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Author
Pub. Date
1902
Language
English
Description
Various personal papers generated by Edmund C. Fleet or organizations that he belonged to are housed in RG 11. Fleet was prominent in Arlington's Black community and his activity in many of it's earliest organizations and churches is reflected here. The collection contains scattered records of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Arlington County Civic Federation, Odd Fellows Stevens Lodge, and others.
Author
Pub. Date
1957
Language
English
Description
This is a personal narrative written in September 1999 by Diane Mason about her participation with the Center. She describes activities such as dances, field trips, sports teams, and summer movies. Her story does not provide great detail about the Center's operations.
Author
Pub. Date
1964
Language
English
Description
PG 500 houses images of historic homes in Arlington. The photographs were taken during historical house tours conducted by the Arlington Historical Society sometime between 1964 and 1987. The photogaphs do not represent a comprehensive collection of all the buildings toured over these years. Most of the images are unidentified and undated.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
This collection contains twenty-two images of houses in Ashton Heights, originally taken as color slides, but presented here in black and white prints. According to the photographer, the purpose of the project was to document these house for future historians. James Dacey was the photographer and he also processed and printed the images.
Pub. Date
1923
Language
English
Description
The photographs housed in PG 800 are images depicting an Arlington tract of land known in 1923 as the Cruit Tract. Today the area is commonly referred to as Lyon Village. Most of the images date from July or August 1923 and were taken during a land survey of the Cruit Tract. In addition, there are four images of Lyonhurst, a large estate owned by Frank Lyon, the developer of Lyon Village.
Pub. Date
1920
Language
English
Description
Record Group 6 houses miscellaneous pamphlets, brochures, locally published books, flyers, programs, and narrative histories concerning the various churches in Arlington County. Most of the documents are created by the church and provide information about church activities, anniversary celebrations, membership, and leadership.
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Arlington is the smallest, most densely populated county in the United States. Its destiny has been driven by its geographic proximity to Washington, D.C., and very important by the fact that most Potomac River crossings begin in the county. Initially part of a large land grant to Lord Fairfax before the Revolutionary War, what is now Arlington was ceded to help form the new federal government seat by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1790. It remained...
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