Washington Monument
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The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. It was built to commemorate George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States. The monument, designed by Robert Mills and eventually completed by Thomas Casey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, honors and memorializes George Washington at the center of the nation's capital. The structure was completed in two phases of construction, one private (1848-1854) and one public (1876-1884).
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E.G. Squier papers, 1809-1888
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Trotin, C. [Eiffel Tower commemorative medal].
Getty Research Institute
Babcock, M. Frances,. Chippings from the Washington Monument, 1885?
Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937. Washington, D.C. [model] : Jefferson Memorial, U.S. Capitol, Wash. Monument.
Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Project Files, ca. 1941 - 2006
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Statues, Parks, and Buildings, 1776 - 1930
National Archives at College Park
Report of the Dedication of the Washington Monument, 1885 - 1885
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Letters Received, 6/25/1878 - 10/31/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Press Copies of Annual Reports, 1885 - 1902
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Proceedings, 9/12/1876 - 4/21/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Committee Papers, 1867 - 2011
Center for Legislative Archives
Press Copies of Letters Sent, 6/25/1878 - 10/31/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Letters of Application for Employment, 6/25/1878 - 10/20/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Selected Letters, 1833 - 1924
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Letters Sent, 6/25/1878 - 10/31/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Contracts, Vouchers, and Other Financial Records, 1877 - 1913
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Committee Papers, 1819 - 1946
Center for Legislative Archives
Chronological Files of Photographs, Photomechanical Reproductions, and Textual Materials, ca. 1890 - ca. 1998
National Archives at College Park
Copies of Correspondence Relating to the Design of the Army War College, 1902 - 1904
National Archives at Washington, D.C
General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) at F-14 Test
National Archives at College Park
Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MATERIAL FROM PERSONAL FILM OF MRS. WILLIAM OCKER COURTESY OF BRIGADIER GENERAL REINARTZ
National Archives at College Park
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. PRESIDENT CELAL BAYAR OF TURKEY VISITS WASHINGTON, D.C.
National Archives at College Park
Miscellaneous Oversized, 1875 - 1932
National Archives at College Park
Letters Received on Administrative and Personnel Matters, 2/28/1879 - 7/30/1907
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Press Copies of Monthly Reports of Operations and Returns of Officers and Hired Men, 1/1899 - 11/1929
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Proposals to Prospective Bidders, 1878 - 1885
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Photographs Documenting the Visits to the United States of Presidents Miguel Aleman of Mexico in 1947, Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela in 1948, and Vincent Auriol of France in 1951, 1947 - 1951
National Archives at College Park
Views of Flowers, Trees, and Parks in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C, 1913 - 1916
National Archives at College Park
Records Relating to Monument Maintenance, 1884 - 1922
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Monthly Reports of Levels on Iron Rods from the Concrete Slab, 1/1882 - 9/1882
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GT-3 ASTRONAUTS GRISSOM AND YOUNG, WASHINGTON, D.C
National Archives at College Park
PARAMOUNT NEWS. [SEPT. 17]
National Archives at College Park
Schedules of Workmen Employed in Completing the Washington Monument, 1878 - 1881
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Computations and Surveys of Earth Filling at the Washington Monument, 1887 - 1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Proceedings, 5/26/1884 - 2/25/1885
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Work Records of Marble and Granite Cutters and Rubbers, 1880 - 1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Summary Stone Report, ca. 1884 - ca. 1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Letters Received from Commandants of Navy Yards and Naval Stations, 1848 - 1886
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Receipts for Deliveries and Payments, 1879 - 1899
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Proceedings, Memorandums, Letters Received, and Drafts of Letters Sent, 4/1848 - 7/1848
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Engineering Activities, 1928 - 1939
National Archives at College Park
Copies of Letters Sent and Received, 1/8/1879 - 7/9/1886
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Appropriation Accounts, 1923 - 1925
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PARADE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
National Archives at College Park
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. LINCOLN MEMORIAL DEDICATION
National Archives at College Park
Time Book for the Washington Monument, 10/1878 - 10/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Proceedings, 1/7/1879 - 2/6/1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. White House Army Signal Agency, Washington, DC
National Archives at College Park
Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 2000. Records Relating to National 4-H Camps and Conferences, 1977 - 1991
National Archives at College Park
Comptroller's Letters of Adjustment of Accounts, 10/13/1881 - 6/20/1894
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Correspondence with Government Agencies and Private Organizations Relating to Civil Works, 1923 - 1942
National Archives at College Park
Time Book, 4/1849 - 10/1851
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Daily Records of Operation of the Engine Room Plant, 7/29/1901 - 5/27/1923
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Monthly Reports of Operations, 6/1888 - 9/2/1907
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Letters Received, 1899 - 1906
National Archives at Washington, D.C
PRICE OF PROGRESS
National Archives at College Park
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
National Archives at College Park
Portraits, Group Photographs, and Scenes, 1620 - 1930
National Archives at College Park
Calculations for the Sherman Statue and Other Calculations and Estimates, 1898 - 1899
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Monthly Records of Plumb Lines at the Washington Monument, 8/1898 - 7/1921
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of the Federal Housing Administration. 1930 - 1974. Motion Picture Films. 1935 - 1936. BETTER HOUSING NEWS FLASHES NO. 1
National Archives at College Park
Images Collected by George D. Litherland, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Service, ca. 1902 - ca. 1923
National Archives at College Park
HAPPY HOLIDAYS... ALONG THE POTOMAC
National Archives at College Park
Records of the National Park Service. 1785 - 2006. Photographs of Buildings and Monuments in Washington, DC.
National Archives at College Park
Foreman's Time Books, 1878 - 1886
National Archives at Washington, D.C
National Capital Parks Numbered Drawings, 1797 - 1987
National Archives at College Park
Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 15]
National Archives at College Park
History of the Pope's Stone, 1877 - 1890
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Press Copies of Letters Sent, 9/8/1876 - 10/1/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Committee Papers, 1819 - 1946
Center for Legislative Archives
PARK MAINTENANCE
National Archives at College Park
Register of Visitors, 5/1/1905 - 9/20/1905
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Contracts, 1878 - 1889
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Specifications for Construction, Repairs, and Supplies for Buildings and Statues, 1887 - 1901
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Schedule of the Height of the West Bench Mark, 2/12/1881 - 2/12/1881
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Cash Book, 7/8/1878 - 9/9/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Copies of Letters Sent, 7/11/1889 - 7/1/1895
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of Visitors to the Washington Monument, 7/1902 - 2/11/1925
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of Marble and Granite Stones Cut for the Washington Monument, 6/1880 - 10/1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Purchase Books, 7/1/1878 - 2/16/1887
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Quarterly Returns of Engineer Property, 1885 - 1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C, 1900 - 1963
National Archives at College Park
Schedules of Marble Cutting for Courses 172 - 500, 10/11/1880 - 11/22/1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Photographs Relating to Topography and Geology, ca. 1966 - ca. 2003
National Archives at College Park
Records of Visitors to the Washington Monument, 4/1888 - 7/1902
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Rough Drafts of Proceedings and Resolutions, 6/22/1878 - 1/9/1879
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Committee Papers, 1838 - 1946
Center for Legislative Archives
A Day to Be Proud
National Archives at College Park
Letters Received and Drafts of Letters Sent Relating to Government Property at the Washington Monument and to Engineer Property Returns, 1884 - 1905
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Statements of Accounts Current, 7/11/1878 - 3/31/1883
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Reports of Daily Plummet Readings, 1/1888 - 4/1891
National Archives at Washington, D.C
CAPITAL STORY
National Archives at College Park
Reports, Memorandums, Executive Documents, and Laws of Congress, 1887 - 1930
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Letters Received, 9/4/1876 - 8/28/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Accounts of General Agent Elisha Whittlesey, 1847 - 1850
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Working Papers for the Report of Accounts of Money and Labor Expended in the Foundation of the Monument, 1880 - 1880
National Archives at Washington, D.C
General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. A DAY TO BE PROUD - MN-10902
National Archives at College Park
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Selected newsreel scenes
National Archives at College Park
List of Subjects and File Headings of the General Correspondence, 1907 - 1921
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Preliminary Time Book, 10/1878 - 10/1892
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Photographs Used in Exhibits and Presentations, 1950 - 1972
National Archives at College Park
Vouchers, 8/8/1879 - 10/30/1886
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records Relating to Passes for Visitors to the Washington Monument and to the Protection of the Monument, 1884 - 1929
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Drawings relating to the District of Columbia and Environs, ca. 1902 - ca. 1940
National Archives at College Park
Copies of Letters Sent and Received, 9/8/1876 - 3/6/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Schedules and Letters Received Relating to Building Materials for the Completion of the Monument and Lodge and to the Disposition of Memorial Stones Not Placed in the Monument, 1879 - 1889
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. 1826 - 2009. Records Relating to Washington Relics, Statue, and Monument
National Archives at College Park
Register of Letters Received, 1876 - 1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Index to Letters Sent, 1878 - 1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Subject Files, 1925 - 1951
National Archives at College Park
RAZING MAIN NAVY: SUPPLEMENTS 2511-04-71
National Archives at College Park
Records of Monthly Expenditures Under Executive Mansion and Washington Monument Appropriation Titles, 1889 - 1897
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Register of Employees, 1872 - 1918
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission. 1918 - 1995. Moving Images Relating to American War Cemeteries and Memorials. 1937 - 1984. The Price of Freedom
National Archives at College Park
Rough Schedules for Marble, 1880 - 1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Rough Schedules for Granite, 1880 - 1883
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Miscellaneous Oversize Prints, Drawings and Posters of Projects Associated with the Commission of Fine Arts, 1893 - 1950
National Archives at College Park
Diagrams Showing the Movement of the Plummet of the Washington Monument and Related Letters Received, 7/1893 - 6/1898
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings Relating to Placing the Capstone and Aluminum Cap on the Washington Monument, 12/7/1884 - 12/7/1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records Concerning Statue Unveilings and Monument Dedications, 1900 - 1936
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Press Copies of Letters Sent and of Endorsements to Letters Received, 1/8/1879 - 8/31/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Correspondence Files of Secretary Andrew Cuomo, 1993 - 2000
National Archives at College Park
"ARMY FLIERS SUCCOR SNOW-BOUND INDIANS FACING STARVATION"
National Archives at College Park
Reports of the U.S. Surveyor to the Officer in Charge, 3/1/1882 - 1/4/1897
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Registers of Letters Received, 1878 - 1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
General Records of the Department of the Treasury. 1775 - 2005. Moving Images Relating to Financial, Economic and Tax Policies. 1941 - 1972. This Is My Country
National Archives at College Park
City Maps and Building Plans, ca. 1925 - ca. 1935
National Archives at College Park
Ledger of Construction Costs, 1876 - 7/31/1886
National Archives at Washington, D.C
PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 20]
National Archives at College Park
Photographs of Varietal Specimens of Roses and Iris, 1925 - 1931
National Archives at College Park
HONOR AWARDS CEREMONY
National Archives at College Park
Photographs of Buildings and Other Structures in Washington, DC, ca. 1910 - 1951
National Archives at College Park
Records Relating to Contracts for Materials, 1878 - 1887
National Archives at Washington, D.C
General Records, ca. 1890 - 1966
National Archives at College Park
Schedules of Granite Cutting for Courses 158 - 452, 7/23/1880 - 8/28/1883
National Archives at Washington, D.C
VISIT OF FRENCH NURSE (ANGEL OF DIENBIENPHU), ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
National Archives at College Park
Payrolls of Workmen at the Monument, 1848 - 1856
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Joseph Abel Photographs of Washington, D.C, 1899 - 1932
National Archives at College Park
Slides Relating to the Interamerican-Ibero Rural Youth Conference, 1985 - 1985
National Archives at College Park
News of the Day (Feb. 21)
National Archives at College Park
Newspaper Advertisements and Other Records Relating to the Washington Monument, 1879 - 1882
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Notices Concerning Marble and Granite Blocks Condemned and Transferred, 10/27/1881 - 1/21/1884
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Certificates of Deposit, 7/8/1878 - 1/18/1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records for Monthly Reports, 7/1895 - 1/1902
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Scrapbook, 1850 - 1876
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. ARRIVAL OF VINCENT MASSEY, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, WASHINGTON, D.C., ARLINGTON AND MT. VERNON, VIRGINIA
National Archives at College Park
Index to Letters Received, 1876 - 1879
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Aerial and Ground Photographs taken by Observation Squadrons at Langley Field, Va., Mitchell Field, NY., and an Unknown Field on the West Coast, 1925 - 1947
National Archives at College Park
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. LINDBERGH: THE EPIC AMERICAN TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT
National Archives at College Park
Correspondence Relating to the Celebration of the Centennial of the Cornerstone Laying, 6/1948 - 7/1948
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Photographs of African-American Youth at Regional 4-H Camps, 1948 - 1961
National Archives at College Park
Ledger of Accounts Relating to the Completion of the Monument, 1876 - 1888
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Photographs of Enrollees Visiting Memorials in Washington, DC, ca. 1941 - ca. 1941
National Archives at College Park
Orders for Materials, 12/20/1878 - 2/14/1885
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. 1790 - 1992. Proposal Plans for a Washington Monument
National Archives at College Park
Notebooks of Landscaping and Gardening Work Done in Smithsonian and Other Parks, 1892 - 1909
National Archives at Washington, D.C
White House Photographs, 1910 - 1910
National Archives at College Park
Foreign Countries, and Cities and Schools in the United States, 1940 - 1948
National Archives at College Park
Copies of Letters Sent and Received, 1/8/1879 - 7/9/1886
National Archives at Washington, D.C
BEAUTIFUL WASHINGTON
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Babcock, M. Frances,
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Bartlett, Jonathan R.
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Brent, John Carroll
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Canbury, Thomas
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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
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Rhees, William J.
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Rhodes, A. T.
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Stuart, Frederick D.
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Trotin, C.
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- Monuments
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Variant Names
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.).
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Washington Monument
