Guide to the Northern Virginia oral history project collection, 1958-1996 C0030 Northern Virginia oral history project

Guide to the Northern Virginia oral history project collection, 1958-1996 C0030

Northern Virginia oral history project


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Eron Ackerman, Michelle Paige

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0030
Title
Northern Virginia oral history project collection 1958-1996
Quantity
2.5 Linear Feet, 24 boxes
Creator
Northern Virginia Oral History Project
Location
R16 C1 S1 - S3; C2 S1
Language
English .
Abstract
The collection contains 201 taped interviews of Northern Virginia residents. Transcripts or abstracts accompany most of the recordings. Topics such as agriculture, development, education, health, politics, transportation, and religion, with respect to Northern Virginia in the 19th and 20th centuries, are discussed.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There may be use restrictions on some of the interviews.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research although some interviews may have restrictions.

Custodial History

The collection was previously housed in the Fairfax County  next hit Library from 1962-1983. It was transferred to George Mason University Libraries in 1984.

Alternative Form Available

All of the oral histories in this collection have been digitized and are available to use in the Special Collections Research Center reading room.

Preferred Citation

Northern Virginia Oral History Project collection, C0030, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by the Fairfax City Regional Library in 1992. Additional interviews added in 1996.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty. EAD markup revised in September 2014 by Michelle Page.


Historical Information

The Northern Virginia Oral History Project collection is comprised of interviews conducted between 1962 and 1983. The interviews document community and family life, and careers in the Northern Virginia Area as well as changes in Northern Virginia since World War II.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 201 taped interviews of Northern Virginia residents. Transcripts or abstracts accompany most of the recordings. Topics such as agriculture, development, education, health, politics, transportation, and religion, with respect to Northern Virginia in the 19th and 20th centuries, are discussed.

Series 1: Northern Virginia Community; contains 141 taped interviews between 1958 and 1990. The interviews document community and family life, careers, etc. in the Northern Virginia Area.

Series 2: Northern Virginia Changes; contains 60 taped interviews between 1962 and 1990. The interviews deal primarily with changes in Northern Virginia since World War II.

Series 3: Transcripts: Northern Virginia Community; contains 50 interview transcripts and abstracts between 1962 and 1988 that document community and family life, careers, etc… in the Northern Virginia Area.

Series 4: Transcripts: Northern Virginia Changes; contains 44 interview transcripts and abstracts between 1972 and 1989 that deal primarily with changes in Northern Virginia since World War II.

Series 5: Interview Documentation; contains biographical notes and photos for interviewees, interview release forms, interviewer notes, and abstract worksheet and form.

Series 6: Northern Virginia Leadership Project; contains the Northern Virginia Leadership Project interviews. Roy Rosenzweig, a professor in Mason's History Department, supervised the final phase of the project. The Northern Virginia Leadership Project is a collection of interviews with prominent figures from the Northern Virginia area. The collection includes interviews conducted between the years 1990 and 1996 as well as other interview documentation such as interview forms and questions, and permissible use forms.

Series 7: Sound Reels; contains sound reels of interviews that document community and family life, careers, etc…. in the Northern Virginia Area as well as interviews that deal primarily with changes in Northern Virginia since World War II.

Arrangement

Organized into seven series.

Series Series 1: Northern Virginia Community, 1958-1990 Series 2: Northern Virginia Changes, 1962-1990 Series 3: Transcripts: Northern Virginia Community, 1962-1988 Series 4: Transcripts: Northern Virginia Changes, 1972-1989 Series 5: Interview Documentation, 1962-1990 Series 6: Northern Virginia Leadership Project, 1957-1996 Series 7: Sound Reels, 1966-1980

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds many other oral histories about Northern Virginia, particularly Reston, Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • George Mason University
  • Oral histories
  • Oral history
  • Regional planning -- Virginia
  • Sound recordings
  • Transportation -- United States
  • Virginia, Northern
  • Virginia, Northern -- History
  • Virginia, Northern -- History, Local

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Virginia, Northern
  • Virginia, Northern -- History
  • Virginia, Northern -- History, Local

Container List

Series 1: Northern Virginia Community
1958-1990
Scope and Content

Contains 141 taped interviews between 1958 and 1990. The interviews document community and family life, careers, etc… in the Northern Virginia Area.

  • Audio box: 1
    Adams, Ida
    December 21,1969
    1 Sound cassette (45 min) and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of two former students at Forestville School, Great Falls, VA; 1 abstract (1p)

  • Audio box: 1
    Alden, Robert M.
    September 23,1973
    1 sound cassette (37 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Life in Lewinsville, Langley, and McLean, VA(ca 1800-1960) with particular focus on Lewinsville Presbyterian Church;

  • Audio box: 1
    Bailey, Charles
    May 6,1970
    1 sound cassette (11 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    The Navy School and other schools in Pender,VA; 1 abstract (1p)

  • Audio box: 1
    Bates, Mildred D.
    February 9, 1983
    2 sound cassette (45 min) mono. and 2 duplicates of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Life in the Community (1917-1945); 1 abstract (1p)

  • Audio box: 1
    Baum, Willa K.
    undated
    1 sound cassette
  • Audio box: 1
    Beard, Joseph
    November 21, 1974
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 2 duplicate cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Agricultural practices and farm life in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA.; 21 page transcript

  • Audio box: 1
    Beard, Joseph
    January 23,1979
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 2 duplicate cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Community and family life in Floris and Herndon, VA; 25 page transcript

  • Audio box: 1
    Beard, Joseph
    March 6, 1979
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 2 duplicate cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Dairy farming in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA in the 1930s with emphasis on the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933; 25 page transcript

  • Audio box: 1
    Beard, Joseph
    August 9, 1975
    2 sound cassette (120 min) mono. and 2 duplicates of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, Va Agricultural Agent; 1 abstract (4p)

  • Audio box: 1
    Bennett, Mabel
    December 6,1982
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community Life at Fairfax Court House (c.1900-80) with Elsie Lucas; 1 abstract (1p)

  • Audio box: 2
    Besley, Oliver W.
    November 10, 1976
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Jr. Wakefield Chapel, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 11 page transcript(missing 10/92) abstract (4p)

  • Audio box: 2
    Birch, Alvin Ashton
    June, 1970
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Schools and transportation in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA.; 1 abstract(2p.)

  • Audio box: 2
    Birch, Alvin Ashton
    January 6, 1977
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Work and religion in Pender, VA; 12 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 2
    Bittenger-McClean, Mrs.
    undated
    1 sound cassette
  • Audio box: 2
    Black, Elizabeth
    June 21, 1971
    2 sound cassettes (90 min) mono. and 1 duplicate of each cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Dunn-Loring, VA; 1 abstract (2p)

  • Audio box: 2
    Blake, Ronald
    December 21, 1969
    1 sound cassette (25 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Schools, farming, and transportation in Oakton, VA; 1 abstract (1p.)

  • Audio box: 2
    Bles, Marcus J.
    July 22, 1975
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 2
    Boston, Mervin
    March 8,1973
    2 sound cassettes (90 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in McLean, Va; 1 abstract (2p.)

  • Audio box: 2
    Bowman, Leonard Wilbur
    September 17,1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History including Church of the Brethren, electric railway, dairies, Hell's Hole, FFA, 4-H, Electric Railway in Oakton.

  • Audio box: 2
    Breckenridge, Alma Williams
    March 2, 1983
    1 sound cassette (35 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    School in Herndon, VA; 1 abstract (1p)

  • Audio box: 2
    Brumsted, Margaret R.
    August 22, 1984 and August 23, 1984
    5 sound cassettes
  • Audio box: 2
    Buckman, Bertha
    April 28, 1970
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Woodlawn School, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 1 abstract (2p.)

  • Audio box: 2
    Canterbury, Ted
    August 22, 1985
    1 sound cassette
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center

  • Audio box: 2
    Carter, Rena
    February 20, 1970
    1 sound cassette (18 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Schools in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 12 page transcript

  • Audio box: 2
    Cecchi, Giuseppe
    August 27, 1985
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center Development; 15 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 2
    Chase, Sandra
    December 8,1976
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono.
    Scope and Content

    Wakefield Chapel, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA and its environs; 8 page transcript

  • Audio box: 3
    Chase, Sandra
    December 8, 1976
    Duplicate cassette of the interview in box 2.
    Scope and Content

    Wakefield Chapel, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA and its environs; 8 page transcript

  • Audio box: 3
    Cleveland, James
    February 4, 1982
    1 sound cassette
    Scope and Content

    Reston

  • Audio box: 3
    Cobb, Norman
    November 21, 1980
    1 sound cassette
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History including Gray's florist business, Gray subdivision, van der Vies competition, Oakton School, Oaktan as a farming community, Fairfax Court House, and Vienna banking

  • Audio box: 3
    Corner, Charlotte
    August 12, 1971
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in McLean, VA with emphasis on schools and transportation; 43 page transcript

  • Audio box: 3
    Croll, Donald L.
    November 8, 1976
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    interviewed by D'Anne Evans

  • Audio box: 3
    Cross, Mary Kenyon
    October 28, 1980
    1 sound cassette
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, WWI, Kenyon Family, Arlington-Fairfax Electric Railroad, Church of the Brethren, Methodist Church, Whitesells, Cobbs, Bowmans, Millers

  • Audio box: 3
    Danisavage, Gloria
    January 22, 1977
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Preservation of Wakefield Chapel, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 13 page transcript

  • Audio box: 3
    Danisavage, Victor
    January 22, 1977
    1 sound cassette (18 min) mono.
    Scope and Content

    12 page transcript

  • Audio box: 3
    Day, Anna S.
    July 7, 1983
    1 sound cassette and 2 duplicate cassettes.
  • Audio box: 3
    Douglas, Henry H.
    August 1, 1974
    1 sound cassette
    Scope and Content

    Early Roads in Northern Virginia; Part I

  • Audio box: 3
    Durham, C.J.S. (Jack)
    March 3, 1983
    2 sound cassettes and 2 duplicates of each cassette.
  • Audio box: 3
    Dwyer, Hobart
    February 12, 1973
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in the McLean and Langley, VA area: with emphasis on the "Strawberry Vale" house.; 1 abstract(2p.).

  • Audio box: 3
    Elliot, Jean
    September 26, 1972
    2 sound cassettes (master)
    Scope and Content

    Fairfax Then and Now: a lecture titled "Potpourri of Alexandria".; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 4
    Ellmore, Elizabeth
    March 8, 1979
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Floris, VA.; 25 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 4
    Ellmore, Emma
    March 21, 1971
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a Fairfax previous hit County  next hit VA. teacher with emphasis on her "Citizen of the Year" award.; 1 abstract (2p)

  • Audio box: 4
    Falls Church Community Center dedication
    October 19, 1968
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 4
    Ferguson, Lulah B.
    August 16, 1971
    1 sound cassette (28 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a school teacher in Falls Church, Floris, Herndon, and Vienna, Va.; 19 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 4
    Fifer, Carson previous hit Lee  next hit, Jr.
    July 1, 1981
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono. and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life at Mount Eagle, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 4
    Fifer, Carson previous hit Lee  next hit Sr.
    April 24, 1981
    Abstract. 1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community and family at Mt. Eagle, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (c.1941-62)

  • Audio box: 4
    Flakne, Joseph
    December 23, 1983
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of each cassette
  • Audio box: 4
    Flakne, Joseph
    March 2, 1984
    Tape 4 has an interview from March 2,1984 on side 2
  • Audio box: 4
    Flakne, Joseph
    July 11, 1979
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 5
    Flakne, Joseph
    July 11, 1979
    Duplicate cassette of the interview in box 4.
  • Audio box: 5
    Flakne, Joseph
    November 5, 1987
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 5
    Flakne, Joseph
    November 17, 1987
    2 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 5
    Ford, W. Harold
    December 13, 1970
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of former teachers in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 5
    Forsythe, Edwin
    December 8, 1982 and December 9, 1982
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 5
    Gamble, Robert S.
    October 9, 1975
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Herndon Historical Meeting: Sully Plantation

  • Audio box: 5
    Hall, Nancy
    March 15, 1970
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a teacher in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit VA, including a discussion of her father, Milton D. Hall, Superintendent of Schools for Fairfax previous hit County  next hit.; 24 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 5
    Harrison, Holden
    February 5, 1979
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Dairy farming in Herndon and Floris, VA.; 22 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 5
    Harrison, Holden
    March 4, 1981
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a dairy farmer in Herndon, VA.; 11 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 5
    Harrison, Louise Presgrave
    May 14, 1970
    1 sound cassette (58 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Teaching in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA.; 24 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 5
    Hatch, Dr. Winslow
    November 24, 1974
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    McLean Historic Sites

  • Audio box: 5
    Hatch, Dr. Winslow
    January 19, 1975
    2 sound cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    McLean Historic Sites

  • Audio box: 5
    Hatch, Dr. Winslow
    September 13, 1975
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 5
    Hatch, Dr. Winslow
    September 27, 1983
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 6
    Hawxhurst, Richard W.
    September 10, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, Squire Ernest Smith, Toll gates, Robert Burley, Chain Bridge Road, Hell's Hole, Difficult Run, Waple Farm, Electric Trolley Line, Brethren Church, Hawxhurst Family

  • Audio box: 6
    Henderson, Edwin B.
    1962
    2 sound cassettes (120 min) mono and 3 duplicates of tape 1 and 2 duplicates of tape 2.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in the Falls Church and Tysons areas of Northern Virginia (ca. 1910-1960) with particular focus on black churches, schools, and organizations.; 48 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 6
    Henderson, Edwin B.
    1965
    2 sound cassettes (60 min) mono
    Scope and Content

    Race relations, education, and social life in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.; 21 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 6
    Henderson, Edwin B.
    June 13, 1969
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 6
    Hirst, Edna B.
    January 25,1977
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family and community life in Annandale, VA with particular focus on church attendance.; 9 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 6
    Hoge, Dorothy
    June 8, 1970
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of the principal of Hayfield Elementary School, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 6
    Holland, Will
    December 1958
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono
    Scope and Content

    Tomb Guard (George Washington's ) Speech.; 11 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 6
    Honesty, Columbus C.
    September 11,1972
    1 sound cassette (45 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Life in the black community of Vienna, VA.; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 6
    Hughes, Ralph and Pat
    February 5, 1989
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton Trolley Station.; 5 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 6
    Hustuedt, J.E.P.W.
    April 8, 1975
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 6
    Hustuedt, J.E.P.W.
    July 20, 1975 - August 10, 1975
    There are 11 cassettes total. Some of the cassettes are in box 7. In this box there are 9 cassette tapes; among them are duplicates of tapes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    Scope and Content

    13 sessions total

  • Audio box: 7
    Hustuedt, J.E.P.W.
    August 10, 1975 - February 6, 1990
    There are 11 cassettes total. Some of the cassettes are in box 6. In this box there are 8 cassette tapes; among them is a duplicate of tape 5 from box 6 and a duplicate of tape 6.
    Scope and Content

    13 sessions total

  • Audio box: 7
    Ingebretsin, Karl
    August 25, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 7
    Jones, Rexton
    February 7, 1973
    2 sound cassettes (75 min) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    previous hit County  next hit doctors in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1890 1930) with emphasis on Dr. James Tasker Jones and the Herndon area.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 7
    Keith, James
    March 11,1974
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a member of the Fairfax previous hit County  next hit (VA) Board of Supervisors (ca. 1956-62) with particular emphasis on politics, transportation, and suburbanization.; 16 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 7
    Kephart, Herman
    March 16, 1973
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Herndon, VA (ca.1920-1960) with particular focus on schools, employers, and suburbanization.; 1 abstract (2p.). Access copy available on CD in box 24.

  • Audio box: 7
    Kirby, Marvin
    January 24, 1971
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono
    Scope and Content

    Community life in McLean, VA. (ca.1900-1970).; 7 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 8
    Kirby, Marvin
    January 24, 1972
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 8
    Landes, Melvin
    June 24, 1969
    1 sound cassette (55 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a school teacher in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA-(ca. 1920-1945).; 1 abstract (3p.). page transcript.

  • Audio box: 8
    Leigh, Hassell
    November 13, 1972
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate set.
    Scope and Content

    previous hit County  next hit doctors in Great Falls, Herndon, Leesburg, and Dranesville, VA.(ca. 1880-1920).; 1 abstract (1p.)

  • Audio box: 8
    Leigh, M.V.
    December 29, 1979
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 8
    Leigh, W. Lewis, Jr.
    July 9, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, Oakton Elementary School, Civil War in the Blake Lane Area

  • Audio box: 8
    Leigh, W. Lewis, Sr.
    July 9, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History

  • Audio box: 8
    Little, Grace Dove
    June 24, 1983
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 8
    Loth, Calder
    May 12, 1969
    3 sound cassettes (180 min.) mono and 1 duplicate for each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Architectural discussion on historical sights in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA-Huntley, Mt. Air, and Mt. Gilead.; 1 abstract (1p.)

  • Audio box: 8
    Lucas, Elsie
    December 6, 1982
  • Audio box: 8
    Lusby, Edward and Jean
    July 21, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History

  • Audio box: 8
    Macomber, Walter
    1968
    2 sound cassettes (120 min) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Dranesville Tavern, Dranesville, VA. (ca. 1968).; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 8
    Maddox, May
    February 26, 1968
    2 sound cassettes (50 min) mono. In this box is tape 1 of tape 2. Tape 2 and a duplicate set is in box 9.
    Scope and Content

    Life at Dranesville Tavern, Dranesville, VA. (ca. 1920-1965) with emphasis on tavern services, costs, and facilities.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 9
    Maddox, May
    February 26, 1968
    2 sound cassettes (50 min) mono. In this box is tape 2 of tape 2 and a duplicate set of the interview. Tape 1 is in box 8.
    Scope and Content

    Life at Dranesville Tavern, Dranesville, VA. (ca. 1920-1965) with emphasis on tavern services, costs, and facilities.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 9
    McFeaters, Verna
    December 4, 1983
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 9
    Mergler, Mrs.
    1970s-1980s
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Life as a member of Mormon (LDS) Church.

  • Audio box: 9
    Millard, Emma
    November 15,1972
    2 sound cassettes (120 min) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Vienna and Herndon, VA. (ca. 1920 1935) with emphasis on Colvin Run Mill, schools, roads, and transportation.; 50 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 9
    Money, Elsie
    July 3, 1974
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Vienna, VA. (ca.1900-1960) with particular focus on schools, transportation, and country doctors.; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 9
    Olson, Ruth Taylor
    August 19, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, Electric Trolley Line, Squire Smith Line, W.R. Gray Nursery, Oakton High, Social Events

  • Audio box: 9
    Osborn, Ilah
    April 28, 1975
    2 sound cassettes (100 min) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Falls Church and Mclean, VA. (cs. 1930-1975) with emphasis on schools, civic affairs, and suburbanization.; 1 abstract (3p.)

  • Audio box: 9
    Peck, Margaret C.
    October 10, 1979
    2 sound cassettes. In this box is tape 1 of 2. Tape 2 is in box 10.
    Scope and Content

    Sully Planation.; 1 abstract (2p.); 35 page transcript Access copy available on CD in box 24. .

  • Audio box: 10
    Peck, Margaret C.
    October 10, 1979
    2 sound cassettes. In this box is tape 2 of 2 and 1 duplicate of each cassette from the interview. Tape 1 is in box 9.
    Scope and Content

    Sully Planation.; 1 abstract (2p.); 35 page transcript Access copy available on CD in box 24.

  • Audio box: 10
    Poston, Bertie
    April 1980
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 10
    Prichard, E.A.
    August 18, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 10
    Pulley, Anne
    November 11, 1976
    1 sound cassette (60 min) monoand 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life and schooling in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit VA(ca. 1895-1975) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel.; 11 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 10
    Pulley, Anne
    January 6, 1977
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 10
    Robinson, B. Oswald
    June 23, 1970
    1 sound cassette (29 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a teacher in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA. (ca. 1910-1970).; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 10
    Robinson, Frederick
    April 12, 1970
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    The Fairfax previous hit County  next hit(VA) School Board and school consolidation (ca. 1933-1953).; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 10
    Rounsevell, Glenn
    February 3, 1989
    1 sound cassette (29 min) mono
    Scope and Content

    Moving Flint Hill School.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 10
    Saunders, Glenn
    August 25, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 10
    Schrager, Philip
    February 28, 1979
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Alexandria, Virginia.

  • Audio box: 11
    Sherman, Caroline
    April 13, 1970
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a student at the Freedom Hill School, Great Falls, VA. (ca. 1925-1940) with emphasis on one room schools, transportation, and school board membership.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 11
    Shouse, Catherine
    August 12, 1978
    2 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 11
    Shouse, Catherine
    March 11, 1977
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 11
    Shouse, Catherine
    May 18, 1978
    1 sound cassette (60 min) and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 11
    Shouse, Catherine
    April 15, 1977
    3 sound cassettes (160 min)
  • Audio box: 11
    Shreve, Edgar
    July 31, 1972
    2 sound cassette (90 min) mono and 1 duplicate of tape 2.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Dunn-Loring, VA (ca. 1890-1945) with emphasis on transportation, the Great Depression, and the flood of 1936.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 11
    Spaulding, Catherine Kleber
    August 22, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, Henry Hawxhurst, electric railway, Hawxhurst Family

  • Audio box: 13
    Sprouse, Edith Moore
    June 9, 1988
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 11
    Speer, Bernard A.
    June 18, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, William and Cornelius Speer, Pre-Civil War, Oakton High, Waples swimming hole, Dr. Edward Latch-Methodist Minister, House of Representatives, C.T. Rice, Jermantown, Church of the Brethren, Interurban, Hunter's Mill

  • Audio box: 11
    Stunz, W. Mayo
    June 11, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, Chain Bridge Road, Oakton Elementary, Trolley Line, Auto Railer, Fairgrounds, Gray's Nursery, Stuntz Family

  • Audio box: 11
    Swink, C.C.
    October 28, 1972
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 12
    Vozzolo, Elizabeth Mary
    February 7, 1977
    1 sound cassette (60 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA(ca. 1850-1975) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel, Part 3.; 13 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 12
    Vozzolo, Elizabeth Mary
    November 18, 1976
    1 sound cassette (20 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1850-1970) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel(1850-1972), Part 1.; 1 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 12
    Vozzolo, Elizabeth Mary
    December 10, 1976
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1850-1975) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel, Part 2.; 16 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 12
    Wagner, Mabel
    1972
    3 sound cassettes (45 min) mono
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Langley, VA (ca. 1890-1970) with emphasis on transportation, the Langley Citizens Association, and local legends; 21 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 12
    Wagstaff, R. Edward
    1966
    3 sound cassettes (150 min) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    The struggle to save Sully Plantation (Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA)during the development of Dulles Airport (ca. 1920-1965) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel(1850-1972), Part 1.; 1 abstract (2p.). Access copy available on CD in box 24.

  • Audio box: 12
    Wakefield, Lowell T., Jr.
    December 9, 1976
    2 sound cassettes (90 min) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Annadale, VA(ca. 1915-1975) with particular emphasis on Wakefield Chapel.; 7 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 12
    Walker, Bertha Bowmen (Mrs. Wilbur)
    October 5, 1980
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History, David Walker, Chantilly, Church of the Brethren, Dairy farming

  • Audio box: 12
    Walker, Vernon
    August 25, 1981
    2 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 12
    Webb, Ernest E.
    February 12, 1972
    1 sound cassette (30 min) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Langley, VA(ca. 1910-1960) with emphasis on roads, transportation, and suburbanization.; 5 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 12
    Wells, Harry
    August 2, 1983
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 12
    West, William
    October 2, 1974
    4 sound cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Black community life in and around Vienna, VA (ca. 1870-1940) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel(1850-1972), Part 1.; 72 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 12
    West, William
    September 17, 1974
    2 sound cassettes (60 min.) mono 4 CD copies are available.
    Scope and Content

    Life in the back community of Vienna, VA (ca. 1870-1960).; 67 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 13
    West, William
    September 17, 1974
    Duplicate cassette for interview in box 12.
    Scope and Content

    Life in the back community of Vienna, VA (ca. 1870-1960).; 67 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 13
    West, William
    January 22,1970
    2 sound cassette (90 min.) mono and 1 duplicate set.
    Scope and Content

    A student's and teacher's reminiscences of the black school of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1875-1955).; 14 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 13
    West, William
    1971
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 13
    Wilkens, Anne
    May 20, 1974
    1 sound cassette (60 min.) mono and 1 duplicate cassette. Available in digital format.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a member of the Fairfax previous hit County  next hit (VA) Board of Supervisors with emphasis on government, zoning, and bond issues.; 25 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 13
    Williams, Frank E.
    June 16, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Oakton History

  • Audio box: 13
    Winston, Gertrude Chesley
    May 7, 1970
    1 sound cassette (45 min.) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Education in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1920-1970)reminiscences of a school teacher.; 11 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 13
    Woodson, W.T.
    September 21, 1969
    1 sound cassette (35 min.) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Administration of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA schools (ca. 1929-1961) With emphasis on salaries for teachers.; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 13
    Woodson, W.T.
    September 21, 1970
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 13
    Wynkoop, Virgie Wells
    November 11, 1977
    1 sound cassette (30 min.) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Vienna, VA (ca. 1890-1960) with emphasis on education.; 10 page transcript.

Series 2: Northern Virginia Changes
1962-1990
Scope and Content

Contains 60 taped interviews between 1962 and 1990. The interviews deal primarily with changes in Northern Virginia since World War II.

  • Audio box: 1
    Backus, Florence with Clyde Shepherd
    September 30, 1984
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
  • Audio box: 1
    Bates, Mildred D.
    May 6, 1970
    2 sound cassette (11 min.) mono
    Scope and Content

    The Navy School and other schools in Pender, VA (ca. 1920-1940).; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 1
    Bennett, Mabel
    December 6, 1982
    1 sound cassette (35 min.) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Fairfax, VA (ca. 1910-1980).; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 5
    Bittenger, McClean
    undated
    Scope and Content

    Civil War

  • Audio box: 3
    Chopek, Joseph B.
    March 19, 1985
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Of the Little River Management Company.

  • Audio box: 3
    Clay, Edwin S. III.
    February 16, 1989
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Director of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit Libraries.; transcript.

  • Audio box: 3
    Coston, Otis "Skip"
    September 3, 1985
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    transcript

  • Audio box: 3
    Curtice, Cuba
    July 11, 1985
    2 sound cassettes
  • Audio box: 6
    Day, Anna S.
    July 7, 1983
    1 sound cassette (60 mi.) mono
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Dranesville, VA-(ca. 1915-1974).; 1 abstract (5p.).

  • Audio box: 5
    Donn, James with Joseph Ellis.
    February 3, 1984
    2 sound cassettes
  • Audio box: 3
    Durham, C.J.S. (Jack)
    March 3, 1983
    2 sound cassettes (105 min.) mono
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Great Falls, VA (ca. 1927-1983), discussion of Durham's government service career and the restoration of his home, the 223 year old "Towlston Grange".; 1 abstract (5p.).

  • Audio box: 3
    Ellis, Joseph
    October 28, 1983
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 4
    Ellis, Joseph with James Donn
    February 3, 1984
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
  • Audio box: 4
    Ellis, Joseph
    December 2, 1982
    2 sound cassettes (90 min.) mono and 2 duplicates of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Work, family, and community life in the black community of Dranesville, VA. (ca. 1910-1980).; 1 abstract (5p.).

  • Audio box: 4
    Farrell, Gertrude S.
    December 9, 1983
    2 sound cassettes (90 min.) mono and 2 duplicates of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family and community life in Falls Church, VA (ca. 1917-1980)with emphasis on transportation, the Depression, and government jobs.; 1 abstract (4p.).

  • Audio box: 4
    Felton, George W.
    August 30, 1984
    1 sound cassette and 2 duplicate cassettes.
  • Audio box: 5
    Foote, Evelyn P. Brig. General at Ft. Belvoir.
    July 13, 1989
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 5
    Gerald, Bill
    December 27, 1985
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 5
    Gotthardt, Viola Shreve
    December 2, 1982
    2 sound cassettes (90 min.) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a long time Dunn Loring, VA resident (ca. 1915-1980).; 1 abstract (4p.).

  • Audio box: 5
    Greear, Virginia McFarland
    October 21, 1982
    1 sound cassette (60 min.) mono and 2 duplicate cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Floris and Herndon, VA (ca. 1900-1982)with emphasis on education, church activities, the Great Depression, and World War II.; 1 abstract (3p.).

  • Audio box: 5
    Guinee, John
    February 4, 1982
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 5
    Hawkes, Dean Robert T.
    April 17, 1990
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 6
    Hazel, John T.
    December 27, 1985
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 6
    Healy, Michael
    August 20, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 6
    Hogle, Janet
    January 3, 1986
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center

  • Audio box: 6
    Home Demonstration History
    undated
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Donated by Cuba Curtice

  • Audio box: 7
    Jackson, Selena
    December 9, 1983
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 7
    Jessup, Georgia
    October 20, 1986
    4 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 7
    Keating, Gladys
    August 2, 1984
    2 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 7
    Kephart, Herman
    November 4, 1982
    2 sound cassettes (90 min.) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Herndon,(ca. 1920-1930)with emphasis on Dulles Airport, Herndon Female Seminary, and the Great Depression.; 1 abstract (3p.).

  • Audio box: 7
    Kielsgard, Fred
    July 1984
    2 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 7
    Kielsgard, Fred
    August 14, 1985
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center

  • Audio box: 8
    Legato School
    May 7, 1970
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Group discussion for centennial school project.

  • Audio box: 8
    Lewis, Amos L.
    November 10, 1982
    1 sound cassette (60 min.) mono and 2 duplicate cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Vienna, VA (ca. 1936-1960) with emphasis on land acquisition and development.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 8
    Lewis, John G.
    October 11, 1984
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
  • Audio box: 9
    Little, Grace Dove
    June 24, 1983
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Interview by P. Frakes and D. Evans, NVOPH

  • Audio box: 8
    Lukens, Horace C.
    October 20, 1982
    1 sound cassette (60 min.) mono and 2 duplicate cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Vienna, VA (ca. 1940-1982) with emphasis on the Vienna Presbyterian Church.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 9
    Magness, William
    August 31, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 9
    Matthews, Frank
    June 28, 1984
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
  • Audio box: 9
    McCulloch, Mary K.
    February 2, 1989
    1 sound cassette and 1 duplicate cassette.
  • Audio box: 9
    Moore, Patricia
    January 3, 1986
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center.

  • Audio box: 9
    Mullady, Bernard R.
    December 13, 1983
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of tape 2.
  • Audio box: 9
    Oliver, Willard
    October 20, 1982
    2 sound cassettes (90 min.) mono and 2 duplicates of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Great Falls, VA (ca. 1910-1982) with emphasis on place name changes within Fairfax previous hit County  next hit.; 1 abstract (5p.).

  • Audio box: 10
    Peterson, Milton
    August 13, 1985
    2 sound cassettes.
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center Partnership.

  • Audio box: 10
    Potter, Robert W.
    September 13, 1984
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Franconia.

  • Audio box: 10
    Rissee, Ed
    August 20, 1985
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center Partnership.

  • Audio box: 10
    Robinson, Laures C.
    March 24, 1983
    2 sound cassettes (70 min.) mono and 2 duplicates of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Life in the black community of Centreville, VA (ca. 1895-1982) with emphasis on family relationships; with Lillian Robinson.; 1 abstract (5p.).

  • Audio box: 10
    Rose, Ralph
    1970s-1980s
    1 sound cassette.
  • Audio box: 10
    Ryan, Robert
    September 2, 1981
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reston

  • Audio box: 10
    Seeley, Martha
    March 24, 1983
    1 sound cassette (60 min.) mono and 1 duplicate cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Family Life in McLean, VA (ca. 1927-1983) with emphasis on the family home, "Maplewood".; 1 abstract (4p.).

  • Audio box: 11
    Seeley, Martha
    March 24, 1983
    Duplicate cassette of interview in box 10.
  • Audio box: 11
    Sharper, D. Mann
    September 22, 1983
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    About October 1951.

  • Audio box: 11
    Shreve, Eugene G.
    November 18, 1982
    2 sound cassettes (90 min.) mono and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a life long resident of Falls Church, VA (ca. 1890-1945) with emphasis on transportation and suburbanization.; 1 abstract (3p.).

  • Audio box: 11
    Steinbauer, Francis
    January 28, 1982
    2 sound cassettes and 1 duplicate of each cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Reston Land Corps.

  • Audio box: 11
    Stutz, Pam
    December 11, 1985
    1 sound cassette.
    Scope and Content

    Burke Center.

  • Audio box: 11
    Van Patten, Charles H.
    January 12, 1983
    2 sound cassette (60 min.) mono and 2 duplicates of tape 1 and 1 duplicate of tape 2.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Great Falls, VA (ca. 1923-1983) with emphasis on the operation of Colvin Run.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 12
    Van Patten, Charles H.
    January 12, 1983
    Duplicate of interview in box 11.
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Great Falls, VA (ca. 1923-1983) with emphasis on the operation of Colvin Run.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 12
    Welch, Frankie
    June 28, 1988
    2 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 13
    Whitesdies, William.
    February 9, 1989
    2 sound cassettes.
  • Audio box: 13
    Woods, R. Langdon
    February 13, 1985
    2 sound cassettes.
Series 3: Transcripts: Northern Virginia Community
1962-1988
Scope and Content

Contains 50 interview transcripts and abstracts between 1962 and 1988 that document community and family life, careers, etc… in the Northern Virginia Area.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 1
    Balderson, Jean and Price, Shirley
    May 18, 1981
    2 copies of a 3 page abstract and 1 copy of a 3 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Reston, Va (ca. 1963-1981): with emphasis on the developers and Robert E. Simon's Master Plan for Reston.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 3
    Beard, Joseph
    November, 1974
    21 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Transcript of a tape recorded interview with Joseph Beard on agriculture in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 4
    Beard, Joseph
    March 6, 1979
    25 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Transcript of an interview with Joseph Beard and Holden Harrison on agriculture in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 5
    Bennett, Mabel and Lucas, Elsie
    December 6, 1982
    2 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    The primary subject matter in this interview is of the family life and activities in the area of the old Fairfax previous hit County  next hit Court House and two or three blocks in each direction.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 6
    Bles, Marcus J.
    July 22, 1975
    3 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    This interview includes Mr. Bles' recollections of growth in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, Virginia (ca. 1939-1975), his ownership of a construction company and his land development plans for Tysons Corner.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 7
    Brumsted, Margareth R.
    August 22, 1984 and August 23, 1984
    2 copies of a 7 page abstract and 13 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    This is an interview with the wife of a career Navy officer. Discussion focuses on the joys and benefits and the trials and tribulations of moving in order to serve the country.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 9
    Cleveland, James
    February 4, 1982
    31 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    This is an interview with James Cleveland, head of marketing for Reston Land Corporation, Reston, Virginia.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 10
    Dawson, Robert
    September 14, 1981
    2 page abstract and 2 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Robert Dawson, who was editor for the Reston Times from April 1968 thru March 1978. Citizen issues discussed.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 11
    Day, Anna S.
    July 7, 1983
    4 page abstract and 6 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, Virginia native (ca. 1910-1980): with emphasis on family and farm life.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 13
    Dunn, Pearl
    August 20, 1971
    2 copies of 31 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Merrifield, VA; 31 page transcript

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 14
    Durham, C.J.S. (Jack)
    March 3, 1983
    5 page abstract and 8 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    The interview begins at the time Mr. Durham came to the Washington are in 1927, continues with his early years in the federal government, his reminiscences of neighbors and life in Great Falls, Virginia in the 1930s, some of the history of the 223-year old home in lives in, and includes memories of the depression, personalities, politics, and episodes of his life.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 15
    Durham, C.J.S. (Jack)
    June 23, 1983
    20 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Jack Durham.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 18
    Ellmore, Elizabeth and Emma (Middleton, Rebecca)
    March 8, 1979
    2 copies of a 25 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Elizabeth and Emma Ellmore as well as Rebecca Middleton discussed the Floris Vocational School.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 21
    Flakne, Joseph T.
    July 11, 1979
    55 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Joseph T. Flakne discusses his life.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 22
    Flakne, Joseph T.
    December 23, 1983
    24 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Joseph T. Flakne discusses his life and career in U.S. Government.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 23
    Flakne, Joseph T.
    December 23 1983 and March 2, 1984
    27 page transcript and 31 page handwritten transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Joseph T. Flakne discusses his life.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 24
    Flakne, Joseph T.
    November 5, 1987
    31 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Flakne discusses his 1926 trip to the Western United States.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 25
    Flakne, Joseph T.
    November 17, 1987
    2 copies of 56 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Flakne discusses his experiences in working with women.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 27
    Goldsmith, Albert
    September 12, 1981
    3 copies of 2 page abstract and 1 copy of a 2 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Albert Goldsmith talks about the desire to live in Reston, Virginia. The Simon concept of cluster housing was very appealing to Goldsmith and his family. Some discussion of Resident Associations and the problems they tried to address. Topics covered included ROA - Reston and ABR - Architectural Board Review.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 2
    Grubisich, Thomas
    September 23, 1981
    25 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Thomas Grubisich about the Reston Connection.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 4
    Haight, Alex
    June 6, 1971
    6 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interviewed Alex Haight about some of his projects aside from the farm.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 5
    Haight, Alex
    July 15, 1971
    11 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Alex Haight on Portici and Mountain View.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 6
    Haight, Alex
    September 13, 1971
    20 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Alex Haight.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 7
    Haight, Alex
    March 23, 1973
    7 page summary
    Scope and Content

    Regarding Little Sully.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 8
    Harrison, Louise and Hoge, Dorothy
    May 14, 1970
    24 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mrs. Harrison, who was principal of Nacy School, and Mrs. Hoge, who was principal of Hayfield Elementary School, discuss their remembrances of some of the early days in the Fairfax previous hit County  next hit schools.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 10
    Henderson, Dr. E.B.
    1962
    35 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Dr. E.B. Henderson.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 11
    Henderson, Dr. E.B.
    1966
    21 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Dr. E.B. Henderson.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 12
    Henderson, Dr. and Mrs. E.B.
    June 13, 1969
    14 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Dr. and Mrs. E.B. Henderson discuss negro education - James previous hit Lee  next hit Elementary School.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 13
    Hirst, Edna Bennett
    January 25, 1977
    9 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    This is an interview with Mrs. Edna Hirst at Goodwin House on the twenty-fifth of January 1977, and she is talking about the Wakefield Chapel.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 14
    Ingebretsin, Karl
    August 25, 1981
    2 copies of 2 page abstract and 1 copy of 3 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Karl Ingebrestin a former CIA employee came to Reston in 1966. He was hired to get the home owner associations to unite and straighten out their differences. Discussion of the relationship between developers and residents. Job accomplishments and disappointments are discussed.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 15
    Jackson, John
    February 8, 1988
    59 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Jackson talks about his life.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 19
    Keenan, Edith
    September 10, 1981
    3 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Ms. Keenan discusses the growth of the new town and people involved in its development.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 20
    Keith, James
    March 11, 1974
    17 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Judge James Keith talks about Fairfax previous hit County  next hit and Northern Virginia as well as his life.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 30
    Millan, John
    June 16, 1973
    2 page summary and 4 pages of handwritten notes
    Scope and Content

    Interview with John Millan.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 31
    Millard, Emma and Louise
    November 15, 1972
    2 copies of 50 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Vienna and Herndon, VA. (ca. 1920 1935) with emphasis on Colvin Run Mill, schools, roads, and transportation.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 2
    Pearson
    October 26, 1978
    43 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Mr. Pearson

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 3
    Pennino, Martha
    February 23, 1982
    3 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Martha Pennino, member of the Fairfax previous hit County  next hit Board of Supervisors, was a guiding force in the development of the new town of Reston, Virginia. Her work for Reston has covered the period from 1968-1982. The work she has accomplished includes: Transportation; Retail and industrial development and the availability of residences to all economic groups. She considers that she provided much of the leadership needed to get Reston into a viable community and town.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 8
    Pulley, Anne and Watt, Grace
    November 11, 1976
    11 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mrs. Pulley and Mrs. Watt discussed rural living on Wakefield Chapel Road.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 9
    Pulley, Anne and Watt, Grace
    January 6, 1977
    17 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    This is the second interview with Mrs. Pulley and Mrs. Watt.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 10
    Reston Land Corp. - Group Interview
    April 14, 1981
    33 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    This was a group interview at the office of Reston Land Corporation with Peter McCandless; Fran Steinbauer, who was the president of Reston Land Corporation; Mike Was, who was the vice president of Marketing; Jim Todd who was the president of the parent company, Mobil Land Corporation; and Jim Cleveland who was the executive vice president and general manager of Reston Land Corporation.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 14
    Scherzer, Dr. John
    July 29, 1982
    2 copies of 2 page abstract and 2 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Dr. Scherzer, then director of the Fellowship Houses in Reston, Virginia discusses the acquisition of land and the completion of units over the years of growth in Reston. He also discusses funding and the growing need to house the elderly in Northern Virginia.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 18
    Shepherd, Clyde
    September 30, 1984
    6 page abstract and 8 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Shepherd discusses community life in Glencarlyn, Arlington previous hit County  next hit, Virginia (ca. 1922-1984): with emphasis on landmarks, civic affairs and celebrations.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 22
    Swink, C. C.
    October 28, 1972
    33 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with C.C. Swink about his life in Northern Virginia.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 23
    Todd, James
    January 29, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 24
    Ushio, Judi
    July 29, 1982
    2 copies of 2 page transcript and 2 page handwritten transcript
    Scope and Content

    Judi Ushio, President of the Reston Homeowners Association (RHOA) discusses at length the function of the association. Further topics under discussion include, how members are elected or appointed, future projects and plans for the association.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 26
    Vozzolo, Elizabeth M. Besley
    November 18, 1976, December 10, 1977 and February 7, 1977
    13 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA(ca. 1850-1975) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel, Part 3.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 27
    Wagner, Mabel
    1972
    21 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Langley, VA (ca. 1890-1970) with emphasis on transportation, the Langley Citizens Association, and local legends.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 28
    Wakefield, Vic and Gloria
    January 22, 1977
    13 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Vic and Gloria Wakefield.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 31
    Whyte, Jack
    October 18, 1977
    6 page interview summary and handwritten interview notes
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Jack Whyte regarding cook, clay, squatter on Seoane property, and Merrifield, Virginia.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 33
    Wynkoop, Virgie Wells
    November 11, 1977
    10 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Vienna, VA (ca. 1890-1960) with emphasis on education.

Series 4: Transcripts: Northern Virginia Changes
1972-1989
Scope and Content

Contains 44 interview transcripts and abstracts between 1972 and 1989 that deal primarily with changes in Northern Virginia since World War II.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 2
    Bates, Mildred
    February 9, 1983
    4 page abstract and 5 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mrs. Bates talked about growing up in Fairfax and Alexandria between the two World Wars, touching on family history, local industry, transportation, and changes in the community.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 8
    Chopek, Joseph B.
    March 19, 1985
    2 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Chopek discusses what began his historic preservation business, how the he came to buy the Ellicott Building, among other issues about his business and the Ellicott Building.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 12
    Descendants and Friends of the Millard Family of Calvin Run Mill
    October 9, 1983
    2 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview the conversations touched on the genealogy of the Millard Family, stories handed down, memories of former times, work and recreation, and changes that have occurred.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 16
    Ellis, Joseph
    December 2, 1982
    5 page abstract and 9 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    This interview discusses the life of Deacon Joseph Ellis, a black resident of the Dranesville, Virginia area. A deeply religious man, Mr. Ellis dwells on his Christian upbringing and the close ties of family and church. He relates his thoughts to work ethic, describing the various jobs he held through the years including butchering, truck farming, and fence building. Stories of his mother's herb healing and mid-wifing; gypsy spells and trances are related. His grandmother, Lettie Ellis, along with his father, Solomon, and two uncles, came from Louisiana. His grandfater George Sims was a blacksmith.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 17
    Ellis, Joseph
    October 28, 1983
    4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Ellis Joseph.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 19
    Farrell, Gertrude S.
    December 9, 1983
    4 page abstract and 6 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Mrs. Farrell spoked about her childhood in Falls Church, where, except for brief periods, she has lived on one block since 1917. Schools and streets and transportation in the area are touched on, as are her jobs in Washington. She recounts her thoughts and memories of the area, the changes that have occurred, and other reminiscences of the Depression, prohibition, and church activities.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 20
    Felton, George W.
    August 30, 1984
    3 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    George W. Felton discusses his twenty-nine year career in teaching in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, Virginia (Ca. 1954-1984). He explains his advancement from he classroom to the Principal's office. Also discussed are the athletic programs he conducted for both the school system and the Parks and Recreation Division of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 26
    Foote, Evelyn P. Brig. General at Fort Belvoir
    July 13, 1989
    17 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    Interview with Brigadier General Evelyn P. Foote.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 28
    Goldsmith, Judy
    September 12, 1981
    2 page abstract and 2 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Judy Goldsmith discusses the original owners of their townhouse cluster and the changes the either years have brought. Women's roles have seen great changes and how Reston meets many of their needs as far as community is discussed.

  • Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 29
    Gotthardt, Viola Shreve
    December 2, 1982
    4 page abstract and 6 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    The interview focuses on Mrs. Gotthardt's youth in Dunn Loring and includes mention of roads and their name changes, the RRs, school in Washington, recreation, libraries and the beginning of the Fairfax previous hit County  next hit system, memories of the influenza epidemic and prohibition, activities of the Home Demonstration Clubs, severe winters, and other changes she has witnessed.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 1
    Greear, Virginia McFarland
    October 21, 1982
    3 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    Life story of 89 year-old resident of the Floris-Herndon, Virginia area, including descriptions of early schools, farming techniques, church activities, occupations during the Depression and World War II, leisure activities such as entertainment at the Darlington Grove, the Herndon fire of 1917, the influenza of 1918, marriage at age 51, voting for Woodrow Wilson, views of changes caused by increased population, courting, locations of former businesses, and current interest and activity in Herndon Historical Society.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 3
    Guinee, John
    February 4, 1982
    24 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Guinee talks about his association with the Reston development and GOREDCO.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 9
    Healy, Michael
    August 20, 1981
    2 copies of 2 page abstract and 1 copy of 2 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Healy discusses community life in Reston, Virginia with emphasis on the Home Owners Associations and the conflict before their merger.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 16
    Jackson, Selena
    December 9, 1983
    2 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mrs. Jackson talks about her family, friends, neighbors, church, transportation, gardens, and changes.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 17
    Jessup, Georgia
    October 20, 1986
    19 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Ms. Jessup talks about her life.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 18
    Keating, Gladys
    August 4, 1984
    2 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mrs. Gladys expressed her interest in getting history of Franconia put together and provided further leads to follow.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 21
    Kephart, Herman
    November 4, 1982
    3 page abstract and 5 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Herman talks about his early life, school, work, and father's occupation as a cabinet maker. He touches on various aspects of Herndon and environs including Herndon Hotel, cider making, dairy area, movie theatre, his first radio, stories during prohibition, depression of 1929, shopping after WWII, Pender fire tower, Herdon Female Seminary, Dulles Airport, stores, hunting, and fishing.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 22
    Kielsgard, Frederick
    July 30, 1984
    2 copies of 3 page summary
    Scope and Content

    This interview concerned Mr. Kielsgard's father who was a native of Denmark and very active in business in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit in the 1920s through the 1950s. After it was accidentally terminated there was further interview on October 29, 1984 and a written summary of that interview is also included.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 23
    Lewis, Amos
    November 10, 1982
    2 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Most of the interview centered on Mr. Lewis's land on Glyndon Street in Vienna - the background information on how he came to move to this area, moving his family from Oklahoma in 1936, clearing the land, building his house, neighbors, his conflicts with the town over sewer and water easements and connections, and also about his job with the National Bureau of Standards designing circuits for boundary lights at airports.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 24
    Lewis, John G.
    October 11, 1984
    4 page abstract and 7 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Lewis gives background information and has an extensive discussion on Loundon previous hit County  next hit and some of the restorations.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 25
    Little, Grace Dove
    June 24, 1983
    2 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mrs. Grace (Dove) Little talks about large family reunions during the summer that sounded typical of that good American tradition: Fish Fries, greeting the newest married person or baby, outside games (croquet or ball games, etc...).

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 26
    Lukens, Horace C.
    October 20, 1982
    2 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Horace discusses community life in Vienna, Virginia (ca. 1940-1982).

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 27
    Magness, Bill
    August 31, 1982
    2 page abstract and 2 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    William Magness was a corporate employee of Gulf Oil Corporation and was brought into Reston to help it become a financially feasible enterprise. He was to be trained by Bob Ryan, who was a consultant, who served in the transition between Robert Simon and Bill Magnee. Also discussed is the sewer moratorium and commercial development and the success of the town.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 28
    Matthews, Frank E.
    June 28, 1984
    4 page abstract and 8 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Matthews discussed community life in Northern Virginia (ca. 1944-1984): with emphasis on the "Hayloft" equity dinner theater, by the manager/owner Frank E. Matthews.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 29
    McFeaters, Verna S.
    December 4, 1983
    3 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    Mrs. McFeaters discusses her life as the wife of a career foreign service officer. The topics include the duties of a foreign service wife, family life overseas and the periodic return trips to Falls Church, Virginia. The narrator includes some discussion of her early life in Iowa and her work during WWII in the United States Patent Office.

  • Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 32
    Mullady, Bernard
    December 12, 1983
    3 copies of 5 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Mr. Mullady discusses his role as an active participant in the Federation of Citizens Association and the work he did in the Annandale and North Springfield area of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit. Emphasis is on schools, roads, sewers and the related problems of this high growth section of Northern Virginia. Also on the tape is a chronology on Mr. Mullady's career in government, labor organizations, and his return to government service as the Postmaster of Springfield, Virginia.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 1
    Oliver, Willard
    October 20, 1982
    5 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Oliver discusses community life in Great Falls, Virginia (ca. 1910-1982).

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 4
    Peterson, Milton
    August 13, 1985
    21 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Peterson talks about his background and how he became interested in the real estate development that has been so successful, especially in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 5
    Poston, Bertie
    April, 1980
    2 page abstract and 5 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Ms. Poston discusses community life in Wiehle, Virginia (1900-1980) with emphasis on the changes and the development of the new town of Reston.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 6
    Potter, Robert W.
    September 13, 1984
    2 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Potter discusses the history of Franconia.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 7
    Prichard, E.A.
    August 18, 1981
    2 copies of 2 page abstract and 2 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Mr. Prichard is an attorney hired by Glen Saunders to handle Robert Simon's Reston interests. He began working in 1961 when Simon had offices in Fairfax City. Zoning considerations made up a large part of Reston's business. Financial success of the "New Town" concept discussed.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 11
    Rissee, Ed
    August 20, 1985
    2 copies of 13 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Rissee discusses his involvement in his profession and in Burke Center.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 12
    Robinson, Laures and Lillian
    March 24, 1983
    5 page abstract and 9 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Lillian relates her life story as a black child growing up in Virginia, but going to New Jersey with her teacher to attend school; working for a family in Washington, taking in foster children and mid-wifing after marriage.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 13
    Saunders, Glenn
    August 25, 1981
    2 copies of 2 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Glenn Saunders discusses community life in Reston, Virginia )ca. 1961-1981): with emphasis on the development of the planned community.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 15
    Seeley, Martha
    March 24, 1983
    4 page abstract and 5 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Childhood recollections of life on Maplewood Farm, McLean (circa 1927-1933) and a return to Maplewood until the advent of the Westgate Corporation (circa 1949-1959).

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 16
    Sharper, Daniel Mann
    November 13, 1972
    5 page summary and handwritten notes
    Scope and Content

    Summary of interview with Daniel Mann Sharper.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 17
    Sharper, Daniel Mann
    November 12, 1983
    3 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    This interview consists of Mr. Sharper's, a long-time resident, reminiscences about Great Falls, Virginia (ca. 1910-1950).

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 19
    Shreve, Eugene G.
    November 18, 1982
    3 page abstract and 6 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Mr. Shreve talked about his father's dairy and truck farming and fruit growing, taking the produce to market in Washington, the conditions of the roads, schooling, chores, the steam and electric trains, and other aspects of his life with the emphasis on the early 1900s.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 20
    Simon, Robert
    August 31, 1981
    18 page transcript and 40 page handwritten transcript
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Robert E. Simon discusses land development in Reston, Virginia.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 21
    Steinbauer, Francis
    January 28, 1982
    49 page transcript
    Scope and Content

    This is an interview with Francis Steinbauer who was the president of Reston Land Corporation at the time.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 25
    Van Patten, Charles H.
    January 24, 1983
    7 page abstract and handwritten interview notes
    Scope and Content

    The two tapes cover the life story of a man born in rural Fairfax previous hit County  next hit who worked a Colvin Run Mill from 1923-1928, then joined the Connecticut Pie Company of Georgetown from 1928-1951. He recalls delivering feed to stores throughout the previous hit county  next hit in the 1920s that no longer exist. Happy times at the Great Falls merry-go-round are remembered, as well as the square dances in farmer's barn or at the Grange in Great Falls. Fairs in Frederick, Maryland, and Richmond, Virginia, are discussed.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 29
    Walker, Vernon
    August 25, 1981
    2 page abstract and 3 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    Vernon Walker, who was hired by Robert E. Simon as director of the Reston Nature Center, discusses the growth and development of Reston, Virginia. Citizens committees and cluster groups accomplished many of the common land projects proposed by Walder. He established student internships as a means to combine the desires of the residents with the overall Simon Plan. There is a discussion of the changes within the community brought about the continued growth of the town.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 30
    Weimer, Daniel
    July 29, 1982
    2 copies of 2 page abstract and 4 page handwritten abstract
    Scope and Content

    In this interview Mr. Weimer discusses community life in Reston, Virginia (ca. 1978-1982): with emphasis on the recreational activities.

  • Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 32
    Woods, Langdon
    February 13, 1985
    2 page abstract
    Scope and Content

    Since R. Langdon Woods was the Vice President for Construction and Development of the Little River Management Company, he was interested in pointing out what had been done with the original house - what had been retained, what demolished and what modified for adaptive use as an office building.

Series 5: Interview Documentation
1962-1990
Scope and Content

Contains biographical notes and photos for interviewees, interview release forms, interviewer notes, and abstract worksheet and form.

  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 1
    Balderson, Jean
    May 18, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 2
    Bates, Mildred
    February 9, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 3
    Bennett, Mabel S.; Lucas, Elsie
    December 6, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 4
    Biographical Form
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 5
    Bles, Marcus
    July 22, 1975
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 6
    Brumsted, Margareth R.
    August 22, 1984 and August 23, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 7
    Bunin, Louis
    September 11, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 8
    Caesar, Irving
    January 22, 1980
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 9
    Catalog of Interviews / Interview Index
    April 1, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 10
    Cataloging Form
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 11
    Cecchi, Guiseppe
    August 27, 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 12
    Chopek, Joseph B.
    March 19, 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 13
    Cleveland, James
    April 14, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 14
    Curtice, Cuba
    July 11, 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 15
    Dawson, Robert
    September 14, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 16
    Day, Anna Slack
    July 7, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 17
    Deed of Gift Checklist
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 18
    Descendants and Friends of the Millard Family of Calvin Run Mill
    October 9, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 19
    Douglas, Henry
    April 19, 1974
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 20
    Durham, C.J.S. (Jack)
    February 24, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 21
    Ellis, Joseph
    December 2, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 22
    Ellis, Joseph
    October 28, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 23
    Farrell, Gertrude
    December 9, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 24
    Felton, George W.
    August 30, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 25
    Flakne, Joseph T.
    July 11, 1979
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 26
    Flakne, Joseph T. (Int. Netherton, Nan)
    December 23, 1983 and March 2, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 27
    Flakne, Joseph
    November 5 , 1987
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 28
    Goldsmith, Albert
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 29
    Goldsmith, Judy
    September 12, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 30
    Gotthardt, Viola Shreve
    December 2, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 31
    Greear, Virginia McFarland
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 32
    Grubisich, Thomas
    September 23, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 33
    Guinee, John
    February 4 , 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 34
    Haight, Alex
    May 9, 1971
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 35
    Harrison, Louise and Hoge, Dorothy
    May 14, 1970
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 36
    Hawkes, Robert T. Jr.
    April 17, 1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 37
    Hazel, John T.
    December 27, 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 38
    Healy, Michael
    August 20, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 39
    Henderson, Dr. E.B.
    1962
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 40
    Index Forms
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 41
    Ingebritsen, Karl
    March 28, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 42
    Interim Directory
    September 4, 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 43
    Interview Critique
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 44
    Interview Forms/Misc.
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 45
    Interview Index Form / Cataloging Form / Cassette Series
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 46
    Interviewer Notes
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 1
    Jackson, John
    February 2, 1988
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 2
    Jackson, Selena
    December 9, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 3
    Jessup, Georgia
    October 20, 1986
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 4
    Keating, Gladys
    August 2, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 5
    Keenan, Edith
    September 10, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 6
    Kephart, Herman
    November 4, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 7
    Kielsgard, Frederick
    October 29, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 8
    Lewis, Amos
    November 10, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 9
    Lewis, John G.
    October 11, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 10
    Little, Grace
    June 24, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 11
    Lukens, Horace
    October 20, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 12
    Magness, Bill
    August 31, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 13
    Matthews, Frank
    June 28, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 14
    Mullady, Bernard
    December 13, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 15
    Peterson, Milton
    August 13, 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 16
    Potter, Mr. and Robert, Mrs.
    September 13, 1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 17
    Oliver, Willard
    October 20, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 18
    Prichard, E.A.
    August 18, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 19
    Release - Long Form
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 20
    Release - Short Form
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 21
    Reston Land Corp. - Group Interview (Clevel, James)
    April 14, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 22
    Robinson, Lillian and Laures
    March 24, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 23
    Saunders, Glenn
    August 25, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 24
    Scherzer, John
    July 29, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 25
    Scull, David
    1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 26
    Seeley, Martha
    March 24, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 27
    Shreve, Eugene
    November 18, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 28
    Smith, Barbara M.
    September 19, 1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 29
    Smith, Barbara Mary
    May 5, 1995
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 30
    Steinbauer, Francis
    April 14, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 31
    Table Records / Fairfax previous hit County  next hit Commission
    January 22, 1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 32
    Tape Abstract Form
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 33
    Tape Abstract Worksheet
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 34
    Todd, James
    January 29, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 35
    Ushio, Judi
    July 29, 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 36
    Van Patten, Charles
    January 24, 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 37
    Wakefield, Vic and Gloria
    January 22, 1977
  • Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 38
    Weimer, Daniel
    July 29, 1982
Series 6: Northern Virginia Leadership Project
1957-1996
Scope and Contents note

Contains the Northern Virginia Leadership Project interviews. Roy Rosenzweig, a professor in Mason's History Department, supervised the final phase of the project. The Northern Virginia Leadership Project is a collection of interviews with prominent figures from the Northern Virginia area. The collection includes interviews conducted between the years 1990 and 1996 as well as other interview documentation such as interview forms and questions, and permissible use forms.

  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 1
    Brault, Abe
    August 14, 1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 2
    Campbell, Elizabeth
    May 16, 1996
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 3
    George Mason University Past and Present
    September 23, 1957 and May 21, 1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 4
    Hazel, John T. "Til"
    April 27, 1993
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 5
    Hirst, Omer
    July 14, 1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 6
    Institutional Image: A Case Study of George Mason University
    1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 7
    Interview Documentation
    February 4, 1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 8
    Inventory, Interview Forms and Questions
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 9
    Lynch, Ed
    July 6, 1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 10
    Miller, Helen Hill
    July 31, 1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 11
    Permissible Use Forms for John Wood and Helen Miller
    August 19, 1990 and July 31, 1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 1
    Prichard, Edgar
    August 8, 1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 2
    Transcripts on Disk
    1990 - 1996
  • Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 3
    Williams, Carrington
    June 19, 1996
  • Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 4
    Wood, John "Jack"
    August 19, 1990
  • Audio box: 26
    Brault
    August 14, 1990
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Campbell
    May 16, 1996
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Hazel, John T.
    April 27, 1993
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Hirst
    July 14, 1990
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Lynch
    July 6, 1990
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Miller
    July 31, 1990
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Prichard
    August 8, 1990
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Williams
    June 19, 1996
    2 microcassettes
  • Audio box: 26
    Wood, John (Jack)
    September 9, 1990
    1 microcassette
Series 7: Sound Reels
1966-1980
Scope and Content

Contains sound reels of interviews that document community and family life, careers, etc…. in the Northern Virginia Area.

  • Audio box: 21
    Alden, Robert M.
    September 23, 1973
    1 sound tape reel
    Scope and Content

    Life in Lewinsville, Langley, and McLean, VA(ca 1800-1960) with particular focus on Lewinsville Presbyterian Church

  • Audio box: 21
    Bailey, Charles
    May 6, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    The Navy School and other schools in Pender,VA; 1 abstract (1p)

  • Audio box: 21
    Beard, Joseph
    April 19, 1974
    1 sound reel
    Scope and Content

    National lib. week at Tyson's mall part a) is the author's panel and part b) is the interview with Joseph Beard.

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    Beard, Joseph
    November 21, 1974
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Agricultural practices and farm life in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 21 page transcript

  • Audio box: 21
    Boston, Mervin
    March 8, 1973
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Family life in McLean, Va; 1 abstract (2p.)

  • Audio box: 21
    Mrs. Bittenger-McLeon
    undated
    1 sound reel
    Scope and Content

    Discusses the Civil War.

  • Audio box: 21
    Birch, Alvin Ashton
    June, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Schools and transportation in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 1 abstract(2p.)

  • Audio box: 21
    Black, Elizabeth
    June 21, 1971
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Dunn-Loring, VA; 1 abstract (2p)

  • Audio box: 21
    Blake, Ronald
    December 21, 1969
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Schools, farming, and transportation in Oakton, VA; 1 abstract (1p.)

  • Audio box: 21
    Breckenridge, Alma Williams
    1970s - 1980s
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    School in Herndon, VA; 1 abstract (1p)

  • Audio box: 21
    Buckman, Bertha
    April 28, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Woodlawn School, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 1 abstract (2p.)

  • Audio box: 21
    Carey, Patricia
    1870 - 1970
    4 sound reels
    Scope and Content

    Centennial Observance

  • Audio box: 21
    Carter, Rena
    February 20, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Schools in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 12 page transcript

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    Colvin Run Mill
    undated
    1 sound reel
  • Audio box: 22
    Corner, Charlotte
    August 12, 1971
    1 sound reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Community life in McLean, VA with emphasis on schools and transportation; 43 page transcript

  • Audio box: 22
    Downs, Joe
    October 17, 1972
    1 sound tape reel (master)
  • Audio box: 22
    Dunn, Pearl
    August 20, 1971
    1 reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    An interview with Miss Pearl Dunn, life-long resident of Merrifield, Virginia.

  • Audio box: 22
    Eliot, Mrs. R-Sherrard
    September 26, 1972
    1 sound tape reel (master)
  • Audio box: 22
    Ellmore, Emma
    March 21, 1971
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a Fairfax previous hit County  next hit VA. teacher with emphasis on her "Citizen of the Year" award; 1 abstract (2p)

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    Falls Church Community Center Dedication
    October 19, 1968
    1 sound reel
  • Audio box: 22
    Ferguson, Lulah B.
    August 16, 1971
    1 sound reel tape (master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a school teacher in Falls Church, Floris, Herndon, and Vienna, Va; 19 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 22
    Ford, W. Harold
    December 13, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of former teachers in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 22
    Gardner, Dr. William
    October 24, 1972
    1 sound reel
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    Hall, Mrs. Cecile (Walter)
    March 15, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a teacher in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit VA, including a discussion of her father, Milton D. Hall, Superintendent of Schools for Fairfax previous hit County  next hit; 24 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 22
    Harrison and Hoge
    May 14, 1970
    1 sound reel
  • Audio box: 22
    Henderson, Edwin B.
    June 13, 1969
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Black education in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA public schools(1920-1950) with particular focus on the James previous hit Lee  next hit Elementary School; 14 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 22
    Hoge, Dorothy
    June 8, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of the principal of Hayfield Elementary School, Fairfax previous hit County  next hit; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 22
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell
    October 3, 1972
    1 sound tape reel (master)
  • Audio box: 22
    Jones, Rexton
    February 12, 1973
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    previous hit County  next hit doctors in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1890 1930) with emphasis on Dr. James Tasker Jones and the Herndon area; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 23
    Keith, James
    March 11, 1974 and May 20, 1974
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a member of the Fairfax previous hit County  next hit (VA) Board of Supervisors (ca. 1956-62) with particular emphasis on politics, transportation, and suburbanization; 16 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 23
    Kephart, Herman
    March 16, 1973
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Herndon, VA (ca.1920-1960) with particular focus on schools, employers, and suburbanization.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 23
    Landes, Melvin
    June 24, 1969
    1 sound tape reel(master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a school teacher in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA-(ca. 1920-1945).; 1 abstract (3p.). page transcript.

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    Legato School
    October 11, 1970
    2 sound reels
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    Leigh, Hassell
    November 13, 1972
    2 sound tape reels
    Scope and Content

    previous hit County  next hit doctors in Great Falls, Herndon, Leesburg, and Dranesville, VA.(ca. 1880-1920).; 1 abstract (1p.)

  • Audio box: 23
    Maddox, May
    February 26, 1968
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Life at Dranesville Tavern, Dranesville, VA. (ca. 1920-1965) with emphasis on tavern services, costs, and facilities; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 23
    Money, Elsie
    July 3, 1974
    1 sound tape reel, (master)
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Vienna, VA. (ca.1900-1960) with particular focus on schools, transportation, and country doctors.; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 23
    Osborn, Ilah
    April 28, 1975
    2 sound tape reels
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Falls Church and Mclean, VA. (cs. 1930-1975) with emphasis on schools, civic affairs, and suburbanization.; 1 abstract (3p.)

  • Audio box: 23
    Robinson, B. Oswald
    June 23, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master).
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a teacher in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA. (ca. 1910-1970).; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 23
    Robinson, Frederick
    April 13, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    The Fairfax previous hit County  next hit(VA) School Board and school consolidation (ca. 1933-1953).; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 23
    Rogers, Edith
    June 12, 1971
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Reminiscences of a school teacher in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit VA. (ca. 1915-1960) with emphasis on Forestville, Herndon, and Fairfax high schools.; 20 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 23
    Shreve, Edgar
    July 31, 1972
    2 sound tape reels
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Dunn-Loring, VA (ca. 1890-1945) with emphasis on transportation, the Great Depression, and the flood of 1936.; 1 abstract (2p.); also contains interview for C.C. Honesty on September 11, 1972 and Louise Emma Millard for November 15, 1972.

  • Audio box: 24
    Swink, C.C.
    October 28, 1972
    1 sound tape reel
    Scope and Content

    Also contains interview with Dr. Winslow Hatch.

  • Audio box: 24
    Swink, C.C.
    August 23, 1971
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Great Falls, VA.(ca. 1915-1970) with emphasis on mill ownership, roads, and transportation.; 32 page transcript.

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    Unidentified sound reels
    undated
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    Van Patten, Frances
    August 19, 1971
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Family life in Great Falls, VA (ca. 1895-1930) with emphasis on Swinks Mill.; 35 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 24
    Wagstaff, R. Edward
    1966
    1 sound tape reel(master)
    Scope and Content

    The struggle to save Sully Plantation (Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA)during the development of Dulles Airport (ca. 1920-1965) with emphasis on Wakefield Chapel(1850-1972), Part 1.; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 24
    West, William
    October 2, 1974
    2 sound tape reels
    Scope and Content

    Community life in Vienna, VA (ca. 1874-1971).; 1 abstract (2p.).

  • Audio box: 24
    West, William
    September 17, 1974
    2 sound tape reels
    Scope and Content

    Life in the back community of Vienna, VA (ca. 1870-1960).; 67 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 24
    West, William
    January 22,1970
    2 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    A student's and teacher's reminiscences of the black school of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1875-1955).; 14 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 24
    West, William
    February 28, 1970
    1 sound tape reel
  • Audio box: 24
    Winston, Gertrude Chesley
    May 7, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Education in Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA (ca. 1920-1970)reminiscences of a school teacher.; 11 page transcript.

  • Audio box: 24
    Woodson, W.T.
    September 21, 1969
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Administration of Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, VA schools (ca. 1929-1961) With emphasis on salaries for teachers.; 1 abstract (1p.).

  • Audio box: 24
    Woodson, W.T.
    September 20, 1970
    1 sound tape reel (master)
    Scope and Content

    Legato School (ca. 1877-1930) a museum in Fairfax previous hit County (VA).; 1 abstract (2p.).