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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.
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.
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.
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.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
This photographs group contains images compiled for the Arlington Historical Society to fill gaps in the Society's collection, including areas and structures affected or likely to be eliminated by redevelopment. The group currently contains 247 images taken in a general survey of Arlington County schools, churches, firehouses, cemeteries, parks, shopping centers and businesses. The collection consists of ten contact sheets made from the AHS negatives...
Author
Pub. Date
1930
Language
English
Description
Ruth Levin donated these photographs in the 1990s. The collection has photographs of the Sher family and two family businesses. One of the businesses was M. Sher & Sons General Merchandise located at the corner of Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Dr. The other business was Columbia Hardware and Applicance Company. The collection includes both interior and exterior photographs for each store. Most of the photographs are identified.
Pub. Date
1861
Language
English
Description
RG 47 contains single pieces of correspondence written either by significant people, or about significant events in Arlington history. The pieces in this collection do not have any other textual materials. They stand alone, yet their individual intrinsic value is such that they are valuable as historical evidence.
Pub. Date
1864
Language
English
Description
The photographs in PG 208 represent people, places and events. All are connected to Arlington County history. Sources of these pictures include the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the Arlington Historical Society. Some of the photographs have been used in displays, and others are duplicated in other Virginia Room collections. Several are not identified and the provenance is unknown.
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