A Guide to the Records of the Lyon Village Civic Association, 1926-1998 Lyon Village Civic Association, Records of RG 84

A Guide to the Records of the Lyon Village Civic Association, 1926-1998

A Collection in Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History

Collection number RG 84


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Repository
Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History
Collection number
RG 84
Title
Records of the Lyon Village Civic Association, 1926-1998
Extent
8 boxes .
Creator
Lyon Village Civic Association
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Records of the Lyon Village Civic Association, Collection # RG 84, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ditty Boaz, member of the Lyon Village Civic Association, in 1998.

Historical Information

Founded in 1926, the Lyon Village Civic Association is open to all those 18 or older who are residents of or real property owners in Lyon Village, a residential neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia. It consists predominantly of older single-family detached houses. Lyon Village is bordered on the northwest by Kirkwood Road, on the northeast by Lee Highway, on the east by N. Veitch Street, and on the south by Wilson Boulevard.

In the 1990s a controversial plan to introduce traffic calming measures aroused dissension within the neighborhood. Eventually the association persuaded the county to install such measures as speed humps and raised crosswalks. Neighborhood social life revolves around the Lyon Village Community House and the park and playground.

Scope and Content

Record Group 84 houses the records of the Lyon Village Civic Association. The collection measures approximately 4.5 linear feet, and dates from 1926 to 1998. Additions are expected. Types of material include bylaws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, directories, printed reports, photographs, and clippings.

Minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and reports reflect neighborhood interests over the years. Major concerns were the building of Interstate 66, the Arlington Neighborhood Conservation Program, and traffic in the neighborhood and surrounding areas. Commercial traffic caused by businesses in nearby Clarendon was always a concern. Zoning issues included limiting group homes, controlling noise from National Airport, controlling height and building density in nearby areas (for example, the Olmstead Building next to the Clarendon Metro station), and preventing the building of large commercial enterprises seen as disruptive, such as a planned (and never-built) Home Depot store in Clarendon. Bulletins and minutes detail many activities such as weekend and holiday dances, parties and parades, and large celebrations for the 40th, 50th, 70th, and 75th anniversaries of the building of Lyon Village. There are many photographs of the neighborhood's Fourth of July festivities in the 1970s and of the construction and use of the playground next to the Lyon Village Community House.

Arrangement

Record Group 84 is divided into six series by type of material: bylaws, minutes, directories, bulletins, correspondence, and clippings; and into three subject series: alphabetical subject files, traffic study, and neighborhood conservation program. Arrangement within series is generally chronological, except for the alphabetical subject files. Folders containing photographs have an asterisk [*] after the file name. Folders with oversized materials have a double asterisk [**] to denote where material was removed and separation sheets added. Series 6, File 38, has both photographs and oversized material.

Related Material

RG 49, Women's Club of Lyon Village , holds materials about this women's club in the middle of the twentieth century. The records of other civic associations in the county can be found throughout the Arlington Community Archives.

Index Terms

    Subjects:

  • Arlington (Va.)
  • Arlington County (Va.)
  • Citizens' associations
  • Community organization.
  • Lyon Village (Arlington, Va.)
  • Neighborhoods.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Arlington (Va.)
  • Arlington County (Va.)
  • Lyon Village (Arlington, Va.)

Contents List

Series 1: Constitution and Bylaws
  • Box 1
    File 1: Constitution and Bylaws, n.d., 1950-1994
Series 2: Minutes
  • Box 1
    File 1: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes, February 1926 - September 1927
  • Box 1
    File 2: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes, October 1927 - September 1928
  • Box 1
    File 3: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes, March 1929 - February 1931
  • Box 1
    File 4: Regular Announcements and Agendas, March 1941 - January 1949
  • Box 1
    File 5: Regular Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, January 1945 - November 1947
  • Box 1
    File 6: Regular Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, January 1948 - May 1950
  • Box 1
    File 7: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, September 1950 - May 1953
  • Box 1
    File 8: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, September 1953 - October 1954
  • Box 1
    File 9: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, March 1958 - June 1960
  • Box 1
    File 10: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes, September 1960 - June 1963
  • Box 1
    File 11: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, September 1963 - June 1964
  • Box 1
    File 12: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, July 1964 - May 1966
  • Box 1
    File 13: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, September 1966 - May 1967
  • Box 1
    File 15: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes and Treasurer's Reports, September 1968 - June 1979
  • Box 1
    File 16: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes, June 1980 - March 1981
  • Box 1
    File 17: Regular and Executive Committee Minutes, June 1984 - April 1986
  • Box 1
    File 18: Regular Minutes, March 1995 - April 1996
Series 3: Lyon Village Directories
  • Box 2
    File 1: Directories, 1956 , 1966 , 1968 , 1970 , 1972 , 1975
  • Box 2
    File 2: Directories, 1978 , 1984 , 1987 , 1990 , 1994 , 1997 , 2000
Series 4: Lyon Village Bulletins
  • Box 2
    File 1: Bulletins, September 1940 - October 1941
  • Box 2
    File 2: Bulletins, January 1950 - December 1959
  • Box 2
    File 3: Bulletins, January 1960 - April 1962
  • Box 2
    File 4: Bulletins, September 1962 - April 1966
  • Box 2
    File 5: Bulletins, September 1966 - May 1969
  • Box 2
    File 6: Bulletins, September 1969 - May 1971
  • Box 2
    File 7: Bulletins, September 1971 - July 1973
  • Box 2
    File 8: Bulletins, September 1973 - July 1976
  • Box 2
    File 9: Bulletins, September 1976 - May 1978
  • Box 2
    File 10: Bulletins, September 1978 - July 1981
  • Box 2
    File 11: Bulletins, September 1981 - July 1984
  • Box 2
    File 12: Bulletins, September 1984 - July 1987
  • Box 2
    File 13: Bulletins, September 1987 - July 1990
  • Box 2
    File 14: Bulletins, September 1990 - July 1993
  • Box 2
    File 15: Bulletins, September 1993 - August 1996
  • Box 3
    File 16: Bulletins, September 1996 - December 1998
Series 5: Lyon Village Civic Association Correspondence
  • Box 3
    File 1: Correspondence, 1940-1941
  • Box 3
    File 2: Correspondence, 1942-1943
  • Box 3
    File 3: Correspondence, 1944-1946
  • Box 3
    File 4: Correspondence, 1947-1950
  • Box 3
    File 5: Correspondence, January - February 1952
  • Box 3
    File 6: Correspondence, March - November 1952
  • Box 3
    File 7: Correspondence, 1953-1954
  • Box 3
    File 8: Correspondence, 1958-1960
  • Box 3
    File 9: Correspondence, 1961-1962
  • Box 3
    File 10: Correspondence, January - July 1963
  • Box 3
    File 11: Correspondence, August - November 1963
  • Box 3
    File 12: Correspondence, 1964
  • Box 3
    File 13: Correspondence, 1966-1969
  • Box 3
    File 14: Correspondence, January - July 1970
  • Box 3
    File 15: Correspondence, August - December 1970
  • Box 4
    File 16: Correspondence, 1971-1972
  • Box 4
    File 17: Correspondence, 1973-1974
  • Box 4
    File 18: Correspondence, 1975
  • Box 4
    File 19: Correspondence, 1976-1977
  • Box 4
    File 20: Correspondence, 1978-1982
  • Box 4
    File 21: Correspondence, 1988
  • Box 4
    File 22: Correspondence, 1989
  • Box 4
    File 23: Correspondence, 1990 , 1996
Series 6: Alphabetical Subject File
  • Box 4
    File 1: Airports
  • Box 4
    File 2: Fortieth Anniversary of Lyon Village: Correspondence and Program, 1966
  • Box 4
    File 3: Fiftieth Anniversary of Lyon Village: Clipping, 1976
  • Box 4
    File 4: Seventieth Anniversary of Lyon Village: Expenses, Photographs, History, Clippings, 1993 *
  • Box 4
    File 5: Seventieth Anniversary of Lyon Village: Correspondence, Proclamation, Participants, 1993
  • Box 4
    File 6: Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Lyon Village: Program, Poster, 1998 **
  • Box 4
    File 7: Antiques Show Program and Clippings, 1973
  • Box 4
    File 8: Bulletin Delivery, 1978
  • Box 4
    File 9: By-Pass - 13th Street: Edward O'Neill Files, 1961 , 1996
  • Box 4
    File 10: By-Pass - 13th Street, 1960
  • Box 4
    File 11: By-Pass - 13th Street, 1961 **
  • Box 4
    File 12: Cable Television, 1978-1979
  • Box 5
    File 13: Clarendon-Virginia Square, 1981 - March 1982
  • Box 5
    File 14: Clarendon-Virginia Square, April - July 1982
  • Box 5
    File 15: Court House, Colonial Village, Aurora Heights, January - August 1981 **
  • Box 5
    File 16: Court House, Colonial Village, Aurora Heights, September 1981 , 1994 **
  • Box 5
    File 17: Entertainment, 1951-1989
  • Box 5
    File 18: Fourth of July Celebrations: Programs, Photographs, 1973-1979 *
  • Box 5
    File 19: Fourth of July Celebrations: 1993 , 1994
  • Box 5
    File 20: Group Home, Fillmore Street, 1986
  • Box 5
    File 21: Group Home, Hudson Street, 1977-1978
  • Box 5
    File 22: Home Depot, n.d., January 1995
  • Box 5
    File 23: Home Depot, February 1995
  • Box 5
    File 24: Home Depot, March 2-27, 1995
  • Box 5
    File 25: Home Depot, March 29-31, 1995
  • Box 5
    File 26: Home Depot, April 1995 - May 1996
  • Box 5
    File 27: House Plaques, 1993-1994
  • Box 6
    File 28: House Plaques: Lyon Village Historic Castings, 1993 *
  • Box 6
    File 29: I-66, 1970-1973
  • Box 6
    File 30: I-66, 1970-1973
  • Box 6
    File 31: I-66, 1977-1978
  • Box 6
    File 32: Lee Highway Beautification, 1974-1977
  • Box 6
    File 33: Neighborhood Day, 1997
  • Box 6
    File 34: Olmstead Building, 1980-1981
  • Box 6
    File 35: Olmstead Building, January - February 1982
  • Box 6
    File 36: Olmstead Building, March 1-10, 1982
  • Box 6
    File 37: Olmstead Building, March 13-29, 1982
  • Box 6
    File 38: Park/Playground, 1965-1972 */**
  • Box 6
    File 39: Parking at Lyon Village Apartments, Lots 721-725, 1964 , 1981 , 1996
  • Box 6
    File 40: Schools, 1975-1978 , 1987
  • Box 6
    File 41: Signs for Lyon Village, n.d., 1977-1978 , 1995 - May 9, 1996
  • Box 6
    File 42: Signs for Lyon Village, May 14-21, 1996
  • Box 6
    File 43: Signs for Lyon Village, May 22 - July 1996
  • Box 6
    File 44: Veitch Condominiums, Patent and Trademark Office Plans, 1996
  • Box 6
    File 45: YMCA, 1973
  • Box 6
    File 46: Zoning, 1958 , 1972-1981 , 1996
Series 7: Traffic Study
  • Box 7
    File 1: Lyon Village (LV) Traffic Studies, 1980 , 1994-1997
  • Box 7
    File 2: Lyon Village Civic Association (LVCA) Traffic Committee Agendas, Minutes, 1988 , 1994 , July - September 1996
  • Box 7
    File 3: LVCA Traffic Committee Agendas, Minutes, October - December 1996
  • Box 7
    File 4: LVCA Traffic Committee Agendas, Minutes, January - July 1997
  • Box 7
    File 5: Traffic Project Management, November 1996
  • Box 7
    File 6: LV Traffic Management Zones List
  • Box 7
    File 7: LV Traffic Management Zones 1 & 2, 1997
  • Box 7
    File 8: LV Traffic Management Zone 3, 1996
  • Box 7
    File 9: LV Traffic Management Zone 5, 1985 , 1997
  • Box 7
    File 10: LV Traffic Management Zones 7-8, 1996 *
  • Box 7
    File 11: LV Traffic Management Zones 10-12, 1996
  • Box 7
    File 12: LV R.T.M. Plans, 1996 **
  • Box 7
    File 13: LV Traffic Plan Neighbor Feedback, 1996
  • Box 7
    File 14: LV Traffic Plan Business Endorsements, 1996
  • Box 7
    File 15: Plan A Ideas
  • Box 7
    File 16: LV Traffic Management Plan and County Comments, 1996
  • Box 7
    File 17: LV Traffic Issues, 1996
  • Box 7
    File 18: Other Civic Association Traffic Committees, 1995-1997
  • Box 7
    File 19: LV Traffic Plan, 1997
  • Box 7
    File 20: LV Traffic Plan: Rough Draft and Ideas, 1997
  • Box 7
    File 21: LVCA Traffic Calming Plan Revisions and Corrections, 1997
  • Box 7
    File 22: LVCA Executive Committee Traffic Plan Papers, 1997 **
  • Box 7
    File 23: LVCA Traffic Committee Briefing, 1997
  • Box 7
    File 24: Baker Transportation Correspondence, 1997
  • Box 8
    File 25: Notes for March 31, 1997 LVCA Meeting**
  • Box 8
    File 26: Notes for April 21, 1997 LVCA Meeting
  • Box 8
    File 27: Video of Ken Mobley at LVCA Meeting, April 21, 1997
  • Box 8
    File 28: LV Bulletin Traffic Presentation Issues, April 1997 **
  • Box 8
    File 29: Arlington County Board Correspondence, 1996-1997
  • Box 8
    File 30: LV Street Classification Map**
Series 8: Neighborhood Conservation Program
  • Box 8
    File 1: Neighborhood Conservation Program (NCP) History, 1983-1997
  • Box 8
    File 2: NCP, 1961-1977
  • Box 8
    File 3: NCP for LV, 1978
  • Box 8
    File 4: NCP for Ashton Heights, Arlington Ridge, High View Park, 1965-1976
  • Box 8
    File 5: NCP, 1980-1984
  • Box 8
    File 6: NCP: Traffic, 1976-May 1977
  • Box 8
    File 7: NCP: Traffic, June - December 1977
  • Box 8
    File 8: NCP: Traffic, 1978-1979
  • Box 8
    File 9: NCP: Traffic, 1983
  • Box 8
    File 10: NCP: Traffic, January - May 1996
  • Box 8
    File 11: NCP: Traffic, January - October 1996
  • Box 8
    File 12: NCP: Traffic, November 1996
Series 9: Clippings
  • Box 8
    File 1: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1966 , 1973 , 1981-1985 **
  • Box 8
    File 2: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1986-1994
  • Box 8
    File 3: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1995-1998