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Past Fall Members Receptions

The name of the Membership Chair or Reception Coordinator appears in parentheses.

2/3/67
Harbour Square Apartments
Party Room
470 N St., SW
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
(Arlene Hope)
150 attendees
Recommendation that reception be repeated each year
10/22/68
National Geographic Society
Explorers Hall
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
250 attendees
12/9/71
Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
(Carol Monical)
$4.50
11/8/72
Library of Congress
(Nancy Gwinn, LC)
$4.00
265 attendees (77 new members)
11/28/73
GWU Gelman Library
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
(Nancy Gwinn, LC)
$3.50
11/13/74
National Portrait Gallery/National Collection of Fine Arts Library
Room 3319th and F Sts. NW
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
(George Arnold, American)
$3.50
206 paid; 60 new and guests
Expected cost: $860
11/19/75
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 E Capitol St. SE
(Lillamaud Hammond)
201 attendees
11/17/76
Caldwell Hall, Catholic
(George Arnold, American)
166 attendees
11/16/77
Union Station Visitors' Center
Presidential Room
$4.75
11/9/78
White House
2:00 p.m.
( Judy Sessions, GW)
11/8/79
National Gallery of Art
East Wing
(Gail Flatness, American)
11/13/80
Library of Congress
Madison Building
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
(Allan Robbins, Alexandria Library)
$8.00, $10.00
11/81
(Joan Lippincott)
11/16/82
Georgetown University
Intercultural Center
39th & P St. NW
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
(Lucy Cocke, Mount Vernon College)
$7.00, $ 9.00
11/15/83
Martin Luther King Library
9th & G Streets, N.W.
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
(Janine Reid, Faxon)
$10.00, $12.00
11/15/84
National Geographic Society
1146 16th St. NW
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Susan Fifer Canby-Host
(Mary Coutts, Georgetown)
$10.00, $12.00
230 reservations
180 attendees
11/85
12/9/86
IMF Visitors Center
700 19th St. NW
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
(Martha Glock)
$12.00, $15.00
11/18/87
Gannett Co. (USA Today)
30th Floor 1100 Wilson Blvd. Rosslyn, VA
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
(Charles Brown, Arlington Co.)
$10.00, $15.00
160 attendees
11/15/88
Cosmos Club
2121 Mass. Ave. NW
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Lira Young-Host
(Susan Fifer Canby, National Geographic Society Library)
$15.00, $18.00
230 reservations
200 attendees
11/2/89
Canadian Embassy
501 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Merle Fabian-Host
(Sue Uebelacker)
$15.00, $18.00
230 reservations
210 attendees
(55 new, 155 renewed)
12/4/90
Australian Embassy
1601 Massachusetts Ave, NW
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Pat Kay- Host
(Lily Waters)
$12.00, $15.00
187 reservations
(37 new, 132 renewed, 18 guests)
153 attendees
10/25/91
National Theater
6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Shorebird
(Deborah Leather, Marymount University)
$20.00
10/15/92
DAR Library
17 & C Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
(Trellis C. Wright, LC)
$16 members, $8 new members, $20 non members
10/28/93
U.S. Russell Senate Office Building
First and Constitution Avenue N.W.
Caucus Room 325
(Gail W. Avery, DCPL)
$18 members (74 attendees)
$22 non members (6 attendees)
new members (27 attendees)
10/19/94
Indoor Courtyard
Organization of American States
(Gail W. Avery, DCPL)
$20 members
10/25/95
U.S. Capitol
House of Representatives, HC-5
(Gail W. Avery, DCPL)
$22 members
$27.50 non-members
10/23/96
American Library Association
Washington Office
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
(Gail W. Avery, DCPL)
$27 members
$34 non-members
10/22/97
American Civil Liberties Union
Stewart Mott House
122 Maryland Ave, N.W.
(Gail W. Avery, DCPL)
$30 members
$37.50 non members
10/28/98
Gallaudet University
Kellogg Conference Center
800 Florida Avenue NW
(Gail W. Avery and Rose Dawson, DCPL)
$20 members
$25 non-members
10/26/99
Heurich House Museum
Historical Society of the District of Columbia
(Bill Tuceling, GAO)
50 attendees
11/15/00
Charles Sumner School Museum and Archive
(Erica Aungst, GWU; Gail W. Avery, DCPL; Cathy Zeljak, GWU)
$25 members
$35 non-members
12/12/01
Charles Sumner School Museum and Archive
(Gail W. Avery, DCPL; Cathy Zeljak, GWU)
$25 members
$32 non-members
10/17/02
Charles Sumner School Museum and Archive
(Liane Rosenblatt, DCPL; Mike Tosko, American University)
10/06/03
Capitol Hill
Longworth House Office Building
Rm. 1539
(Liane Rosenblatt, DCPL)
$30 members
$37.50 non-members
56 attendees; 13 new members
10/21/04

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW
(Liane Rosenblatt, DCPL)

$30 members
$37.50 non-members
67 attendees

10/19/05
U.S. Botanical Garden
(Liane Rosenblatt, DCPL)
10/29/09

Morrison and Clark Inn
1015 L Street, NW
(Anne Elguindi, AU)

$20 members
$30 non-members
33 attendees
10/22/12 Teaism, Penn Quarter, 400 8th Street NW

$20 members
$25 non-members
$15 students
22 attendees

10/15/13

The Passenger
1021 7th St NW
(Bobbie Dougherty, DCPL)

$20 members
$30 non-members
$10 furloughed librarians
35 attendees

9/23/14

La Tasca 722 7th St NW Washington, DC 20001

$24 for members
$33 for non-members
$19 for students/retired/unemployed
60 attendees

9/29/15 Petworth Citizen 829 Upshur St NW Washington, DC 20011

$20 for members
$25 for non-members
$15 for students/retired/unemployed
47 attendees

9/15/2016 Smith Public Trust, 3514 12th St NE, Washington, District of Columbia 20017
$20 members
$25 guests
$15 for students

   

Updated 10 August 2017


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