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Metropolitan Washington, DC Institutions Celebrate Archives Week



Metropolitan Washington, DC Institutions Celebrate Archives Week
October 8-14, 2000

The DC Caucus of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) is pleased to announce the schedule of events for Archives Week, October 8-14, 2000.  The DC Caucus and several local archives will host a variety of special programs to promote archives and archival collections in the Washington, DC metropolitan region.

 In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and Archives Week, the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPVA) and the Washingtoniana Division of the District of Columbia Public Library will screen Sins of Sor Juana by Karen Zacarias, Theater of the First Amendment, on Tuesday, October 10, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. in the Washingtoniana Division on the third floor of the Martin Luther King Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW.  The play relates Sor Juana's navigation through romance, treachery, repression and passion.  It won the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play at the Helen Hayes Awards Ceremony this year.  For additional information, call Patricia Pasqual at (202) 727-2313.

On Thursday, October 12, 2000, the DC Caucus of MARAC will host its 3rd Annual DC Metropolitan Area Archives Fair at the Smithsonian Institution's Ripley Center from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.  The Archives Fair is an opportunity for people to learn about archival collections in and around DC.  Because Washington, DC is our nation's capitol, the collections in the region relate to local, national, and international affairs.  There will be "exhibits" on archival collections at several of the Smithsonian museums, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, the Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library, the George Washington University, the Catholic University of America, the Arlington County Public Library, the Space Business Archives, the American Red Cross Archives, and the History Factory along with computer demonstrations and videotape showings.

In addition there will be two special programs. At 2:30 p.m., Dr. Frank Burke, former Archivist of the United States will speak on the topic: What are Archives and why do we need them?  Dr. Burke is an outstanding speaker, and we urge you to take advantage of this opportunity.

Beginning at 4:00 p.m. visitors can learn about archives, archivists, and the importance of preserving historical documents.  Several archivists will share stories about their experiences, both good and bad, starting at 4:00 p.m.

 To learn more about the 3 rd Annual DC Metropolitan Area Archives Fair, contact Ms. Kristine Kaske at (202) 357-3133.

On Friday, October 13, the National Archives Assembly will host a panel discussion on archival impacts of the closing of the Panama Canal Commission.  Panelists will discuss the following issues: records ownership and appraisal, the deterioration of 19th Century construction drawings, and the expansion of the National Archives record holdings.  Moderated by Lisa Haralampus, Assembly President, the panelists include Thomas Cotter, Appraisal Archivist for the Panama Canal Commission, Patrice Brown, Panama Canal Records Subject Area Specialist, and Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, Records Conservator.  The panel discussion will be held in the National Archives Main Building Theater (Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th Street) from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15a.m.   For more information, call Jennie Guilbaud at (301) 713-7110 x27

On Saturday October 14, 2000, The Peabody Room of the Georgetown Public Library will host a lecture entitled House Histories - Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in Georgetown by Bill Lebovich, an Architectural Historian.  The lecture will be held in the Peabody Room at the Georgetown Public Library ( Wisconsin & R Street, NW) at 10:30 a.m.   Bill Lebovich worked as the architectural historian on the Historic American Buildings Survey of Georgetown.  This study resulted in the publication of a number of fascinating volumes detailing the ownership and architectural histories of houses and commercial buildings. He now has his own business doing buildings research.  He will speak about how to do building histories with special reference to his experiences on the HABS Georgetown project.  For more information, contact Peggy Appleman at (202) 282-0214.

The George Washington University Library  is pleased to present "Bright Stars Through the Perilous Fight: Men and Women Who Would Be President."   Exhibit hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (October 2, 2000 - January 26, 2001).  The exhibit is located in the Gelman Library at The George Washington University (2130 H Street, NW).   Opening during the height of the 2000 United States presidential race, this exhibition will showcase items from the vast political Americana collection of brothers Steven and Gary Cohen. Unlike most exhibitions of this kind, "Bright Stars" will highlight candidates who lost their election bids.  Buttons, photographs, cartoons, textiles, and numerous artifacts will be used to trace campaigns from the Jackson/Adams contest of the 1820s to the Gore/Bush election. Also-rans Henry Clay, John C. Breckinridge, William Jennings Bryan, John Davis, Wendell Wilkie, George McGovern, and others will be featured.  This exhibition is free and open to the public.   For additional information please contact, (202) 994-7549.

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For additional information on Archives Week and the above events, please contact James Cassedy at (301) 713-7110 x258.

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