DC History Center

At the DC History Center, we aim to provide emerging champions and scholars of DC history not only access to collections, but also opportunities to make connections and build community. The Totman Fellowship, which launched in 2022 thanks to a generous donor, supports scholars undertaking new research in the (intentionally broad) fields of Black Washington and LGBTQ+ DC. We are thrilled to...

The relationship between the military and its LGBTQ+ members—and those who have been deterred from joining or forced from their ranks—is for many a...

This spring the DC History Center launched its first call for research fellows, with one focused on Black Washington and the other on LGBTQ+ DC (intersectional applications were welcomed). While the decision was a tough one thanks to the incredible slate of...

Throughout the month of April, the DC History Center is spotlighting local LGBTQ places...

In this Place of Interest, DC History Center volunteer John P. Olinger looks back at the ClubHouse, a remarkable nightclub founded by Black members of DC's LGBTQ community that filled multiple social needs from 1975 to 1990. Check out the Rainbow History Project's short video series about the ClubHouse. At the door to the...

Since 2008, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. has served as the physical repository for the collections of the Rainbow History...