Record Group 7A contains the minutes and agendas for the Arlington County Public School Board and spans the dates 1922 through May 1991.

"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...

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.

Newspaper clippings on Hoffman-Boston school and desegregation, correspondence and photographs of the school and sports activities.

The papers housed in RG 27 were collected by Beulah Shipley Goss (1898-1974) as a result of her activities with several community organizations in Arlington Va., mostly between the years 1942-1959.

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.

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.

PG 250 comprises images of various subjects taken by Virginia Room personnel. The pictures may cover events and exhibits, document happenings in the community or record changes in structures or landscapes.