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,...