George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
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Emily Martin
Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
The collection consists of papers from the Reston Black Focus, such as correspondence, advertisements, financial information
and general information. Also included in the collection is a series on the Reston Homeowners Association (RHOA) with papers
and other information from the Association.
Reston is a planned community in Northern Virginia. Robert E. Simon, Jr., the founder of Reston, purchased the land with the
proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1961. Construction began in 1963 with the building of Lake Anne.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Reston Black Focus was established. The Reston Black Focus was created to encourage
black citizens to participate more in Reston and to promote black culture and lifestyles.
The collection consists of papers from the Reston Black Focus, such as correspondence, advertisements, financial information
and general information. Also included in the collection is a series on the Reston Homeowners Association (RHOA) with papers
and other information from the Association.
Series one is titled correspondence. The series has correspondence to and from the Reston Black Focus. The correspondence
is from a variety of people such as Beverley Sharp, Edward Sharp and others. Also included in the collection are emails dated
later than most of the series. The series contained in boxes 1 through 2 and is dated from 1967 to 2005.
Series two is titled By-laws. The series is a collection of various By-laws from the Reston Black Focus. The By-laws are in
draft and final form. Also included are Environmental Management Committee Charter, Fairfax County-Wide Black Citizens Association
(BCA) and other committees. The series is contained in box 2 only and is dated from 1968 to 1974.
Series three is titled committee. The series contains paperwork from different committees. Included are reports, Board of
Directors meeting, election results, meeting minutes and other papers from committees. The series is contained in boxes 2
through 3 and is dated from 1969 to 1975.
Series four is titled finance. The series has information relating to the finances of the Reston Black Focus. The papers include
calculations, financial reports, budgets and other financial documents. The series is contained in box 3 only and is dated
from 1970 to 1975.
Series five is titled publications. This contains mostly booklets, brochures and other information from Reston and the Reston
Black Focus. Some of the information includes The Reston Philosophers, Directory and United Virginia Bank. The series is contained
in boxes 3 through 4 and is dated 1965 to 2000.
Series six is titled newsclippings. The newsclippings are articles written about Reston and the Reston Black Focus. Included
are articles from the Reston Times and the Washington Post. The series is contained in boxes 4 through 5 and is dated from
1960 to 2005.
Series seven is titled Reston Homeowners Association (RHOA). The series contains general information on the Reston Homeowners
Association such as deed of dedications, meetings, election results and others. The series is contained in box 5 only and
is dated from 1960 to 1972.
Series eight is titled General Information. This series contains a variety of papers relating to Reston Black Focus. Included
are maps, biographies, schedule of events and general notes. The series is contained in boxes 5 through 6 and is dated from
1960 to 2005.
Missing Title
Series 1: Correspondence, 1967-2005 (Box 1-2)
Series 2: By-Laws, 1968-1974 (Box 2)
Series 3: Committee, 1969-1975 (Box 2-3)
Series 4: Finance, 1970-1975 (Box 3)
Series 5: Publications, 1965-2000 (Box 3-4)
Series 6: Newsclippings, 1960-2005 (Box 4-5)
Series 7: Reston Homeowners Association (RHOA), 1960-1972 (Box 5)
Series 8: General Information, 1960-2005 (Box 5-6)
The Special Collections and Archives also holds the Planned Community Archives and other personal papers and organizational
records that document Reston, Virginia, and other planned communities.
The correspondence is from a variety of people such as Beverley Sharp, Edward Sharp and others. Also included in the collection
are emails dated later than most of the series.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Announcement
August 31, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Board of Directors
July 9, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Contract
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Election
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Election Information
1974-1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Email: Subject-Aunt Jessie's Obituary
2005
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Email: Subject-Re: Aunt Jessie's Obituary
2005
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Expenses-Christmas Party
February 25, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Festival
July 30, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Festival Committee
June 11, 1970
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
From: Alicia Ashaw
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
From: Beverley D. Sharp
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
From: Beverley D. Sharp
September 19, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
From: Edward Sharp (2 letters)
April 14, 1970
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
From: Frederick A. Fresh
August 7, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
From: James R. Thomas
August 29, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
June 25, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
Lakeview Apartment Project
May 28, 1970
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
List of Addresses
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
Mailed Membership Questionnaire
1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
Membership Meeting
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
Memorandum
January 6, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
Memorandum
May 15, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
Memorandums
1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
Message to Block Representatives
September 27, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
Newsletter
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
Newsletter
November 22, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 28
Newsletter
June 25, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 29
Newsletter
July 18, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 30
Newsletter
August 19, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 31
Newsletter
October 23, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 32
Newsletter
November 22, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
Newsletter
January 29, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 34
Newsletter
February 21, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 35
Newsletter
March 27, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 36
Newsletter
April 21, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 37
Newsletter
July 2, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 38
Newsletter
January 22, 1976
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 39
Newsletter
April 30, 1976
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 40
Newsletter-Graduates
June 22, 1973
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 41
New Release
July 18, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 42
New Release
July 18, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 43
Note
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 44
Open Letter to Members Reston Second Homeowners Association
April 24, 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
Play Description
1960s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 46
Questionnaire
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 47
Release
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
Reston Black Focus Goals
April 25, 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 49
Reston Second Homeowners Association
October 27, 1967
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 50
Roles and Responsibility
August 24, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 51
Theater Committee
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 52
To: Arthur G. Hawkins
September 23, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 53
To: Angela Terrell
August 6, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 54
To: Beverley Sharp
1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 55
To: Beverley Sharp
August 14, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 56
To: Beverley D. Sharp
November 5, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 57
To: Beverley Sharp
December 10, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 58
To: Beverley Sharp, Ms.
December 11, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 59
To: Beverley Sharp, Mrs.
December 28, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 60
To: Beverley Sharp
June 18, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 61
To: Beverley Sharp
November 12, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 62
To: Black Focus Arts Festival
August 8, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 63
To: Black Arts Festival
August 12, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 64
To: Black Arts Festival
August 15, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 65
To Block Representatives
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 66
To Block Representatives
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 67
To Block Representatives
June 2, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 68
To Block Representatives
August 30, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 69
To: Board of Directors
December 9, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 70
To: Captain Greer
August 18, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 71
To: Committee Member
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 72
To: Daniel Turner
April 24, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 73
To: Dennis J. Fischer
May 21, 1973
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 74
To: Douglas Kleine
January 11, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 75
To: Editor, Reston Times
August 26, 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 76
To: Edward G. Sharp
November 14, 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 77
To: Edward Sharp
April 6, 1970
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 78
Letter from Gene Bergoffen, Robert Pierce, and Michael Healy of the Reston Community Association to Edward Sharp.
April 17, 1970
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 79
To: Edward Sharp
March 25, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 80
To: Edward Sharp
December 14, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 81
To: Ernestine Bush
December 28, 1973
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 82
To: Focus Member
April 5, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 83
To: Frederick Fresh and Steering Committee
September 8, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 84
To: Frederick A. Fresh
February 6, 1973
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 85
To: Frederick S. Humphries
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 86
To: Frederick S. Humphries, Ph.D
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 87
To: Frederick Humphries
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 88
To: Frederick S. Humphries
August 28, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 89
To: Frederick Naef
June 14, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 90
To: Glen Saunders
1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 91
To: Glenn W. Saunders Jr.
September 10, 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 92
To: Glenn Saunders
March 5, 1970
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 93
To: Glenn Saunders
August 18, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 94
[From] George Mason University (GMU)
1973
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 95
To: Hendrick K. Sijgers
July 14, 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 96
To: Howard Robinson
July 29, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 97
To: Institute for Services to Education, Incorporated
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 98
To: James F. Leonard, President of United Nations Association
March 25, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 99
To: John L. Spitler
January 27, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 100
To: John L. Spitler
January 27, 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
To: Members of Second Homeowners Association (SHOA)
The series is a collection of various By-laws from the Reston Black Focus. The By-laws are in draft and final form. Also included
is Environmental Management Committee Charter and other committees.
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 16
By-Laws of Reston Black Focus, Incorporated
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 17
By-Laws of Reston Black Focus, Incorporated (draft)
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 18
By-Laws of Reston Black Focus, Incorporated
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 19
Charter Adopted
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 20
Charter (Draft Revised)
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 21
Charter (Draft-Revised)
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 22
Draft Charter
1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 23
Draft Charter
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 24
Draft Charter
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 25
Draft Charter
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 26
Environmental Management Committee Charter
1968
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 27
Fairfax County-Wide Black Citizens Association (BCA)
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 28
Human Rights Ordinance
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 29
Outline of Education Committee
1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 30
Rules and Regulations Governing the Use of Tennis Court
This contains mostly brochures and other information from Reston and the Reston Black Focus. Some of the information includes
The Reston Philosophers, Directory and United Virginia Bank.
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 57
A Proposed Form of Inner Government for the New Town of Reston