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Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century

 Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Wallace Collins papers

 Collection 0022-MDHC
Abstract Charles Wallace Collins (1879-1964) was a lawyer, writer, and librarian. During a long career in Washington, D.C., his positions included director of the Economic Section of the Legislative Reference Service at the Library of Congress, Librarian of the Supreme Court, General Counsel for the Bureau of the Budget, and Deputy Comptroller of the Currency. In addition, he was an authority on banking law and in his private law practice he served as counsel to many of the leading financial...
Dates: 1915-1972; Majority of material found within 1925-1970

The Rita M. Cacas Filipino American Community Archives collection

 Collection 0371-MDHC
Abstract The Rita M. Cacas Filipino American Community Archives documents Filipino American communities in the Washington, D.C., metro area (including Maryland and Northern Virginia) and in the state of Maryland more broadly. The collection also documents significant historic events related to the transition of United States' occupation of the Philippines (1898-1946) to the country's independence, including Filipino military and government service under the United States in the two World Wars. The...
Dates: 1900-2019; Majority of material found within 1930-1993