Special Collections Research Center

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The collection contains transportation related materials collected over a 45-year period. Types of materials include scholarly journal articles dealing with transportation topics, summaries of congressional acts relating to transportation, official reports and studies of transportation agencies, summaries of speeches given by transportation officials, and personal correspondence among transportation officials.

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Contains records of Scott's career as a U.S. Congressman and Senator of Virginia from 1967-1979, including reports, bills, hearings, campaign materials, appointment books, voting records, correspondence, publications, photographs, video tapes, and congressional research materials.

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The William Nicoson papers contain material on Reston redevelopment, mostly promotional. The collection includes maps, charts, publications, slides, and newsclippings. The collection also includes information on federal housing agencies and documentation on new towns in the United States, France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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The Winslow Roper Hatch collection contains essays, letters, and publications on primary, secondary, and post-secondary education, several of which were written by Hatch. The collection also includes papers on parks and old roads.

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This collection contains board minutes, correspondence, publicity, budget reports, directories, newsletters, etc from the Women Association.

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Four documents (two pamphlets and two handouts) focused on women's rights and liberation in the United States, created from 1921 - 1968.

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One box that contain research papers, pamphlets, and invitations from the Women's Studies Research and Resource Center.

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Minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, and realia from the Woodbine Home Demonstration Club, a homemakers' organization.

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Collection includes transcripts and recordings of oral interviews with persons who were associated with various Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in the 1930s. These include the Federal Art Project, Federal Music Project, and Federal Writers Project.

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Content warning: Sexist and offensive language. Photograph album made by a U.S. serviceman, most likely in the U.S. Army Air Force, that mostly shows locations in Oahu, Hawaii. The photographs date from 1942-1945, with the majority being taken between 1942 - 1943. The photos depict training at airfields on Oahu, including Wheeler Field and Bellows Field, as well as scenes of civilian life in Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii, and San Francisco and San Diego, California.

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Pamphlet produced by the American Federation of Labor promoting unionization of workers, created 1940.

Abstract Content warning: Two of these programs contain an image of blackface.Four Ziegfeld Theatre weekly performance programs, for the weeks of May 30, 1927, June 13, 1927, September 3, 1928, and September 17, 1928, respectively. The first two and latter two share a cover design, though the contents vary. All programs highlight the weekly shows to be held at the Ziegfeld Theatre, including the musical Rio Rita, a minstrel performance by Eddie Cantor, and the...