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View from Red Hill, back of Georgetown. From Picturesque America, Vol. 2,edited by William Cullen Bryant, 1874.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARCHITECTURE ................................................................................................... 3

CEMETERIES ........................................................................................................ 4

CHURCHES ......................................................................................................... 5

DIRECTORIES....................................................................................................... 7

GENERAL HISTORY ............................................................................................. 8

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ........................................................................... 12

HISTORIC TOURS/WALKS ................................................................................ 16

MAPS ................................................................................................................ 16

PHOTOGRAPHS ............................................................................................... 18

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT ....................................................................... 19

TRANSPORTATION ........................................................................................... 23

WATERFRONT .................................................................................................. 24

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ARCHITECTURE

Commission of Fine Arts. Georgetown Architecture-Northwest: Northwest Washington, District of Columbia. Washington, 1970.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 705.A25 no. 6

Commission of Fine Arts. Georgetown Architecture: The Waterfront, Northwest Washington, District of Columbia. Washington, 1968.


Commission of Fine Arts. Georgetown Commercial Architecture: M Street, Northwest Washington, District of Columbia. Arlington, VA: Washington Planning and Service Center, National Park Service, 1967.


Commission of Fine Arts. Georgetown Commercial Architecture: Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest Washington, District of Columbia. Arlington, VA: 1967.


Commission of Fine Arts. Georgetown Residential Architecture, Northeast: Northwest Washington, District of Columbia. Washington: s.n., 1969.


Davis, Deering, Stephen Dorsey, and Ralph Hall. Georgetown Houses of the Federal Period, Washington, D.C., 1780-1830. New York: Architectural Book Publishings Co., Inc., 1944.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 D3

Eberlein, Harold. Historic Houses of George-Town & Washington City. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1958.

Call Number: Special Collections F 195.E2

Hathaway, Anthony and Wynant Vanderpool. M Street, a Georgetown Panorama. New York: Vanderpool Group, 1977.

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.7.M2 M2

Leary, Josephine. Backward Glances at Georgetown, with Anecdotes of Famous Washingtonians and their Georgetown Homes. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1947.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 L4

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CEMETERIES

Bell & Bro. The Oak Hill Cemetery at Georgetown, D.C. Washington: Bell & Bro., 187-.

Call Number: Special Collections GRAPHIC 1741

Oak-Hill Cemetery Company. Charter, By-laws and Regulations of the Oak-Hill Cemetery Co., Georgetown, D.C. Washington: s.n., 1849.

Call Number: Special Collections EPHEMERA 96

Ridgely, Helen. Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia, with the Inscriptions Appearing on the Tombstones in Most of the Counties of the State and in Washington and Georgetown. New York: The Grafton Press, 1908.

Call Number: Special Collections F 180.R55

Sullivan, Robert. Corcoran-Eustis Monument, Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. s.l.: s.n., 1994.


Sullivan, Robert. Entry Gate, Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. s.l.: s.n., 1994.


Sullivan, Robert. George Washington University Plot, Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. s.l.: s.n., 1994.


Sullivan, Robert. John Howard Payne Monument, Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. s.l.: s.n., 1994.


Sullivan, Robert. Van Ness Mausoleum, Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. s.l.: s.n., 1994.


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CHURCHES

Balch, Thomas. Reminiscences of Georgetown, D.C.: A Lecture Delivered by the Methodist Protestant Church, Georgetown, D.C., January 20, 1859. Washington: Henry Polkinhorn, 1859.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 B2

Balch, Thomas. Reminiscences of Georgetown, D.C.: A Second Lecture Delivered in the Meth. Protestant Church, Georgetown, D.C., March 9, 1859. Washington: Henry Polkinhorn, 1859.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 B21

Brown, Frederick. A Sermon, Giving Thanks for Union Victories: Preached in Bridge Street Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, D.C., August 6th, 1863. Washington: H. Polkinhorn, 1863.

Call Number: Special Collections E 458.3.B885

Butler, C.M. A Sermon Giving a Historical Account of St. John’s Church, Georgetown, D.C., Delivered October 17, 1843; And an Address on the Occasion of the Funeral of Abel P. Upshur & Others Who Lost Their Lives by the Calamity on Board in the Princeton, Feb. 28, 1844; And also a Farewell Sermon Delivered April 7, 1844 on His Resignation of the Rectorship of St. John’s Church. Washington: J and G.S. Gideon, 1844.

Call Number: Special Collections BX 5980.G4 S34 1844

Christ Church, St.Stephen’s Guild. The Georgetown Cook Book. Washington: s.n., 1949.

Call Number: Special Collections TX 715.W32

Gassaway, Stephen. The Voice of the Lord: A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Georgetown, D.C., on the Sunday after the Late Melancholy Catastrophe on Board the U.S. Steam Ship Princeton. Washington: Alexander and Barnard, 1844.

Call Number: Special Collections E 396.G24

Georgetown Convent of the Visitation. A Story of Courage: Annals of the Georgetown Convent of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the Manuscript Records by George Parsons Lathrop and Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1894.

Call Number: Special Collections BX 4549.G4 L3 1894

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Jones, Ida Elizabeth. Creative Destruction: Identity and the Effect of Urban Renewal on Georgetown Methodists in Washington, D.C., 1945-1954. Ph.D. Thesis, Howard University, 2001.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 177.W3 J65 2001a

Kilburn Brothers. Oak Hill Chapel, Georgetown, D.C. Littleton: Kilburn Brothers, 1890.


Sisters of Visitation. Miraculous Cure of Sister Beatrix Myers, a Nun of the Visitation in Georgetown, D.C.: Obtained by the Intercession of Prince Hohenlohe, on the 10th of February, 1825. Washington: Henri Guegan, 1825.

Call Number: Special Collections F 194.5.M57 1825

Sisters of Visitation. Petition of the Sisters of the Visitation of Georgetown, D.C., Praying that an Act of Incorporation may be Passed in their Favor: April 8, 1828, Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Washington: Duff Green, 1828.

Call Number: Special Collections BS 4549.G4 P47

Smith, Kathy. A History of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown. Washington: s.n., 1974.

Call Number: Special Collections BX 5980.W3 G7 1974

Smith, Samuel. The Resurrection of the Body: A Discourse, Delivered in the Presbyterian Church, in Georgetown, on Sunday, October 22nd, 1809. Washington: s.n., 1809.

Call Number: Special Collections BT 871.S64 1809

Soper, Julius. Little Falls Mission M.E. Church, Under the Auspices of the Dumbarton St. M.E. Church, Georgetown, D.C.: Holograph, 1871, July 25.

Call Number: Special Collections MS2135/001-0007 #00116

Ten Eyck. One Hundred and Fifty Years in the Life of St. John’s Church, Georgetown. Washington: The Church, 1946.

Call Number: Special Collections BX 5980.W3 S28

Waring, Luther. History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Georgetown, D.C…Washington, District of Columbia, 1769-1909. Washington: B.S. Adams, 1909.

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Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 W2

Williams, Walter. History of Christ Church, Georgetown, D.C.: Prepared from the Records of the Church…and Read at the Semi-Centennial Celebration, Held on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1868. Georgetown: Ladies’ Sewing Society of Christ Church, Courier Press, 1869.

Call Number: Special Collections BX 5980.G4 C47 1869

DIRECTORIES

Boyd, Andrew. Boyd’s Washington and Georgetown Directory. Washington: Boyd & Waite, 1858.

Call Number: Special Collections F 192.5.A

E.A. Cohen & Company. A Full Directory, for Washington City, Georgetown, and Alexandria. Washington: E.A. Cohen & Co., 1834.

Call Number: Special Collections F 192.5.A1 1834

Hunter, Alfred. The Washington and Georgetown Directory, Strangers’ Guidebook for Washington, and Congressional and Clerks’ Register. Washington: Kirkwood & McGill, 1853.


Hutchinson’s Washington and Georgetown Directory: Containing Also a Business Directory, Congressional and Department Directory, and an Appendix of Much Useful Information. Washington: Hutchinson & Brother, 1863.

Call Number: Special Collections F 192.5.A 1863

Larner, John. List of Principle Municipal Authorities, of the Cities of Washington, Georgetown, and the District of Columbia. Washington: Columbia Historical Society, 1920.


Ten Eyck, I. Ten Eyck’s Washington and Georgetown Directory: With a Complete Congressional and Department Directory. Washington: H. Polkinhorn, 1855.


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GENERAL HISTORY Address Delivered before the Sabbath Schools and Citizens of Georgetown, D.C., at their Anniversary Celebration: Held in Boyce’s Grove, on Monday, July 5th 1847. Washington: Wm. Q. Force, 1847.

Call Number: Special Collections E 286.W22 1847

Antisell, Thomas. Report on the Sanatory Condition of the Cities of Washington and Georgetown: Presented to the Society, March, 1864. Washington: Gibson Brothers, 1864.

Call Number: Special Collections RA 447.D6 M4

Babb, Valerie, Carroll Gibbs, and Kathleen Lesko, eds. Black Georgetown Remembered: A History of its Black Community from the founding of “The Town of George” in 1751 to the Present Day. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1991.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 L47 1991

The Centinel of Liberty, or, George-town and Washington Advertiser Microform. Georgetown: Green, English, & Co., 1799-1800.

Call Number: Special Collections Microfilm 513

Citizen’s Association of Georgetown. Georgetown 1980: A Program for the Coming Decade. Washington: s.n., 1969.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 168.W3 C53

Cultural Landscape Report: Montrose Park. Washington: National Park Service, 2004.

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.5.M56 M66 2004

Davis, Donald and Scott Hart. Georgetown, 1751 to the Present. Washington: D.S. Davis, 1965.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.3.G3 D38

Early, Eleanor. And this is Washington! (And Arlington, Mount Vernon, Alexandria, and Georgetown besides…). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934.

Call Number: Special Collections F 199.E17

Ecker, Grace and Grace Peter. A Portrait of Old George Town. Richmond: Garrett & Massie, Inc., 1933.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 E34

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Evans, Henry. Old Georgetown on the Potomac: A Historical Sketch with a Bibliography of Source Material. Washington: Georgetown News, 1933.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 E85

The Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Georgetown, 1814-1922.Washington: Press of W.F. Roberts Co., 1922.

Call Number: Special Collections HG 2613.W34 F36 1922

Freemasons. District of Columbia. Potomac Lodge no. 5. A Century and a Half of Freemasonry in Georgetown, 1789-1939: Being the Chronicles of Lodge no. 9 of Maryland, Chartered 1789; Columbia Lodge no. 19 of Maryland, Chartered 1795; Potomac Lodge no. 43 of Maryland, Chartered 1806; Potomac Lodge no. 5, District of Columbia, Chartered 1811. Washington: Georgetown, 1939.

Call Number: Special Collections HS 539.W3 P6 1939

Furlong, William. Ferment in Georgetown. In Horizon. Vol. 19, no. 4 (July 1977).

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 F87 1977 f

Gahn, Bessie. “George Washington’s Headquarters” in Georgetown, and Colonial Days, Rock Creek to the Falls. Silver Spring: Press of Westland, 1940.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 G2

Georgetown Citizens Association. The Future of Georgetown. Washington: The Association, 1924.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 169.73.W3 G46 1924

Georgetown’s Bicentenary. Washington: St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown Parish, 1951.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 S35

Georgetown Garden Pilgrimage: Wednesday, May 14, 1930. Washington: s.n., 1930.


Gladstone Associates. Georgetown Market Restoration Analysis. Washington: R. Gladstone & Associates, 1966.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 6273.G56 1966a

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Goff, Frederick. Early Printing in Georgetown 1789-1800. Worcester: The Society, 1958.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 209.G28 G6

Holmes, Oliver. The City Tavern: A Century of Georgetown History, 1796-1898. Washington: Columbia Historical Society, 1980.

Call Number: Special Collections TX 950.59.D5 H65 1980

Jackson, Richard. The Chronicles of Georgetown, D.C., from 1751-1878. Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn, 1878.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 J14

Kinney, William. Washington’s Historic Georgetown: A Proud Colonial Port, Made Part of Young America’s New Capital, Refused to be Abolished and Now Sees its Old Identity Restored. In National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 103, no. 4 (April 1953).

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 K56

Knox, Katharine. Surprise Personalities in Georgetown, D.C. Washington: s.n., 1958.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 K6

Lancaster, Joseph. The British System of Education: Being a Complete Epitome of the Improvements and Inventions Practised by Joseph Lancaster: To Which is Added a Report of the Trustees of the Lancaster School at Georgetown, Col. Georgetown: J. Milligan, 1812.

Call Number: Special Collections LB 675.L29 A2

Lesko, Kathleen, David Powell, and Kritzer & Associates. Black Georgetown Remembered: A Documentary Video on the History of the Black Georgetown Community. Washington: Georgetown University, 1989.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 L472 1989

Mackall, Sally. Early Days of Washington. Sterling: G.E. Bishop, 1934.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 M2 1934

Maroon, Fred. Maroon on Georgetown. New York: Lickle Pub., 1997.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 M35 1997 f

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McGirr, Newman. Georgetown on the Potomac. In Mast Magazine. Vol. 6, no. 7 (July 1949).


Miller-Shoemaker Real Estate Co., Inc. Genial Georgetown: Its Past Perfection, its Prosperous Present, its Future Fortune. Washington: The Company, 1905.


Mitchell, Mary. Chronicles of Georgetown Life, 1865-1900. Cabin John: Seven Locks Press, 1986.


Mitchell, Mary. Divided Town. Barre: Barre Publishers, 1968.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 M49

Mitchell, Mary. Glimpses of Georgetown, Past and Present. Washington: Road Street Press, 1983.


Mitchell, Mary. An Intimate Journey through Georgetown in April 1863. Washington: Columbia Historical Society, 1963.

Call Number: Special Collections F 198.M67 1963

Nevils, Coleman. Miniatures of Georgetown 1634-1934. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1934.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 N4

Palmer, John Williamson. Old Georgetown—A Social Panorama. In The Century Magazine. Vol. 53, no. 6 (April 1897).

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 P34 1897

Peabody Library Association. Supplemental Catalogue of the Peabody Library Association of Georgetown, D.C. Washington: The Association, 1891.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 881.W332 1891

Reid, Robert. Blue City, Georgetown. Washington: Urban Transportation Center, Consortium of Universities, 1971.

Call Number: Special Collections HE 308.C655 no. 75

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Sylvester, Richard. District of Columbia Police: A Retrospect of the Police Organizations of the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, and the District of Columbia, with Biographical Sketches…and Historic Cases. Washington: Gibson Bros., 1894.

Call Number: Special Collections HV 8148.U3 S8

Turnbull, William. Reports on the Construction of the Piers of the Aqueduct of the Alexandria Canal across the Potomac River at Georgetown, District of Columbia. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873.

Call Number: Special Collections TC 764.T93

Whitehill, Walter. Dumbarton Oaks: The History of a Georgetown House and Garden, 1800-1966. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967.

Call Number: Special Collections F 204.D8 W47

Williams, Mathilde. Georgetown, 1621-1951: A Brief Outline of its History. Washington: Peabody Library Association of Georgetown, 1951.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 W54 1951

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Antisell, Thomas, et. al. Address Delivered before the Medical Department of Georgetown College. s.l.: s.n., 1865-1872.

Call Number: Special Collections R 747.G436

Barringer, George. Georgetown University: A Pictorial Review. Washington: Georgetown University Alumni Association, 1976.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 G46

Bohn, Casimir. Georgetown College D.C. Washington: C. Bohn, 1855.


Buel, David. A Menace to Georgetown: An Account of the Recent Attempt to Cut Streets through the College Grounds: A Blue and Gray Book. Washington: Georgetown University, 1908.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G53 B9

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Bunn, Edward. “Georgetown,” First College Charter from the U.S. Congress, 1789-1954. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1954.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 B8

Casserly, Daniel. Georgetown College, D.C. New York: Scribner, 1880.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 C37 1880

Cerny, Karl and Henry Briefs, eds. NATO in Quest of Cohesion: A Confrontation of Viewpoints at the Center for Strategic Studies, Georgetown University. New York: Preager, 1965.

Call Number: Special Collections D 845.C4

Curran, Robert E. The Bicentennial History of Georgetown University. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1993.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 C87 1993

Desmond, Daniel. The Annual Address of the Philodemic Society, of Georgetown College: Delivered at the Annual Commencement, Held on Thursday 28th of July, A.D. 1831. Baltimore: Lucas and Deaver, 1831.

Call Number: Special Collections JK 1759.D47 1831

Durkin, Joseph. Georgetown University, First in the Nation’s Capital. Garden City: Doubleday, 1964.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 D78

Durkin, Joseph. Georgetown University: The Middle Years, 1840-1900. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1963.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 D8

Easby-Smith, James. Georgetown University in the District of Columbia, 1789-1907, its Founders, Benefactors, Officers, Instructors, and Alumni. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 E3

Floyd, Benjamin. The Annual Address of the Philodemic Society of Georgetown College: Delivered at the Annual Commencement, Held on Tuesday, July 26, 1836. Washington: Metropolitan Office, 1836.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 F56

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Friant, John, Edwin Dahill, and Thomas Rover. Glimpses of Old Georgetown. Washington: Undergraduate History Department of Georgetown University, 1939.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 F7

Georgetown University. Catalogue of the Societies’ Library of Georgetown College. Georgetown: L.E Mankin, 1889.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 733.G45 G45 1889

Georgetown University. The Georgetown University Library Miniatures Commemorating the Tercentenary of its Founding 1640-1940. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Hutton Co., 1940.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 733.W307 f

Georgetown University. Georgetown University, Perspectives and Problems: A Self-Study. Washington: The University, 1971.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 G47

Georgetown University. s.l.: s.n., 1919.


Georgetown University Dormitories, Showing Statue of John Carroll Picture: Copley Hall and White Gravenor Building, Washington, D.C. Washington: Capitol Souvenir Co., 1946.


Georgetown University on Hill Top, with Washington Canoe Club on Potomac River at Aqueduct Bridge, Washington, D.C. Washington: W.B. Garrison, 1900.


Georgetown University Library. Special Collections at Georgetown: A Descriptive Catalog. Washington: Georgetown University Library, 1985.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 881.W32 1985

Heard, John. Address Delivered before the Philodemic Society of Georgetown College, D.C., on the 22nd February, 1842, by John M. Heard, of Maryland. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1842.

Call Number: Special Collections E 312.63.H4

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James, Charles. Oration of Hon. Chas. P. James, LL.D. (of Ohio): Delivered before the Philodemic Society of Georgetown College, June 27, 1874. Washington: Joseph L. Pearson, 1874.

Call Number: Special Collections PN 4130.J3

McLaughlin, James. The Beginnings of Georgetown College. Paramus: Paulist Fathers, 1888.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G52 M18 1888

McLaughlin, James. College Days at Georgetown, and Other Papers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1899.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1931.G52 M2

Peale, Titian Ramsay. Observatory Georgetown College. s.l.: s.n., 19—.


Pise, Charles. Address Delivered before the Philodemic Society of Georgetown College, July 25, 1837. Washington: J. Gideon, Jr., 1837.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G541 P6 1837

Pise, Charles. Oration in Honour of the Late Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Delivered before the Philodemic Society of Georgetown College. Georgetown: J.N. Rind, 1832.

Call Number: Special Collections E 302.6.C3 P56 1832

Society of Alumni. Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Society of Alumni of Georgetown College, District of Columbia: Held at the College on Thursday, the 23rd Day of June, 1881, in Accordance with Article XXIV of the Constitution and the Call of the Executive Committee. Washington: R. Beresford, 1881.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G56 A1 1881

Views of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Washington: Georgetown University, 1920.

Call Number: Special Collections LD 1961.G533 V53 1920

Wright (W. Lloyd) Papers.

Call Number: Special Collections MS2075

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HISTORIC TOURS/WALKS

Delany, Kevin. A Walk through Georgetown: A Guided Stroll that Details the History and Charm of Old Georgetown. Washington: s.n., 1971.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 D45

Carrier, Thomas. Historic Georgetown: A Walking Tour. Charleston: Arcadia, 1999.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.3.G3 C37 1999

Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown. A Walking Guide to Historic Georgetown. Georgetown: s.n., 1971.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 735.W3 F68

Historic Georgetown Annual House Tour, 1950. Washington: St. John’s Parish, 1950.


Mitchell, Mary. A Walk in Georgetown. Barre: Barre Publishers, 1966.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 M5

Torbert, Alice. Doorways and Dormers of Old Georgetown: A Historic Tour. Georgetown: s.n., 1930.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 T67

MAPS

Albert, S.T. Harbors of Washington and Georgetown, D.C.: Map Showing Proposed Improvement. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3851.P55 1882.H36

Abert, S.T. Harbors of Washington and Georgetown, D.C.: Showing Proposed Improvement, in General Conformity with the Plan of the Board of Commissioners of 1872, also the Winter Harbor along the Washington Front as Far as it has been Dredged at the Present Date. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3851.P55 1880.H36 AA

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Bohn, Casimir. Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, U. States of America. Washington: Casimir Bohn, 1854.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3850 1854.B6 CC

J.H. Colton & Co. Colton’s Georgetown and the City of Washington: The Capital of the United States of America. New York: J.H. Colton, 1855.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3854.G4 1855.J15 BB

Johnson, A.J. Johnson’s Georgetown and the City of Washington: The Capital of the United States of America. New York: A.J. Johnson, 1867.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3850 1867.J6 BB

Potomac River (in Four Sheets): Sheet no. 4, from Indian Head to Georgetown. Washington: United States Coast Survey, 1864.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3792.P6 P5 1864.U5

Reid, John. Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia: Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America and by them Established as the Seat of their Government, after the Year 1800. New York: I. Reid, L. Wayland, and C. Smith, 1795.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3850 1795.R41 CC

Russell, John. Plan of the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them Established as the Seat of their Government after the Year 1800. London: s.n., 1795.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3850 1795.R8

Soars, Frances Leota. An 18th Century Map of George-town on Potomack. Washington: National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the District of Columbia, 1934.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3854.G4 1796.S62 1934

Tanner’s Universal Atlas. City of Washington. Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1836.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3850 1836.T33 DD

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PHOTOGRAPHS Barber, John. Young Ladies’ Academy, at the Convent of the Visitation, in Georgetown, Dist. Of Col. New Haven: s.n., 18—.


Bohn, Casimir. Aqueduct of Potomac, Georgetown, D.C. Washington: C. Bohn, 1865.


Chase, W.M. Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown: Metropolitan and Suburban Scenery, Washington, D.C.: United States Views. Baltimore: W.M. Chase, 189-


E. Sachse & Co. District of Columbia Picture: Georgetown. Baltimore: Sachse, 185?.


E. Sachse & Co. View of Georgetown, D.C. Washington: Library of Congress, 19—.

Call Number: Special Collections GRAPHIC 605 ff

E. Sachse & Co. Washington Picture: Georgetown. Baltimore: Sachse, 185?.


Georgetown, D.C.: K Street, West at 31st St., Flood, April 28, 1937. s.l.: s.n., 1937.


Kollner, Augustus. Infantry Encampment: Paterson’s Camp, Calorama, near Georgetown D.C., Washington, June 1, 1861. s.l.: s.n., 1861.


Russell, Andrew. Residence of W.H. Whiton, Esq.: Georgetown, Washington, D.C. s.l.: s.n., between 1863 and 1865.


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Scene in the Union Hospital, Georgetown, D.C., Where Miss Alcott Served as a Nurse. New York: Frank Leslie, 1890.


Sears, Robert. Chain Bridge over the Potomac, near Georgetown, D.C. New York: Robert Sears, 1843.


Sheppard, William. Glimpse of Georgetown from Analostan Island. New York: D. Appleton, 1874.


Suydam, E.H. Washington, D.C., Georgetown Art Original. s.l.: s.n., 1929.


View from Red Hill, Back of Georgetown. United States: s.n., 1874.


View of Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria, Taken from Columbia College, Georgetown Heights, the Quarters of the 69th Regiment of New York. New York: Frank Leslie, 1861.


POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Addison, Henry. An Address to the People of Georgetown. Georgetown: Alex L. Settle, 1855.

Call Number: Special Collections HE 2791.M43 A32 1855

Addison, Henry. Argument of Henry Addison on Behalf of the Corporate Authorities and Almost the Entire Population of Georgetown, D.C.: Against the Petition of Col. Roberts and Twelve Other Citizens to Cede Away a Large Portion of the Territory of Said City. Washington: Polkinhorn, 1858.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 A2

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Addison, Henry. A Card from Henry Addison, Esq. to the People of Georgetown. Washington: s.n., 1858.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 A22

Addison, Henry. Memorial of Henry Addison, Mayor of Georgetown, D.C., to Congress: Remonstrating Against the Proposed Removal of the Custom House from that City to Washington, D.C., with Statistics Sustaining the Same. Washington: H. Polkinhorn & Son, 1864.

Call Number: Special Collections HJ 6623.G4 A6

Annual Report of Receipts and Expenditures of the Clerk of the Corporation of Georgetown for the Year… Washington: s.n., 1857-1872.

Call Number: Special Collections HJ 9013.G4 E13

Ceremony Commemorating the Georgetown Customhouse and Post Office as a Historic Customhouse, August 1, 1937, 3:00 P.M. Washington: Department of the Treasury, 1973.


Corporations—Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1828.

Call Number: Special Collections TC 625.C5 A5 1828

Crawford, Richard. Message of Richard R. Crawford, Mayor of Georgetown: Saturday October 30th, 1858. Washington: s.n., 1858.

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.7.C52 G46 1858

Crawford, Thomas. The United States Versus the Corporation of Georgetown: In the Matter of the Upper Road Leading to Falls Bridge. Washington: s.n., 1858.

Call Number: Special Collections TE 24.D6 A5 1858

Georgetown—Public Improvements (to Accompany Bill S. No. 162): Remonstrance by Citizens of Georgetown Against the Passage of the Bill of the Senate Authorizing the Construction by the Corporation of Georgetown of Certain Works therein Mentioned. Washington: s.n., 1850.

Call Number: Special Collections HD 3865.D5 G46 1850

Heymann, David. The Georgetown Ladies’ Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation’s Capital. New York: Atria Books, 2003.

Call Number: Special Collections HQ 1236.5.U6 H49 2003

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Index to the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Corporation of Georgetown, Commencing 31 Dec. 1821, and ending 25th July, 1840. Georgetown: The Corporation, 1840.

Call Number: Special Collections KFX 1449.G4 A345 1840

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior: Communicating, in Compliance with the Resolution of the Senate of the 8th of December, 1870, the Reports of the Board of Trustees of Colored Schools of Washington and Georgetown. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1871.

Call Number: Special Collections LC 2803.W3 U54 1871

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Georgetown Branch Master Plan Amendment: Preliminary Draft. Silver Spring: The Commission, 1986.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 393.M372 G46 1986

A Memorial of the Citizens of the District of Columbia, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, to Purchase a Building for the Custom House & c., in Georgetown, D.C. Georgetown: E.W.W. Griffin, 1852.

Call Number: Special Collections HJ 6623.G4 M55 1852

Merger of Gaslight Companies. Hearings Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, Seventy-Second Congress, Second Session, on S. 5225 and H.R. 13853, Bills to Authorize the Merger of the Georgetown Gaslight Company with and into Washington Gas Light Company, and for other purposes. January 6 and February 15, 1933. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1933.

Call Number: Special Collections TP 724.D6 A7 1933

Ordinances of the Corporation of Georgetown: From January, 1861, to January, 1862, with a Table of Contents, Printed by Order of the Corporation. Georgetown: Waters & Hunt, 1862.

Call Number: Special Collections KFX 1449.G4 A34 1862

Proctor, John. Into Another Century, 1937-2037: The 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Firemen’s Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. Washington: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1937.

Call Number: Special Collections HG 9780.F57

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Public Law 808—81st Congress, Chapter 984—2nd Session, H.R. 7670: An Act to Regulate the Height Exterior Design, and Construction of Private and Semi-Public Buildings in the Georgetown Area of the National Capital. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 9127.W2 A5 1938

The Question of Retrocession, Stated and Discussed. Georgetown: James Thomas, 1826.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 Q5

Records of the City of Georgetown (D.C.), 1800-79.

Call Number: Special Collections Microfilm HJ 9216.A3 R44, reels 1-49

Report on the Committee to Whom were Referred on the Fifth Ultimo the Several Memorials and Petitions of Citizens and Inhabitants of the County of Alexandria, of the City of Washington, and of the Towns of Georgetown and Alexandria in the Territory of Columbia. Washington: A & G Way, 1806.

Call Number: Special Collections TG 25.W3 U5 1806

Representation and Resolution of the Mayor and Council of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia: Upon the Subject of a Bill Reported to the House of Representatives, Entitled A Bill Concerning Free People of Color, in the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, February 1, 1827, Read and Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Above Bill is Committed. Washington: s.n., 1827.

Call Number: Special Collections E 450.G46

Rush, Richard. Letter and Accompanying Documents from the Hon. Richard Rush to Joseph Gales, Esq., Mayor of the City of Washington: Respecting the Loan of a Million and a Half Dollars, Negotiated by the Former, in Europe, for the Said City and the Towns of Georgetown and Alexandria, under the Authority of an Act of Congress of the United States, Passed on the 24th of May, 1828. Washington: Peter Force, 1830.

Call Number: Special Collections TC 625.C5 R8

Stewart, Joseph and Andrew Wylie. A Statement of Facts and a Review of the “Dissenting Opinion of Mr. Justice Wylie: Delivered January 9, 1864, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in the Case of Georgetown Railroad Company, and Alexander Hay vs. the Mayor and Board of Alderman and Common Council of the City of Washington, and Joseph H. Bradley and A. Thomas Bradley. Washington: McGill & Witherow, 1864.

Call Number: Special Collections HE 2791.W3 S72 1864

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Wells, H.H. and William Dungan. Argument of H.H. Wells and Wm. W. Dungan, for the Lessees of the Alexandria Canal Company: Against Opening a “Draw” in the Company’s Aqueduct at Georgetown, as Contemplated in the Proposed Washington Harbor Improvements. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873.

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.3.W45 1873

Williams, Mathilde. Georgetown: The Twentieth Century, A Continuing Battle. Washington: Columbia Historical Society, 1973.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 169.73.W3 W54 1973

TRANSPORTATION

Bridge across the Potomac at Georgetown, D.C.: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Communication from the Secretary of War, Recommending an Additional Appropriation for the Construction of a Bridge over the Potomac River at Georgetown, D.C. Washington: s.n., 1882.

Call Number: Special Collections TG 25.W3 U55 1882

Ellet, Charles. Report on a Suspension Bridge Across the Potomac, for Rail Road and Common Travel: Addressed to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, D.C. Philadelphia: J.C. Clark, 1852.

Call Number: Special Collections TG 25.W32 E4

Gideon, George. Washington and Georgetown Railroad: Letter from George S. Gideon, President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company Transmitting Report of the Board of Directors for the Year 1865. Washington: s.n., 1866.

Call Number: Special Collections HE 2791.W33 G52 1866

Memorial of Citizens of Washington and Georgetown: Praying Authority to Construct a Railroad from Georgetown along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Navy-Yard, in Washington. Washington: s.n., 1860.

Call Number: Special Collections HE 2781.W3 M44 1860

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Memorial of a Committee of the Corporation of Georgetown, D.C.: Praying that Congress May Pass No Law Allowing the Long Bridge across the Potomac River to be Used in the Connection with a Railroad between the Depot of the Baltimore and Washington Railroad and Alexandria. Washington: s.n., 1854.

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.7.L8 M45 1854

Memorial of a Committee of the Corporation of Georgetown, D.C.: Setting Forth their Objections to a Bill Introduced into the Senate, to Authorize the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to Extend the Washington Branch of Their Road Across the Potomac River, at the Site of the Long Bridge. Washington: s.n., 1860.

Call Number: Special Collections F 203.L8 M46 1860

Stewart, Joseph. The Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown R.R. Comp’y, vs. the Board of Trade of Washington: Reply of Joseph B. Stewart, Secretary W., A., & G. R.R. Comp’y to the Report of the Committee of the Board of Trade to the Board of Aldermen. Washington: McGill & Witherrow, 1865.

Call Number: Special Collections HE 2791.W3 S73 1865

Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Railroad Company. Washington: McGill, Witherorw, 1862.

Call Number: Special Collections HE 2791.W3 W37 1862

WATERFRONT

Commission of Fine Arts. Georgetown Architecture: The Waterfront; Northwest Washington, District of Columbia. Washington: Commission of Fine Arts and Historic American Buildings Survey, 1968.


Commission of Fine Arts. Georgetown Historic Waterfront, Washington, D.C.: A Review of Canal and Riverside Architecture. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968.

Call Number: Special Collections NA 735.W3 U5

Georgetown Planning Council. The Georgetown Waterfront. Washington: The Council, 1965.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 168.W3 G43 1965

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Georgetown Planning Group. Georgetown Waterfront Area Study: Phase I Report, Development Concept Alternatives. Washington: The Commission, 1972.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 168.W3 G46 1972 f

Georgetown Planning Group. Georgetown Waterfront Area Study: Phase IIA Report, Preliminary Development Plan and Program. Washington: National Capital Planning Commission, 1973.


Georgetown Planning Group. Georgetown Waterfront Area Study: Recommended Development Plan and Program: Final Report. Washington: The Commission, 1975.


Georgetown Waterfront Area Plan and Development Management Program: Staff Draft for Discussion Purposes Only, July 25, 1975. Washington: National Capital Planning Commission, 1975.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 168.W3 U54 1975

Georgetown Waterfront Park: Draft Environmental Document. Washington: National Capital Planning Commission, 1980.


Georgetown Water Works: Report of the Water Board of Georgetown, D.C., to the Councils, with the Report of the Engineer, February 10, 1860. Washington: T. McGill, 1860.

Call Number: Special Collections TD 225.W3 W385 1860

A Proposal to Prepare a Development Plan and Program for the Georgetown Waterfront. Washington: National Capital Planning Commission, 1971.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 168.W3 P76 1971

Report of the Board on the Improvements of the Harbors of Washington and Georgetown of the District of Columbia: December 17, 1872, Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and Ordered to be Printed. Washington: s.n., 1872.

Call Number: Special Collections TC 225.W3 A5 1872

Smith, Kathryn. Port Town to Urban Neighborhood: The Georgetown Waterfront of Washington, D.C., 1880-1920. Washington: Center for Washington Area Studies of the George Washington University, 1989.

Call Number: Special Collections F 202.G3 S64 1989

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Waterfront Feasibility Study. Georgetown Waterfront Feasibility Study for Joint Public/Private Development. Prepared for National Capital Planning Commission, the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the Georgetown Harbour Associates. Washington: The Commission, 1970.

Call Number: Special Collections HT 168.W3 U72 1970 f

West Along Georgetown Waterfront Picture. s.l.: s.n., 193?.


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