Guide to the Jack Rottier photograph collection C0003 Jack Rottier photograph

Guide to the Jack Rottier photograph collection C0003

Jack Rottier photograph


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Eron Ackerman

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0003
Title
Jack Rottier photograph collection 1953-1983
Quantity
3.5 Linear Feet, 10 boxes
Creator
Rottier, John M. (Jack), 1910-1988
Language
English .
Abstract
This collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and prints of photographs taken by National Park Service photographer Jack Rottier, as well as other National Park photographers. Numbering around 2,500 total, the photographs in this collection document politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Jack Rottier photograph collection, C0003, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Robin Rottier on September 22, 2009.

Processing Information

Processed by Eron Ackerman in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman in April 2010. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in December 2022.


Biographical Information

Jack Rottier was a photographer for the National Capital Region of the National Park Service from the early 1960s until he retired in 1975. Rottier was born in Bellaire, Michigan in 1910. He served in the Army in World War II and graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He moved to the Washington area about 1950 as a photographer for the American Forest Products Industries. He later joined the Commerce Department where he photographed trade fairs overseas, and then the Bureau of Land Management in the Interior Department, where he worked until transferring to the Park Service. Throughout his life he was an active member of the C and O Canal Association. In the course of his career with the Park Service, Rottier contributed to the photographic record of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and the development of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. He died in 1988.

Scope and Content

This collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Slides are in color 35mm and 55mm formats, negatives are both color and black and white and range from 35mm strips to 4" x 5", and prints are color and black and white and range in size from 4" x 5" to 11" x 14". Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks. The photographs were taken by Jack Rottier and other National Park photographers.

Series 1: 35mm Slides, contains over 1,000 color slides documenting prominent parks, landmarks, and political figures in the Washington, DC area. Parks featured here include Glen Echo Park, Lady Bird Johnson Park, and the National Mall. Landmarks include the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument pictured in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also contains slides of several politicians and former presidents, including around 150 slides of Gerald and Betty Ford and their family, 100 slides of Jimmy Carter, and 100 slides of Richard Nixon and his family. Also included are 1 slide of John F. Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971.

Series 2: 55mm Slides, contains 131 large-format color slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also includes slides of tourists at Oxon Hill Farm in Maryland, hikers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and marchers at a 1969 anti-war demonstration.

Series 3: Color Negatives, consists of 65 color photographic negatives, ranging in size from 60mm to 5" X 7", which document various Washington, DC area landmarks and politicians. Subjects include the Capitol, a Cherry Blossom Festival from the early 1970s, and several Republican politicians, including senators Carl T. Curtis and Strom Thurmond and governors George Dewey Clyde of Utah, Goodwin Knight of California, and Robert Eben Smylie of Idaho.

Series 4: Large Format Negatives, dates back further than any other series in this collection, containing 137 4" x 5" black-and-white negatives with dozens from the 1950s and 1960s. Subjects include former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and several former US congressmen. The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).

Series 5: Small Format Negatives, contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.

Series 6: Medium Format Negatives, contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.

Series 7: Small Format Photographs, contains 316 3.5" x 3.5" and 3.5" x 5" photographs, all in color except where specified. Subjects in this series include the beautification of Washington, DC, Lady Bird Johnson with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, National Capital Park rangers, and various Washington, DC area landmarks. Political figures in this series include Richard Nixon and Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan, and Strom Thurmond. Other subjects include a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, a 1978 party of the National Geographic Society, and two of the last Washington Senators baseball games.

Series 8: Large Format Photographs, contains 100 8" x 10" photographs of DC area political events and landmarks, all black and white except where specified. Political figures in this series include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. This series also contains photographs of various political rallies and demonstrations, including an officially organized 1970 anti-litter rally and the Poor People's Campaign in the spring of 1968.

Series 9: Oversize Photographs, contains 5 11" x 14" photographs, including a photograph of the Washington Monument at night, aerial shots of the Jefferson Memorial and White House, a portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, and a photograph of Lady Bird Johnson planting flowers as part of her Washington, DC beautification initiative.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into 9 series by media format. Each series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Wherever possible, item dates refer to the actual date the photograph was taken. Otherwise, dates indicate the month and year the photograph was developed.

Series Series 1: 35mm Slides, 1961-1982, bulk 1967-1977 (Boxes 1-3) Series 2: 55mm Slides, 1965-1976 (Boxes 4-5) Series 3: Color Negatives, 1957-1979 (Boxes 5) Series 4: Large Format Negatives, 1950s-1970s (Box 5) Series 5: Small Format Negatives, 1960s-1970s, bulk 1970-1976 (Box 6) Series 6: Medium Format Negatives, circa 1966-1976 (Box 6) Series 7: Small Format Photographs, 1957-1983 (Box 7) Series 8: Large Format Photographs, 1960-1974 (Boxes 8-9) Series 9: Oversize Photographs, 1961-1974 (Box 10)

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds other photograph collections of Washington, D.C. politics and culture, including the Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, the Charles Baptie photograph collection, and the Arthur E. Scott photograph collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Aerial photographs
  • Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
  • Monuments -- Washington (D.C.)
  • Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
  • Photographic prints
  • Photography -- Negatives
  • Slides (Photography)
  • Urban beautification -- United States
  • Washington (D.C.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
  • Rottier, John M. (Jack), 1910-1988

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
  • Washington (D.C.)

Container List

Series 1: 35mm Slides
1961-1982
(3 boxes)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains over 1,000 35mm color slides documenting prominent parks, landmarks, and political figures in the Washington, DC area. Parks featured here include Glen Echo Park, Lady Bird Johnson Park, and the National Mall. Landmarks include the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument pictured in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also contains slides of several politicians and former presidents, including around 150 slides of Gerald and Betty Ford and their family, 100 slides of Jimmy Carter, and 100 slides of Richard Nixon and his family. Also included are 1 slide of John F. Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 1
    American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike
    February 1979
    Scope and Contents note

    7 slides; includes strikers, riot police, and tractors at the Capitol with protest signs in windows

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 1-3
    Betty Ford and Family
    February 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    44 slides; includes Betty Ford and her daughter Susan at interview with Trude Feldman and a full family portrait

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 3-7
    Capitol Building
    1967-1981
    Scope and Contents note

    77 slides; includes aerial shots and photographs of the Capitol exterior in daylight, nightfall, and different seasons with snow, garden flowers, and cherry blossoms in the foreground

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 7-8
    Celebrities
    1970-1977
    Scope and Contents note

    15 slides; includes Elizabeth Taylor at the Rappahannock Steeple Chase Hunt in May 1977 (2 slides), Frank Sinatra performing in May 1973 (12 slides), and Prince Charles at the White House in July 1970 (1 slide)

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 8
    Chuck Robb with Lady Bird Johnson
    October 1967
    Scope and Contents note

    6 slides; photographs include Robb on a Ferris Wheel with Lady Bird Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson on a merry-go-round

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 8
    Congressman Orval H. Hansen
    May 1972
    Scope and Contents note

    3 slides; Hansen and his family at what looks like the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 8-9
    Dulles International Airport
    1972-1981
    Scope and Contents note

    9 slides; includes an aerial shot and pictures of the airport at dusk

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 9
    Flags and Fireworks
    1966-1975
    Scope and Contents note

    9 slides; fireworks over the Capital

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 9-10
    Fort Frederica
    July 1977
    Scope and Contents note

    22 slides; St. Simons, Georgia

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 10-15
    Gerald Ford
    October 1973 - May 1975
    Scope and Contents note

    114 slides; includes pictures of Ford at Vice Presidential event in 1973 featuring Senator Hugh Scott and other politicians; President Ford's Rose Garden conference in October 1974; a press conference on May 7, 1975; and Ford with his family at other events

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 16
    Harden and Weaver
    March 1975
    Scope and Contents note

    15 slides; radio talk show hosts Frank Harden and Jackson Weaver at the Kennedy Center

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 16-17
    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
    May 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    13 slides; pictured among guests of a formal event

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 page: 17-18
    Jefferson Memorial
    1967-1977
    Scope and Contents note

    54 slides total (32 in this box); photographs of the memorial interior and exterior in different seasons, across the Potomac, with cherry blossoms, and at night

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 1-2
    Jefferson Memorial
    1967-1977
    Scope and Contents note

    54 slides total (22 in this box); photographs of the memorial interior and exterior in different seasons, across the Potomac, with cherry blossoms, and at night

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 2
    John F. Kennedy
    circa 1961-1963
    Scope and Contents note

    1 slide; Kennedy speaking from a podium outside the White House

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 2-7
    Jimmy Carter
    January 20, 1977 - December 1977
    Scope and Contents note

    105 slides; includes pictures from Carter's inauguration

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 7-8
    Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower
    May 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    23 slides

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 8-10
    Kennedy Center
    1973-1977
    Scope and Contents note

    35 slides; includes aerial shots and boat shots of the Kennedy Center

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 10
    Kennedy Grave
    January - June 1972
    Scope and Contents note

    5 slides; pictures of the grave marking and a memorial service

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 10-11
    Lady Bird Johnson
    April 1971 and October 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    14 slides; includes pictures of Lady Bird and others across the Potomac with the Washington Monument in the background, and pictures from the LBJ Grove dedication in 1974

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 11-12
    Lincoln Memorial
    1969-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    26 slides; aerial shots and photographs of the memorial interior and exterior during the day and night

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 12
    Lyndon B. Johnson with Turkish President Fahri Koruturk
    April 1967
    Scope and Contents note

    2 slides; pictures of the presidents in a motorcade taken from outside the car

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 12-13
    National Christmas Tree
    December 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    18 slides; photographs of the tree lit up at night with National Mall landmarks in the background

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 13-14
    National Parks Service
    June 1973 - March 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    19 slides; photographs of mounted park rangers and other National Parks Service officials

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 page: 14-18
    Richard M. Nixon and Family
    1968-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    94 slides total (89 in this box); includes a photograph of Richard and Pat Nixon with Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson from November 1968, early press conference photographs, Nixon with Russian President Leonid Brezhnev and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in June 1973, Nixon's 1974 State of the Union Speech, Nixon speaking at the Nevada Association on November 8, 1973, family photographs of Pat Nixon and the kids

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 1
    Richard M. Nixon and Family
    November 1973
    Scope and Contents note

    94 slides total (5 in this box); Pat Nixon and the kids

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 1-3
    Ronald Reagan's Inauguration
    January 1981
    Scope and Contents note

    39 slides; includes photographs of parade marchers and spectators outside the Capitol, protestors with antinuclear signs, the presidential motorcade, crowds gathered outside the White House for Reagan's inauguration speech, and fireworks outside the Washington Monument

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 3
    Washington, DC Aerial Shots
    1966-1975
    Scope and Contents note

    15 slides; photographs of DC from over the Potomac and National Mall during the day and night, including six photographs from December 1975 taken by Herman B. Saines

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 3-6
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks and Scenery
    1968-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    32 slides; photographs of sites in DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland, including Arlington Cemetery, Ford Theatre, Fairfax Courthouse, the Springfield Mall, Haupt Fountain, downtown beautification, the George Washington Parkway, Botanic Gardens, Fairfax High School and Court House, and the Jack Warner Farm

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 6
    Washington, DC Area Parks
    1967-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    16 slides; includes LaFayette Park in DC, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Glen Echo Park, Lady Bird Johnson Park, Rock Creek Park, Shenandoah National Park, and Wakefield Park

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 6-8
    Washington, DC Area Universities
    1966-1981
    Scope and Contents note

    37 slides; includes George Mason University, Georgetown, George Washington, Northern Virginia Community College (NoVA), and Shenandoah University

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 8
    Washington, DC Rallies and Festivals
    1967-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    11 slides; Bike Day, Human Kindness Day, Cherry Blossom Festival, a country fair, and a McIntyre Rally

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 8-12
    Washington Monument
    1969-1977
    Scope and Contents note

    82 slides; photographs of the monument in different seasons, across the Potomac, with cherry blossoms, with the moon in the background at night, under fireworks, and behind Christmas tree lights

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 12-13
    Washington Senators Baseball Games
    1969-1971
    Scope and Contents note

    22 slides; includes pictures from a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in attendance and the Senators' final game in September 1971 with fans holding up signs protesting the team's dissolution

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 13-14
    White House
    1970-1977
    Scope and Contents note

    13 slides; includes an aerial shot, photographs with flowers surrounding the White House fountain, pictures of the White House interior, and an illustration of the White House under snowfall

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 page: 15
    Wolf Trap
    1967-1982
    Scope and Contents note

    34 slides; includes pictures of young park employees at Wolf Trap and aerial shots of the Wolf Trap concert hall from before and after the fire of 1982

Series 2: 55mm Slides
1965-1976
(1.5 boxes)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains 131 large-format color 55mm slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also includes slides of tourists at Oxon Hill Farm in Maryland, hikers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and marchers at a 1969 anti-war demonstration.

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 page: 1-5
    Capitol Building
    1966-1975
    Scope and Contents note

    17 slides; pictures of the Capitol in different seasons, with flowers in the foreground, an aerial shot at night, on 4th of July with fireworks, and behind a Native American man with traditional headdress on horseback

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 page: 5-7
    Lincoln Memorial
    1969-1970
    Scope and Contents note

    9 slides; pictures of memorial interior and exterior at dusk and nightfall, some of which include the Washington monument

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 page: 7-9
    National Christmas Tree
    1970-1976
    Scope and Contents note

    8 slides; aerial shots and close-ups of the tree and surrounding area lit up at night, including the White House and Washington Monument

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 page: 9-11
    National Park Service Mounted Ranger
    March 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    7 slides; mounted park ranger photographed outside the Capitol with tourists in the background

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 page: 11-19
    Nature Scenes
    1965-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    36 slides; locations include Assateague Island, the Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, and coyotes and elks at an undisclosed location

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 page: 19-23
    Tourists, Hikers and Protesters
    1965-1975
    Scope and Contents note

    17 slides; subjects include a boy hunting deer, children petting ponies and bunny rabbits at Oxon Hill Farm, tourists posing near flowers in a newly beautified downtown DC, hikers at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and marchers at the 1969 "Moratorium" peace protest photographed from the Washington Monument

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 page: 23
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    1 slide (23 total); Arlington National Cemetery

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 1-5
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks
    1966-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    22 slides (23 total); photographs of various monuments, buildings, and beautification in the District of Columbia; specific landmarks include, the Department of Interior Building and Bolivar Square with white tulips, the Infantry Statue in President's Park, tidal basin views of the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument, Arlington National Cemetery, the Iwo Jima Statue, Sherman Statue, Pershing Square, the Kennedy Center at night, the White House, Wolf Trap, and the YWCA interior

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 5-9
    Washington Monument
    1969-1975
    Scope and Contents note

    14 slides; longshots and close-up photographs of the monument in daylight, nightfall, and springtime with cherry blossoms

Series 3: Color Negatives
1957-1979
(10 pages)
Scope and Contents note

This series consists of 65 color photographic negatives, ranging in size from 60mm to 5" X 7", which document various Washington, DC area landmarks and politicians. Subjects include the Capitol, a Cherry Blossom Festival from the early 1970s, and several Republican politicians, including senators Carl T. Curtis and Strom Thurmond and governors George Dewey Clyde of Utah, Goodwin Knight of California, and Robert Eben Smylie of Idaho.

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 10-13
    Capitol Building
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    23 transparencies; photographs of the Capitol in the summer and winter, including one picture taken during the American Agriculture Movement farm strike featuring tractors with protest signs lined up outside the Capitol

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 13-14
    Cherry Blossoms
    circa 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    10 transparencies on five strips of film; photographs from across the tidal basin of the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Monument with cherry blossom trees; some include tourists walking around and taking pictures

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 15-16
    Congressmen and Governors
    circa 1957-1961
    Scope and Contents note

    7 transparencies; photographs of governors in cars at a Republican parade including George Dewey Clyde of Utah, Goodwin Knight of California, and Robert Eben Smylie of Idaho; photographs of senators Carl T. Curtis and Strom Thurmond and an unidentified politician standing next to James Earl Fraser's "Guardianship" statue outside the National Archives

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 17-19
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    25 transparencies; includes photographs of the beautified exterior of the Department of Interior building, the Kennedy Center, the Mormon Temple in Kensington, Maryland, Northern Virginia Community College (NoVA), the Washington Monument, and the YMCA

Series 4: Large Format Negatives
1950s-1970s
(0.5 box)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains 137 black-and-white 4" X 5" negatives with dozens from the 1950s and 1960s. Subjects include former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and several former US congressmen. The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 20-25
    Capitol Building
    circa 1956
    Scope and Contents note

    23 negatives; includes photographs of the Capitol with stacks of lumber for the construction of a platform and photographs of Jack and Jane Rottier standing in front of the Capitol with their baby daughter, Jane, and their baby son, Ross

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 25-29
    Congressional Baseball Game
    June 5, 1953
    Scope and Contents note

    15 negatives

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 29-30
    Congressmen
    circa 1953-1960
    Scope and Contents note

    6 negatives; Hamer Budge of Idaho and George Harrison Bender of Ohio

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 31-38
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    circa 1953-1961
    Scope and Contents note

    29 slides; subjects include an inaugural ball and inauguration parade with floats, Eisenhower speaking at a podium, and a group of men (possibly from the National Parks Service) presenting Eisenhower with a plaster Smokey the Bear; photographs from the inaugural events do not actually feature Eisenhower but do feature a number of politicians and others of unspecified occupation; at the ball, these include Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Brown, Mr. and Mrs. William Fissel, Congressman John Keuezyuski; at the parade, they include Fred Kelly with a Washington apple tree float, C. L. Fuller of Maine with a "Balanced Economy" float and Philip Holden with a Puerto Rico float

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 38
    Izaak Walton League Field Trial
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    2 negatives; five IWL members posing outside with two dogs and trophies

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 38-40
    John F. Kennedy swearing in Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.
    circa 1961-1963
    Scope and Contents note

    7 negatives; swearing in FDR, Jr. possibly for the position of either Under-Secretary of Commerce or Chairman of the President's Appalachian Regional Commission

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 40-41
    National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    4 negatives; NSDAR Lobby Pages

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 41-42
    Richard M. Nixon
    December 20, 1973
    Scope and Contents note

    6 slides; pictures feature Nixon walking into his car, relaxing with his golden retriever at the ranch, shaking his daughter Patricia's hand, and walking to a helicopter accompanied by a man holding an umbrella over his head

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 43
    Washington, DC Aerial Shots
    March 1, 1966
    Scope and Contents note

    4 negatives; aerial photographs of the National Mall and the Jefferson Memorial

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 page: 44-52
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks and Scenery
    1950s-1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    31 negatives; photographs of the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, the Kennedy Center, Mt. Vernon, the Iwo Jima Statue, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as well as some photographs of Washington, DC at night

Series 5: Small Format Negatives
1960s-1970s
(0.5 box)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 1
    Cherry Blossom Festival
    April 1971
    Scope and Contents note

    34 color negatives on 7 strips; pageant featuring young ladies from different states and countries with audience and orchestra

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 1-2
    Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner
    March 17, 1978
    Scope and Contents note

    17 black-and-white negatives on 4 strips; Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 2-3
    Gerald Ford
    November 28, 1973 and November 2, 1976
    Scope and Contents note

    40 black-and-white negatives on 14 strips; includes photographs from a reception in the Senate Caucus Room (1973) and several black-and-white and color photographs without dates

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 3
    Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower
    May 11, 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    16 black-and-white negatives on 7 strips; photographs of Julie and David Eisenhower speaking under a gazebo-like structure outside and 4 photographs of David Eisenhower with journalist Trude Feldman

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 3-5
    Miscellaneous People and Places
    1960s-1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    61 negatives total

    • 1.
      Unidentified
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      4 black-and-white negatives; 2 of men in military uniforms outside building, 1 of a woman standing outside building, and 1 of a group of women and men walking outside

    • 2.
      The Dandy Cruiser
      1970s
      Scope and Contents note

      18 color negatives on 6 strips; interior shots of the Dandy cruise ship on the Potomac with various unidentified subject sitting around tables

    • 3.
      Jack and Jane Rottier with Family
      1970s
      Scope and Contents note

      11 color negatives on 7 strips; photographs of the Rottier family posing by bare trees on the side of the road, probably in the DC area

    • 4.
      Republican Congressional Candidates at Rally
      early 1970s
      Scope and Contents note

      17 black-and-white negatives on 6 strips; includes Senators Frank Church and John Connally and Nixon Press Secretary Ron Zeigler

    • 5.
      Women Preparing Party
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      11 black-and-white negatives on 3 strips; includes a woman in costume descending a staircase, possibly in the White House, women in white uniforms with what looks like large Easter eggs, and a woman talking to Trude Feldman

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 5-9
    Richard Nixon
    1971-1973
    Scope and Contents note

    92 negatives total

    • 1.
      Nixon Holding Press Conference
      March 4, 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      18 black-and-white negatives on 4 strips

    • 2.
      Nixon Receiving Award for Funding Research to Prevent Blindness
      March 8, 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      4 black-and-white negatives on 1 strip

    • 3.
      Nixon at White House Dedication in the Blue Room
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      7 black-and-white negatives on 2 strips

    • 4.
      First Lady Pat Nixon Speaking at Republican Women's Conference
      circa 1972
      Scope and Contents note

      6 black-and-white negatives on 1 strip; photographs also feature Richard Nixon

    • 5.
      Nixon Landing in Helicopter
      early 1970s
      Scope and Contents note

      8 color negatives on 4 strips; crowd awaiting Nixon's arrival outside the Washington Monument

    • 6.
      Nixon Talking to Young Couple from the White House Office
      January 21, 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      3 black-and-white negatives on 1 strip

    • 7.
      Nixon with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meier
      circa 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      2 black-and-white negatives on 1 strip

    • 8.
      Nixon with Israeli Prime Minister Zalman Shazar
      March 8, 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      8 black-and-white negatives on 2 strips

    • 9.
      Nixon with Race Cars
      September 28, 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      15 black-and-white negatives on 4 strips

    • 10.
      Nixon Inauguration
      January 20, 1973
      Scope and Contents note

      12 color slides on 7 strips; at the Kennedy Center; pictures include Congressmen Jim Rubin and Art Lamb

    • 11.
      Nixon Press Conference
      January 20, 1973
      Scope and Contents note

      8 color negatives on 2 strips

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 9-10
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks and Scenery
    1970-1975
    Scope and Contents note

    49 negatives total

    • 1.
      Burke Lake with Geese
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      5 negatives on 2 strips (2 black and white and 3 color)

    • 2.
      Columbia Island Marina with Daffodils
      April 13, 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      11 color negatives on 4 strips

    • 3.
      Lady Bird Johnson Park
      April 18, 1970
      Scope and Contents note

      4 color negatives on 3 strips

    • 4.
      Capitol Building
      March 1, 1975
      Scope and Contents note

      6 negatives on 2 strips (4 color and 2 black and white)

    • 5.
      Washington Monument
      October 24, 1970
      Scope and Contents note

      4 black-and-white negatives on 1 strip

    • 6.
      Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      2 color negatives on 1 strip

    • 7.
      Unidentified Landmarks
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      17 color negatives on 6 strips

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 10-11
    Washington Senators' Last Baseball Game
    September 30, 1971
    Scope and Contents note

    60 negatives on 19 strips (40 color, 20 black and white)

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 11-12
    Wolf Trap Opening
    1971
    Scope and Contents note

    32 color negatives on 11 strips; outdoor photographs of guests in formal attire eating dinner and a crowd of spectators at the Wolf Trap Filene Center opening

Series 6: Medium Format Negatives
circa 1966-1976
(0.5 box)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 13-18
    Association of Federal Investigators Award Ceremony
    September 22
    Scope and Contents note

    47 black-and-white negatives; no year provided

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 19-22
    Beautification of Washington, DC
    circa 1966-1975
    Scope and Contents note

    36 color negatives of the Capitol, the National Mall, and Columbia Island Marina with tulips and daffodils in the foreground

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 23-26
    Betty Ford and Family with Trude Feldman
    February 1, 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    27 black-and-white negatives of Betty Ford and her daughter, Susan, at an interview with White House correspondent, Trude Feldman

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 26-28
    Capitol Building
    circa 1966-1976
    Scope and Contents note

    19 color and black-and-white negatives of the Capitol, several of which feature people in traditional Native American and cowboy attire commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 29-30
    Gerald Ford
    November 28, 1973
    Scope and Contents note

    15 black-and-white negatives featuring Ford signing a newsletter for Mary Lou Domick in the Senate Caucus Room, Gerald with Betty Ford at an American Newspaper Women's Association event in her honor, and Ford at an interview with White House correspondent Trude Feldman

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 31
    Harry Truman
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    2 negatives of Truman at an interview with Trude Feldman

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 31-32
    Jimmy Carter Inaugural Ball at the Mayflower Hotel
    January 20, 1977
    Scope and Contents note

    11 black-and-white negatives

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 32
    John F. Kennedy with Jackie Kennedy
    circa 1961-1963
    Scope and Contents note

    2 black-and-white negatives of John and Jackie speaking at a podium outside, possibly on the White House lawn

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 32
    Kennedy Grave
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    4 black-and-white negatives of the Kennedy Grave at Custus Lee Mansion in Arlington

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 33-34
    Lady Bird Johnson
    September 11, 1976 - October 29, 1970
    Scope and Contents note

    22 black-and-white and color negatives featuring Lady Bird at a book signing in 1970, walking in LBJ Park with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro and Press Secretary Liz Carpenter, stepping off a bus in Watts, California, and a plaque she was awarded by the American Association of Nurserymen for her national beautification initiative

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 34
    Lynda Bird Johnson with Chuck Robb
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    5 black-and-white negatives

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 34-39
    Mamie Eisenhower
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    37 black-and-white negatives of the former First Lady at a birthday dinner; among those in attendance are Richard Nixon and White House correspondent Trude Feldman

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 40-44
    Miscellaneous People and Places
    1964-1974
    Scope and Contents note
    • 1.
      Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall at Japanese Lantern Lighting
      June 12, 1966
      Scope and Contents note

      5 black-and-white negatives

    • 2.
      Unidentified Outdoor Location with Hedge Maze
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      3 black-and-white negatives

    • 3.
      High School Band
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      4 color negatives

    • 4.
      Jack Rottier with Friends and Family
      1964
      Scope and Contents note

      9 color negatives

    • 5.
      National Park Service Mounted Rangers
      circa 1974
      Scope and Contents note

      13 color negatives of mounted park rangers posing in front of various buildings and monuments, including the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument

    • 6.
      Lady Bird Johnson Park
      April 18, 1970
      Scope and Contents note

      4 color negatives on 3 strips

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 44-46
    Pat Nixon
    May 13, 1969
    Scope and Contents note

    29 black-and-white negatives

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 46-48
    Richard Nixon
    circa 1969-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    15 black-and-white negatives, including 13 of Nixon with Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 48-49
    Senator B. Everett Jordan and Wife
    Scope and Contents note

    9 color negatives of Jordan and his wife posing in front of the Capitol

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 49-50
    Senator James A. McClure
    January 20, 1973
    Scope and Contents note

    17 black-and-white negatives of McClure and other politicians at Nixon's Inauguration

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 51-52
    Spiro Agnew's Birthday
    November 9, circa 1969-1972
    Scope and Contents note

    19 black-and-white negatives of Agnew and others speaking at a party

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 52
    Trude Feldman
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    3 black-and-white negatives of White House correspondent Trude Feldman interviewing an unidentified person, probably a politician

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 53
    Washington, DC Aerial Shots
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    5 color negatives

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 53-61
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks and Scenery
    Scope and Contents note

    77 color and black-and-white negatives of buildings in Washington, DC, northern Virginia, and Maryland; includes photographs of Washington, DC monuments in different seasons with flowers and cherry blossoms in the foreground

    • 1.
      Columbia Island Marina
      Scope and Contents note

      7 black-and-white negatives of boats frozen in the dock

    • 2.
      Dulles Airport
      Scope and Contents note

      3 black-and-white negatives

    • 3.
      Fredrick Douglas Home
      Scope and Contents note

      12 color negatives

    • 4.
      Jefferson Memorial
      Scope and Contents note

      3 color negatives

    • 5.
      Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument
      Scope and Contents note

      11 negatives, ten color and one black and white

    • 6.
      Lincoln Museum
      Scope and Contents note

      10 color negatives of the museum interior

    • 7.
      Mormon Temple in Kensington, Maryland
      Scope and Contents note

      2 color negatives

    • 8.
      Springfield, Maryland Scenes
      1980
      Scope and Contents note

      25 black-and-white negatives of various sites in Springfield

    • 9.
      YWCA
      April 18, 1970
      Scope and Contents note

      4 color negatives

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 61-63
    Washington Metro Contract Signing
    December 8, 1970
    Scope and Contents note

    14 black-and-white negatives of executives signing a Metro contract and men in hard hats at a construction site

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 page: 63-66
    White House Children
    December 5, 1972
    Scope and Contents note

    22 color and black-and-white negatives of children caroling in front of a Christmas tree, watching a turkey, and sitting by the fireplace with dogs

Series 7: Small Format Photographs
1957-1983
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains 316 3.5" x 3.5" and 3.5" x 5" photographs, all in color except where specified. Subjects in this series include the beautification of Washington, DC, Lady Bird Johnson with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, National Capital Park rangers, and various Washington, DC area landmarks. Political figures in this series include Richard Nixon and Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan, and Strom Thurmond. Other subjects include a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, a 1978 party of the National Geographic Society, and two of the last Washington Senators baseball games.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 1-15
    Beautification of Washington, DC
    1966-1981, bulk 1968-1970
    Scope and Contents note

    57 photographs featuring Washington area landmarks surrounded by tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms; sites include the Capitol, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Columbia Island Marina, and Pershing Square; people pictured include Jack Rottier's wife Jane Rottier and his daughters, Jane and Robin

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 15-20
    Boy Scouts of America Festival
    October 1967
    Scope and Contents note

    23 photographs featuring boy scouts and crowds at an outdoor festival with music, totem poles, and people of various cultures dressed in traditional attire

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 21-24
    Celebrities
    1971-1975
    Scope and Contents note
    • 1.
      Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner
      after 1974
      Scope and Contents note

      2 black-and-white photographs (5" x 7"), one of Taylor and Warner speaking at an event and the other of their house in Atoka, Virginia

    • 2.
      Harden and Weaver
      March 1975
      Scope and Contents note

      4 photographs of radio talk-show hosts Frank Harden and Jackson Weaver

    • 3.
      Bob Hope at the Ford Theatre
      November 1971
      Scope and Contents note

      6 photographs

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 24-29
    Cherry Blossom Festival
    April 1971
    Scope and Contents note

    19 photographs of a Cherry Blossom Festival pageant featuring young ladies from different states and countries with audience and orchestra

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 29-31
    Lady Bird Johnson
    April-March 1968
    Scope and Contents note

    9 photographs; some featuring a plaque from the American Association of Nurserymen expressing appreciation to Lady Bird Johnson for her beautification efforts and others featuring Lady Bird Johnson dressed in yellow, strolling amid daffodils with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro and Lady Bird's Press Secretary, Liz Carpenter

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 31-33
    Lincoln Museum
    March 1968
    Scope and Contents note

    10 photographs of the museum's interior

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 34-36
    Miscellaneous Politicians and Performers
    circa 1957-1966
    Scope and Contents note

    10 photographs; postcards of Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan and his wife, and Strom Thurmond; photographs of Governors George Dewey Clyde of Utah and Goodwin Knight of Californian in cars at a Republican parade; unspecified speakers or performers on the stage of the Ford Theatre

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 36-40
    National Geographic Society Party
    September 1978
    Scope and Contents note

    16 photographs of NGS members in busy plaid suits and floral dresses sitting around tables and mingling

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 40-48
    National Capital Park Rangers
    Scope and Contents note

    40 photographs of young National Park Service rangers, park police, and mounted rangers at the National Mall

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 48-56
    Richard M. Nixon
    1969-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    29 photographs; includes photographs of the Nixon family landing in a helicopter awaited by a crowd of spectators, Nixon speaking at a press conference in 1970, Nixon sitting at a table with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Nixon's 1973 inaugural ball at the Kennedy Center, Nixon at a press conference answering a question by Dan Rather, and a black-and-white close-up of Nixon with King Hussein of Jordan

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 56-57
    Washington, DC Aerial Shots
    November 1966
    Scope and Contents note

    5 photographs

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 58-72
    Washington, DC Area Landmarks
    1960-1983
    Scope and Contents note

    56 photographs

    • 1.
      Capitol Building
      May 1966
      Scope and Contents note

      15 photographs; includes three pictures of Senator Leonard B. Jordan with his wife with the Capitol in the background

    • 2.
      Lincoln Memorial
      1969-1970
      Scope and Contents note

      10 photographs of the interior and exterior during the day and night

    • 3.
      Reflecting Pool and Haupt Fountains
      1969-1970
      Scope and Contents note

      12 photographs of the pool with geese and a woman posing by Haupt Fountain with the Washington Monument in the background

    • 4.
      Dulles Airport
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      3 black-and-white photographs

    • 5.
      Columbia Island Marina
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      7 black-and-white photographs of boats iced in at the marina dock

    • 6.
      Frederick Douglass Home
      July 1969
      Scope and Contents note

      3 photographs of building exterior

    • 7.
      Unidentified Outdoor Location
      July 1960
      Scope and Contents note

      1 photographs

    • 7.
      Mormon Temple in Kensington, Maryland
      March 1975
      Scope and Contents note

      2 photographs

    • 7.
      YWCA
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      postcard of YWCA in downtown Washington, DC

    • 7.
      Wolf Trap
      March 1983
      Scope and Contents note

      3 aerial shots of the burned down Filene Center concert hall at Wolf Trap following the 1982 fire

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 page: 72-79
    Washington Senators Baseball Games
    April-October 1971
    Scope and Contents note

    30 photographs, including pictures of prominent generals in the audience of an April 1971 game and pictures of fans rushing the field at the end of the team's final game on September 30, 1971

Series 8: Large Format Photographs
1960-1974
(2 boxes)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains 100 8" x 10" photographs of DC area political events and landmarks, all black and white except where specified. Political figures in this series include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. This series also contains photographs of various political rallies and demonstrations, including an officially organized 1970 anti-litter rally and the Poor People's Campaign in the spring of 1968.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 page: 1
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph of a group of men (possibly from the National Parks Service) presenting Eisenhower with a plaster Smokey the Bear

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 page: 2-4
    Gerald and Betty Ford
    undated
    Scope and Contents note

    3 copies of a photograph of Gerald and Betty Ford looking at an article on Gerald Ford

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 page: 5-12
    Lady Bird Johnson
    circa 1966-1974
    Scope and Contents note

    7 photographs including a dedication at the LBJ Memorial Grove Monolith, a color photograph of Lady Bird on a Ferris Wheel with Chuck Robb, and several pictures of Lady Bird Johnson walking and talking to people outside, including her Press Secretary, Liz Carpenter, National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, and DC Mayor Walter Washington

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 page: 13-14
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs; one of Johnson accepting an award from the Department of Commerce in 1963 and another of Johnson shaking a girl's hand

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 page: 15-17
    Miscellaneous People
    circa 1960s-1973
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs; one color photograph of a young National Park's Service ranger (1973), a black-and-white photograph of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Association, and a black-and-white photograph of Jack Rottier posing in front of the Capitol

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 page: 18-39
    Political Events
    circa 1968-1970
    Scope and Contents note

    Page 28 is available in digital format.

    • 1.
      Anti-Litter Demonstration
      September 23, 1970
      Scope and Contents note

      2 photographs of public officials surrounded by school children with signs stating keep America clean

    • 2.
      Ground Breaking Ceremonies
      circa 1968-1970
      Scope and Contents note

      3 photographs; one photograph depicts four women, including Tricia Nixon, ceremonially shoveling dirt onto a canvas square, and the following photograph shows one of them shaking hands with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro; the third photograph shows an official ground-breaking ceremony near the Washington Monument

    • 3.
      Parade with "Up with People" Float
      circa 1969
      Scope and Contents note

      1 photograph of a parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, possibly for Richard Nixon's 1969 Inauguration, featuring a float of the motivational musical performers "Up With People"

    • 4.
      Fireworks
      undated
      Scope and Contents note

      1 photograph of people watching fireworks, probably on the 4th of July

    • 5.
      Poor People's Campaign
      May-June 1968
      Scope and Contents note

      15 photographs; subjects include police with scooters and dozens of demonstrators, including Coretta Scott King and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), women marchers from the Nationwide Welfare Rights Organization, and the Washington, DC chapter of the radical sixties counterculture group "Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers"; also included are close-ups and aerial shots of the protesters' squatter settlement on the National Mall known as "Resurrection City"

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 page: 1-15
    Richard M. Nixon and Family
    circa 1969-1971
    Scope and Contents note

    15 photographs; Nixon with his mother and First Lady Pat, a press conference from April 18, 1969, several black-and-white and color photographs of Pat Nixon, a color portrait of Richard Nixon from July 1970, and a color photograph of Richard and Pat Nixon with Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 page: 16-57
    Washington, DC Landmarks
    1960s-1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    43 photographs mostly in color; includes the Capitol building, a woman performing at the Ford Theatre, interior and exterior shots of the Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial, an old church, a statue of Theodore Roosevelt, a statue of Simon Bolivar, the Washington Monument, and the White House with Richard and Pat Nixon and others on the balcony

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 page: 58-61
    Washington Senators Baseball Game with Eisenhower in Audience
    April 18, 1960
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs at a Senators game featuring Dwight D. Eisenhower in the audience shaking hands with one of the players

Series 9: Oversize Photographs
1960-1974
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note

This series contains 5 11" x 14" photographs, including a photograph of the Washington Monument at night, aerial shots of the Jefferson Memorial and White House, a portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, and a photograph of Lady Bird Johnson planting flowers as part of her Washington, DC beautification initiative.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 page: 1
    Jefferson Memorial Aerial Shot
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    color photograph

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 page: 2
    John F. Kennedy
    January 21, 1961
    Scope and Contents note

    black-and-white portrait of Kennedy sitting in the Oval Office

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 page: 3
    Lady Bird Johnson Flower-Planting Ceremony
    circa 1963-1968
    Scope and Contents note

    black-and-white photograph of Lady Bird Johnson kneeling over a plot of land and digging out soil with a garden shovel to plant tulip or daffodil seeds; DC Mayor Walter Washington is standing behind her waving to a crowd of African American elementary-school students holding a sign with illustrated instructions for planting flowers

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 page: 4
    Washington Monument
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    color photograph of the monument at night from the tidal basin

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 page: 5
    White House Aerial Shot
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    color photograph