Wives of Congressmen in speaking class have commencement and awarding of prizes. Washington, D.C., March 17. Mrs. Hugh Butler's little publicized speaking class for wives of Congressmen today completed its schedule of classes and the group gathered at a luncheon to award prizes. Mrs. Will M. Whittington, wife of the congressman from Mississippi won the award as best speaker and was presented with a book of fine speeches by Mrs. Hugh Butler. Left to right: Mrs. Whittington and Mrs. Butler, 3-17- 39

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)