HIST390-003

Prototype for creating historical narratives about sports

Primary source material, National Archives. Twelve minutes.No sound. Street Scenes. Unattributed, Ghosts of DC doesn't give NARA source. Views of rubble, National Guard, neighbors, children--closeup shots don't give locational context

Southwest Washington, D.C., is a defined neighborhood even without a proper name; the quadrant has a clear border southwest of the U.S. Capitol Building, nestled along the oldest waterfront in the city. Its physical delineations have defined it as a community for more than 250 years, beginning in the mid-1700s with emerging farms. By the mid-1800s, a thriving urban, residential, and commercial neighborhood was supported by the waterfront where Washingtonians bought seafood and produce right off the boats. In the 1920s and 1930s, an aging housing stock and an overcrowded city led to an increase of African Americans and Jewish immigrants who became self-sufficient within their own communities. However, political pressures and radical urban planning concepts in the 1950s led to the large-scale razing of most of SW, creating a new community with what was then innovative apartment and cooperative living constructed with such unusual building materials as aluminum.

"Within sight of the White House : section of Washington, D.C., known as "Hooker's Division," which contains 50 saloons and 109 bawdy-houses--list of 61 places where liquor is sold with government [sic] but without city licenses." Newspaper clipping. - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. - Includes text, directory of unlicensed premises, and index to points of interest. - LC copy mounted on cloth backing.

The Scurlock Studio would make a fascinating research topic for HIST390-003--perhaps the studio itself, perhaps a close reading of one or two of Scurlock's photographs. Who is in them? What do they tell us about the city at the time they were taken?

Google e-book of biography of Andrew Ellicott that includes @20 pages about his work in planning and surveying the District of Columbia (Washington City) written in 1908 by his descendent Catharain Van Cortlandt Mathews.

Summarizes landmark 1953 resuscitating laws on the books since 1870s regarding discrimination, but not enforced. A liberal Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public accommodations in Washington, DC, was illegal.

Summarizes landmark 1953 resuscitating laws on the books since 1870s regarding discrimination, but not enforced. A liberal Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public accommodations in Washington, DC, was illegal.

Literary Magazine and British Review - Google Books. Geographer Jedediah Morse describes the landscape of the area of the District of Columbia. His narrative fleshes out a map (plate) which doesn't seem to appear in the Google Book. Note: Cross-reference Library of Congress for early Morse maps. (Morse authored numerous maps of territories throughout the country)

"Safe Haven: A Memoir of Playground Basketball." Paul Wice. The author's family joined "white flight" from the DC neighorhood, Petworth in 1956. He returns 38 years later and talks about what has and what has not changed. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40073295

Google Book of Solomon Northrup publication which formed the foundation for Oscar-nominated "Twelve Years a Slave." The author's experiences as a freeman, captured and enslaved by the National Mall, and sold south where he labored on a plantation until freed by the actions of family and abolitionist supporters.

Quick timeline on Washington DC tourist site of events and people critical to LGBT movement in Washington.

Washington post Writer Peter Perl (Marc 1, 1999) revisits the race riots of 1919 in Washington, DC. Four hundred whites moved into black neighborhoods because of a reported sexual assault by an African American on a white woman. This secondary source gives a detailed description of the riots based on primary sources.

Washington post Writer Peter Perl (Marc 1, 1999) revisits the race riots of 1919 in Washington, DC. Four hundred whites moved into black neighborhoods because of a reported sexual assault by an African American on a white woman. This secondary source gives a detailed description of the riots based on primary sources.

"Civil War Washingotn, DC." A private blog April 2, 2102 posting gives historical overview of Washington City Canal, once envisioned as a key artery linking the capital with the West via the Potomac and C&O Canal. Backs up narrative with primary sources, e.g. maps, photos, newspapers. Great Library of Congress photos are consolidated here, including overview of Canal w clear view of waterworks and of cattle grazing on its banks.

"Civil War Washingotn, DC." A private blog April 2, 2102 posting gives historical overview of Washington City Canal, once envisioned as a key artery linking the capital with the West via the Potomac and C&O Canal. Backs up narrative with primary sources, e.g. maps, photos, newspapers. Great Library of Congress photos are consolidated here, including overview of Canal w clear view of waterworks and of cattle grazing on its banks.

The Smithsonian Institution Building provided a bird's eye view of the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. The Castle's towers provided a clear view across to battles in Virginia and Maryland. Union soldiers drilled on the grounds surrounding the Institution. And the influx of soldiers and citizens to the nation's capital increased the number of visitors to the Smithsonian's exhibits and programs. These images show how remote the Castle was from downtown Washington and how close it was to nearby Confederate Virginia.

Social/cultural history of famed Willard Hotel --often called the center of Washington more than either the Capitol or the White House or the State Department. Founded in 1847 on land originally owned by Scottish proprietor, David Burnes.