RG 112 is the work gathered by the students in Richard Longstreths' course "Historic Preservation -- Principles and Methods" from George Washington University in the spring of 1994. The study undertaken by the students was to conduct a survey of some of the historic residences in the Arlington County neibhorhood of Ashton Heights. This project was done with the participation and cooperation of the Ashton Heights Civic Association. The collection consists...

The material in RG 49 relates to the history of this organization.

The collection consists of a plat source book for the real estate office at Lyon Village for Clarendon and Lyon Village. The book lists the lot no., the deed book chapter, and the name of the purchaser. The deed books are located at the Arlington County Court House. The collection also contains an identification card for Mary Bittinger when she served as Assistant Billeting Warden in the Air Raid Warden Service of the District of Columbia, 1941-1943....

The Arlington Rotary Club is an active community organization made up of local business and professional leaders and is part of Rotary International. RG 136, which houses the records of this club, is made up entirely of textual materials. The bulk of this material consists of weekly club newsletters sent out to members.

Record Group 125 contains paper documents and photographs from the files of the Public Affairs and Marketing office of the Virginia Hospital Center.

This collection includes material related to the sister city relationship between Arlington County, Virginia and Coyoacan, Mexico.

RG 24 houses one scrapbook of memorabilia and miscellaneous documents focusing on the Arlington County "Mother's March On Polio" for the perioed 1953-1957. Records found in this collection include chairman's reports, newspaper clippings, scattered correspondence, lists of participants, and publicity flyers.

The Zonta Club of Arlington Area is associated with Zonta International, and is a service organization of executives in business and the professions working to advance the status of women. Founded in 1919 in Buffalo New York, the Zonta organization takes its name from the Lakota Sioux Indian word meaning "honest and trustworthy." The Arlington Club was formed in 1954 when it received its charter from Zonta International. Over the years its activities...

The bulk of the record group focuses on the efforts of the company's second president W.P. Ames Sr. in taking the company from the embers of its lumber yard following a fire in 1951 to an enterprise encompassing four branches and the Ames Building, one of Rosslyn's first highrises. RG 51 contains blueprints, transcripts of zoning meetings, promotional radio ads, and photographs detailing family successes. Other types of material include correspndence,...

RG 9 houses the scattered records of the citizen's committee for school improvement for the periods of 1946-1954 and 1956-1969. The records include the Committee's constitution, by-laws, minutes, correspondence files, resolutions, membership lists, press releases, radio scripts, and photographs. In addition, the collection relates information about the School Board candidates, the school lunch program, local bond issues, and the establishment of public...