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Washington, Walter E Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University Manuscript Division Finding Aids Finding Aids 1-26-2016 Washington, Walter E. DPAAC Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu Recommended Citation Staff, DPAAC, "Washington, Walter E." (2016). Manuscript Division Finding Aids. 261. https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/261 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Finding Aids at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Manuscript Division Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022 Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Collection Number 229 Finding aid prepared by Finding aid prepared by D.C. Africana Archives Project This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit January 26, 2016 Describing Archives: A Content Standard DC Africana Archives Project Gelman Library Special Collections, Suite 704 2130 H Street NW Washington DC, 20052 Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Biographical/Historical note.......................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement note...........................................................................................................................................5 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6 Mayor-Commissioner Files..................................................................................................................... 6 Mayoral Files......................................................................................................................................... 34 Bennetta Washington Files..................................................................................................................128 Correspondence....................................................................................................................................133 Photographs..........................................................................................................................................139 Subject Files.........................................................................................................................................170 Artifacts................................................................................................................................................221 - Page 2 - Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022 Summary Information Repository DC Africana Archives Project Title Walter E. Washington Papers Date 1933-2007 Extent 132.0 Cubic feet Location note This collection is part of the holdings of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, 500 Howard Place, NW, Washington, DC 20059. Please contact them for information on accessing these materials. Language English Abstract Walter Washington served as the city’s first appointed, and later, elected mayor. The Walter E. Washington Papers document Washington's career as mayor-commissioner, and later mayor, of Washington D.C., as well as his personal life in the years before and after his political career. Included are mayor-commissioner files, mayoral files, Bennetta Washington files, correspondence, photographs, subject files, and artifacts. - Page 3 - Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022 Biographical/Historical note Walter Washington served as the city’s first appointed, and later, elected mayor. He was born in Dawson, Georgia. He later attended Howard University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Public Administration in 1938. He would return ten years later and earn a law degree. He excelled in school, serving as president of Student Council and president of the Collegiate Auxiliary Chapter of the New Negro Alliance. He led civil rights protests throughout the city. In the early 1940s, Washington was appointed by President Kennedy as the Executive Director of city housing, which was later named National Capital Housing Authority. He breifly served as a member of New York mayor’s John Lindsay cabinet, presiding over the city’s Housing Authority. President Johnson, who a few years earlier resisted appointing Washington head of the developing police department, called him back to D.C. to serve as the first appointed mayor of the newly established city. Washington served as mayor-commissioner from 1967-1974, and elected mayor 1974-1979. Washington was married to Bennetta Bullock, who passed away in 1991. His second wife, whom he married in 1991, is still living. Washington passed away on October 27, 2003. Scope and Contents note The Walter E. Washington Papers document Washington's career as mayor-commissioner, and later mayor, of Washington D.C., as well as his personal life in the years before and after his political career. Mayor-commissioner files span 1967-1974 and include official correspondence, personal schedules, committee files, social calendars, itineraries, newsclippings, speeches, and other documents. Mayoral files span 1974-1978, during Washington's term as mayor,and include campaign files, books, committee files, complaints and petitions, agency files, daily briefings, budget documents, official schedules, info files, photographs, speeches and statements, correspondence, and photographs among other items. Bennetta Washington was Walter Washington's first wife and was known for her work as an educator, advocate for the poor, and assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Labor, as well as the director of Women's Job Corps. Her files span from 1944-1993 and include schedules and monthly planners, diaries, correspondence, Department of Labor reports, awards, photographs, speeches and statements. Correspondence spans from 1955-2003 and includes much of Walter Washingon's personal correspondence, as well as some professional correspondence. Photographs span from 1944-2001 and span much of Washingon's career; Bennetta Washington is included in many of the photos as well. Subject files include material that falls outside the scope of Washington's years as mayor-commissioner and mayor. Many of the files date from Washington's time as Executive Director of the National Capital Housing Authority in the 1960s. Artifacts date from 1948 to 1979 and include awards, certificates, and honorary degrees among other items. - Page 4 - Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022 Arrangement note This collection is arranged into 7 series: mayor-commissioner files, mayoral files, Bennetta Washington files, correspondence, photographs, subject files, and artifacts. Administrative Information Publication Information DC Africana Archives Project Conditions Governing Access note This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use note 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. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Gift of Mary Burke Washington, 2007. Related Materials Related Archival Materials note tbd - Page 5 - Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022 Mayor-Commissioner Files Collection Inventory Series 1 Mayor-Commissioner Files 1967-1974 Arrangement note This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Box Folder 34 7 Series 1 "4th Anniversary Mayor" Journal 1971 71 16 Series 1 110th Anniversary of 3rd Street Baptist Church 1968 47 6 Series 1 14th Street Corridor 1 of 2 ca. 1973 47 7 Series 1 14th Street Corridor 2 of 2 ca. 1973 35 1 Series 1 14th Street Development 1973 77 20 Series 1 1968 Rebellion List of Damages 1968 19 4 Series 1 1975-1980 Capital Improvements Program Presentation 1973 77 13 Series 1 23rd Annual National Conference on Citizenship Program 1968 64 37 Series 1 25th Anniversary Gordon Convalescent Home 1967 - Page 6 - Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022 Mayor-Commissioner Files 30 30 Series 1 61st Blossom Festival Program 1973 5 10 Series 1 93rd Congress schedule/members book 1973 34 1 Series 1 A Women's Guide to DC 1973 70 3 Series 1 "Advisory Bodies" 1973 56 18 Series 1 Advisory Council on Police-Community Relations 1968 70 1 Series 1 American Association of University Women 1973 42 5 Series 1 Appointments Agenda 1973 42 4 Series 1 Appointments agenda 1973 86 14 Series 1 Approaches to Commissioners Order #72-177 1973 49 19 Series 1 Assorted News Releases 1973 4 15 Series 1 Assorted Newsclippings 1969 4 16 Series 1 Assorted Newsclippings 1970 4 13 Series 1 Assorted Newsclippings 1972 4 14 Series 1 Assorted Newsclippings 1973 - Page 7 - Guide to the Walter E. Washington Papers DCAAP.0022
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