030fd92f0ef4aa857984a97ea6dac.jpg e25cd52c6fe0d1881e0befbb419d856c Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.folger.edu/">Folger Shakespeare Library</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1104/#geolocation">201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003</a> <a>+1(202) 544-4600</a> <a href="mailto:reference@folger.edu">reference@folger.edu</a> Description The Folger Shakespeare Library has the world's largest collection of materials relating to Shakespeare and his works, from the 16th century to the present day, as well as a world-renowned collection of books, manuscripts, and prints from Renaissance Europe. The Folger houses approximately 260,000 books, 60,000 manuscripts, 250,000 playbills, and some 90,000 prints, drawings, photographs, and paintings. It also have a wealth of other materials, including musical instruments, costumes, and films. The collections's two great strengths are materials related to the early modern age in the West, from about 1450 to the mid-1700s, and materials related to William Shakespeare and the theater. Photographs by <a href="http://www.matailongdu.com/">Matailong Du</a>. Resource Books: The collection's topics include: <ul><li>Architecture: over 350 volumes</li> <li>Renaissance technology: over 300 volumes, on woodworking, carpentry, decorative iron work, glass making, mining, crafts, flood control, and etc.</li> <li>Horticulture: over 200 volumes, some illustrated with garden plans, orangeries, grottos, and garden tools</li> <li>Military: over 600 volumes, some on military architecture and engineering</li> <li>Cookery: over 200 volumes, some depicting interior scenes</li> <li>Voyages and travels: over 300 volumes, illustrating life, customs, and native habituations in the Orient, Africa, and the Americas</li> <li>English topography: includes the architectural and topographical works of Wenceslaus Hollar, atlases, and maps with special emphasis on Warwickshire and Stratford-upon-Avon.</li> </ul> Architectural Drawings: The collection's topics include: <ul><li>Works in ink and watercolor of Benjamin Wyatt's plan for the rebuilding of the Drury Lane Theatre in London, 1812.</li> <li>Plan of the renovation of the theater in Birmingham, England, early 18th century.</li> <li>Study sketches and research drawings of C. Walter Hodges on the reconstruction of Elizabethan theaters, notably the Globe Theater.</li> </ul> Paintings: 200 paintings, late 18th through 19th century, of Shakespearean scenes and characters Guidebooks and Prints: 200 items, relating to Rome in the 16th and 17th centuries 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 Folger Shakespeare Library 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century Africa architecture archives atlases books carpentry costumes crafts District of Columbia drawings Drury Lane Theatre Globe Theater grottos guidebooks Hodges, C. Walter horticulture instruments library manuscripts maps military engineering Orient paintings parks photographs prints Renaissance Rome Shakespeare, William topography Washington Wyatt, Benjamin https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/003952f4889902559371a8c34f3b78d3.jpg 377178829bf5f4d6d7e2e7fac388f546 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/">Department of Planning and Zoning, Fairfax County</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1103/#geolocation">Herrity Building, 12055 Government Center Pkwy, Fairfax, VA 22035</a> <a>+1 (703) 324-1380</a> <a href="mailto:dpzpd@fairfaxcounty.gov">dpzpd@fairfaxcounty.gov</a> Description The Department promotes livable communities which enhance the quality of life for the present and the future. The primary purpose of the department is to provide proposals, advice and assistance on land use, development review and zoning issues to those who make decisions on such issues in Fairfax County. The Planning Division has 3 main responsibilities: Policy and Plan Development, Facilities Planning, ansd Environmental & Development Review. Policy and Plan Development interprets and updates the county's Comprehensive Plan, as well as, conducts assessment and development studies. Facilities Planning conducts public facilities planning, including the Capital Improvement Program and telecommunicaitons facility reviews. The Environment and Development Review conducts both environmental and historic preservation planning. Resource <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/historic/overlaydistricts.htm">Historic Overlay Districts and Architectural Review Board (ARB):</a> In 1969, the Virginia Legislature enabled Fairfax County to amend its Zoning Ordinance to better protect areas, sites, and buildings that meet recognized standards of architectural and historic significance. Subsequent Zoning Ordinance amendments established Historic Overlay Districts that provide regulations over and above the regular zoning protection for such areas. To administer the provisions, the County created a local Architectural Review Board (ARB). The ARB is responsible for the public interest(s) as embodied in the Historic Overlay District Ordinance. Its job is to protect and enhance the resources that give a district its historic, architectural, or archaeological significance. planning reports prepared for the Bull Run Stone Bridge, Centreville, Huntly, Lake Anne Village Center, Langley Fork, and Mount Air Historic Overlay Districts. <a href="www.fairfaxcounty.gov/histcomm/">Fairfax County History Commission:</a> The Fairfax County History Commission was established by the County of Fairfax in 1969. We help identify, document, record, and preserve our county's historic past here in Northern Virginia. Projects include: Civil War Sesquicentennial, Fairfax County Resident Curator Program, Annual History Conference, Awards Program, Ethnic Oral History, Publications, Historical Markers, Inventory of Historic Sites, etc. <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/histcomm/1860maps.htm">Land Ownership Maps:</a> The Fairfax County History Commission's Publications Committee completed a project to reprint the book "Fairfax County, Virginia in 1760" and its associated map. They continue working on several reprints including "Beginning at a White Oak: Patents and Northern Neck Grants of Fairfax County, Virginia;" "Legato School: a Centennial Souvenir;" and "Mount Air, Fairfax, Virginia." The committee is working on publishing "Fairfax County in 1860" which is a portrait of the County shown through property identification maps and an aggregation of census data. <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/watersheds/">Watershed Management Plans:</a> Fairfax County has developed comprehensive watershed management plans for each of the county's 30 watersheds. A watershed management plan serves as a tool to identify and address the issues affecting our environment and to protect and restore the county's streams and other water resources. Select the watershed name in the list below to view a digital copy of the watershed management plan. Hard copies of the plan may be found at local libraries and Board of Supervisor district offices that are within one mile of the watershed boundary. <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/resources/ldsnet.htm">LDSnet and Online Land Use and Development Research Tools:</a> LDSnet provides access to information in the Fairfax County Land Development System (LDS). LDSnet is comprised of two systems: the Zoning and Planning System (ZAPS) and the Plan and Waiver System (PAWS). Through LDSnet, it is possible to search for individual zoning applications and or plans and studies submitted to the County to perform land-disturbing activities. In addition, the LDS database can be searched for zoning applications or construction plan submissions meeting any combination of the thirty-one search criteria. Also available are Zoning & Land Use Staff Reports, DPZ Planning and Zoning Viewer, Fairfax Inspections Database Online (FIDO), Real Estate Database, and the Land Development Information History Search Tool. <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/comprehensiveplan/">Comprehensive Plan:</a> The Comprehensive Plan is required by state law to be used as a guide in decision-making about the built and natural environment by the county's Board of Supervisors and other agencies, such as the Planning Commission. It is also a guide for County staff and the public to use in the planning process. 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 Department of Planning and Zoning, Fairfax County 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century architecture Bull Run Stone Bridge census Centerville civil war development reviews Fairfax GIS datasets historic district Huntly inspections Lake Anne land development Land use Langley Fork Legato School maps Mount Air Northern Neck oral history planning office policies preservation real estate telecommunications Virginia zoning https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/31ffde56c4899740c7409fb2b310165e.jpg dd6959c7ed95428cbb65562afcf3851d Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/">Virginia Room of Fairfax City Regional Library</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1102/#geolocation">10360 North Street, Fairfax, VA 22030-2514</a> <a>+1 (703) 293-6227 (and press 6)</a> <a href="mailto:va_room@fairfaxcounty.gov">va_room@fairfaxcounty.gov</a> Description The Fairfax County Public Library's Virginia Room maintains a collection rich in regional history and genealogy, as well as local and state government information and legal resources. A particular strength is Confederate Civil War military history. Other resources available are: maps, an extensive photographic archive, manuscripts, local newspapers, and rare books. 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 Virginia Room of Fairfax City Regional Library books civil war Confederate Fairfax Genealogy library manuscripts maps military history newspapers photographs Virginia https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/50abb950b19b1d72843f8d9c367eda25.jpg f33045dfba971a967065457f1db71239 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.doaks.org/library-archives">Dumbarton Oaks Research Library</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1101/#geolocation">1703 32nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20007</a> Garden & Landscape Studies: <a>+1(202) 339-6460 Rare Book Collection: </a><a>+1 (202) 339-6462</a><a> Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives: </a><a>+1 (202) 339-6972</a> <a href="mailto:libraryaccess@doaks.org">libraryaccess@doaks.org</a> <a href="mailto:landscape@doaks.org">landscape@doaks.org</a> <a href="mailto:rarebooks@doaks.org">rarebooks@doaks.org</a> <a href="mailto:icfa@doaks.org">icfa@doaks.org</a> Description The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library collects materials to support scholarship in Byzantine studies, Pre-Columbian studies, and garden and landscape studies. It comprises three formerly independent collections. In 1999, the collections came together administratively to form the Research Library as it exists today. The general library collections contain more than 210,000 items in a variety of formats. All materials are non-circulating. The Rare Book Collection contains more than 10,000 volumes, prints, drawings, photographs, and blueprints. Resource <a href="http://www.doaks.org/library-archives/about-the-garden-archives">Garden & Landscape Library Collection:</a> The Garden and Landscape Library Collection began with the personal library of Mrs. Bliss. Holdings now include 28,000 books and pamphlets covering the history of gardens and landscape design. The largest emphasis has been on gardens of the Western world, especially the United States and Europe, but collecting in recent years has included gardens of the Islamic world, China, Japan, Australia, and Africa. Many of the volumes are located in the Rare Book Collection. <a href="http://www.doaks.org/library-archives/icfa">Image Collections & Fieldwork Archives:</a> The Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) support scholarship in Byzantine Studies by preserving and providing access to images of art, architecture, and archaeology in a variety of media and other archival collections that document fieldwork and research projects at Byzantine sites and monuments. ICFA is also the repository for the Pre-Columbian Photographs and Fieldwork Archives and Garden and Landscape Photographs and Design Archives. <a href="http://www.doaks.org/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives">Dumbarton Oaks Archives:</a> The Dumbarton Oaks Archives consists primarily of architectural plans and drawings of Dumbarton Oaks buildings (ca. 1920 to the present), historical papers (ca. 1920–present), administrative documents (ca. 1940–present), documents pertaining to the institute’s fellows and scholars (ca. 1940–present), images of people, events, buildings, interiors, and gardens at Dumbarton Oaks (ca. 1940–present), and materials relating to Dumbarton Oaks' founders, Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss. Other historic documents pertaining to Dumbarton Oaks and its founders, Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss, are at the Harvard University Archives. 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 Dumbarton Oaks Research Library 20th century 21st century archaeology architecture archives art Bliss, Mildred Bliss, Robert Woods blueprints books Byzantine District of Columbia drawings international landscape library parks photographs Pre-Columbian preservation prints Washington https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/3d1be694f94c9ccd284fe0907b141331.png 3121757121224d46c16a6a5a4c107d23 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/35928">Martin Luther King Memorial Library Washingtoniana Collection</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1100/#geolocation">901 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001</a> Main: <a>+1 (202) 727-0321 Washingtoniana: </a><a>+1 (202) 727-1213</a><a> Photos: </a><a>+1 (202) 727-5308</a><a> Archives: </a><a>+1 (202) 727-2272</a> Special Collections: <a href="mailto:wash.dcpl@dc.gov">wash.dcpl@dc.gov</a> Photo Research: <a href="mailto:photos.dcpl@dc.gov">photos.dcpl@dc.gov</a> General Info: <a href="mailto:mlkjrlibrary@dc.gov">mlkjrlibrary@dc.gov</a> Description The Washingtoniana Collection was established in 1905 when Library Director, Dr. George F. Bowerman, had the foresight to start collecting books and articles about the local community. Washingtoniana houses an array of resources and materials from the late 18th century to the present, with a primary focus on the local city. In addition to the books, census, directories, newspapers and periodicals, postcards, real estate assessments, and maps, Washingtoniana also includes Prints & Photographs, the DC Community Archives, and the Peabody Room for Georgetown neighborhood history. Resource <a href="http://digdc.dclibrary.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/DCPublicM01">DigDC - Washingtoniana Map Collection Database:</a> The Washingtoniana Map Collection consists of more than 8,000 print and microfiche maps from 1612 to the present documenting the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. These include real estate atlases, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, and many others covering a variety of topics and created by many sources for many different purposes. The first maps to be digitized and added to Dig DC include real estate plats from 1874-1892. These privately produced maps show streets, building footprints and material information, square and lot numbers, and some land ownership information. For more information about the Washingtoniana Map Collection, please visit dclibrary.org/node/43717. <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/37666">Prints & Photographs:</a> Prints and Photographs collects, preserves, and makes available photographs and other image forms that document the people, history, culture, and built environment of the District of Columbia. The Prints and Photographs Collection is organized into four core collections and comprises more than 1.3 million images. Those four collections are: <ul><li>Washington Star Collection (c. 1935-1981)</li> <li>Washington DC Historical Image Collection (c. 1970-present)</li> <li>DC Community Archives Photograph Collections (1829-2002)</li> <li>Peabody Room @ Georgetown Library</li> </ul> <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/3485">DC Community Archives:</a> Archival collections of local organizations and individuals provide a rich resource for studying the history of a neighborhood. <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/3305">Researching your DC Home: Step-by-Step 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 Martin Luther King Memorial Library Washingtoniana Collection 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century books census community directories District of Columbia Genealogy Georgetown government documents library maps neighborhoods newspapers periodicals photographs postcards prints real estate Washington Washington Star Washingtonia