Guide to the Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government collection C0101
Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government
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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library, MS2FL4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
Fax Number: 703-993-8911
speccoll@gmu.edu
URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu
Emily Martin
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government collection, C0101, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Stacy C. Sherwood in 1998.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Additional processing and EAD markup completed by Emily Martin in 2010. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in March 2023.
Biographical Information
Stacy C. Sherwood grew up in Fairfax, Virginia and graduated from Fairfax High School in 1940. Sherwood spent much of his career working for the National Bank of Fairfax, where he rose from assistant cashier to senior vice president during the mid 1960s. Following in the footsteps of his father, who served as Fairfax Town Councilman for forty years, Sherwood served on the Fairfax Town Council from 1956-1960 and Fairfax City Council from 1960-1964. Most of the materials in this collection date from his tenure as Fairfax Town and City Councilman.
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents on matters of Fairfax City planning and governance dating mostly from the years when Stacy Sherwood served as city councilman. Materials include official zoning board reports, city council meeting minutes, and correspondence between citizens and city officials.
Series one is titled Subject Files. Among the documents featured in the series are letters on the nomination and election of Stacy C. Sherwood to the City Council of Fairfax. There are annual reports on the Town of Fairfax; Fairfax City Council meeting minutes from 1956-1963; zoning ordinance appeals and proposals. Also included are promotional pamphlets for annexation of surrounding territories. The series has financial records of Fairfax City expenditures and annual budgets. There is correspondence on transportation and utility planning; recommendations on city beautification and education. Finally there is information about the construction of George Mason College. The series is dated from 1955 to 1987 and is contained in 9 boxes.
Arrangement
Arranged into one series.
Series Series 1: Subject Files, 1955-1987 (Boxes 1-9)Related Material
The Special Collections Research Center also holds the John C. Wood papers, and many other collections focused on Fairfax County, Virginia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- City planning -- United States
- Fairfax (Va.) -- Politics and government
- Fairfax County (Va.)
- Sherwood, Stacy C. (-2002)
- Zoning -- United States
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Fairfax (Va.) -- Politics and government
- Fairfax County (Va.)
Container List
Series 1: Subject Files
1955-1987
Scope and Contents note
Among the documents featured in the series are letters on the nomination and election of Stacy C. Sherwood to the City Council of Fairfax. There are annual reports on the Town of Fairfax; Fairfax City Council meeting minutes from 1956-1963; zoning ordinance appeals and proposals. Also included are promotional pamphlets for annexation of surrounding territories. The series has financial records of Fairfax City expenditures and annual budgets. There is correspondence on transportation and utility planning; recommendations on city beautification and education. Finally there is information about the construction of George Mason College.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Activities Report1961-1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Analysis of Existing and Potential Revenue Sources1960sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Annexation1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Annual Reports1956-1958Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Apartments1959 and 1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Beautification of Fairfax1960sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Bills Paid1956-1958Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County versus Town of Fairfax1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Board of Zoning Appeals1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
Board of Zoning Appeals1985Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 14
Board of Zoning Appeals1984Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 15
Board of Zoning Appeals1984Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 16
Board of Zoning Appeals1984Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 17
Board of Zoning Appeals1984Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 18
Board of Zoning Appeals1984Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 19
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 20
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 21
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 22
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 23
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Board of Zoning Appeals1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 14
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 15
Board of Zoning Appeals1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 16
Board of Zoning Appeals1975Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 17
Bonded Debt of Virginia Cities1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 18
Boys' Club1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 19
Brochures1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 20
Budget Report1956Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 21
Calendars1982-1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 22
Campaign/Election1956-1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 23
City Council versus BZA and Jim McKay Chevrolet, Incorporated1985-1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 24
City Council of the City of Fairfax versus Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Fairfax1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 25
City of Fairfax1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 26
Civil Defense1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 27
Correspondence1957-1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
Fairfax City Council1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1960sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1956-1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1958Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1959Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1960Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
Fairfax City Schools1958-1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
Fairfax City Times1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
General Fund Budget1956-1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
General Fund Budget1957-1958Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
General Fund Budget1958-1959Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
General Fund Budget1959-1960Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
General Fund Budget1961-1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
General Fund Budget1962-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 11
General Fund Budget1963-1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 12
General Fund Budget1963-1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1958Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1959Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1960Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 8
General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 9
General Fund Statement of Revenues1960-1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 10
George Mason University (GMU)1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 11
Goose Creek Water Project1958-1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 12
Highway Influence-Northern Virginia Region1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 13
Items Related to Church, Bank and Unidentified Papers1987Scope and Contents note
1.4
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 14
Items Related to the City of Fairfax1982Scope and Contents note
1.1
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 15
Items Related to the National Capital Regional Planning Council (D.C.)1962-1964Scope and Contents note
1.2
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 16
Items Related to Northern Virginia Planning1956-1961Scope and Contents note
1.3
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 17
Land Purchase1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1
Mathy Property1957 and 1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2
Miscellaneous1982-1986Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
Miscellaneous Items (Some Incomplete)1960-1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
Miscellaneous Notes1970sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
Monthly Report Town of Fairfax1957-1959Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 6
Northern Virginia Region-Industry Present/Future1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 7
Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 8
Northern Virginia Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 9
Notes1970sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 10
Ordinances1959-1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 11
Ordinances1958-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 12
Ordinances1962-1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 13
Ordinances-Zoning1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 14
Ordinances-Zoning1956-1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1
Parking Lot (Proposed)1960sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2
Personnel1962-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3
Planning Commission Recommendations1984Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4
Police Protection-Northern Virginia Region1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5
Public Libraries Analysis-Northern Virginia Region1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 6
Real Estate Assessment, Taxes1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 7
Reappointment to Board of Zoning Appeals1987Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 8
Refuse Collection and Disposal System1960sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 9
Report on Audit City of Fairfax, Virginia1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 10
Report on Audit City of Fairfax, Virginia1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 11
Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia1955Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 12
Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 13
Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia1958Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 14
Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia1959Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 15
Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia1960Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 16
Report on City of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 17
Report on Town of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 18
Report on Town of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System1959Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 19
Report on Town of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System1960Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 20
Sewage Treatment Plant1952-1957Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 21
Statements of Cash Receipts and Disbursements Fairfax (Town) City1956-1962Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 22
Taxes1955-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
Transit and Traffic1957-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
Various Booklets Regarding Fairfax, D.C. and Northern Virginia1961-1964Scope and Contents note
1.5
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
Water Department Budget Fairfax (Town) City1959-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
Water Department Budget1960-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5
Water Department Budget Fairfax (Town) City1959-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 6
Water Resources-Northern Virginia Region1961Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 7
Water-Reston1962-1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 8
Water Revenue Fund1964Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 9
Water Service1955-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 10
Water and Sewer Billing Report1956-1963Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 11
Zoning City of Fairfax, Virginia1986Scope and Contents note