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Guide to the Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government collection, 1955-1987 Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government C0101

Guide to the Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government collection, 1955-1987

A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives
Accession Number C0101


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Repository
George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Collection number
C0101
Title
Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government collection 1955-1987
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/sherwood.html
Physical Characteristics
4.5 linear feet (9 boxes)
Creator
Stacy C. Sherwood
Location
Language
English
Abstract
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.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government collection must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Stacy C. Sherwood Fairfax City government collection, C0101, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Stacy C. Sherwood in 1998.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Additional processing and EAD markup completed by Emily Martin in 2010.

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

Organized into one series.

Series 1: Subject Files, 1955-1987 (Boxes 1-9)

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the John C. Wood papers.

Index Terms

    Persons:

  • Sherwood, Stacy C.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Fairfax (Va.)--Politics and government.

    • Subjects:

  • City planning--Virginia--Fairfax.
  • Zoning--Virginia--Fairfax.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Sherwood, Stacy C.
  • Stacy C. Sherwood
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Fairfax (Va.)--Politics and government.
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Contents List

Series 1: Subject Files, 1955-1987

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.

  • Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Activities Report,
    1961-1962

  • Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Analysis of Existing and Potential Revenue Sources,
    1960s

  • Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Annexation,
    1957

  • Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Annual Reports,
    1956-1958

  • Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Apartments,
    1959 and 1962

  • Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Beautification of Fairfax,
    1960s

  • Box: 1 Folder: 7
    Bills Paid,
    1956-1958

  • Box: 1 Folder: 8
    Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County versus Town of Fairfax,
    1957

  • Box: 1 Folder: 9
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 10
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 11
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 12
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 13
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 14
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 15
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 16
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 17
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 1 Folder: 18
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 19
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 20
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 21
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 22
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 23
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 24
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 25
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 1 Folder: 26
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 2 Folder: 1
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 2 Folder: 2
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1986

  • Box: 2 Folder: 3
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 4
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 5
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 6
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 7
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 8
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 9
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 10
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 11
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 12
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 13
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1985

  • Box: 2 Folder: 14
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1984

  • Box: 2 Folder: 15
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1984

  • Box: 2 Folder: 16
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1984

  • Box: 2 Folder: 17
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1984

  • Box: 2 Folder: 18
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1984

  • Box: 2 Folder: 19
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 2 Folder: 20
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 2 Folder: 21
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 2 Folder: 22
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 2 Folder: 23
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 3 Folder: 1
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 3 Folder: 2
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 3 Folder: 3
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 3 Folder: 4
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 3 Folder: 5
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1983

  • Box: 3 Folder: 6
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 7
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 8
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 9
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 10
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 11
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 12
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 13
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 14
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 15
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1982

  • Box: 3 Folder: 16
    Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1975

  • Box: 3 Folder: 17
    Bonded Debt of Virginia Cities,
    1962

  • Box: 3 Folder: 18
    Boys' Club,
    1962

  • Box: 3 Folder: 19
    Brochures,
    1962

  • Box: 3 Folder: 20
    Budget Report,
    1956

  • Box: 3 Folder: 21
    Calendars,
    1982-1983

  • Box: 3 Folder: 22
    Campaign/Election,
    1956-1962

  • Box: 3 Folder: 23
    City Council versus BZA and Jim McKay Chevrolet, Incorporated,
    1985-1986

  • Box: 3 Folder: 24
    City Council of the City of Fairfax versus Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Fairfax,
    1986

  • Box: 3 Folder: 25
    City of Fairfax,
    1961

  • Box: 3 Folder: 26
    Civil Defense,
    1962

  • Box: 3 Folder: 27
    Correspondence,
    1957-1964

  • Box: 4 Folder: 1
    Fairfax City Council,
    1986

  • Box: 4 Folder: 2
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1964

  • Box: 4 Folder: 3
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1957

  • Box: 4 Folder: 4
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1960s

  • Box: 4 Folder: 5
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1956-1957

  • Box: 4 Folder: 6
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1958

  • Box: 4 Folder: 7
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1959

  • Box: 4 Folder: 8
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1960

  • Box: 4 Folder: 9
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1961

  • Box: 4 Folder: 10
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1961

  • Box: 4 Folder: 11
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1962

  • Box: 4 Folder: 12
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1962

  • Box: 5 Folder: 1
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1963

  • Box: 5 Folder: 2
    Fairfax City Council Meeting Minutes,
    1963

  • Box: 5 Folder: 3
    Fairfax City Schools,
    1958-1962

  • Box: 5 Folder: 4
    Fairfax City Times,
    1962

  • Box: 5 Folder: 5
    General Fund Budget,
    1956-1957

  • Box: 5 Folder: 6
    General Fund Budget,
    1957-1958

  • Box: 5 Folder: 7
    General Fund Budget,
    1958-1959

  • Box: 5 Folder: 8
    General Fund Budget,
    1959-1960

  • Box: 5 Folder: 9
    General Fund Budget,
    1961-1962

  • Box: 5 Folder: 10
    General Fund Budget,
    1962-1963

  • Box: 5 Folder: 11
    General Fund Budget,
    1963-1964

  • Box: 5 Folder: 12
    General Fund Budget,
    1963-1964

  • Box: 6 Folder: 1
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1957

  • Box: 6 Folder: 2
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1958

  • Box: 6 Folder: 3
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1959

  • Box: 6 Folder: 4
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1960

  • Box: 6 Folder: 5
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1961

  • Box: 6 Folder: 6
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1962

  • Box: 6 Folder: 7
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1963

  • Box: 6 Folder: 8
    General Fund Budget Report Fairfax (Town) City,
    1963

  • Box: 6 Folder: 9
    General Fund Statement of Revenues,
    1960-1964

  • Box: 6 Folder: 10
    George Mason University (GMU),
    1986

  • Box: 6 Folder: 11
    Goose Creek Water Project,
    1958-1961

  • Box: 6 Folder: 12
    Highway Influence-Northern Virginia Region,
    1962

  • Box: 6 Folder: 13
    Items Related to Church, Bank and Unidentified Papers,
    1987

    1.4

  • Box: 6 Folder: 14
    Items Related to the City of Fairfax,
    1982

    1.1

  • Box: 6 Folder: 15
    Items Related to the National Capital Regional Planning Council (D.C.),
    1962-1964

    1.2

  • Box: 6 Folder: 16
    Items Related to Northern Virginia Planning,
    1956-1961

    1.3

  • Box: 6 Folder: 17
    Land Purchase,
    1957

  • Box: 7 Folder: 1
    Mathy Property,
    1957 and 1962

  • Box: 7 Folder: 2
    Miscellaneous,
    1982-1986

  • Box: 7 Folder: 3
    Miscellaneous Items (Some Incomplete),
    1960-1976

  • Box: 7 Folder: 4
    Miscellaneous Notes,
    1970s

  • Box: 7 Folder: 5
    Monthly Report Town of Fairfax,
    1957-1959

  • Box: 7 Folder: 6
    Northern Virginia Region-Industry Present/Future,
    1961

  • Box: 7 Folder: 7
    Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority,
    1962

  • Box: 7 Folder: 8
    Northern Virginia Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission,
    1961

  • Box: 7 Folder: 9
    Notes,
    1970s

  • Box: 7 Folder: 10
    Ordinances,
    1959-1962

  • Box: 7 Folder: 11
    Ordinances,
    1958-1963

  • Box: 7 Folder: 12
    Ordinances,
    1962-1964

  • Box: 7 Folder: 13
    Ordinances-Zoning,
    1962

  • Box: 7 Folder: 14
    Ordinances-Zoning,
    1956-1962

  • Box: 8 Folder: 1
    Parking Lot (Proposed),
    1960s

  • Box: 8 Folder: 2
    Personnel,
    1962-1963

  • Box: 8 Folder: 3
    Planning Commission Recommendations,
    1984

  • Box: 8 Folder: 4
    Police Protection-Northern Virginia Region,
    1962

  • Box: 8 Folder: 5
    Public Libraries Analysis-Northern Virginia Region,
    1962

  • Box: 8 Folder: 6
    Real Estate Assessment, Taxes,
    1963

  • Box: 8 Folder: 7
    Reappointment to Board of Zoning Appeals,
    1987

  • Box: 8 Folder: 8
    Refuse Collection and Disposal System,
    1960s

  • Box: 8 Folder: 9
    Report on Audit City of Fairfax, Virginia,
    1961

  • Box: 8 Folder: 10
    Report on Audit City of Fairfax, Virginia,
    1962

  • Box: 8 Folder: 11
    Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia,
    1955

  • Box: 8 Folder: 12
    Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia,
    1957

  • Box: 8 Folder: 13
    Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia,
    1958

  • Box: 8 Folder: 14
    Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia,
    1959

  • Box: 8 Folder: 15
    Report on Audit Town of Fairfax, Virginia
    1960

  • Box: 8 Folder: 16
    Report on City of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System,
    1963

  • Box: 8 Folder: 17
    Report on Town of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System,
    1961

  • Box: 8 Folder: 18
    Report on Town of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System,
    1959

  • Box: 8 Folder: 19
    Report on Town of Fairfax, Virginia Municipal Water System,
    1960

  • Box: 8 Folder: 20
    Sewage Treatment Plant,
    1952-1957

  • Box: 8 Folder: 21
    Statements of Cash Receipts and Disbursements Fairfax (Town) City,
    1956-1962

  • Box: 8 Folder: 22
    Taxes,
    1955-1963

  • Box: 9 Folder: 1
    Transit and Traffic,
    1957-1963

  • Box: 9 Folder: 2
    Various Booklets Regarding Fairfax, D.C. and Northern Virginia,
    1961-1964

    1.5

  • Box: 9 Folder: 3
    Water Department Budget Fairfax (Town) City,
    1959-1963

  • Box: 9 Folder: 4
    Water Department Budget,
    1960-1963

  • Box: 9 Folder: 5
    Water Department Budget Fairfax (Town) City,
    1959-1963

  • Box: 9 Folder: 6
    Water Resources-Northern Virginia Region,
    1961

  • Box: 9 Folder: 7
    Water-Reston,
    1962-1964

  • Box: 9 Folder: 8
    Water Revenue Fund,
    1964

  • Box: 9 Folder: 9
    Water Service,
    1955-1963

  • Box: 9 Folder: 10
    Water and Sewer Billing Report,
    1956-1963

  • Box: 9 Folder: 11
    Zoning City of Fairfax, Virginia,
    1986

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