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The Historical Society of Washington, D SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FINDING AID Reference Code: MS 0535 Title: Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey records Name of Creator(s): Meridian House International Subject(s): Neighborhood--Adams Morgan Neighborhood--Lanier Heights Historic preservation--Washington (D.C.) Washington (D.C.)--Buildings--History--Sources. Meridian House Meridian International Center King Emmanuel Baptist Church. Date: 1989-1990 Name and Location of Repository: Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 801 K Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 249-3954 [email protected] Description Control: Description based on DACS. Collection processed in 2001 by Kim Coletta. Administrative/Biographical History: The Adams Morgan / Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey was sponsored and conducted by Meridian House International (now called Meridian International Center). Meridian International Center is located at 1630 Crescent Place, NW in Washington, DC. and is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution that promotes international understanding through the exchange of people, ideas, and the arts. Meridian House International, as administering agency, recruited and hired an interdisciplinary team to conduct the project. All staff positions were part-time. The team included Mike Finnell (Project Administrator), Emily Eig (Survey Director), Katherine Grandine (Survey Team Member), Darnell Bradford-El (Community Manager), Dr. Marsha Jean Darling (Social and Oral Historian), Lucia King (Volunteer Coordinator and Community Manager) and Marilyn Zuckerman (Project Consultant). 2 Scope and Content: The survey project began in October 1989 as an effort to survey the potential historic resources located in the Adams Morgan / Lanier Heights area. The project area was bounded by the National Zoological Park and Harvard Street to the north, Sixteenth Street to the east, Florida Avenue to the south, and Connecticut Avenue and the National Zoological Park to the west. Meridian House International administered this community-based project under a grant from the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office. The project focused on informing the public about historic preservation, collecting local oral histories (including individual, business and organizational histories), and conducting a comprehensive area building survey. The project design was unique, combining oral histories and a building survey, but only the oral history component of the project (Phase 1) was completed. Though land survey records are compiled in this collection (Phase 2), a study combining the two phases was never done. All documents outside the collection bulk dates (1989-1990) are copies of published material and building permits. System of Arrangement: The original order of the materials was retained. The collection is arranged in four series. Series I: Adams Morgan / Lanier Heights History consists of photocopied publications, pamphlets and newspaper clippings that shed light on Adams Morgan and Lanier Heights history in the 1970s and 80s. This series is arranged chronologically. Series II: Adams Morgan / Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey Reports consists of two bound final reports of the Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey, 7/31/90, final project reports, and information about the oral history participants. This series is arranged by subject and then arranged chronologically. Series III: Adams Morgan / Lanier Heights Building Permit Indexes consists of maps and building permit index pages for subdivisions of the Adams Morgan and Lanier Heights areas from the late 1800s through the 1950s. This series is arranged by ascending building permit index number. Series IV: Oral Histories on Audiotape and Videotape (VHS) consists of audiocassettes and videotapes of longtime Adams Morgan and Lanier Heights residents. They are arranged alphabetically by last name of participant or oral history subject. Immediate Source of Acquisition: Meridian International Center 3 Extent: 1.17 cubic ft. (four containers) Conditions Governing Access: This collection is open for research use. Technical Access: Series IV (oral history) requires technical equipment to play VHS videos and audio cassette tapes. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: 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. Languages and Scripts of the Material: English and Spanish Finding Aids: A folder-level container list is available in repository; individual oral histories are also individually cataloged. Citation: [Item Identifier], Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey records (MS 535), Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Alphanumeric Designations: 1994.014; MS 0535; OHT 1994.014.1.48 thru OHT 1994.014.1.71 Processing Information: This collection was processed by Kim Coletta, 2001. Finding aid updated by Anne McDonough, 2017. Separately Cataloged Materials Physically Maintained with the Collection: This refers to items that are part of and are physically maintained with the collection but are also assigned individually object IDs. OHT 1994.014.1.48 Maceo Goods oral history OHT 1994.014.1.49 Paul Dolinsky oral history OHT 1994.014.1.50 Grace Malakoff oral history OHT 1994.014.1.51 Josephine Dorothy Butler oral history OHT 1994.014.1.52 Blanca Rodriguez oral history OHT 1994.014.1.53 Reverend Harold C. Hunter oral history OHT 1994.014.1.54 Darnell Bradford oral history OHT 1994.014.1.55 Steve Coleman oral history OHT 1994.014.1.56 Margaret Logan oral history OHT 1994.014.1.57 Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Smith oral history OHT 1994.014.1.58 Frank & Vera Micelli oral history OHT 1994.014.1.59 Meridian House OHT 1994.014.1.60 Meridian House OHT 1994.014.1.61 Meridian House OHT 1994.014.1.62 Meridian House OHT 1994.014.1.63 Meridian Hill International Oral History Session 4 OHT 1994.014.1.64 Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey Project OHT 1994.014.1.65 Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey Project (copy) OHT 1994.014.1.66 Patti Johnson oral history (same tape as Richardson) OHT 1994.014.1.66 Frank Richardson oral history (same tape as Johnson) OHT 1994.014.1.67 James Leo Bronson oral history OHT 1994.014.1.68 Edward G. Jackson, Sr. oral history OHT 1994.014.1.69 Edward G. Jackson, Sr. oral history (tape 2) OHT 1994.014.1.70 Darnell Bradford oral history OHT 1994.014.1.71 Josephine Dorothy Butler oral history 5 Container List Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey records CONTAINER 1 SERIES I ADAMS MORGAN & LANIER HEIGHTS HISTORY Folder 1: Photocopies of publications including “The Short, Happy Life of the Adams Morgan Community School Project” by Paul Lauter (Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 38, no. 2: 1968), “An Archeological Survey of Community Park West” by Dr. Louana M Lackey, 1981, Chapter2 from the book Gentrification in Adams Morgan by Jeffrey Henig, 1982, statement of Sara Hadley of Westmoreland Cooperative Apartments before D.C. Preservation Review Board in support of the Kalorama Triangle Historic District, 1986, “Street Before Dark” by Loraine Hutchins (piece about Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights in the 1970s). Folder 2: Pamphlets on Ward One schools, Barney Neighborhood House, Jubilee Ministries, and the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center Dedication Program, 1978. Folder 3: Newspaper articles on urban renewal, development, businesses, specific buildings, zoning, and festivals in Adams Morgan, 1970s and 1980s. SERIES II ADAMS MORGAN / LANIER HEIGHTS HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY REPORTS Folder 4: Two bound final reports of the Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey, 7/31/90. Folder 5: Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey timetable, “Meridian House International: Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights Historic Resources Survey: A Historic Synopsis” by Lucia King, Meridian House International Project Results. Folder 6: Biographical information on Frank and Vera Micelli (interviewed for oral history project, see Series IV, Container 3). Biographical information on Reverend Harold C. Hunter/King Emmanuel Baptist Church (interviewed for oral history project, see Series IV, Container 3). 6 SERIES III ADAMS MORGAN & LANIER HEIGHTS BUILDING PERMIT INDEXES Folder 7: Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights building permit index pages for subdivisions including Meridian Hill and Washington Heights. Folders 8-28: Building permit index pages for Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights between the late 1800s and the 1950s; arranged by building permit index numbers (#s 2535, 2536, 2547, 2551-2568). They are arranged one building permit index number per folder. CONTAINER 2 Folders 29-45: Square records of buildings in Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights between the late 1800s and the 1950s; arranged by square numbers (#s 2571, 2572, 2575, 2576, 2578-2590). They are arranged one square number per folder. SERIES IV ORAL HISTORIES ON AUDIOTAPE AND VIDEOTAPE (VHS) CONTAINER 3 Audiotapes OHT 1994.014.1.54 Darnell Bradford oral history on cassette tape, 3/27/90: D.C. public schools and desegregation, youth sports, local entertainment and restaurants, church life (see videos, Container 4). OHT 1994.014.1.51 Josephine Dorothy Butler oral history on cassette tape, 3/27/90: history of the name “Adams Morgan,” desegregation of Adams School and Morgan school, Bishop Marie Reed, D.C. Board of Education (see videos, Container 4). OHT 1994.014.1.55 Steve Coleman oral history on cassette tape: interviewed
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