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Concert programs from the Washington Bach Consort collection, 1977-2006
approximately 400 items. 3 containers. 1.25 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of programs for concerts performed by the Washington Bach Consort from 1977-2006.
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Concert programs from the National Men's Chorus collection, 1999-2018
56 items ; 0.4 linear feet (1 box). -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of programs for 56 concerts performed by the National Men's Chorus
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John and Ginny Dildine collection
175 items. 119 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 24 sound tape reels : analog ; 10 in.. 12 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in.. manuscripts: 1 folder.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collection of sound recordings of Washington, D.C. area folk music radio programs on WASH and WAMU-FM, hosted by John Dildine, with live interviews, and featuring some previously recorded selections. The collection also includes sound recordings of concerts, folk festivals (including selections from the Fox Hollow Folk Festival, 1968 and 1969) and other folk music events in Maryland; Virginia; St. Louis, Missouri; New York state, and other locations. Collection includes performances and interviews with well known musicians from the United States, Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland; plus a few shows featuring recordings of music from Kenya and from India. Some items are dubs of commercial recordings.
Raymond Clapper papers, 1908-1962
75,000 items. 249 containers plus 7 oversize. 116 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries and writings, notebooks, dispatches, press releases, radio scripts, reports, printed matter, scrapbooks, promotional matter, photographs, and reference material chiefly pertaining to the New Deal and World War II.
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Yousef Waffa papers, 1932-1934
10 items. 8 containers. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Landscape design student. Ten scrapbooks consisting of photographs, maps, blue prints, and notes detailing the urban and park planning of different cities and subdivisions across the United States at the outset of the New Deal.
Linda Pershing "Ribbon around the Pentagon" collection, 1984-2018
approximately 1,606 items. 8 containers. 4 linear feet. approximately 288 pages. 5 photographic prints : black-and-white ; 4 x 5 in., 5 x 7 in.. 131 photographic prints : color ; 3 1/2 x 5 in.. 971 photographic transparencies : color ; 35mm. 4 photographic transparencies : color ; 4 x 5 1/2 in.. 1 photographic negative : black-and-white ; 4 x 5 in.. 102 photographic negatives : color ; 35mm. 4 videocassettes (VHS) : analog. 50 audiocassettes : analog. 30 microcassettes : analog. 9 fabric panels : approximately 17 x 45 in.. 1 cleaning microcassette. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collection of ethnographic research data about Justine Merritt's "Ribbon around the Pentagon" project and subsequent related events. Includes several original Ribbon panels, audio interviews with participants, photographs of various Ribbon project events, video of lectures and documentaries, questionnaire responses, and signed copies of publications written by the collector.
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Hugh T. Taggart collection relating to the District of Columbia and Maryland, 1751-1889
200 items. 17 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States district attorney. Correspondence, letterbooks, daybooks, minutes, notebooks, accounts, invoices, financial records, broadside, and printed matter collected by Hugh T. Taggart relating to the survey, sale, and assessment of property in the District of Columbia, Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), and Maryland.
Montgomery C. Meigs papers, 1799-1971
11,000 items. 52 containers plus 10 oversize. 27 linear feet. 51 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer, engineer, architect, and scientist. Correspondence, diaries and journals, notebooks, family papers, military papers, drawings and plans, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to Meigs's work in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, his service as quartermaster general during the Civil War, and family matters.
Benjamin B. French family papers, 1778-1940
6,500 items. 38 containers plus 6 oversize. 17.2 linear feet. 16 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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New Hampshire politician, clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and Commissioner of Public Buildings in Washington, D.C. Journals, personal correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous papers chiefly relating to family matters and including commentary on political events and social life in Washington in the nineteenth century. Other prominent family members represented in the papers include Francis O. French, banker, and Amos Tuck, congressman.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund records, 1965-1994
43,700 items. 125 containers plus 8 oversize. 53 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Organization founded for the purpose of erecting a national memorial honoring American veterans of the Vietnam conflict. Administrative files document the operations and technical resources required for the erection of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as well as the surrounding political controversy.