.{"id":5137,"date":"2023-03-08T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/?page_id=5137"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:43:17","slug":"archives-reference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/?page_id=5137","title":{"rendered":"Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:100px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#015039\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Reference Collection<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:100px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#015039\"> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reference Collection consists of published materials such as books, magazines, journals, academic papers, reports, studies, and maps, and subject files that provide context and explanation of the history and culture of Takoma Park, Maryland, and Takoma Park, DC. In general these are not unique items. This is a non-circulating reference library. To use the collection visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/reading-room-revised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reading Room<\/a> or make a <a href=\"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/archives-visit-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research appointment<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#015039\"><strong>The Reference Collection includes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maryland Reference Collection<\/strong> &#8211; these materials about Maryland are on long term loan from the Takoma Park Maryland Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historic Takoma Reference Collection<\/strong> &#8211; the collection contains books and publications about Maryland, Montgomery and Prince George&#8217;s County, Takoma Park, Washington DC, the Civil War, design, architecture, planning and historic districts, natural history, and other topics relevant to Takoma Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/takoma-authors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Takoma Authors<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; books written by Takoma Park authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subject Files<\/strong> &#8211; the subject files contain clippings, brochures, and other materials on a variety of topics related to Takoma Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Takoma Houses and Buildings <\/strong> &#8211; files on individual houses and buildings, real estate brochures, and other materials about local houses and buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Takoma People<\/strong> &#8211; files about individuals associated with Takoma Park<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:100px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6190,"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5137\/revisions\/6190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historictakoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}