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Audio Visual Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-AVC
Scope and Contents
This collection includes audio and video resources related to Mount Vernon, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, and George Washington. Many audio and video recordings in the collection were either produced by, or made in cooperation with, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. However, there are also AV productions made by other institutions, corporations, and media companies. Content includes footage and recordings of events, interviews, lectures, VIP visitors, and views of the estate....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1928-2015
Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Collection
Identifier: A-MVLA-ER
Scope and Contents
The nucleus of this collection was created from papers presented to the Association by Ann Pamela Cunningham around the time of her retirement as Regent. Several other Vice Regents followed her example and later donated their papers as well. These records were referred to as the “Early Records” since they were first established as an archival collection. A large portion of this collection is correspondence concerning the founding of the MVLA and the operation of Mount Vernon as an historic...
Dates:
1853 - 1951; Majority of material found within 1853-1875
Emma Read Ball Genealogical Research Files
Collection
Identifier: A-ERB
Scope and Contents
At the time of her death, Mrs. Ball was preparing to publish a book on the life and ancestry of Mary Ball Washington. She struggled during her later years, however, and never completed the project. A portion of the research files she used for this project are represented in this collection. Mount Vernon received this material from Alison Burdick, Vice Regent for Delaware, sometime around March 1965 after she sorted through the collection and weeded some of its content. A report written by Mrs....
Dates:
compiled ca. 1911-1912
George Washington's Mount Vernon Magazine, 2015-
Collection
Identifier: A-MAG
Content Description
George Washington's Mount Vernon Magazine is published three times a year to disseminate information on the events and current news at the Mount Vernon estate. This publication replaces the previous version, "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow", or YTT, which was published for the same purpose and audience. Articles include information on recent and upcoming events, restoration projects, interesting museum and library accessions, book reviews, fundraising opportunities, etc.
Dates:
2015-
Guest Books and Visitor Registers
Collection
Identifier: A-GB
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of large ledgers or books with the signatures and autographs of Mount Vernon visitors and special guests. The books date from 1850 to the present day and some registers overlap in date.
Dates:
1850-present
Land Records of the MVLA
Collection
Identifier: A-LR
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains records concerning land gifts, purchases, and easements obtained by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Types of records include deeds, memorandums, signed agreements, land plats, maps, drawings, and correspondence. The material dates from 1858 to 2006, however there is some information on Washington family property that dates from the 1830s (the originals of these items were removed and replaced with photocopies in 2001).
Dates:
1858-2006
Operation Overview Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-OOC
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of records created by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association documenting the Operation Overview movement. A large portion of the collection is correspondence, including letters to and from Vice Regent Frances Bolton and other members of Congress. Other types of records represented are organizational reports, bulletins, statements, Congressional transcripts and bills, news clippings, financial papers, and several drawings and photographs. The bulk of the records range from the...
Dates:
1953-1983
Oral Histories of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Collection
Identifier: A-ORH
Scope and Contents
The oral histories collected by the MVLA and the Washington Library include personal memories and reminscences of previous Regents, Vice Regents, and Mount Vernon employees. The majority of the collection was recorded during the 2000s-2010s by staff members Sandra Robinette and Mary Thompson. This collection grows and accrues more recordings every year as other long-term employees and Board members contribute their stories. Mount Vernon's oral histories have most often been recorded via audio...
Dates:
1957-2015
Papers of Harrison H. Dodge
Collection
Identifier: A-RM-1185
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Harrison H. Dodge is a small collection of material created and compiled by Dodge and/or his family. Types of records include correspondence, articles, family trees, news clippings, photographs, and several objects. Most of the items pertain to Dodge’s time as Superintendent at Mount Vernon, however there are some personal family letters, genealogy information, and items regarding his work on a Library of Congress committee. Some genealogical records, mostly fragments and scraps...
Dates:
1816-1936
Papers of Lily Macalester Berghmans Laughton
Collection
Identifier: RM-576
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection is correspondence to Mrs. Laughton concerning Mount Vernon and the work of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Other material includes correspondence from Mrs. Laughton, formal reports and papers of the MVLA, personal correspondence and memoirs, photographs, printed material, and ephemera. The overall dates range from 1850 to 1891 with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1860s-1880s.This collection contains correspondence from a significant...
Dates:
1850-1891
Papers of Mary V. Thompson, Research Historian
Collection
Identifier: A-MVT
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Mary V. Thompson cover a wide range of topics, mostly concerning her research on George Washington and Mount Vernon, and her work with Mount Vernon’s historic collections. Her files give insight into her extensive work on exhibits, special projects, publications, reference assistance, and collections cataloging. Types of material include correspondence, printed email, memos, reports, research notes, articles, news clippings, presentations or speeches, special events brochures and...
Dates:
1980-2012
Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Collection
Identifier: A-MVLA
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the care and management of Mount Vernon through the work of the MVLA. Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library’s collection...
Dates:
1858-2016
Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director
Collection
Identifier: A-SRD
Scope and Contents
This collection combines the papers and files of each Superintendent or Resident Director listed under “Creators,” as well as their office staff, assistants, and other Mount Vernon personnel. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a...
Dates:
1850-1996
Publications - History of Mount Vernon and George Washington
Collection
Identifier: A-HIST
Scope and Contents
This collection contains publications concerning the history of Mount Vernon and George Washington that were not published by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The MVLA collaborated with other authors and publishers to produce many of these titles, however the Association was not the copyright holder. These items have been merged together into this collection but are from different sources or accessions. Most of the publications were either originally collected by the Library at Mount...
Dates:
1854-2012
Publications and Printed Material of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Collection — Box: 1-25
Identifier: A-PUBS
Scope and Contents
Educating the public on the life and legacy of George Washington, colonial life, slavery, and other relevant subjects is part of the MVLA's mission. The publication of books, brochures, and other printed material is one aspect of achieving this goal. This collection combines all printed formats published by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Associaton including books, booklets, brochures, information sheets, event announcements, bylaws, and handbooks or guidebooks. Annual Reports and the Minutes of the...
Dates:
1854-present
Research Notebooks of Elswyth Thane Beebe
Collection
Identifier: A-RM-202
Scope and Contents
This collection holds 34 volumes of notebooks kept by Elswyth Thane Beebe in preparation for two of her publications, "Mount Vernon is ours; the story of its preservation," 1966 and "Mount Vernon; the legacy" 1967. These notebooks contain the notes written by the author during her research on the history of Mount Vernon.
Dates:
1965-1967
Restoration Files for the Historic Structures Report
Collection
Identifier: A-RST
Scope and Contents
This collection contains original records and photocopied documentation that was compiled in the early 1990s to provide necessary assistance for the preparation of the Historic Structures Report. Original materials include correspondence of Mount Vernon Superintendents, employees, and Vice Regents, accounts and financial documents, reports, photographs, and architectural drawings. Photocopied or printed documents were taken from ledgers, accounts, and correspondence of George Washington and...
Dates:
Other: 1750s-2005; 1860s-2005
Superintendent’s Letter Books, Diaries, and Monthly Reports
Collection
Identifier: A-SUP
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the letter books and diaries of Superintendent Harrison H. Dodge from the 1885 to 1927, and the monthly reports to the Regent by Superintendent (later Resident Director) Charles Cecil Wall for the years 1948-1967. Dodge’s letter books contain letterpress and handwritten copies of outgoing correspondence. These were bound into 32 volumes in 1968-1969. The majority of these letters are to the Regent, and some take the form of a monthly report. Dodge’s diaries include...
Dates:
1885-1967
The Morley Jeffers Williams Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-MJW
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, surveys, newspaper clippings, biographies and other written works, bibliographies, excerpts from diaries, letters, inventories and ledgers, various types of architectural and archaeological drawings, maps, and images documenting the work and research conducted during Morley Jeffers Williams’s tenure at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Williams compiled the majority of the documents and images found in this collection between 1931 and 1939;...
Dates:
Other: 1602-1967
The Worth Bailey Papers, 1939-1980
Collection
Identifier: A-WB
Scope and Contents
The majority of this collection is made up of research files compiled by Worth Bailey while researching at Mount Vernon and other historical sites. These files contain correspondence, news clippings, images, articles, and studies. Another substantial portion of the collection contains Bailey’s drawings, woodcuts, and several printing blocks.
Dates:
1939-1980
Tomb Books, Floral Tribute Registries
Collection
Identifier: A-TB
Scope and Contents
Visitors to Mount Vernon have ceremoniously laid wreaths at the graves of George and Martha Washington for many years. This collection of “tomb books,” or registries of floral tributes, record the names and dates of the visitors and special guests who laid wreaths at the tomb. The books are originally kept by Mount Vernon employees who are assigned to watch over the tomb and facilitate the wreath-laying ceremonies. More volumes are expected to eventually be turned over to the MVLA Archives, but...
Dates:
1967-2010
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