DAR Headquarters, including the DAR Museum and DAR Library, will be closed to the public on Saturday, June 13
due to street closures and access restrictions connected with an area event. Additionally, street traffic and parking
in the area will be significantly restricted in the days leading up to and following the weekend events.
The Americana Collection and the NSDAR Archives are two separate collections managed by the NSDAR Department of Archives and History. To search the collections, you will need to select the collection you wish to search. You are not able to search both collections at the same time. Contact the staff by email at [email protected].
Americana Collection: DAR’s imprint and manuscript collection that spans Colonial America through the early Republic.
The entire catalog of the Americana Collection is searchable, however only select items from this collection have been digitized. The digitized images will be displayed in the catalog records. Check back frequently, we are continuously adding digitized images to the catalog.
NSDAR Archives: Documents and photographs that document and represent NSDAR’s history.
The entire Photograph Collection is searchable through this catalog, however only select photographs have been digitized and these images will be displayed in the catalog records. In addition to this, digitized images from other collections can be found on this online catalog. Check back frequently, we are continuously adding digitized images to the catalog. Contact the staff by email at [email protected].
Obtaining and using an image: The online catalog contains low resolution access copies of scanned images. Please inquire about obtaining high resolution images at [email protected]. When using an image, please cite the NSDAR Archives as the source. The NSDAR Archives does not make guarantees on the copyright status of items.
A personal note from Clara Barton to DAR Founder Mary Smith Lockwood, no date.
Autobiographical manuscript entitled “Reminiscences of L. F. K. Thatcher,” written by Lucy Knox Thatcher, Henry Knox’s daughter, not dated.
