Robert H. McNulty Papers (MS282)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[item identification], Robert H. McNulty Papers, MS282, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.85 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
Creator:
McNulty, Robert H., 1940-
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[item identification], Robert H. McNulty Papers, MS282, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of Mr. McNulty's Alexandria research notes and related documentation. Materials include photocopies of his notes from Alexandria Gazette; photocopied and hand-drawn maps of the areas under consideration; photocopies of deeds and other legal records; correspondence; and other research materials.

Biographical / historical:

Robert H. McNulty worked at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History and Technology (the forerunner to the National Museum of American History) in the 1960s and 1970s. He performed research on various sites in connection with archaeology projects in the urban renewal area of Alexandria.

Arrangement:

Mr. McNulty had arranged the materials by subject; notes on particular areas were grouped together by street, and other notes were grouped by topic. This arrangement has been retained; the folder names in the collection have been taken from the original folders, which followed Mr.McNulty's organizational scheme.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard