Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-25
MAKES A CONTRIBUTION.
Centennial Anniversary to Be Recog-
mixed by Library of Congress.

Centennial Anniversary to BE Recog-
mixed by Library of Congress.
The centennial year of the removal Of the
seat Of permanent government 20 this
District II to be recognized in ap
propriate fashion at the Library of
Congress. An exhibit is now being pre-
pared of books. maps, prints and manu-
scripts relating to that period in the history
of the District. Owing to acquisition Of the
Force and Toner collections and to the in
terest in the District which Mr.. A. X. Spot
ford has always taken during his long con-
nectton with the national library 1t now
contains the largest collection of material
about the District that is TO be found In
any other one place. Under the direction
of Mr.. A. ]. Parsons portion of this ma
terial in the library is being assembled and
1t Is the purpose when the exhibit Is COM
| pleted to arrange it, in cases in the print
department. This will probably be done
| in the course of the next three weeks
1t will then be possible for those who are
interested to see what sort of books were
turned out from the printing Offices in
Washington. Georgetown and Alexandria
In the opening years of the existence OF
the District to examine the specimens from
the shelves of the library. The earliest book
shown will be one printed in Georgetown in
1892, one year following the announcement
of the selection of the District as the seat
:,
| the work of Andrew E1licott the surveyor,
upon whom the duty of laying out the city
devolved after the disagreement between
L Enfant and the city commissioners.
In addition there will be specimens of
the famous Apollo Press. which was estab-
lished in this city after the government was
removed here. by William Duane, who was
one of the well-known printers of Phila-
delphia. There will also be examples from
the printing office of Samuel Harrison
Smith, the editor and proprietor of the
National 1ntelligencer. who began as early
as 1901 to send forth books and pamphlets
The examples of the art preventative in this
early period in the history of the District
are, as a rule. extremely good, both az to
graphic execution.
Another important section of this special
District exhibit will be the maps, which
| will include the first maps of the city, main
ly those printed in the year 1892 and
known, respectively. as the Boston and
photographic illustrations of the city and
the District in the collection of the library
and these will be shown.
The collection of prints in the library re-
| lating to the District contains many rare
examples. There will also be exhibited
manuscripts about the city, written at an
early period and illustrative of the condl-
tons that prevailed here at that time. The
entire exhibit promises to be one that will
add additional interest to the centennial
period and will tend to show the rising
generation that the District has a past
that is ancient as we'll as honorable, and
that the men and women who lived here at
the beginning of civic life were people of
intelligence and worth, constituting an an
cestry that appeals to the pride of all who
feel the interest Of citizens in the place
where they dwell