Walking Tour--Downtown DC Libraries and Research Facilities: Their German Immigrant and Neighborhood Histories

From Norma Broadwater (via the H-DC e-list):

Walking Tour: Thursday, June 29, 5 - 7:30 pm
Meeting point: Historical Society of Washington, D.C., 801 K St. NW entrance (north side), Mount Vernon Square

The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.'s Kiplinger Research Library, which is located in the old Carnegie Library building, and the Washingtoniana Division of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, are indispensable facilities for local research.

Washington, D.C. guide and historian Alice Stewart will show photographs and documents from both libraries to illustrate how they can shed light on the history of specific buildings and former residents in the neighborhood. She will also update visitors as to the status and future uses of both library buildings.
Goethe Institut, Washington. Photo by Payton Chung.

The tour will begin at the former Carnegie Library, continue through the neighborhood north and west of the Library, stop by the Goethe-Institut (812 Seventh Street), where visitors will learn about its programs, research facilities and services, and end at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. A reference librarian in the Washingtoniana Division will give a special presentation for the group.

Limited to 20 participants
RSVP to 202-289-1200, ext. 510
For further information: www.goethe.de/washington, or 202-289-1200

Charge: $5.00
Free for members of Friends of the Goethe-Institut, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and Friends of Washingtoniana.

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