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Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
Library
1537 35th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel.: (202) 337-5220
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Materials concerning work on the education of the deaf, especially from the Alexander Graham Bell family, dating from approximately 1870. Collection of personal and business correspondence with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, laboratory notebooks, and unpublished manuscripts.
Amalgamated Transit Union
5025 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
Tel.: (202) 537-1645
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Authorization needed
Holdings: Labor contracts since 1900; financial records of a number of local unions.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Archives
1333 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel.: (202) 326-6484
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Official records of the organization dating from 1846, including two volumes of manuscript minutes, 1846-1860.
American Association of Retired Persons
National Gerontology Resource Center
601 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20049
Tel.: (202) 434-2277
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Complete records of the hearings of the Senate and House Committees on Aging, as well as an archival collection of Association publications; material on health care, legislation, retirement, housing, and employment of older persons.
American Association of University Women
Archives
1111 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 785-7763
(202) 785-7708
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials dating from 1881 pertaining to the Association and its predecessor organizations. Included are records of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, containing studies on health, housing, and professions for women; the International Federation of University Women, containing refugee dossiers; the Status of Women Committee, with materials on suffrage, equal pay, women in public office, and women in the military; the Education Committee, covering elementary, secondary, and higher education; and the White House Conferences on Children and Youth.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Library for the History of Obstetrics and Gynecology in America
409 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20024-2188
Tel.: (202) 638-5577
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:45p.m.
Holdings: Publications on all aspects of the history of women's health care in America, including clinical, socioeconomic, nursing, and educational issues. Materials include classic American textbooks and journals on obstetrics and gynecology, histories of the field and its institutions and societies, and bibliographies on the history of medicine.
American Institute of Architects
Library and Archives
1735 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-5292
Tel.: (202) 626-7492
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Thursday 9:00a.m.-6:30p.m.
Appointment necessary to use rare books and archival material
Holdings: Extensive collection of material dating from the late 18th century on all aspects of American architectural history, including over 5,000 photographs from the 19th century of American and European art and architecture; also houses the Archive of Women in Architecture.
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
Library
11 Dupont Circle, N.W.
Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 332-9312
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Over 4,700 books, 80 periodicals, ten daily newspapers, and a daily telexed summary of news from Germany ("Infofunk"). In its primary fields of interests--German politics, economics, culture, society, literature, and history since 1945--the Institute aims to acquire all English-language books published since World War II. The library also gives scholars access to external data bases via RLIN (Research Library Information Network) and Internet.
American Pharmaceutical Association Foundation
Archives
2215 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Tel.: (202) 429-7523
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Records of the Association, related and affiliated organizations, boards of pharmacy, and schools of pharmacy dating from the mid-19th century.
See: "Structure of the Archives of the American Pharmaceutical Association," Pharmacy in History 7 (1962).
American Psychiatric Association Archives
Library and Archives
1400 K Street, N.W.
Suite 327
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel.: (202) 682-6080
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Official records of the organization since the early 1940s, as well as some correspondence from the mid-1800s to 1940; oral histories, photographs, memorabilia, and private papers of persons important in the history of psychiatry.
American Red Cross
National Headquarters
17th and D Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel.: (202) 639-3146/3479
Hours: By appointment only 8:30a.m.-4:45p.m.
Holdings: Official records of the American Red Cross, including reports on war and disaster relief.
* Bender Library
Archives
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-8046
Tel.: (202) 885-3255
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Records relating to the founding of the university; materials on American Methodism in the 19th and 20th centuries; the Bliss Collection on 20th-century broadcast journalism, the Collection on Public Administration, and various collections pertaining to East Asian and Latin American history; also materials on refugee historian Ernst Posner.
* Archives of American Art
AA/PG Building
8th and G Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 885-3255
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials relating to American art dating from the 18th century, including papers of patrons of art, museums, and art organizations.
Association of American Medical Colleges
Archives
2450 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Tel.: (202) 828-0400
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Administrative and program records of the Association and materials on U.S. and Canadian medical schools and teaching hospitals dating from the 1870s.
Research aids: Mary H. Littlemeyer, AAMC Archives Preliminary Inventory, 1876-1973 (Association of American Medical Colleges, 1974). Finding aids to collections are available at the archives.
Association of American Railroads
Office of Information and Public Affairs
50 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel.: (202) 639-2550
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials pertaining to the history of American railroads in the 19th and 20th centuries, including photographs of early locomotives and trains, as well as the building of the transcontinental railroad; stockholders reports of railroad companies, statistical data, and an extensive collection of periodicals of the railroad industry.
Bethune Museum and Archives
1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel.: (202) 332-9201
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Saturday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Largest manuscript collection of materials pertaining to the individual and organizational achievements of African-American women in the Washington metropolitan area, and one of the largest collections in the United States.
B'nai B'rith Museum
Archival Collection
1640 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-3278
Tel.: (202) 857-6588
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Materials dating from the 16th century relating to the history of the Jewish people in Europe and America, including immigration, assimilation, and social, political, and civil rights activities; many sources pertaining to Germany and to the Holocaust.
Broadcast Pioneers Library
1771 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 223-0088
Hours: Monday-Friday 11a.m.-7:00p.m.
By appointment only (with membership if possible)
Holdings: Materials documenting the history of radio and television broadcasting, including personal papers, scrapbooks, photographs, audio tapes, and more than 800 oral history interviews.
Brookings Institution
Library
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 797-6240
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Staff and guests only
Holdings: 80,000 volumes and 700 periodical titles relating to economics, international trade, foreign policy, political science and public administration.
Catholic University of America
John K. Mullen Memorial Library
Department of Archives, Manuscripts, and Museum Collections
620 Michigan Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20064
Tel.: (202) 319-5065
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials on labor history, including papers of leaders of the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, the United Mine Workers of America, including the papers of Mother Jones, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations; records of Catholic social welfare organizations in the United States; papers of Catholic scholars in anthropology, architecture, canon law, history, and philosophy; Catholic Church history, including Catholic Indian missions and frontier settlement; a microfilm collection of newspapers from the mid-19th century; a wide variety of materials from the Holy Roman Empire to 1800; the Joseph D. Keenan Papers, 1945-1947, and recordings of an oral account of the reorganization of West German labor unions after World War II. Other historical topics covered include frontier settlements, the westward expansion of the United States, international relations, and war relief programs.
See: Francis J. Weber, "The Catholic University of America Archives," Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 77 (March 1966); George A. Hruneni, Jr., "A Touch of Western Americana in the Archives of The Catholic University of America," Manuscripts 27 (Spring 1975); and id., "Bicentennial Potpourri in The Catholic University of America Archives," Manuscripts 28 (Winter 1976).
Columbia Historical Society
see Historical Society of Washington
Congressional Quarterly
Editorial Research Reports Library
1414 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Tel.: (202) 887-8569
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30a.m.-6:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Collection of all congressional hearings and voting records from 1973 to the present. Extensive collection on American political science, history, the U.S. government and the legislative process.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Archives, Curatorial Library
500 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel.: (202) 638-3211
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Materials on American art and artists dating from the 18th century, including correspondence of artists, dealers, and collectors.
See: Katherine M. Kovacs, A Guide to the Corcoran Archives (Washington, D.C., 1985).
Customs Service Library and Information Center
U.S. Customs Service
1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room 3340
Washington, D.C. 20229
Tel: (202) 927-1617
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Historical materials on customs duties and tariffs dating back to the late 18th century; also materials in the legal, economic, and scientific aspects of tariff and trade, shipping, and commodities.
District of Columbia Archives
Office of Public Records
1300 Naylor Court, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel.: (202) 727-2052
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Administrative, legal, fiscal, and historical records of the government of the District of Columbia.
Related records of federal authorities with jurisdiction over the District of Columbia are housed in the National Archives.
See: Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Government of the District of Columbia (1976).
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District of Columbia Public Library
Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library
901 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel.: (202) 727-1101
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00a.m.-9:00p.m.
Friday-Saturday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Special collections pertaining to local Washington, D.C., and African-American history, including more than 1,000,000 newspaper clippings and over 15,000 photographs and slides.
See: Inventory of the Archival Records of the Washingtoniana Collection (1979).
Dumbarton Oaks Libraries
Research Library
1703 32nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel.: (202) 342-3241
Hours: 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials on all aspects of Byzantine history and culture and on related periods and cultures (late classical, Hellenistic, Islam, medieval East European); includes the Dumbarton Oaks Census of Early Christian and Byzantine Art in American Collections and a copy of the Princeton Index of Christian Art in the Center of Byzantine Studies.
Environmental Protection Agency
Headquarters Library
401 M Street, S.W.
Room 2904
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 260-5922
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Covers a wide range of environmental and management subjects of interest to EPA staff and the general public; includes EPA technical reports and materials relating to all aspects of environmental policy.
Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Archives
Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
Tel.: (202) 537-8981
Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.
Holdings: Administrative records of the diocese; correspondence files of the bishops of Washington and diocesan committees from 1895 to the present.
Evans-Tibbs Collection
Gallery-Museum-Archives
1910 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel.: (202) 234-8164
Hours: By appointment in writing only
Holdings: Historical materials on African-American artists.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Research Unit
9th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20535
Tel.: (202) 324-5335
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Library contains over 100,000 items in its book, government document, law, and microform collections, including official records generated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, materials on law enforcement personnel, criminal justice, and police science.
Federal Prison System Library
320 First Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20534
Tel.: (202) 307-3029
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Specialized collection on criminology and corrections.
Federal Reserve System Libraries
Research Library of the Board of Governors
Room BC 241
20th and C Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20551
Tel.: (202) 452-3332
Hours: Thursday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials cover banking, fiscal and monetary policies in the U.S. and abroad. Special collections contain a historical record of the Federal Reserve System, congressional hearings concerning fiscal policy and economic conditions in the U.S. since 1913, and annual reports of foreign central banks.
Federal Trade Commission Library
6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room 630
Washington, D.C. 20580
Tel.: (202) 326-2395
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Archives of the Federal Trade Commission and relevant legislative histories.
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel.: (202) 544-4600
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: One of the best collections of historical source materials for the study of English and Continental civilization from 1476 to 1700; also the largest collection of Shakespeariana in the world as well as records of English actors and theater managers, the Drury Lane Theatre, and various Italian stages.
The European Pamphlets Collection contains several German items, many on the Reformation and the Bohemian revolt, and various accounts in Latin, French, and Spanish on aspects of the Holy Roman Empire. The Reformation Collection contains many items acquired from the collection of Swiss bibliophile Emanuel Stickelberger, including 516 pre-1531 imprints, with 180 original impressions of Martin Luther (in addition to other Luther materials), writings of major and minor reformers, materials on debates and disputations, reform pamphlets, and early Bibles and psalters.
Research aids: Catalog of Manuscripts of the Folger Shakespeare Library. 3 vols. (Boston, 1971); and Reformation Catalog of the Emanuel Stickelberger Collection purchased by the Folger Shakespeare Library Washington, D.C. (Basel: Haus der Bücher AG, 1977).
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Lincoln Library
The Petersen House
516 10th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Tel.: (202) 426-6924
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Approximately 1,000 books, pamphlets, and photographs; rare books relating to the assassination of President Lincoln; papers of Joseph Messmer and the diary of John Wilkes Booth.
Freer Gallery of Art
see under Smithsonian Institution
Friends Meeting of Washington Library
Library
2111 Florida Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Tel.: (202) 483-3310
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Collections relating to the history of the Quaker Society in the United States, Native Americans, and African Americans.
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University Library
Archives
Merrill Learning Center
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
Tel.: (202) 651-5588 (voice)
(202) 651-5209 (text telephone)
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Other hours by appointment (two weeks' notice required)
Holdings: The world's largest collection relating to the history, culture, organizations, and institutions of the deaf, including rare books, photographs, manuscript materials, and artifacts. While the majority of the materials date from the early 19th century, some objects date back to the 15th century.
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Archives
1743 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 347-3168
Hours: By appointment only 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Records of the Federation, dating from the late 19th century, including transcripts and programs of annual conventions, annual reports, resolutions, correspondence, and photographs.
Georgetown University
Joseph Mark Lauinger Library
Special Collections Division
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20057-1006
Tel.: (202) 687-7444
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Holdings: Over 100 collections on subjects including United States Catholic history and missions in Mexico, American and European history, diplomatic history, political science, philosophy, and the visual arts. There are also more than 250 manuscript and photographic collections, including the Robert Wagner Papers, the McCarthy Historical Project Archive, and the archives of the American Political Science Association.
George Washington University
Melvin Gelman Library
Special Collections Division and Archives
2130 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
Tel.: (202) 994-7549
Hours: Monday-Wednesday, Friday 12:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Thursday By appointment only
Holdings: Collections of personal papers of prominent persons in the fields of labor, international relations, journalism, politics, urban planning, and higher education in 19th- and 20th-century America, including correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, and photographs. The Washingtoniana Collection contains material on the history of the District of Columbia; also collections of U.S. Geological Survey maps, Defense Mapping Agency maps, and a microform collection which includes English literary periodicals from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as American periodicals from the 18th and 19th centuries.
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
Tel.: (202) 387-3355
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Holdings: Over 14,000 volumes on modern and early modern German history, American history, and German-American relations. The library emphasizes the acquisition of reference books and guides to inventories of German and American archives and repositories. The Institute also subscribes to over 200 historical periodicals.
Historical Society of Washington
(formerly Columbia Historical Society)
1307 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 785-2068
Hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: History of the District of Columbia, emphasizing city growth, neighborhoods, and lives of Washingtonians, including books, maps, pamphlets, prints, photographs, and manuscripts from the early 19th century to the present.
Research aids: Washington History. Semiannual, 1989-.
House of Representatives Library
Cannon House Office Building
Room B-18
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-0462
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Holdings: Records dating back to the Continental Congress, including complete sets of House and Senate reports and documents, House bills and debates since the 6th Congress, Supreme Court reports, and House Committee hearings.
Howard University
Founders Graduate Library
500 Howard Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00a.m.-10:00p.m.
Friday 8:00a.m.-9:00p.m.
Saturday 9:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Sunday 1:00p.m.-10:00p.m.
Open to the public for reference only
Holdings: 500,000 books and bound periodicals, and the library receives 6,000 current serial titles. Special collections include the anti-slavery collection; English books 1641-1700; and British Parliamentary papers.
* Channing Pollock Theatre Collection
500 Howard Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059
Tel.: (202) 806-6724
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Manuscripts, pictures, memorabilia, posters, etc. focusing on English and American drama/theatre in the 19th and 20th centuries.
* Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
a. Manuscript Department
500 Howard Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059
Tel.: (202) 806-7480
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Extensive documentation of African-American life and history. Over 150 collections of correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, memorabilia, and scrapbooks, among them are those of Frederick Douglass and Alain Locke.
b. Oral History Department
500 Howard Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059
Tel.: (202) 806-7480
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Holdings: Over 600 transcripts with significant information on the civil rights movement. Some of the other collections focus on women, Howard University, and African-American military history.
c. Prints and Photographs Division
500 Howard Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059
Tel.: (202) 806-7480
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Holdings: An extensive collection of graphic images, including photographs, slides, postcards, broadsides, prints, and maps dating from the 1800s.
International Labor Office
Washington Branch Office Library
1828 L Street, N.W.
Suite 801
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 653-7652
Hours: Advance notice requested 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: A complete collection of the publications and deliberations of the ILO from 1919 to the present, as well as documents on social and economic policy, labor legislation, working conditions, welfare, productivity, and the World Employment Program.
Interstate Commerce Commission Library
Interstate Commerce Commission Building
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room 3392
Washington, D.C. 20423
Tel.: (202) 927-7328
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Collection mainly concerned with administrative and transportation law, as well as economics. Also contains sources on the development of the American railroad system in the 19th century and the network of highways in the 20th century, as well as legislative histories of government regulation of transportation agencies.
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington
Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum
Office and Archives:
600 I St, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 789-0900
(202) 789-0485 (fax)
info@jhsgw.org
www.jhsgw.org
Historic synagogue location:
701 3rd St, NW (Corner of 3rd and G Streets, NW)
Hours:
Sundays-Friday, by appointment only
Price:
$3 per person (suggested donation)
Learn the history of the first synagogue built in Washington (1876), and hear what life was like for the 38 immigrant families who built it. Contact at least two weeks in advance to arrange a group tour.
Mission:
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and its Lillian & Albert
Small Jewish Museum preserve, chronicle and present the story of the local Jewish
community through archival collections, exhibits, educational programs, publications,
and the restoration and preservation of the oldest synagogue building in the
nation’s capital.
Collection:
The collection traces the history of the Jewish community in the greater Washington,
D.C. area from the mid-19th century through the present day. Includes personal
and family papers, organizational and business records, congregation and synagogue
archives, historical photographs, oral histories, ritual objects, and a reference
library.
Exhibits:
See website at www.jhsgw.org.
Accessibility:
Historic synagogue is not wheelchair assessable.
Directions to historic synagogue:
Metro: Red Line, Judiciary Square station, National Building Museum (F Street)
exit. At the top of the escalator, turn right and proceed down F Street two
blocks to 3rd and F. Turn left at 3rd Street, and walk one block until you see
the small, brick building surrounded by a black iron fence at the corner of
3rd and G Streets, NW.
Staff:
Laura Cohen Apelbaum, Executive Director
Laura B. Schiavo, Director of Museum Programs
Wendy Turman, Archivist/Curator
Stephanie Silverstein, Director of Outreach
Joel Wind, Director of Administration
Joint Center for Political Studies
Library
1090 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel.: (202) 789-3519
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Black Politics Collection and Minority Issues Collection; the Library specializes in information on black elected officials and has reports of the Bureau of the Census and the Library of Congress.
* African and Middle Eastern Division
a. African Section
John Adams Building
Room 128C
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-7937
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Focuses on sub-Saharan Africa and Africana, with surveys, histories, and descriptive works covering economics and culture.
b. Hebraic Section
John Adams Building
Room 128B
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-7937
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials relating to the Bible, the Ancient Near East, and Jews and Judaism in Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, Syriac, Ethiopic, and cognate languages; also maintains the National Union Catalog of Hebraica and the National Union Catalog of Yiddica.
c. Near East Section
John Adams Building
Room 128A
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-7937
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Emphasizes language, linguistics, and history, with materials in Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Armenian. The Mansuri Collection has over 5,000 volumes on Islam and Islamic culture; the Abdul Hamid Collection has materials in old Turkish.
* American Folklife Center
Archive of Folk Culture
Thomas Jefferson Building
Room LJG17
Washington, D.C. 20540-8100
Tel.: (202) 707-5510
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Largest archival collection of folklore and ethnomusicology in the United States; contains recordings of folklore and music, manuscripts, and tapes emphasizing the cultures of the United States; also houses a large Native Americans collection with recordings from 1890.
* Asian Division
a. Chinese Collection
John Adams Building
Room 133A
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5420
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: One of the best research collections on all subjects of Chinese studies, begun in 1869, in the Chinese, Manchu, Mongol, Tibetan, and Moso languages; covers Chinese local histories, botany, and works on traditional agriculture.
b. Japan Documentation Division
John Adams Building
Room 130A
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5420
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Government documents and reports on U.S.-Japanese relations.
c. Japanese Section
John Adams Building, Room 133B
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5420
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Documents, serials, and government publications covering Japanese history, literature, science, and institutions; also holds selected archives of the Japanese Foreign Office, Army, Navy, and other government agencies from 1868 to 1945.
d. Korean Collection
John Adams Building, Room 133D
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5420
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Documents covering governmental affairs, bilateral relations, trade, and the spread of Christianity in Korea dating back to 1916.
e. Southern Asia Section
John Adams Building, Room 133C
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5420
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Manuscripts, rare books, and documents covering all disciplines.
* European Division
Thomas Jefferson Building
Room 100
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5415
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials pertaining to cultural, political, social, and economic life in Europe, with strong Russian, Soviet, Slavic, and Baltic collections.
* Geography and Map Division
James Madison Building
Room B01
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-6277
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m
Saturday 8:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
Holdings: Manuscript maps, charts, atlases, and other cartographic materials, with its strongest holdings in American history, particularly of the period of exploration, the colonial era, and the Revolutionary War.
Holdings related to central Europe include the Hauslab-Liechtenstein Collection, with materials on the topography of 19th-century Austria-Hungary, as well as captured Nazi maps and materials on the world wars.
Research aids: The Geography and Map Division: A Guide to Its Collections and Services (1975). Finding aids are available at the Division.
* Hispanic Division
Thomas Jefferson Building
Room 205
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5400
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: One of the finest Hispanic and Portuguese collections in the world, dating from pre-Columbian times to the present and dealing with history, literature, and the social sciences; also developing a strong Latin American collection.
* Law Library
James Madison Building
Room 201
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5079
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-9:30p.m.
Saturday 8:30a.m.-5:30p.m.
Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Largest and most comprehensive law collection in the world, including over two million volumes covering laws, treatises, and constitutions of some 200 countries from ancient to modern times.
* Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
Thomas Jefferson Building
Room G20
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5537
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30a.m.-9:30p.m.
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m
Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Closed Sundays from Memorial Day through Labor Day
Holdings: Extensive collection of published genealogical materials, as well as local (town and county) histories of the United States and Europe; American city directories dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries; published census records and indexes; pre-1820 passenger lists.
Research aids: James C. Neagles, The Library of Congress: Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research (1990).
* Manuscript Division
James Madison Building
Room 101
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5387
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Collections from the pre-colonial period of American history to the present on such subjects as politics, science, religion, literature, military and naval history, and African-American history and culture; also microfilm copies of over two million manuscripts in foreign libraries and repositories pertaining to American history.
Research aids: Master Record II: Dictionary Catalog of Collections and Reference Index for the Dictionary Catalog of Collections (1986).
* Microform Reading Room Section
Thomas Jefferson Building
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5471
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-9:30p.m.
Saturday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Microform reproductions of manuscripts and archives chiefly located in European and other foreign repositories. Materials copied include pre-1900 records of U.S. State governments; archives of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1868-1945; and manuscripts in St. Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai.
* Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
James Madison Building
Room 338
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5840
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Important film collections include the American Film Institute Collection, the Paper Print Collection, and the Theodore Roosevelt Collection. Recorded sound collections include the National Broadcasting Company Radio Collection, The American Forces Radio and Television Service Collection, and the Office of War Information Collection.
German materials include captured Nazi films and propaganda clips; a collection of wartime broadcasts by exile groups from throughout Europe; and recordings of wartime broadcasts of German radio stations monitored by the American government.
* Music Division
James Madison Building
Room 113
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5503
Hours: Monday-Saturday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Music manuscripts and letters of or relating to composers and other musicians of many nationalities, with particularly strong holdings in American music and in the period since the 18th century.
Holdings include materials on Mendelssohn, Brahms, and the Second Vienna School, as well as the Liszt-Rosenthal Collection, the Schönberg-Webern correspondence, and the Schatz Collection of opera librettos.
Research aids: The Music Division: A Guide to Its Collections and Services (1972); finding aids to parts of the collection are available.
* Prints and Photographs Division
James Madison Building
Room 339
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-6394
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Photographs and other visual materials (some 15 million items) dating from the late 18th century, covering all subject areas; included are large personal collections (e.g. the collection of Hermann Göring), a collection of anti-Semitic cartoons, the Office of War Information Collection, and the American National Red Cross Collection.
* Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Thomas Jefferson Building
Room 256
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5434
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:30p.m.
Holdings: Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, autograph documents, photographs, and special collections, such as the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, including the Giant Bible of Mainz; the Luther Collection; the Reformation Collection; and the Third Reich Collection.
Research aids: Rare Books and Special Collections: An Illustrated Guide, 1992; Some Guides to Special Collections in the Rare Book Division (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1974).
* Science and Technology Division
John Adams Building
Room 508
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5639
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-9:30p.m.
Saturday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Extensive collection of civilian and military technical sources in publications dealing with the history of aeronautics and aviation.
Significant materials on German science and technology of the World War II period, encompassing a variety of captured German documents; included are materials handled by the Publications Board Project, consisting of 15,000 reels of captured and microfilmed technical documents and reports.
* Serial Division
Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room
James Madison Building
Room 133
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel.: (202) 707-5690
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-9:30p.m.
Saturday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: American and foreign newspapers and periodicals; complete set of U.S. government documents since 1965; complete set of United Nations documents since 1945.
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20418
Tel.: (202) 334-2125
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Administrative records, dating from the mid-19th century, of the National Academy of Sciences and of the organizations established under its corporate charter: the National Research Council, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
History Office
300 E Street, S.W.
Mailing address: Code LH-14. NASA
Washington, D.C. 20546
Tel.: (202) 358-0385
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Holdings: Materials on foreign and domestic aeronautics and astronautics, technology, and public policy; concentration on American activities associated with NASA.
Research aids: History at NASA/the NASA History Office (Washington, D.C., 1986).
National Air and Space Museum
see under Smithsonian Institution
National Anthropological Archives
see under Smithsonian Institution
The National Archives
8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20408
Tel.: (202) 501-5500
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:45a.m.-10:00p.m.
Saturday 8:45a.m.-5:00p.m.
See: Guide to the National Archives of the United States (Washington, D.C., 1987); "Selected List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Service;" National Archives Microfilm Publications; Milton O. Gustafson, ed., The National Archives and Foreign Relations Research, 1974; Robert Wolfe, ed., Captured German and Related Records, 1975.
Note:
The National Archives is currently relocating a substantial portion of its holdings to a new facility near the campus of the University of Maryland at College Park. For specific information regarding the move, please write to Don Neal at the National Archives and ask to be placed on the mailing list for the Archives II Researcher Bulletin.
National Association of Broadcasters
Library and Information Center
1771 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-2891
Tel.: (202) 429-5490
Hours: Monday-Friday 11:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials pertaining to the history of broadcasting, including regulation, criticism, and commentary, and freedom of the press.
National Business League
1629 K Street, N.W. #605
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel.: (202) 466-5483
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Records of the National Business League and its predecessor, the National Negro Business League, dating from the early 20th century. Also correspondence of League founder Booker T. Washington.
National Council of Negro Women
National Archives for Black Women's History
1667 K Street, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 659-0006
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Historical records of the National Council of Negro Women, including affiliated black women's organizations, as well as other manuscript collections. Emphasizes civil rights, women's issues, education, and black women in the United States. Materials include personal papers, photographs, and ephemera.
National Defense University
Library
Marshall Hall, Building 62
Fort Lesley J. McNair
4th and P Streets, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20319-6000
Tel.: (202) 287-9460
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Government documents and pamphlets; extensive collection on military, economic, political, and industrial subjects, including personal papers of General Maxwell Taylor.
National Gallery of Art
4th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20565
Hours: Monday 12:00p.m.-4:30p.m.
Tuesday-Friday 10:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Holdings: Over 175,000 volumes and periodicals on the history, theory, and criticism of Western art and architecture from the Middle Ages to the present. The collection includes a broad selection of monographs on individual artists, with extensive materials on Leonardo da Vinci and his time comprising a special resource for scholars; and museum, exhibition, and auction catalogues from the 17th century to the present.
National Grange
Memorial Library
1616 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel.: (202) 628-3507
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Journal of Proceedings of the National Grange dating from 1874 to the present; correspondence of the Grange with Congress; testimony of Grange members before congressional committees in the 1960's and 1970's; photographs.
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Library
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20570
Tel.: (202) 254-9055
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials on U.S. labor relations, labor history, political science, economics, the NLRB, and the National Labor Relations Act. Over 3,000 bound volumes of NLRB briefs and records in cases before the Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeal.
National Museum of . . .
see under Smithsonian Institution
National Organization for Women
1000 16th Street, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 331-0066
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Holdings: Archives and records of the National Organization for Women.
* Division of Cultural Resources Management
800 North Capitol Street
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel:. (202) 208-7625
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:45a.m.-4:15p.m.
Holdings: Guides, studies, and reports compiled by Park Service personnel covering the development of nearly 300 national park areas.
* Photo Library
1849 C Street, N.W.
Room 3424
Washington, D.C. 20240
Tel.: (202) 208-6843
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Over one million photographs taken in national parks from 1930 to the present.
National Press Club
Library and Archives
National Press Building
529 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20045
Tel.: (202) 662-7500
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-7:00p.m.
Holdings: The records of the National Press Club, including correspondence, minutes, legal and financial records, transcripts of speeches, dating from 1908. Also, materials on journalists and the history of journalism in the United States, dating from the early 20th century.
National Science Foundation
Library
1800 G Street, N.W.
Room 248
Washington, D.C. 20550
Tel.: (202) 357-7811
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Collections in science and technology policy, research and development management, science and engineering education, and the history of science.
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
1300 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 293-1700
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
Holdings: Collections related to American colonial history, with emphasis on biographical and genealogical information on early settlers.
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
* Americana Collection
1776 D Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel.: (202) 879-3255/3256/3257
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Collection covers the 17th century to 1830, and emphasizes the Revolutionary War period. Materials include state records since 1607; photographs of U.S. presidents and their wives; letters and papers of all the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, as well as of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Microfilm collection contains documents related to U.S. history before 1830.
* Genealogical Library
1776 D Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel.: (202) 879-3226/3227/3228
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:45a.m.-4:00p.m.
Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Records relating to participants in the American Revolution.
National Woman's Party
144 Constitution Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
Tel.: (202) 546-1210
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
Saturday-Sunday 12:00p.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Documents on women's suffrage; houses the oldest feminist library in the United States.
Naval Historical Center
Washington Navy Yard
1901 M Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20374
* Early History Branch
Building 57
Tel.: (202) 433-2364
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Records of naval history through World War I.
* Naval Aviation History Office
Building 157
Tel.: (202) 433-4355/8
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Historical records and documents dealing with naval aviation.
* Navy Department Library
Building 44
Tel.: (202) 433-4131
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Holdings: Congressional documents, reports, hearings, and legislation covering the U.S. Navy; a rare book collection containing titles from the 15th through the 18th centuries; reports of the Secretary of the Navy; administrative histories of World War II; newspapers and letters from the Revolutionary period; papers of U.S. naval officers.
* Operational Archives
Building 57
Tel.: (202) 433-3170
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Records documenting all aspects of U.S. naval operations from 1939 to the present; personal papers of individual officers; manuscript histories of naval activities.
* Photographic Section
Building 108
Tel.: (202) 433-2765
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Over 200,000 photographs documenting U.S. naval history from pre-Civil War era to the present.
Order of Preachers
Province of St. Joseph
Archives, Dominican House of Studies
487 Michigan Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20017
Tel.: (202) 529-5300
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Monday-Thursday 7:00p.m.-10:00p.m.
Holdings: Records of the Dominican Order in the United States dating from the early 19th century; also records of foreign missions in China, Kenya, Pakistan, Chile, and Peru.
Organization of American States
Records Management Center
19th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Mailing address:
17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel.: (202) 458-3973
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Holdings: Records of the Organization of American States dating from the late 19th century, including treaties, conventions, and agreements signed by member nations; records of General Assemblies, Council meetings, reports of the Secretary General, and conferences. Extensive material on member states, covering people, culture, and inter-American relations.
Peace Corps Library
1990 K Street, N.W.
Room 5353
Washington, D.C. 20526
Tel.: (202) 606-3307
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Reports, books, and periodicals relating to social, political, and economic topics in areas where the Peace Corps has operated.
Performing Arts Library
John F. Kennedy Center
Washington, D.C. 20566
Tel.: (202) 416-8780
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11:00a.m.-8:30p.m.
Saturday 10:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Holdings: Large collection in all aspects of the performing arts, including historical information.
The Phillips Collection Library
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
Tel.: (202) 387-2151
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Material relating to modern art and its 19th century sources; supporting documentation on the artists and art of the permanent collection. Over 1000 photographs of art dating from the early 19th century.
Saint Paul's College
Library
3015 4th Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20017
Tel.: (202) 269-2545
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-1:00p.m.
Also by appointment
Holdings: Collection includes 16th- and 18th-century books, especially in theology and canon law, as well as materials on philosophy, church history, and English literature.
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Supreme Council Library and Museum
1733 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
Tel.: (202) 232-3579
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials relating to the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and its founding dating from the early 19th century; also collections of history, philosophy, religion, American history, and biography. Special collections include the Carman Collection of Lincolniana.
* Archives
900 Jefferson Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1420
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Official records of the Smithsonian Institution, including manuscripts, private papers, and collections relating to Smithsonian staff and other scientists. The collection is particularly rich in the history of 19th- century American science but is also important for the development of institutions and programs with which the Smithsonian was associated. It also includes extensive materials documenting scientific contacts between the United States and other nations from the early 1800s to the present.
Research aid: Guide to the Smithsonian Archives (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983).
* Archives of American Art
National Portrait Gallery Building
Room 331
8th and F Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
Tel.: (202) 357-2781
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Records of the National Museum of American Art, including official and personal correspondence, financial records, and photographs. Collections include the personal papers of artists, collectors, dealers, art historians, and critics, as well as records of art museums, galleries, schools, and relevant governmental agencies; also over 2,000 oral history interviews with artists and other people in the art world.
Research aid: Arthur J. Breton, Nancy Zembala, and Anne P. Nicastro, Archives of American Art: A Checklist of the Collection (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987).
* Freer Gallery of Art
a. Department of Near Eastern Art
12th Street and Jefferson Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2091
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Appointment requested
Holdings: 90,000 items from the 3rd century forward, including Christian, Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu bound manuscripts and single folios, as well as secular and religious works in Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Persian, Arabic, and Armenian; and collections of drawings, photographs, journals, and notebooks of expeditions to Persia in 1930-1960, and the Near East in 1903-1936.
b. Library
12th Street and Jefferson Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2091
Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m
Holdings: 30 volumes of letters and 29 diaries of Charles L. Freer; correspondence of friends and business associates of Freer like Abbott H. Thayer, Thomas W. Dewing, and Dwight Tryon.
* National Air and Space Museum
Library
6th Street and Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-3133
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Over 1,100,000 items, including collections of photographs, technical reports, and manuscripts on aerospace biography and industry, flight technology, the history of aviation, and rocketry. The library is a depository for NASA material.
* National Anthropological Archives
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1986
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Private papers of American anthropologists and ethnologists, as well as records of the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology and other agencies; excellent resource for materials pertaining to the history and anthropology of Native Americans and Eskimos.
* National Museum of African Art
Eliot Elisofon Archives
Room 2140
950 Independence Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-4600
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Holdings: Materials on traditional and contemporary art in Africa, including folklore, crafts, decorative arts, photographs, and African-American arts.
* National Museum of American Art
Slide and Photography Archive
8th and G Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1626, 1348, 2283
Hours: Monday-Tuesday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Wednesday 10:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Thursday, Friday 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Historical photographs of art and artists.
* National Museum of American History
a. Archives Center
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-3270
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Advance notice requested
Holdings: Manuscript collections transferred from other divisions of the National Museum of American History, including materials on the history of electricity, electronic communications, and other areas of science and technology; also has the Collection of Business Americana and several large collection of historical photographs.
Research aids: Guide to Manuscript Collections in the National Museum of History and Technology (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978).
b. Department of Social and Cultural History
- Division of Community Life
AHB 4101
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2385
Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Manuscripts, photographs, legal documents, scrapbooks, and other materials, dating from the late 18th century. Collections cover American community, urban life, and popular culture, including education, immigration, the labor movement, ethnic groups, and African-Americans. Special collection of 103 volumes of clippings on the career of boxing great Joe Louis.
- Division of Domestic Life
AHB 4117
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2308
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Prior appointment required
Holdings: Collection of architecture, crafts, furniture, photographs, and family papers from the mid-18th century forward.
- Division of Political History
AHB 4109
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2008
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Prior appointment required
Holdings: Collection of photographs and papers of persons active in U.S. politics, including papers of John Adams and the John Hancock family.
c. Department of History of Science and Technology
- Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
AHB 5025
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1840
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:45a.m.-5:15p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Materials documenting the history and technology of electricity, nuclear energy, and modern physics.
-Division of Extractive Industries
AHB 5032
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2095, 2813, 2323
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Prior appointment required
Holdings: Collection of records pertaining to mining, agriculture, the fishing industry, and food processing. Included are records of mining companies, textile mills, and railroad and canal construction companies.
- Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
AHB 5020
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2058
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Materials relating to the history of mechanical and civil engineering, construction, and manufacturing in the United States, including personal papers of American engineers.
- Division of Medical Sciences
AHB 5000
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2145
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Collections include papers of the medical surgical faculty of the University of Maryland; also papers of physicians, dentists, and others in the medical field dating from the mid-18th century.
- Division of Military History
AHB 4013
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1883
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Personal papers, photographs, and other materials dating from the 19th century concerning various aspects of U.S. military history.
- Division of Armed Forces History
AHB 4020
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2249
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Materials on the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard dating from the early 19th century.
- Division of Transportation
AHB 5010
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2025
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Prior appointment required
Holdings: Photographs, drawings, charts, and records concerning the various means of transportation.
- Dibner Library
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1577
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Rare books (ca. 12,000 volumes), with substantial holdings in astronomy, mathematics, physics, and electricity; an excellent collection of manuscripts, speeches, papers, photographs, and portraits of such notable scientists as Newton, Einstein, and Aristotle.
research aid: Manuscripts of the Dibner Collection in the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985).
d. National Numismatics Collections
AHB 4000
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1798
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Materials dating from the early 20th century concerning monetary policy, inflation, and other related financial issues.
e. National Philatelic Collections
AHB 4004
12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-1796
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:15p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Records of the U.S. Postal Service dating from the mid-19th century, as well as those of predecessor agencies, railway post offices, and the Internal Revenue Service.
Society of the Cincinnati
2118 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Tel.: (202) 785-2040
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Research library on the history of the American Revolution. Collections include private papers, muster rolls, orderly books, and other manuscripts pertaining to the Revolution and other aspects of American history.
Supreme Court of the United States
Curator's Office
1 First Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20543
Tel.: (202) 479-3298
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Manuscripts and correspondence representing most members of the Court since 1789; other materials relating to the Court's history.
Temple Sinai
Library
3100 Military Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20015
Tel.: (202) 363-6394
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Friday 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Reference collection of 3500 volumes, 34 periodical and newspaper titles. Materials concentrate on Jewish history and philosophy, comparative religion, the Holocaust, and American Judaism.
Tudor Place Foundation, Inc.
1605 32nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel.: (202) 965-0166
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Collection comprises some 250,000 manuscripts and 7,500 objects that span six generations of the Custis-Peter family, descendants of Martha Washington.
United States Commission on Civil Rights
National Clearinghouse Library
624 Ninth Street, N.W.
6th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20425
Tel.: (202) 376-8110
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Holdings: Collection focuses on materials on civil rights, including black law school reviews, women's law reviews, and Native American law reviews and periodicals.
United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service, History Unit
14th Street and Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel.: (202) 205-1059
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Manuscripts and published sources related to the administrative history of the agency, including conservation history, land-use history (especially within the national forest system), and timber management policy; also rare Forest Service manuals and regulations from 1905 to 1920.
United States Department of the Air Force
Office of Air Force History
HC USAF/CHO
Building 5681
Bolling Air Force Base
Washington, D.C. 20332-6098
Tel.: (202) 767-0412
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials covering the history of the U.S. Air Force and military aviation, with emphasis on the European theater in World War II.
Research aid: Lawrence J. Paszek, United States Air Force History: A Guide to Documentary Sources (Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1973).
United States Department of the Army
* Army Corps of Engineers
Office of the Chief of Engineers
a. Library
20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Room 3119
Washington, D.C. 20314-1000
Tel.: (202) 272-0457
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:45a.m.-4:15p.m.
Holdings: Annual reports of the Office of the Chief of Engineers dating from 1775 to the present; also government records concerning roads, canals, surveys, and explorations since the early 19th century.
b. Public Affairs Office
Audio Visual Division
20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20314
Tel.: (202) 272-0017
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Historical photographs, including those of Revolutionary War sketches, 19th-century railroad construction, early exploration of the Rocky Mountains, the California Gold Rush, the Mexican-American War, and World War II engineering.
* Center of Military History
1099 14th Street, N.W.
Room 209
Washington, D.C. 20005-3402
Tel.: (202) 504-5416
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-3:30p.m.
Clearance required for classified documents
Holdings: Collections documenting the history of the U.S. Army since 1776, including numerous unpublished histories of the Department of Defense and its predecessor agencies; also documents on the history of the Office of the Surgeon General.
United States Department of Defense
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Otis Historical Archives
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Building 54
6825 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20306-6000
Tel.: (202) 576-2334
Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Records on the history of medicine, military medicine, and pathology since the mid-17th century, including correspondence, manuscripts, case studies, research papers, and photograph collections.
United States Department of Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Information Services
Educational Research Library
555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20208-1239
Tel.: (202) 219-1884
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Education materials from the collections of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the National Education Association; the archives of the U.S. Office of Education; materials on the history of education in the United States, including historical reports, periodicals, and rare books. The Early American Textbook Collection contains a large number of 19th- and 20th-century textbooks as well as a small collection of books from the 17th and 18th centuries.
United States Department of Energy
History Division
Forrestal Building
Room 7E-054
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20585
Tel.: (202) 586-5235
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Holdings: Records of offices of the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies. Included are records of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Federal
Energy Administration, and the Department of the Interior.
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20410
a. Library
Tel.: (202) 708-2370
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:45p.m.-5:15p.m.
Photo I.D. required
Holdings: Over 650,000 volumes covering census information, architecture, building, housing law, public housing, and urban development.
b. Printing and Visual Arts Division
Room B116
Tel.: (202) 708-4310
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Photographs of projects sponsored by the department, including housing projects, urban renewal, parks, public works, and public buildings.
United States Department of Justice
Main Library
Room 5400
10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Tel.: (202) 514-3775
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Extensive collections in American law, legislation, political science, and criminal justice.
United States Department of Labor
Library
Room N-2445
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20210
Tel.: (202) 219-6992
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:15a.m.-4:45p.m.
Holdings: Materials related to labor history and labor law; reports, proceedings, and official journals of American labor unions; foreign, federal, and state documents relating to labor economics and statistics.
United States Department of the Navy
*Naval Observatory Library
3450 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20392-5420
Tel.: (202) 653-1499
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Approval required
Holdings: Books dating from the 16th century, journals, periodicals from the 17th century, star charts, and maps, as well as other materials relating to astronomy, mathematics, physics, and geophysics.
* United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps Historical Center
Washington Navy Yard
Building 58
9th and M Streets, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20374
Tel.: (202) 433-3439 (Archivist)
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Clearance required for classified documents
Holdings: Official archives for Marine Corps history from 1775 to the present.
United States Department of State
* Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Library, State Department Building
Room 5840
320 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20451
Tel.: (202) 647-5969
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Materials on the Committee on Disarmament; documents on disarmament, 1945-1985.
* State Department Library
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
Tel.: (202) 647-1099
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:15a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Collection dealing with the foreign relations, politics, and economics of the United States and foreign countries; statistical publications by the American government; collections of diplomatic papers; memoirs and biographies of foreign and American statesmen and politicians. The collection is particularly strong in diplomatic history, political science, international law, and other subjects related to the work of the Department of State.
United States Department of Transportation
Main Library
Nassif Building
400 7th Street, S.W.
Room 2200
Washington, D.C. 20590
Tel.: (202) 366-2565
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m. (Reference)
7:30a.m.-5:30p.m. (Law)
Holdings: Historical, technical and legal material covering subjects such as engineering, economics, finance, driver studies, general transportation, navigation, railroads, shipbuilding, and urban transportation.
United States Department of the Treasury
Library, Main Treasury Building
Room 5030
15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20220
Tel.: (202) 622-0990
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials emphasize money, taxation, finance, banking, domestic economic conditions, and international economics; complete congressional records and congressional reports and documents from 1789 on.
United States General Accounting Office
Information Services Center
Room 6430
441 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20548
Tel.: (202) 275-3691
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:45p.m.
Holdings: Materials on the history of the GAO; legislative histories.
United States Holocaust Research Institute
2000 L Street, N.W.
Suite 588
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 488-2603
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Holdings: Wide range of materials, all concerning the Holocaust and the historical context in which it occurred; survivor testimonies, concentration camp materials, including eyewitness accounts and camp administrative records; materials on war crimes, the fate of the gypsies, displaced persons after the war, the liberation of the camps, the American response, restitution, the fate of Jehovah's Witnesses, ghettos; still pictures, sound recordings, camp and ghetto music; materials from various sources in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Moldova, and Belarus.
United States Information Agency
Associate Directorate for Programs
Agency Library, Agency Archives
Room 740
1425 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20547
Tel.: (202) 485-7700
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:00p.m.
Only with permission of the Office of
Congressional and Public Liaison (CPL)
1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20547
Holdings: Records of the USIA and its predecessor agencies, including the Office of War Information and the International Information Administration, dating from 1938. Included are records of the Voice of America and the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, as well as tapes of oral history interviews with persons employed by or associated with the bureau.
United States Office of Personnel Management
Library
1900 E Street, N.W.
Room 5416
Washington, D.C. 20415
Tel.: (202) 606-1432
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Reference collection and other materials relating to the history of the U.S. Civil Service.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Library
Room 1C00
450 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Tel.: (202) 272-2618
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Legislative histories of statutes administered by the agency.
Urban Institute
Library
2100 M Street, N.W.
5th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20037
Tel.: (202) 857-8688
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Collection contains 28,000 books, 600 periodical titles, and 4,500 reels of microfilm. The library is particularly strong in the areas of public policy, covering areas such as finance, community development, income security, health policy, pensions, education, and productivity. It also has a strong collection of materials from the Bureau of the Census, with the records since 1940 on microfilm, along with back copies of the Congressional Record and the Federal Register.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
Library
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Building 40
6825 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20307
Tel.: (202) 576-2417
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:45a.m.-4:30p.m.
Holdings: Strong collection in the field of biomedical sciences, including military medical history (SMADEL), biochemistry, surgery, and preventive medicine.
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Hurston Library
3935 Macomb Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
Tel.: (202) 362-7100
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
Friday 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
Advance notice requested
Holdings: Materials on Jewish history and philosophy, the Holocaust, and the history of Jewish immigrants in America.
Washington Hospital Center
Medical Library
110 Irving Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20010
Tel.: (202) 877-6221
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30a.m.-7:00p.m.
Friday 7:30a.m.-5:00p.m.
Saturday 9:00a.m.-1:00p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Official records, correspondence, photographs, diaries, and oral histories dating from the mid-19th century concerning the Washington Hospital Center and its predecessor institutions. Also contains sources on medicine, nursing, allied health fields, psychology, sociology, and hospital administration.
Wesley Theological Seminary
Library
4500 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-9990
Tel.: (202) 885-8691
Hours: Monday 8:00a.m.-10:00p.m.
Tuesday-Thursday 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Friday 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Saturday 10:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Holdings: Materials relating to Methodism dating from the mid-18th century, including letters of John Wesley.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Library
1000 Jefferson Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel.: (202) 357-2567
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:45a.m.-5:15p.m.
Holdings: Extensive reference collection, including titles on American, European, and Soviet politics and history. Contains the Kennan Institute Library, which focuses on Russian studies.
Banneker-Douglass Museum of African-American Life and History
Mount Moriah Church
84 Franklin Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 974-2893
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Saturday 12:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: The official state agency for the collection of materials on the history of African-Americans in Maryland and the United States.
Historic Annapolis Foundation Library
Library
194 Prince George Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 267-7619/268-1765
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Materials on Annapolis history dating from the 18th century, including government and private publications and historic photographs.
Maryland Department of General Services
Maryland Hall of Records
St. John's Street and College Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 974-3611
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Archives of the colony and the state of Maryland, including state, county, and local government agency records, personal papers, church and business records, and photographs.
Maryland Department of Legislative Reference
Library
90 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 841-3810
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Collections include Maryland county and city codes, state publications, and materials relating to Maryland history.
Maryland Historical Trust
Division of Historical and Cultural Programs
21 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 514-7600
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Collection of Maryland historic preservation materials, publications, and reports; records of historical and archaeological sites, including official entries to the Maryland Register of Historic Properties.
Maryland State Archives
Hall of Records
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 974-3914/3916
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Extensive holdings dating from the early 17th century include census, naturalization, and ship passenger lists from all of Maryland's twenty-four counties. Official records generated by Maryland state, county, and local governments; original source material from all Maryland counties prior to 1788, including land grants, deeds, wills, patents, tax records, chancery records, and church records.
Maryland State Law Library
Court of Appeals Building
361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 974-3395
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday 8:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: Substantial history and genealogy collection containing information on immigration to Maryland and its impact on state growth. Early census records, printed genealogies and family histories, local and state histories, early Maryland newspapers dating from 1745, and complete reports of Maryland's Provincial Court to the present.
United States Naval Academy
Museum
Annapolis, MD 21402
Tel.: (410) 267-2108
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials documenting American naval history, as well as numerous documents, diaries, and photographs of famous officers.
Nimitz Library
Special Collections Division
589 McNair Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5029
Tel.: (410) 267-2220
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Advance notice requested
Holdings: Emphasis on American and British naval history and sea power. Collections include books, clippings, photographs, and manuscripts. Also contains the Edward J. Steichen Collection of photographs.
United States Naval Institute
Oral History Office
118 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21402-5035
Tel.: (410) 268-6110
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Oral history interviews with individuals from all branches of naval service. Special segment on the first group of African-American officers; retrospective on Admiral Chester Nimitz based on interviews with former staff officers and family members; and materials on the Polaris nuclear submarine program.
Photographic Library
Annapolis, MD 21402
Tel.: (410) 268-6110
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Over 400,000 photographs of U.S. Navy ships, aircraft, combat personnel, and navy operations.
Baltimore Department of Legislative Reference
Division of City Archives and Records Management
Room 201
211 East Pleasant Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel.: (410) 396-4861/4863
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: Official repository for the historical records of the Baltimore municipal government. Holdings date from 1729 and include tax records, ship passenger lists, mayoral and city council records, and other materials relating to the life of the city and its history.
Baltimore Hebrew College
Joseph Meyerhoff Library
5800 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
Tel.: (410) 578-6936
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m
Holdings: Correspondence on efforts to rescue Jewish physicians from Nazi Germany; oral histories and Judaica, including 16th-century rare books.
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Library
1415 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD 21230
Tel.: (410) 727-4808
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Extensive collection of books, periodicals, photographs, and business ephemera relating to the history of industries and labor unions in Maryland.
Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore
Archives
1318 Dulaney Valley Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
Tel.: (410) 823-7415
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Records contain correspondence of most of the first American Roman Catholic bishops, bishops and archbishops of Baltimore, and Jesuits in the 18th and early 19th centuries; also manuscripts relating to the founding of the monastery and the founders' voyage from Europe.
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Archives
4701 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
Tel.: (410) 435-0100
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Materials pertinent to early 19th-century Baltimore, 19th-century education, and general Maryland history.
Discalced Carmelite Nuns
1318 Dulaney Valley Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Archives of the oldest community of religious women in the thirteen colonies, containing personal and community records; materials on the opening of Carmelite foundations beginning with 1863; information on land grants and the original families of the early sisters.
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Maryland Department
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 396-5468
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
(October-May)
Holdings: Materials relating to the history of Maryland and Baltimore, including a comprehensive collection of county histories; various aspects of the black experience in the United States with special emphasis on Baltimore and Maryland, including African-American encyclopedias, almanacs, and first editions of noted black American authors. Extensive collection of Maryland and Baltimore newspapers dating from 1773.
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Library
East Fort Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21230
Tel.: (410) 962-4290
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Holdings: Both library and museum collections contain historical and archaeological material on the 1814 Battle of Baltimore, the writing of The Star Spangled Banner, and the fort's history during the War of 1812, the Civil War, and World War I.
Jewish Historical Society of Maryland
The Jewish Heritage Center
15 Lloyd Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel.: (410) 732-6400
Hours: Monday-Thursday 12:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Extensive collections dating from the 18th century covering all aspects of Maryland Jewish history, including papers of prominent Maryland Jewish families and personalities; oral history interviews with prominent members of the Baltimore Jewish community; and immigration records of Jewish families settling in Baltimore from 1911 to 1960. Large collection of German-Jewish and Russian-Jewish records from the 19th century, as well as records of the German-Jewish Har Sinai Congregation.
Johns Hopkins University
Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Hunterian III
725 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel.: (410) 955-3043
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Official repository for the records of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, including manuscripts and letters from early faculty members.
Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr., Archives
Milton S. Eisenhower Library
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel.: (410) 516-8323
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Advance notice required
Holdings: Records of the non-medical divisions at the Johns Hopkins University; photographs and papers of famous faculty and alumni of the university.
George Peabody Library
17 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21210
Tel.: (410) 659-8197
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Holdings: Major strengths lie in American history and the history of science and technology.
Institute of the History of Medicine
1900 East Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel.: (410) 955-3178
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Advance notice requested
Holdings: One of the best secondary collections on the history of medicine in the country. Over 50,000 volumes of primary and secondary material on the history of medicine as well as 100 current periodicals.
Research aids: See Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Press, quarterly, 1932-.
John Work Garrett Library
4545 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
Tel.: (410) 516-8348
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Advance notice requested
Holdings: Extensive collections include the John Garrett Americana Collection, containing 17th-century books on Maryland, books printed in Europe prior to 1800 describing the American colonies, and American imprints to 1800; the American Revolution Collection, containing contemporary literature by Thomas Paine, Samuel Johnson, and Benjamin Franklin, the Journals of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1788, and letters written by members of the Continental Congress in Baltimore in 1777; the Bible Collection, with the September Bibel, and the first edition of Luther's translation of the New Testament into German (1522).
Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Special Collections
34th and Charles Streets
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel.: (410) 516-8348
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Materials include medieval manuscripts; the Machen Collection of incunabula and fine printed books, such as the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493); the William Kurrelmeyer Collection, covering numerous German literary figures; the Dexter Collection of political science interviews; and the Anti-Slavery Collection, including rare pamphlets and periodicals from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Josephite Archives
1130 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel.: (410) 727-3386
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Correspondence of the Superior of the Josephites from 1892 to 1975, including manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, and newspapers relating to the order's work among black Catholics; also material on black Catholics in the United States dating from the 1870s.
Lutheran Church in America
Resource Center
Maryland Synod
7604 York Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
Tel.: (410) 825-9520
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Proceedings of the annual conventions of the Synod since its organization in 1820, including histories of congregations.
Maryland Historical Society
Manuscripts Division
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 685-3750
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Extensive manuscript collections covering Maryland history from the colonial period forward. Included are the Calvert family papers, dating from the 16th century; papers of political and social leaders, diaries, accounts, and correspondence representing all areas of Maryland, with emphasis on the Baltimore area; records of official state, county, and city government organizations, mostly from the colonial and early Republic period; and the largest collection of church records in Maryland.
Research aids: Manuscript Collections of the Maryland Historical Society.
Oral History Office
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 685-3750
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Oral histories covering a wide range of Maryland history.
Prints and Photographs Division
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 685-3750
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: 19th- and 20th-century photographs relating to Maryland, with an emphasis on the Baltimore area; also materials on the Civil War.
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
Library
1211 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 539-0872, Ext. 343
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Appointments encouraged
Holdings: Materials on the history of medicine from the 18th and 19th centuries; correspondence, diaries, journals and logbooks of Maryland physicians from the 18th and 19th centuries; and notebooks of Maryland students attending medical schools in Europe in the early 19th century.
Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart
1001 West Joppa Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
Tel. (410) 823-8585
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of founders and later superiors dating from 1890, documenting the ministry among blacks in America.
Morgan State University
Soper Library
Hillen Road and Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21239
Tel.: (410) 444-3488
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Monday-Tuesday 6:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Holdings: Beulah M. Davis Special Collections Room houses materials on African-American history, including slavery and black employment during World War II.
Ner Israel Rabbinical College
Library
400 Mount Wilson Lane
Baltimore, MD 21208
Tel.: (410) 484-7200
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Hebrew newspapers from Jewish communities in Europe from 1827 to 1937.
Oblate Sisters of Providence
701 Gun Road
Baltimore, MD 21227
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Extensive holdings, including papers of the founders and superiors since 1829, as well as financial and administrative records; also papers pertaining to the order's work among blacks and Native Americans.
The Peale Museum
225 Holliday Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel.: (410) 396-1149/3523
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Photographs, drawings, and maps of Baltimore dating from the early 19th century.
Saint Mary's Seminary and University
Theological Library
5400 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210
Tel.: (410) 323-3200, ext. 162
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Holdings: Early Catholic Americana.
School Sisters of Notre Dame
6401 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21212
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Papers of the foundress and superiors dating from 1847. Materials include detailed accounts of the early foundation and arrival from Europe, financial and administrative records, province education records and statistics, and papers of former sisters.
Sojourner-Douglass College
Carter Library
500 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel.: (410) 276-0306, ext. 27
Hours: Monday-Friday 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Holdings: Materials pertaining to African-American history.
United Methodist Historical Society of the Baltimore Conference
Lovely Lane Museum
2200 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel.: (410) 889-4458
Hours: Monday, Friday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: Materials on United Methodist history, with an emphasis on the Baltimore Conference area.
University of Maryland at Baltimore
Health Sciences Library
111 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 706-7545
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Holdings: Collections dealing with the history of medicine, dentistry, nursing and social work, including early works by Florence Nightingale and an extensive collection on the history of birth control.
Marshall Law Library
20 North Paca Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 706-7270
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m.
Holdings: Collection contains 300,000 volumes of standard law resources, including collections of British, French and German legal materials.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery
5401 Wilkins Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21228
Tel.: (410) 455-2356
Hours: Monday-Friday 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (Sept.-May)
Other hours by appointment
Summer months by appointment only
Holdings: Howard Collection of Marylandia and Archives of the American Society for Microbiology.
The Walters Art Gallery
Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: (410) 547-9000
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Materials dating back to the early 8th century, including nearly 800 illuminated manuscripts, letters of prominent historical figures, and rare books and diaries.
Sisters of Mercy of the Union
Generalate Archives
10000 Kentsdale Drive
Bethesda, MD 20034
Tel.: (301) 469-9221
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: Archives, manuscripts, and memorabilia tracing the history of the Sisters of Mercy in the United States, including letters (1837-1841) of the founder and papers of members of the congregation.
Mount Saint Mary's College
Hugh J. Phillips Library
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Tel.: (301) 447-6122
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Materials relating to Catholicism in Maryland. Also some local genealogical materials.
Hood College of Frederick
Joseph Henry Apple Library
Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
Tel.: (301) 663-3131
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:15 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Friday 8:15 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Holdings: Collections pertaining to Maryland history, including the Landauer Collection of Civil War materials.
Prince George's County Memorial Library
Hyattsville Branch Library
Maryland Room
6530 Adelphi Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Tel.: (301) 779-9330
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
(Oct.-May)
Holdings: Collections pertaining to the history of Maryland, Prince George's County, and the municipalities within the county. The Sojourner Truth Room contains materials relating to the black experience in America.
Montgomery County Public Library
99 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850-2374
Tel.: (301) 217-3800
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Materials include a partial government documents depository, Maryland municipal records, and a special collection on business information for Montgomery County.
National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
(formerly National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
1600 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850
Mailing address:
NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20850
Tel.: (301) 251-5500
(800) 851-3420
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (phones)
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (library)
Holdings: Documents cover all aspects of criminal justice, police, crime prevention, juvenile justice, courts, corrections, and criminology. Collection of prison population statistics from 1850; testimony before Congressional committees; dissertations in institute's areas of interest.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Libraries
Library and Information Services Division
1315 East-West Highway
2nd Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel.: (301) 713-2600
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Data collections, maps, atlases, and a rare book collection dating back to the 1500's covering meteorology, astronomy, ocean engineering, marine biology, and climatology.
Takoma Park Historical Society
c/o Municipal Building
7500 Maple Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20012
Tel.: (301) 585-3542
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Collections dating from the mid-19th century relating to the history of Takoma Park.
Takoma Park Maryland Library
101 Philadelphia Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Tel.: (301) 270-1717
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Hooker Collection of Maryland history; also materials on the history of Takoma Park.
Alexandria Library
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2420
Tel.: (703) 838-4555
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Virginiana and Alexandriana, including genealogy, oral histories, and Civil War history; also, several manuscripts dating from the American Revolution. See also: Lloyd House (below).
The Boyhood Home of Robert E. Lee
607 Oronoco Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel.: (703) 548-8454
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: Books and articles pertaining to the early years of the Lee family in Alexandria from 1795 to 1830.
Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
4301 West Braddock Road
Alexandria, VA 22304
Tel.: (703) 838-4848
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Collections date from 1783 and include a Civil War research library of documents and photographs, with special emphasis on the defenses of Washington.
Future Farmers of America
5632 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Alexandria, VA 22309
Tel.: (703) 360-3600
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Library and archival collections on agriculture in the United States dating from 1928.
Lloyd House
Library of Virginia History and Genealogy
220 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel.: (703) 838-4577
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Part of the Alexandria Library; materials on Virginia history and genealogy, including books, photographs, maps, microforms, and manuscripts, with collections on settlement in Virginia and the Civil War.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Southeastern District
6315 Grovedale Drive
P.O. Box 10415
Alexandria, VA 22310-0415
Tel.: (703) 971-9371
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Holdings: Manuscripts, congregation histories, and official records dealing with the history of Lutherans on the East Coast.
American Gas Association
Library
1515 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209
Tel.: (703) 841-8415
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Manuscripts, diaries, journals, records, and photographs relating to the history of the natural gas industry in the United States; also houses the U.S.-Soviet Union Gas Trade Mission Archives.
Arlington County Public Library
Virginiana Collection
1015 North Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel.: (703) 527-4777
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Holdings: Personal papers, rare books, newsletters, photographs, maps, oral histories, and other records of prominent Arlington residents active in the civic and political affairs of Arlington County. Collections also document government, social, cultural, and religious life; included are manuscripts relating to African-American history in Arlington County.
Arlington Historical Society and Museum
1805 South Arlington Ridge Road
Arlington, VA
Tel.: (703) 892-4204
Hours: Friday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Sunday 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
By appointment only
Holdings: Extensive collection of archival material dating from the mid-19th century, including manuscripts, papers, maps, and photographs pertaining to Arlington County and surrounding areas.
Arlington House
Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA
Tel.: (703) 557-0613
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Correspondence, journals, maps, and photographs pertaining to the families of Robert E. Lee and George Washington Parke Custis; materials relating to slavery and social, cultural, and political life in northern Virginia.
National Genealogical Society
Library
4527 17th Street North
Arlington, VA 22207-2399
Tel.: (703) 525-0050
Hours: Monday, Wednesday 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: Collection of genealogical information in books, periodicals, pamphlets, and manuscripts.
Patent and Trademark Office
Public Search Room
2021 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 20231
Tel.: (703) 305-8341
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Holdings: Reference collection of patents and patent journals, American and foreign, dating from 1617; comprehensive collection of all publications issued by foreign patent offices.
Fairfax City Regional Library
Virginia Room
3915 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
Tel.: (703) 246-2123
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Holdings: Local history, genealogy, and state and local government affairs collections dating from 1584 to the present.
George Mason University
Fenwick Library
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Tel.: (703) 993-2223
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Collections in Virginia and regional history, including the Northern Virginia Oral History Project; materials on the Civil War; collections on the Federal Theatre Project, including the Library of Congress Federal Theatre Project Collection, the Works Progress Administration Arts Projects Oral History Collection, and the Theatre of the 1930's Collection. Also contains the Mann Collection of Early Virginia Maps; the American Symphony Orchestra League Archives; and the Ollie Atkins Photograph Collection;.
United States Department of Defense
Army/Air Force Joint Medical Library
Offices of the Surgeons General
5109 Leesburg Pike, Room 670
Falls Church, VA 22041-3258
Tel. (703) 756-8028
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holdings: Historical collection on military medicine, including the annual reports of the U.S. Army Surgeon General dating from 1817; also manuals on military medicine dating from the 1860s.
James Monroe Law Office Museum and Memorial Library
908 Charles Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Tel.: (703) 899-4559
Hours: By appointment only
Holdings: Largest collection on Monroe in the United States. Monroe's papers, materials on his family, his presidency, and the effects of his administration in the United States and abroad.
The Kenmore Association, Inc.
1201 Washington Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Tel.: (703) 373-3381
Hours: Monday-Sunday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (March-Nov.)
Monday-Sunday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Dec.-Feb.)
Holdings: Library and archives containing materials on Fielding Lewis and his immediate family; also materials relating to 18th-century Virginia.
Mary Washington College
E. Lee Trinkle Library
Rare Books Room and College Archives
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5358
Tel.: (703) 899-4665
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Advance notice requested
Holdings: Collection of letters written from the Fredericksburg area by soldiers during the Civil War.
Prince William Public County Library
Virginiana Collection
8601 Mathis Avenue
Manassas, VA 22111
Tel.: (703) 361-8211
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Wednesday 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Holdings: Materials relating to the history of Prince William County and surrounding areas.
United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey Library
National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 22092
Tel.: (703) 648-4302
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Holdings: Largest earth science collection in the country, consisting of books, maps, and periodicals; covering all aspects of earth science, such as mineralogy, water resources, environmental science, chemistry, and geology; the Kunz Collection covers gems and geology from the late 1700s.