District of Columbia History Subject Guide: Print Resources

Not all of the print resources listed can be found in AU's holdings, but the ones that are not can be ordered through consortium or interlibrary loan.

Selected General Works

Know the District of Columbia, 2004 edition.
League of Women Voters of D.C.

City of Magnificent Intentions: A History of Washington, District of Columbia 2nd ed.
Melder, Keith E. (ed.)

Washington : A History of the Capital, 1800-1950
Green, Constance M.

The City of Washington: An Illustrated History
Junior League of Washington.

Historical Dictionary of Washington, D.C.
Benedetto, Robert et al.

Records — Columbia Historical Society.
Papers read before the Society 1895-1989

Washington History: Magazine of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
(formerly Columbia Historical Society)

Neighborhood Histories

Anacostia Story, 1608-1930
Hutchinson, Louise

Black Georgetown Remembered
Lesko, K. (ed.)

Gentrification in Adams Morgan
Henig, Jeffrey

Tenleytown: Country Village into City Neighborhood
Helm, Judith Beck

Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods
Kathryn S. Smith, (ed.)

Period Histories

Creation of Washington, D.C.
Bowling, Kenneth

Burning of Washington (War of 1812)
Pitch, Anthony

Southern City, National Ambition: The Growth of Early Washington, D.C., 1800-1860
Gillette, Howard

Reveille in Washington (Civil War)
Leech, Margaret

Capital Elites: High Society in Washington, D.C. After the Civil War
Jacob, Kathryn Allamong

Ten Blocks from the White House: Anatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968
Gilbert, Ben W.

Architecture & Art

Best Addresses: A Century of Washington’s Distinguished Apartment Houses
Goode, James M.

Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings
Goode, James M.

Massachusetts Avenue Architecture
Commission of Fine Arts. Kohler, Sue A.

Sixteenth Street Architecture
Commission of Fine Arts. Kohler, Sue A.

The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.
Goode, James M.

City Planning

Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C.
Gillette, Howard

Worthy of the Nation: History of Planning for the National Capital
U.S.N.C.P.C

Directories

The Capital Source: The Who's Who, What, Where in Washington
Ready Ref F 192.3 .C36

D&B Regional Business Directory
Ready Ref HG 4058 .W3 D86

United States Government Manual
Ready Ref JK 421 .A3

Washington: A Comprehensive Directory of the Key Institutions and Leaders of the National Capital Area
Ready Ref F 192.3 .W3

Washington Area Library Directory
Ready Ref Z 732 .D62 W36 2003

Washington, D.C. Museums: A Ross Guide
Ref AM 13 .W3 R67 1992

Washington Information Directory
Ready Ref F 192.5 .W34

Multicultural Washington

Washington Odyssey: A Multicultural History of the Nation's Capital. Rev. Edition

Jews of Washington, D.C.
Altshuler, David

The Guide to Black Washington: Places and Events of Historical and Cultural Significance in the Nation's Capital
Fitzpatrick, Sandra

Free Negroes in the District of Columbia, 1790- 1864
Brown, Letitia Woods

First Freed: Washington, D.C. in the Emancipation Era
Clark-Lewis, Elizabeth (ed.)

Colored Woman in a White World
Terrell, Mary Church

Alley Life in Washington, 1850-1970
Borchert, James

Leading the Race: The Transformation of the Black Elite in the Nation's Capital, 1880-1920
Moore, Jacqueline

Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition
Barber, Lucy G.

Farther Along: A Civil Rights Memoir
Caplan, Marvin Harold

Selected Authors of D.C. Fiction

Adams, Henry. Democracy.

Clarke, Breena. River, Cross My Heart.

Golden, Marita. Edge of Heaven & others.

Johnson, Haynes. The Landing.

Jones, Edward P. All Aunt Hagar’s Children.

Jones, Edward P. Lost in the City.

Pelecanos, George P. Shoedog & others.

Shreve, Susan Richards. Train Home & others.

Tate, Allen. The Fathers.

Twain, Mark. Gilded Age.

Created by Kathryn Ray