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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Re:discovery database program and converted into xml; Code template by Archives and Information Associates (http://archivesandinformation.com), Alexandria, Virginia . 2006 Finding aid written in English Guide to the Foggy Bottom Collection, 1907-1998 MS0868 University Archives, Special Collections Research Center, The Gelman Library, The George Washington University

Washington, D.C.

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Descriptive Summary Anderson, G. David Combrinck, Laetitia Foggy Bottom collection, 1907-1998 MS0868 6 Linear feet The Foggy Bottom Collection is an outgrowth of the 1996 exhibit the Foggy Bottom Association and the Gelman Library sponsored called "Fantastic Foggy Bottom: The Growth of a Community." Materials in this collection include articles, building surveys, newspapers, books, photographs, slides, and artifacts. They range in date from 1907-98. The George Washington University, The Gelman Library, University Archives, Special Collections Research Center

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Foggy Bottom collection, University Archives, Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University.

Restrictions on Access

Some records may be restricted.

Acquisition Information

Collection was donated to the University Archives by various members of the Foggy Bottom community.

Restrictions on Use

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Historical or Biographical Note

The Foggy Bottom Collection is an outgrowth of the 1996 exhibit the Foggy Bottom Association and the Gelman Library sponsored called "Fantastic Foggy Bottom: The Growth of a Community." The exhibit was designed in conjunction with GW's 175th Anniversary, and a committee was formed to collect and choose materials for inclusion in the exhibit. Community members were asked to loan photographs, books, maps, and artifacts to the committee. A collection of the neighborhood newspaper, the "Foggy Bottom News" (1958-2004) was also donated to the collection as a result.

Although most materials loaned for exhibit were returned, photocopies of articles and news clippings, slides and copies of original photographs were made to keep for researchers to use. Future additions to the collection are planned, along with oral histories, which are hoped to be conducted by the University Archivist and volunteers.

Collection Scope and Content

Materials in this collection include articles, building surveys, newspapers, books, photographs, slides, and artifacts. They range in date from 1907-98.

Collection Organization

Organized in two series.

Subject Terms Individuals George Washington University Topics George Washington University. History Buildings People Churches Washington (D.C.) Foggy Bottom (Washington, D.C.) Detailed Description of the Records MS0868 Series 1 Historic Foggy Bottom, 1923-1996 2 Linear feet

Materials in this series include articles, building surveys, books and newspaper clippings documenting the history of Foggy Bottom. They range in date from 1923-96.

1 1 Foggy Bottom history-articles, undated 1 2 Foggy Bottom history-chapter of book "Washington at Home", undated 1 3 Foggy Bottom history-street maps, undated 1 4 Foggy Bottom history-residents, undated 1 5 Foggy Bottom history-Foggy Bottom Association, undated 1 6 Foggy Bottom history-Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, undated 1 7 Foggy Bottom history-West End Citizen's Association, undated 1 8 Foggy Bottom history-George Washington University, undated 1 9 Historic Foggy Bottom District/Historic Buildings, 1975 ca. 1 10 Building Surveys-Foggy Bottom Historic District (National Register of Historic Places), 1975 ca. 1 11 Buildings Surveys-Foggy Bottom/West End, undated 1 12 Buildings Surveys-George Washington University, undated 1 13 Buildings Surveys-Square 79, undated 1 14 Buildings Surveys-Square 80, undated 1 15 Buildings Surveys-Square 81, undated 1 16 Buildings Surveys-Square 103, undated 1 17 Buildings Surveys-Square 104, undated 2 1 Buildings Surveys-Square 120, undated 2 2 Buildings-Watergate Complex, undated 2 3 Buildings-State Department, undated 2 4 Urban Renewal and Development: News clippings, 1923-1963 2 5 Urban Renewal and Development: News clippings, 1956-1965 2 6 Urban Renewal and Development: News clippings, 1959-1993 2 7 Urban Renewal and Development: News clippings, 1940-1996 2 8 Churches-Concordia United Church, undated 2 9 Churches-Liberty Baptist Church (originally on 23rd and I Streets, NW), undated 2 10 Churches-St. Mary's Episcopal Church, undated 3 1 Churches-St. Paul's Church, undated 3 2 Churches-Union United Methodist Church (20th St. NW, between H and I) - now a GWU building, undated 3 3 Churches-Western Presbyterian Church, undated 3 4 Walking Tours of Foggy Bottom, undated 3 5 "Foggy Bottom 1800-1975: A Study in the Uses of an Urban Neighborhood" by Suzanne Sherwood, 1975

2 copies

3 6 "Foggy Bottom: A Community in Search of Its Future"- GWU Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 1989 3 7 Book "Voices from the Field" by George Norris, undated

History of National Association of Life Underwriters, which had building at 1922 F Street, NW (cited on pp.248-249)

3 8 Programs from exhibit "Fantastic Foggy Bottom", 1996 3 9 Working drafts of text and layout for exhibit "Fantastic Foggy Bottom", 1996 3 10 Loaned materials for use in "Fantastic Foggy Bottom" exhibit, 1996 MS0868 Series 2 Photographs, 1907-1998 4 Linear feet

Materials in this series include photographs and slides of the Foggy Bottom area. They range in date from 1907-98.

4 12 Photographs: Whitehurst Freeway construction, 1996 4 13 Photographs: Whitehurst Freeway construction, 1997 4 14 Photographs: Whitehurst Freeway construction, 1998 4 15 Photographs: Foggy Bottom Festival, 1981 4 16 Photographs: Foggy Bottom Festival, 1992-1993 4 17 Photographs: Foggy Bottom misc., 1997-1999 4 18.1 Photograph: Foggy Bottom residences, 24th and F Street NW, undated 4 18.2 Photograph: Site of Pepco building, Penn Ave, NW, undated 4 18.3 Photograph: Foggy Bottom residences, 25th and I Streets, NW, undated 4 18.4 Photograph: Quigley's Pharmacy, G Street, undated 4 18.5 Photograph: Maury Hall (left), undated 4 18.6 Photograph: Heurich brewery truck, undated 4 18.7 Photograph: S. Simon Tailor, undated 4 18.8 Photograph: Foggy Bottom residents in front of Leo's Deli, 1948 4 18.9 Photograph: Children, undated 4 18.10 Photograph: Mary Brown with siblings on steps of house on Virginia Ave across from present-day Watergate hotel, 1925 ca. 4 18.12 Photograph: SE corner of 20th and H Street, NW, looking toward 1912 H St., undated 4 18.13 Photograph: Virginia Ave., NW, Washington Gas Light Company tanks, 1920 ca. 5 1 Photograph: Park Central Hotel on S.E. corner of 18th and G Streets, undated

2 copies

5 2 Photograph: Site of World Bank building "E" at 701 19th St. NW, undated

2 copies

5 3 Photograph: Corner of New Hampshire Ave. and I St., NW, undated 5 4 Photograph: After the renovation at 826 25th Street. NW, undated 5 5 Photograph: 815 26th St. NW with son and brother of Mary Brown, 1946 ca. 5 6 Photograph: Construction of D building on G Street, NW, undated

2 copies

5 7 Photograph: Washington Gas Light Company and West gas reservoir tank on Virginia and New Hampshire Avenues, 1920 ca. 5 8 Photograph: G Street, near GW Deli, undated 5 9 Photograph: I St. and New Hampshire Ave., NW, 1955 ca. 5 10 Photograph: West corner of G and 18th Streets with Whelan Drugstore and Monmouth Hotel, 1960 ca.

2 copies

5 11 Photograph: Watergate Inn, Rock Creek Drive and F St., NW, undated 5 12 Photograph: 2nd Western Presbyterian Church, H St., NW, undated 5 13 Photograph: Constitution Ave. NW and 17th Street, NW, 1895 ca. 5 14 Photograph: St. Mary's Church, 2000 5 15 Photograph: Grant School, (School Without Walls High School), 2000 5 16 Photograph: Washington Circle, 23rd St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 1948 ca. 5 17 Photograph: 1818 H Street, NW, 06/25/1946

2 copies

5 18 Photograph: 23rd Street NW, looking south from I Street, 1938 ca. 5 19 Photograph: Church, 3 photos, undated

Construction of foundation and basement, Summer 1947; Choristers with Rev. Dr. Harding, 1888; Rubbish wagon cleaning the grounds of the church, March 1947

5 20 Photograph: Two people on G Street near the GW Deli, close to 22nd St., NW, 1945 ca. 5 21 Photograph: 19th and 20th Streets, NW site of Pepco building, 1970 ca. 5 22 Photograph: Near 25th and F Streets, NW, undated 5 23 Photograph: "Wink" Bill Coopes, G Street between 20th and 22nd Streets, NW, 1945 ca. 5 24 Photograph: G Street in front of Quigley's Pharmacy, undated 6 1 Photograph: Woodhull House, 1970 ca. 6 2 Photograph: New York Avenue and 10th St, NW, 1945 ca. 6 3 Photograph: St. Mary's congregation, 1960 ca. 6 4 Photograph: St. Mary's congregation, 1945 ca. 6 5 Photograph: State Department office, 1943 6 6 Photograph: Two people in front of Quigley's Pharmacy on G Street, undated 6 7 Photograph: Corner of 19th and F Streets, NW, 1919

Site of World Bank building "H"

6 8 Photograph: Home of H. Randall Webb, 727 19th St. NW, built 1894, undated 6 9 Photograph: H St. NW, home of boxer Marty Gallagher pictured, 1948 ca. 6 10 Photograph: 800 block of 26th Street and corner of Virginia Avenue, NW, 1948 ca. 6 11 Photograph: State Department, undated 6 12 Photograph: Site of World Bank's E Building, 701 19th St., NW, 1961 ca. 6 13 Photograph: Union Fire House, built 1832, meeting hall of the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of D.C., undated 6 14 Photograph: St. Mary's congregation, 1940 ca. 6 15 Photograph: St. Mary's congregation, 1960 ca. 6 16 Photograph: Hazel Handback and her father in front yard, State Department site in background, undated 6 17 Photograph: Houses on site of Western Presbyterian Church, 1908 H St., NW, 1910 6 18 Photograph: Houses on site of Western Presbyterian Church, 1908 H St., undated 6 19 Photograph: Sunday School class at Western Presbyterian Church, 1911 H St., 1925 ca. 6 20 Photograph: Buildings A, B, D, F, corner of 19th and H Streets, NW, 1980 ca. 6 21 Photograph: Theater group at Western Presbyterian Church, 1911 H St., NW, 1930 ca. 6 22 Photograph: Residence of Peter Hagner, 1812 H St., NW, 1910 ca. 6 23 Photograph: Original World Bank and IMF site, 19th and H Streets, NW, undated 6 24 Photograph: Home of H. Randall Webb, undated

Site of first IMF and World Bank E building, 727 19th St., NW

6 25 Photograph: 17th and New York Ave., NW, 1865 ca. 6 26 Photograph: Aerial view of Virginia and New Hampshire Avenues, shows Potomac Plaza Apartments and GW Hospital, 1960 ca. 6 27 Photograph: Dance at GW, 1950 ca. 6 28 Photograph: Group of young men of the steps of the Grant School, 1945 ca. 6 29 Photograph: Sunday School class of St. Mary's church, 1907 6 30 Photograph: Aerial view of Virginia Avenue towards Foggy Bottom, 1894 ca. 6 31 Photograph: View of Foggy Bottom and Georgetown from the Washington Monument, 1958 6 32 Photograph: 20th St. between G and H Streets, NW, 1940 ca. 6 33 Photograph: 2129 New York Avenue, NW, undated

Hazel Hanback standing on running board of car

6 34 Photograph: New Hampshire Ave., NW looking toward Watergate and Kennedy Center, 1980 ca. 6 35 Photograph: Roof of Hattie M. Strong Hall for Women, GWU, 1940 ca. 6 36 Photograph: Brown family at Titanic Memorial, site of Kennedy Center, 1946 ca. 6 37 Photograph: Park Central Apartments, now Thurston Hall, 1900 F St. NW, 1964 6 38 Photograph: Mrs. J. C. Brecht and Captain J. C. Brecht, 1904 ca. 6 39 Photograph: Aerial View of Foggy Bottom looking south from Washington Circle, 1931 7 1 T-shirt: "I Love GW Students", undated

Worn by Olga Corey, longtime Foggy Bottom resident and activist (added to collection Feb. 2002)

7 2 Photograph: St. Rose's Industrial School for girls, undated 7 3 Photograph: Peter Houses on 2618 K Street, NW, undated 7 4 Photograph: Newly reconstructed Whitehurst Freeway, rebuilt from 1995-1998, 1998 ca. 7 5 Photograph: Mr. & Mrs. Brewster at Fall Festival, undated 7 6 Photograph: Briggs Elementary School, 22nd & E Streets NW, Federal Works Agency, 1943

Etching

7 7 Photograph: Western Presbyterian Church at 1911 H Street, NW, 1855-1931, undated 7 8 Photograph: Houses along 19th Street going toward G Street, NW, 04/15/1958

View from the 6th floor looking south, site of IMF building

7 9 Photograph: At the "Watergate" on the Waterfront behind the Lincoln Memorial, 1950 ca. 7 10 Photograph: Young men on the steps of the Grant School, 1935 ca. 7 11 Photograph: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1948 ca. 7 12 Photograph: Residents in front of the Virginia Apartments on G Street, NW, 1945 ca. 7 13 Photograph: Quigley's Pharmacy at 21st Street, NW, undated 7 14 Photograph: Virginia Ave. and 25th Street, NW, ca. 1925 7 15 Photograph: Dorothy Baines and Peggy Cammer scan the skyline of Foggy Bottom from the roof of Strong Hall, 1948 ca. 7 16 Photograph: Mary Brown and siblings standing on steps of house on Virginia Ave., NW, 1925 ca. 7 17 Photograph: Christine Duval Brecht, 1904 ca. 7 18 Photograph: Heurich brewery truck, 1910 ca. 7 19 Photograph: Duryea horseless carriage on Penn. Ave., NW, 1896 7 20 Photograph: View of bank of Potomac River, home of Hazel Hanback, undated 7 21 Photograph: Historic map of early D.C., including Hamburg, 1795 ca. 7 22 Photograph: Washington Circle and Camp Fry, 1861 7 23 Photograph: Houses on corner of 19th and F streets, NW, undated 7 24 Photograph: Inauguration of the Clark Mills statue of George Washington on Washington Circle, 02/22/1860 8 25 Banner: 90 Years in Foggy Bottom, 02/2002 8 26 Button: Historic Foggy Bottom, undated 8 27 Photograph: Planting anchor trees at Tompkins Hall, 1956 ca. 8 28 Photograph: Two children in a wagon by the Titanic Memorial, 1945 ca. 8 29 Photograph: City block, 1925 ca.

Etching

8 30 Photograph: Newly reconstructed ramp to the E-street expressway between near Rock Creek Parkway and Virginia Ave., NW, 1998 8 31 Photograph: Foggy Bottom residents, 1980 ca. 8 32 Photograph: Foggy Bottom residents, 1980 ca. 8 33 Photograph: Pennsylvania Ave. and 20th street NW, Pepco building was here, 1955 ca. 8 34 Photograph: View of area around F and 24th streets, NW, 1955 ca. 8 35 Photograph: Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, undated 8 36 Photograph: Southwest corner of 19th and H streets, NW, 1955 ca. 8 37 Photograph: "Spring-time redbud" near Francis Scott Key Hall, 04/1997 8 38 Photograph: A view of Ohio Drive, 1946 ca. 8 39 Photograph: Gethsemane Baptist Church and Rev. James Harvey (founder), undated 8 40 Photograph: Foggy Bottom residents at a street festival held on I street, 1990 ca. 8 41 Photograph: Demolishing the old Whitehurst freeway, 1995 ca. 8 42 Photograph: Sunday School class at St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 23rd, between G and H streets, NW, 1907 8 43 Photograph: St Mary's Congregation, 1940 ca. 8 44 Photograph: Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of D.C. showing outside of building, undated 8 45 Photograph: Area facing the Watergate complex, in the foreground is Va. Ave., 1950 ca. 8 46 Photograph: A pre-renovation photograph of 826 25th street, NW, 1955 ca. 8 47 Photograph: A view at the corner of 25th and I streets, NW , looking west, undated 8 48 Photograph: The last house left at 23rd and G streets, NW, undated

Site of GW's athletic facility, the Smith Center, built in the 1970s

8 49 Photograph: 20th street-19th street between E street and Virginia Ave., NW, 1950 ca. 8 50 Photograph: Interior picture of St. Paul's Church taken at the Church's old location, 1993

Site of the old GW Hospital on Washington Circle

8 51 Photograph: Old Glass Works, 1850 ca. 8 52 Photograph: Men in front of Leo's Deli, 1945 ca. 8 53 Photograph: Mrs. Brecht, wife of Captain Theodore Brecht, 1910 ca. 8 54 Photograph: Houses on 1908 H street, NW, 1925 ca.

Site of Western Presbyterian Church

8 55 Photograph: World Bank Building, undated 8 56 Photograph: GW hospital maternity ward, 1950 ca. 8 57 Photograph: IMF building, 1980 ca. 8 58 Photograph: Mrs. Gena Traver in front of her home at 2137 G Street, NW, undated 8 59 Photograph: St. Stephen Martyr Church at 25th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 1950 ca. 8 60 Photograph: Aerial photograph of the George Washington University, 1934

Made by Dr. Daniel L.Borden

8 61 Photograph: Aerial photograph of 23rd street from Washington Circle, 1955 ca. 8 62 Photograph: The Immaculate Conception Academy at 24th and K streets, NW, 1955 ca. 8 63 Photograph: Former St. John's Orphanage, undated 8 64 Photograph: Stott's Hall, 20th and I streets, NW, 1947 8 65 Photograph: Entries in the St. John's Orphanage registry, undated 8 66 Newspaper clipping: "Little Church Refuses to Sell to Monetary Fund", 11/10/1969 8 67 Newspaper clipping: "Things Wont Be the Same West End Shopkeepers Sure Leases will Run Out as Building Continues", 05/20/1978 8 68 Photograph: Various Shops, undated 8 69 Newspaper clipping about Hamburg, and childbirths, undated 8 70 Postcard of Watergate Gallery, undated 8 71 Map of Foggy Bottom in 1972, 1972

2 copies, large and small

8 72 Map of Foggy Bottom in 1930, 1930 8 73 Map of Foggy Bottom in 1933, 1933 8 74 Photograph: View of Industrial Area along Virginia Ave., NW, 1920 ca. 8 75 Foggy Bottom News clipping, 02/1958 8 76 Photograph: Men with mugs of beer in hand at Heurich Brewery, undated 8 77 Photocopy of Leo's Deli, undated 8 78 Small poster of Washington Preparatory School and Marlow Coal Company, undated 8 79 Map of Potomac River bridges and inner loop expressway, undated 8 80 Streets in Foggy Bottom, undated 8 81 Poster of Young Men's Christian Association, undated 8 82 Map of South & North bound freeway and Pennsylvania Ave., undated