Special Collections

: Jack Child Slide Collection; A collection of images collected by Jack Child, alumnus and former faculty member at American University. Child was a specialist in Latin America and Latin American culture, with an emphasis on Antarctica, Chile and the Falkland / Malvinas Islands. The Jack Child Slide Collection is one component of the Jack Child Papers which document his career and research interests. The Jack Child Papers are housed at the American University Library in the University Archives and Special Collections department.

: Jack Child Stamp Collection; A collection of stamps, first day covers, stamp covers, and stamp albums collected by Jack Child, alumnus and former faculty member at American University. Child was a specialist in Latin America and Latin American culture, with an emphasis on Antarctica, Chile and the Falkland / Malvinas Islands. The Jack Child Stamp Collection is one component of the Jack Child Papers which document his career and research interests. The Jack Child Papers are housed at the American University Library in the University Archives and Special Collections department.

: Drew Pearson's Washington Merry-Go-Round; Pearson's syndicated Washington Merry-Go-Round column publishedbetween 1932 and 1969., Andrew Russell (Drew) Pearson (1897-1969) was one of the most successful newspaper and radio journalists of his day. The collection presented here consists of Pearson's syndicated Washington Merry-Go-Round column published between 1932 and 1969. American University Library Special Collections Unit holds the typescript copies for the column that the syndicate sent to Pearson's office at the same time the typescripts were distributed to newspapers around the country. Articles as published in various newspapers may differ slightly from the original typescripts represented here.

: Photographic Material and Other Art Work of Herbert E. Striner; Herbert E. Striner (1922-2015) was an economist and the former Dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University. His collection consists of over 9,000 negatives, prints, and slides depicting a wide variety of subjects in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States from the 1940s to 1998. Striner took numerous photos in and around Washington, DC region depicting landmarks such as the National Cathedral and C&O Canal. Some of the earliest images in this collection document life on a troop ship. Striner also photographed the Chinese table-tennis delegation’s April 1972 visit to the United States., Approximately 5,000 black & white negatives, 5000 color slides, and 1,000 color negatives depicting a wide variety of subjects in the United States and abroad from the 1940s to the present.

: John R. Hickman Collection; Radio programs collected by John R. Hickman, The John R. Hickman Collection consists of broadcast quality audio recordings of vintage radio news and entertainment programs, from the 1920s through the 1970s. The digitization of this collection is a work in progress. To date (February 2007) select reel-to-reel tapes of major news events from 1939 - 1953, and episodes from Amos 'n' Andy, Biography in Sound, The Cavalcade of America, The Goldbergs, Hear It Now, Life Can Be Beautiful, Lux Radio Theatre, Mary Margaret McBride, One Man's Family, OurGal Sunday, The Original Amateur Hour, and The Romance of Helen Trent have been digitized.

: Peace Corps Community Archive; Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Archive, The Peace Corps Community Archive consists of materials created and acquired by Returned Peace Corps Volunteers during their service such as correspondence, diaries, films, photographs, reports, scrapbooks, and sound recordings.

: Historic African River Road Connections; The Historic African River Road Connections (HARRC) Collection collects, preserves, and makes available materials created and acquired by members of the River Road African communities of Scotland, Tobytown, Bethesda, and Tenleytown founded during the Reconstruction Era.

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