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801 K Street NW Washington, D.C. 20001 www.DCHistory.org SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FINDING AID Object ID: VF 05 Title: VF-Subject Subject Vertical File Collection, 1894-present Processors: Numerous Columbia Historical Society/Historical Society of Washington, D.C. staff and volunteers; rehousing by Eda Offutt and Bill Kummings. Processed Date: 1894-present; rehoused in 2015-2016 [Finding aid last updated May 13, 2016] Scope and Content Note: The Subject Vertical File Collection is an artificial collection of newspaper and magazine clippings that have been individually donated to the Society, collected by staff, or found in collection; they are arranged by subject. Please note, the collection is not exhaustive and is added to only on a sporadic basis; the Society does not actively collect for this collection. Individual manuscript collections may also contain clippings on many of the same topics, as well as those not included in this artificial collection. Donor: This collection was created through thousands of individual donations and through staff efforts. Most items are not traceable to a specific accession. Size: 51.5 linear ft. (103 containers) Processing note: Files that existed per legacy finding aids but were not located during the 2015-2015 rehousing process are noted in [brackets] and in red. Citation: [Item Identifier], Subject Vertical File collection (VF 05), Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research. Use Restrictions: Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. Related Materials: See separate finding aids for the following Vertical Files: 1 Biographical ; Neighborhood ; Places of Worship ; Streets, Circles and Plazas Many manuscript collections also contain clippings on topics as collected by the collection creator. 2 Table of Contents AFRICAN-AMERICANS ...................................................................................................................................... 5 AIRFIELDS/AIRPORTS, Box 1 ............................................................................................................................ 5 Apartments .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 ARCHITECTS, Box 2 ............................................................................................................................................ 6 ARCHITECTURE, Box 2-3 ................................................................................................................................... 6 ARTISTS, Box 3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 ARTS, Box 3-4 ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATION, Box 5-10.......................................................................................... 6 Biographies ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 BRIDGES, Box 10-12 ............................................................................................................................................ 8 BUILDINGS, Box 13-21 ........................................................................................................................................ 9 BUSINESSES, Box 21-26 .................................................................................................................................... 10 CEMETERIES, Box 27-28 ................................................................................................................................... 12 Churches ............................................................................................................................................................... 12 CRIME .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Education .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 EMBASSIES, Box 28-30...................................................................................................................................... 13 ETHNIC GROUPS, Box 30-31 ............................................................................................................................ 13 FIRES, FIREMEN, AND FIREHOUSES, Box 31 .............................................................................................. 14 FORTS, Box 32 .................................................................................................................................................... 14 GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS, Box 32-36 ....................................................................................................... 14 Health .................................................................................................................................................................... 15 HISTORIC HOUSES, Box 36-41......................................................................................................................... 15 Historic Preservation ............................................................................................................................................ 18 HISTORIC SITES: MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS AND STATUES, Box 41-45 ........................................... 18 HOSPITALS, Box 45-47 ...................................................................................................................................... 20 HOTELS/MOTELS, Box 48-50 ........................................................................................................................... 21 HOUSING, Box 50-52.......................................................................................................................................... 24 JAILS, Box 52 ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 LIBRARIES, Box 53 ............................................................................................................................................ 25 LITERATURE, Box 53 ........................................................................................................................................ 25 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, Box 54 ................................................................................................................ 25 MARYLAND, see separate finding aid ................................................................................................................. 25 MILITARY, Box 54,55 ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Mosques ................................................................................................................................................................ 26 MUSIC & DANCE, Box 55,56 ............................................................................................................................ 26 Neighborhoods ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 NEWSPAPERS, Box 56-58.................................................................................................................................. 27 PARKS, GARDENS, AND PLAYGROUNDS, Box 58-62 ................................................................................ 27 Places of Worship ................................................................................................................................................. 28 3 Plazas, see separate finding aid ........................................................................................................................... 28 Politics .................................................................................................................................................................. 28 POPULATION, Box 63 ........................................................................................................................................ 28 Proctor, John Clagett, see separate finding aid (index) ....................................................................................... 28 PUBLIC HEALTH, Box 63-64 ............................................................................................................................ 28 PUBLIC UTILITIES, Box 64 ............................................................................................................................... 29 RECREATION, Box 64-66 .................................................................................................................................. 29 Restaurants ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 SCHOOLS, Box 66-70 ........................................................................................................................................