40 10 490 https://mallhistory.org/files/original/a734091fa81dbdd4ce9f80b37245b5dd.jpg 0398ff04648b97fd27be1cbdedd02f4a People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 08/12/1781 Birthplace Charleston, South Carolina Death Date 03/03/1855 Occupation Architect Biographical Text Robert Mills, one of the first American architects, was born in Charleston, South Carolina at the tail end of the American Revolutionary War. In 1800, he began working with <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/108">James Hoban</a>, architect for the first White House in Washington, DC. During this initial visit to Washington, Mills likely met then-President <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/301">Thomas Jefferson</a>, who was also an amateur architecture. By 1804, Mills had moved to Philadelphia, one of the largest cities in the nation, where he worked for and studied under <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/80">Benjamin Henry Latrobe.</a> In 1808, he married Eliza Barnwell Smith, with whom he had eight children. One of his first architectural designs was an 1807 proposal for a state penitentiary for South Carolina, sent in response to a call for proposals. Although his design was not selected, he was able to scale it down and implement in as a jail in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Over the next seven years, Mills designed a number of jails, row houses, state office buildings, and even a museum in the Philadelphia area. In 1814, Mills moved to Washington, DC, possibly because he was receiving more commissions in the region. He designed the Baltimore Washington Monument, the first in the nation to be completed. In 1820, he returned to South Carolina, where he worked designing buildings for the state as well as helping with railroad development. He continued to work on institutional design like jails and insane asylums, trying to find ways that the architecture could aid the inmates’ return to society. By the mid 1830s, Mills was back in Washington, working on buildings for the Federal Government, including the Patent Office Building and the General Post Office. When the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/148">Washington National Monument Society</a> announced a design contest for the memorial in 1836, Mills was among those who entered. His design, which originally included a series of columns around the obelisk, won the competition. He died in 1855, only a year after construction halted on the monument due to lack of funds. First Name for nav purposes Robert Last Name for nav purposes Mills Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert Mills Description An account of the resource Robert Mills, an architect from South Carolina, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/280">won the competition to design the Washington Monument</a> in 1836. Although construction began under his supervision, work stopped in 1854, a year before he died, and the monument was not completed for another thirty years. <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/355">Mills was also the architect of other prominent Washington buildings</a>, including the central and eastern wings of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/337">Treasury Department building</a>. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005693087/">View original image</a>. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1830-1859 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Mills building the mall design & monuments https://mallhistory.org/files/original/03357aee779458fc33dcfd007e7f4240.png ab8fecef3aaf6469abb4b9242246318a Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 226 Height 317 Bit Depth 8 People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Biographical Text Altheia Browning Tanner was born in the late 1700s. She and her two sisters were slaves on a plantation in Prince George's County, Maryland. While still a slave, she opened a vegetable market in Lafayette Square, where her customers included President Thomas Jefferson. She bought her freedom in 1810 for the price of fourteen hundred dollars. Tanner continued as a successful businesswoman and used some of her profits to free family members and friends. She bought the freedom of the sister who had remained in slavery, many of her nieces and nephews, and even friends and neighbors in Washington. In addition to purchasing the freedom of her nephew John Cook, she helped fund his education. Cook attended the Columbia Institute with her help; he later became the head of the school, renaming it the Union Seminary. Tanner supported the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She not only contribute her time and efforts, she co-owned the mortgage on the church which she attended. First Name for nav purposes Alethia Last Name for nav purposes Tanner Occupation Business Bibliography Notable Black American Women, ed. Jessie Carney Smith (Detroit: Gale Research, 1996), s.v. "Alethia Browning Tanner". Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alethia Browning Tanner Description An account of the resource Alethia Browning Tanner was an enslaved woman who ran her own vegetable market in <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/20">Lafayette Square</a> in front of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/66">White House</a> during the late 1700s and early 1800s. She was highly successful, counting President Thomas Jefferson among her customers. By 1810 she had saved enough to purchase her freedom: $1400. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paul Jennings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This photograph is in the private collection of the family. Last known owner is Silvia Jennings Alexander. Permissions contact can be made through the Montpelier Foundation. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Montpelier Foundation People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1799 Birthplace Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia Death Date 1874 Biographical Text Paul Jennings was born a slave on James Madison's plantation. When Madison was elected President in 1809, Jennings accompanied the Madisons to the White House, and was present for the burning of the public buildings of Washington in 1814. He returned with the Madisons to Virginia after 1817. In the 1820s, he married a fellow slave named Fanny and they had five children. When Dolley Madison returned to Washington in 1837, following the death of James Madison, she took Jennings with her but not his family. His wife died in 1844, the same year that Mrs. Madison sold her Virginia home. Jennings' children were sold to other slave owners in Virginia. Although her will had stated that Jennings would be freed, Mrs. Madison sold him in 1846 to Pollard Webb. Six months later, in early 1847, he was purchased by Senator Daniel Webster who then freed him in exchange for work. Jennings became a prominent member of the free black community of Washington, DC. In 1848 he helped to arrange an escape attempt for slaves in the district, whose path took them across the Mall. In 1851, with a glowing recommendation from Webster, Jennings took a job at the pension office of the Department of the Interior. It was there he met a coworker from Massachusetts who encouraged him to record some of his life experiences. His memoir, A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison, was published in 1863; it contains the only first-hand account of Madison's death. Jennings briefly returned to Virginia in 1850 where he was able to find and secure freedom for his children. In 1849, he had remarried to a free mulatto woman from Alexandria, and he settled the children from his first marriage next door to his new home on L Street NW. When Jennings died in 1874, he was able to leave his children a house and valuable property. Bibliography "<a href="http://www.montpelier.org/explore/community/paul_jennings.php">Paul Jennings - Enamored with Freedom</a>." James Madison's Montpelier. <a href="http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/jennings/jennings.html">A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison: Electronic Edition</a>. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. First Name for nav purposes Paul Last Name for nav purposes Jennings Occupation Office worker Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paul Jennings Description An account of the resource Paul Jennings was an enslaved man owned by James Madison who lived in the White House during the Madison presidency. He was 15 years old in 1814 when the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/157">British invaded Washington, DC</a>, and burned down the presidential residence. Almost fifty years later, Jennings wrote a memoir recalling that day and asserting that a gardener and the cook saved the portrait of George Washington, not Mrs. Madison. Jennings gained his freedom in 1847 and became a prominent member of the free black community in Washington, DC. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource between 1870 and 1881 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PRES FILE - Garfield, James A.--Photo--Bust <item> [P&P] People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 11/19/1831 Birthplace Moreland Hills, Ohio Death Date 09/19/1881 Occupation Politician Biographical Text James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States as well as a US Representative for Ohio, a Brigadier General, and college President. Learn more about Garfield from the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/garfield/index.html">Library of Congress</a>. First Name for nav purposes James Last Name for nav purposes Garfield Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James A. Garfield Description An account of the resource President James Garfield was <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/347">shot twice in the back</a> by an assassin, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/410">Charles Guiteau</a>, only five months after taking the oath of office. The attack took place at the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/42">Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station</a> on Sixth Street. Garfield survived the attack but was extremely ill for two months. He finally died in September, 1881. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://www.vietnamwomensmemorial.org/vwmf.php People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1946 Birthplace Minnesota Occupation Activist Biographical Text Following graduation from nursing school, Diane Carlson Evans joined the Army Nurse Corps. She served for six years, including a one year tour in Vietnam where she served in the 36th Evacuation Hospital in Vung Tau and the 71st Evacuation Hospital at Pleiku. After retiring from the Army, Evans worked as a readjustment counselor for Vietnam veterans. Evans attended the dedication of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/63">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a> in 1982. Two years later, a statue of three male soldiers was added to the memorial. These events inspired Evans to advocate for a memorial to the women who served in Vietnam, veterans who had gone unrecognized for decades by the public and the government. Evans founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project to help make a women's memorial a reality. She testified before Congress and appeared on national television, speaking not only about the memorial but about the experience of women Vietnam veterans. After the<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/65"> Vietnam Women's Memorial </a>was dedicated on November 11, 1993, the organization Evans founded became the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation. The Foundation continues to promote awareness of the women who served in Vietnam. Evans remains an advocate for the memorial and her fellow female veterans. First Name for nav purposes Diane Last Name for nav purposes Evans Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Diane Carlson Evans Description An account of the resource Diane Carlson Evans is a Vietnam veteran who was the driving force behind the creation of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/65">Vietnam Women's Memorial</a>. Motivated to include the voices of approximately 265,000 military women of the Vietnam era whose experiences were overlooked or forgotten, Evans founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project in 1984 to push to include women in memorials of the war. Evans advocated before Congress and to the public for seven years before authorization was granted to create the Vietnam Women's Memorial. The sculpture was dedicated on November 11, 1993 as part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 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Width 419 Height 539 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1758 Birthplace County Kilkenny, Ireland Death Date 12/08/1831 Occupation Architect Biographical Text James Hoban was born in Ireland in the late 1750s. As a young man he studied architecture and drawing in Dublin, winning a prize from the Dublin Society in 1780 for his architectural drawings. He emigrated to the United States following the Revolutionary War. Between 1787 and 1792 he worked in South Carolina designing public and private buildings. In 1792, Hoban won the design competition for the President's House to be built in the new federal city. After speaking with <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/152">President George Washington</a>, who had some suggestions for revisions to his design, Hoban travelled to the District of Columbia. While there he also served as the superintendent of the construction of the Capitol from 1793 to 1802, where he implimented William Thorton's design. Hoban remained in Washington, DC, for the rest of his life, designing a number of private buildings as well as ones for government and public use. In 1799, he married Susannah Sewell, with whom he had ten children. He helped to establish the first Catholic church in the city, St. Patrick's Catholic Church on 10th Street, NW. Also, Hoban served as a captain of the Washington Artillery, one of the city's earliest volunteer miltia companies. Hoban died in Washington in 1831 and is buried with his wife in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. Bibliography Pamela Scott. "Hoban, James." In American National Biography Online. Feb. 2000. First Name for nav purposes James Last Name for nav purposes Hoban Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Hoban Description An account of the resource James Hoban was an Irish-born architect who won a competition in 1792 to design the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/66">home of the President</a>. He moved from South Carolina to Washington, DC, to oversee the construction of his design. A neo-classicist, Hoban's design influenced the style of other government buildings in Washington, particularly the executive office buildings designed by George Hadfield. After British troops <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/157">burned the White House</a> in August 1814, Hoban was hired to oversee repairs and renovations to the building. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived White House Historical Association, White House Collection. <a href="http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_exhibits/james_hoban/01_whha-hoban.html">View original image</a>. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pre-1800s 1800-1829 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Hoban building the mall design & monuments https://mallhistory.org/files/original/c382fd61dc4cb4a51177bb5382d50d0b.jpg 50adcb370e08a1988bbad39baeb2ce26 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource GLASSFORD, BELHAM. GENERAL Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harris & Ewing Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009007628/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource between 1905 and 1945 People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 08/08/1883 Birthplace Las Vegas, New Mexico Death Date 08/09/1959 Occupation Law Enforcement Officer Biographical Text Pelham Glassford graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1904. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Glassford was deployed to France, where in 1918 he became commander of the Fifty-First Field Artillery Brigade and the youngest brigadier general in the United States. After the war he reverted to the rank of Major and continued to serve in the Army until July 1931, when he voluntarily retired. Glassford was appointed Major and Superintendent of Police, the equivalent of chief of police, in Washington, DC, in November 1931. He was frequently seen in the city riding a blue police motorcycle. Following the events of the Bonus March, Glassford was pressured to resign as Superintendent in October 1932. Shortly after his resignation, he published a series of newspaper articles criticizing President Hoover's treatment of the veterans. Glassford returned to military service for a short period during World War II. He retired for the second time to California, where he died at the age of 76. Bibliography Roger Daniels. "Glassford, Pelham Davis." In American National Biograph Online. Oxford University Press, 2000. First Name for nav purposes Pelham Last Name for nav purposes Glassford Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pelham Davis Glassford Description An account of the resource Glassford was Superintendent of Police of Washington, DC, in 1932 when World War I veterans, who would come to be known as the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/169">Bonus Marchers</a>, descended on the city. They sought immediate payment of service certificates which were not due to be paid until 1945. A veteran himself, Glassford was sympathetic to the veterans' demands He believed they had a right to protest and helped them find food and shelter. In July 1932, President Hoover ordered Glassford to evict the marchers from federal property. Although the Superintendent gave orders to hold fire, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/434">a DC policeman shot and killed two veterans</a>. President Hoover ordered the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/115">Army</a> to complete the eviction of the Bonus Marchers. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The New York Public Library People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 01/24/1754 Birthplace Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Death Date 08/20/1820 Occupation Surveyor Mathematician Biographical Text Ellicott was born to a Quaker family in Pennsylvania where his father worked as a millwright and clockmaker. As a teenager, he studied math, astronomy, and other sciences. Shortly after Andrew married Sarah Brown in 1775 he moved with his new bride to his father's Maryland property to oversee the mills. During the Revolutionary War, Ellicott joined the Continental Army and rose to the rank of Major. Ellicott first worked as a surveyor in 1784, helping to determine the boundary between Virginia and Maryland. In 1789, he moved his family from Baltimore, where he had been working as a teacher, to Philadelphia to take a job as a federal surveyor. President Washington commissioned Ellicott in 1790 to survey the boundary of the newly established Federal Territory on the Potomac. While in the area, he also conducted surveys within the district for private landowners. In 1801, he refused an appointment as Surveyor General of the United States because he preferred field work to being an administrator. He accepted an appointment in 1813 as professor of mathematics at the United States Military Academy at West Point, a position which he held until his death in 1820. Bibliography Silvio A. Bedini. "Ellicott, Andrew". In American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press, 2000. First Name for nav purposes Andrew Last Name for nav purposes Ellicott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Andrew Ellicott Description An account of the resource Andrew Ellicott was a surveyor employed by President George Washington to survey the boundary lines of the federal Territory of Columbia, which became the District of Columbia. His survey team included his younger brother Joseph and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/77">Benjamin Banneker</a>, a self-taught African American surveyor. The team laid the boundary stones of the 100-square mile borders of the District. Ellicott also completed and revised the original city plan of <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/82">Pierre Charles L'Enfant</a>. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York Public Library. <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1228539">View original image</a>. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pre-1800s Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Andrew Ellicott building the mall design & monuments https://mallhistory.org/files/original/1aa99bc9ea13e6da13d445a7858234d1.gif fef41bb0f464a68aefa37929f3b9ac98 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 500 Height 385 Bit Depth 7 Channels 3 Event A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 04 April 1939 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Marian Anderson Location The location of the interview. 38.887239,-77.050262 Event Type Concert Event Sort Date For sort purposes only. Use YYYYMMDD with no spaces. If no MM or DD, use 00. For multi-day events, use first day. 19390409 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marian Anderson concert at the Lincoln Memorial Description An account of the resource African American contralto <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/76">Marian Anderson</a> sang on the steps of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a> on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939. A peaceful crowd of seventy-five thousand people stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/36">Washington Monument</a> to attend the free concert; thousands more tuned in to <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/373">listen</a> on the radio. The Daughters of the American Revolution had barred the world-renowned singer from appearing in Washington's prestigious Constitution Hall because she was African American. First Lady <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/330">Eleanor Roosevelt</a> and Secretary of the Interior <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/408">Harold Ickes</a> rallied support for her public appearance on the Mall, focusing public attention on racial discrimination and inequality. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Archives at College Park. <a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/595378">View original</a>. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Smithsonian American Art Museum People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1/14/1857 Birthplace Cincinnati, Ohio Death Date 10/12/1931 Occupation Patron of the Arts Artist Biographical Text Alice Pike was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of a successful businessman and a patron of the arts. Her family moved to New York City when she was 11 years old. In 1876, she married Albert Clifford Barney, with whom she had two daughters. Alice and Albert moved to Washington, DC. Albert died in 1902, and Alice remarried in 1911, becoming Mrs. Christian Hemmick. The couple divorced in 1920 and Alice returned to the last name Barney. Barney was an artist, working mainly in oils and pastels. She studied a few times in Paris, and studied with James Whistler. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has a number of her works. In the 1910s, Barney turned her attention to supporting the arts, particularly in Washington, DC. She funded a number of performance, exhibition, and studio spaces, some in working-class neighborhoods. Her most enduring legacy is the National Sylvan Theatre, an outdoor theatre located near the Washington Monument. Although the theatre is federally operated and funded, Barney provided the money for its construction and was involved in the first few seasons. Barney retired to California in 1923. Her love of arts was life-long; she died in Hollywood in 1931 while attending a concert. First Name for nav purposes Alice Last Name for nav purposes Barney Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alice Pike Barney Description An account of the resource Alice Pike Barney successfully lobbied Congress to create a federally-funded outdoor theater on the National Mall near the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/36">Washington Monument</a>. Barney, a painter, wanted to encourage enjoyment of the arts in Washington, DC. She provided the funding to construct the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/3">National Sylvan Theater</a> and served as its first resident playwright. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1890-1919 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Smithsonian American Art Museum. <a href="http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=247">View original image</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alice Pike Barney arts & culture building the mall work & play