Repository: The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / Date range: 1936

The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway

Mount Vernon, VA 22121

Primary Collecting Areas:

George and Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, Founding Era and Early Republic, Historic preservation, Decorative arts, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

Description:

The Fred W. Smith National Library includes general collections, special collections and archives as a resource for scholars, students, and those interested in George Washington, colonial America and the Revolutionary and founding eras.

The library's general collections include secondary source materials on the Washington and Custis families, and the colonial and founding eras.

The Special Collections materials highlight the lives of George and Martha Washington as well as their descendants through correspondence, financial materials, and original books from George and Martha Washington's library.

The archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association holds the historic institutional records of the organization dating back to its founding in 1853.

POC: Reference services

Email: fws@mountvernon.org

Phone: (703) 780-3600

Web: archives.mountvernon.org

Start Over Repository The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Date range 1936

Historic map collection, 1675/1971 22 Sheets

This collection of historic maps date from 1675-1971, and primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia. Includes matching editions of maps personally owned by George Washington.

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Historic newspapers collection, 1757/1957 3.75 Linear Feet 15 boxes

The collection includes 185 titles spanning 200 years; all related to George Washington, his family, and Mount Vernon.

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Historic sites – Preservation of, 1929/1936 Box 17, Folder 37

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Hitz, Elizabeth [Indiana] (1 of 4), 1936/1978 Box 55, Folder 24

Correspondence, 1937-1955; Accession lists, 1949-1951; Descriptions for Mount Vernon slides

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Hitz, Elizabeth [Indiana] (2 of 4), 1936/1978 Box 55, Folder 25

Correspondence, 1955-1966; Library reports and accessions

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Hitz, Elizabeth [Indiana] (3 of 4), 1936/1978 Box 55, Folder 26

Correspondence, 1966-1970; Library reports and accessions

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Hitz, Elizabeth [Indiana] (4 of 4), 1936/1978 Box 55, Folder 27

Correspondence and Memorial information, 1971-1979; clippings

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House for families, 1785/1989 Box 4, Folder 16

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Ice House, 1786/1991 Box 4, Folder 17

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Ice House – North Lane, 1888/1968 Box 4, Folder 19

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