Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection (MS334)

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], Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection, MS334, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.83 Linear Feet 1 box
Creator:
Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[item identification], Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection, MS334, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of nearly 500 color prints that provide a photo documentation of the remodeling and reopening of the Kate Waller Barrett Branch of the Alexandria Library on 717 Queen Street, in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1994-1995.

Box contains 482 color photographs of the remodeling, construction, and re-opening of the Barrett Branch, Alexandria Library at 717 Queen Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, in 1994-1995. The box also contains one program from the dedication and reopening ceremony that occured September 10, 1995.

Biographical / historical:

The Barrett Branch of Alexandria Library was built in 1937 and named in honor of Kate Waller Barrett, a humanitarian, social crusader and political reformer. The Branch, located in the Old Town section of Alexandria, was renovated and expanded in 1995 and reconfigured in April 2000 to house the historical and genealogical research collections formerly located at Lloyd House.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Public libraries.
Dedications.
Places:
Alexandria (Va.)