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Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Family papers of Linda Crichlow White, 1907-2015 (inclusive), 1942-1987 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 1233
Overview:

Diaries, correspondence, financial and educational records of members of extended African American family, primarily focused on seamstress, nurse, and federal government employee Goldie Glover Bruce.

Papers of Frances Humphrey Howard, 1923-2003 (inclusive), 1961-2002 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 953: DVD-144: MP-82: T-320: Vt-313
Overview:

Correspondence, oral history transcripts, audiovisual material, photographs, and scrapbooks of Frances Humphrey Howard, sociologist, civil servant, and United States Foreign Service Officer.

Papers of Clare Helene Marshall, 1939-1942

Collection Identifier: A/M3672
Overview:

Diary, telegram, and clippings of Clare Helene Marshall, who worked as an assistant to Joaquín Miguel Elizalde, Resident Commissioner from the Philippines, in Washington, DC, and New York.

Papers of Lucy Moorhead, 1926-2011

Collection Identifier: MC 731
Overview:

Correspondence, scrapbooks, and writings of Lucy Moorhead, hostess and author of a guide to entertaining in Washington, D.C.

Papers of Caroline Drayton Phillips, 1897-1961

Collection Identifier: MC 560
Overview:

Diaries and papers of Caroline Astor Drayton Phillips, wife of career diplomat William Phillips, mother of six children, and lifelong diarist.

Papers of Edith Hamilton, 1895-1970

Collection Identifier: D-12
Overview:

Correspondence and photographs of classicist Edith Hamilton.

Papers of Eloise Bittel Cohen, 1898-2005 (inclusive), 1928-2003 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 819: MP-76: T-525
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, and home movies of Eloise Bittel Cohen, political and civic volunteer.

Papers of Ruth Cowan Nash, ca.1905-1990

Collection Identifier: MC 417: M-135
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, speeches, etc., of Ruth Cowan Nash, war correspondent and writer.

Papers of Catherine Filene Shouse, 1878-1998

Collection Identifier: MC 448
Overview:

Correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, etc., of philanthropist and patron of the arts, Catherine Filene Shouse.

Records of THIS for Diplomats, 1961-2015 (inclusive), 1970-2015 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 930: Vt-308
Overview:

Minutes, reports, correspondence, budgets, videotapes, and photographs related to THIS for Diplomats.