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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
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Reston Times Photograph Collection, Collection #C0140, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Jim Kirby on July 14, 1989.
Processing Information
Processed in January 2009 by Emily Martin. The Reston Times Collection was originally attached to the larger Planned Community Collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives. Beginning in 2009 the negatives from the Reston Times were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections and Archives at George Mason University Libraries. The collection was previously housed in boxes 165-170.
Historical Information
The Reston Times is one of two local newspapers that are circulated in the Reston area. The newspaper is privately owned by the Fairfax Times a company that also owns several newspapers in the Northern Virginia area. Some of those newspapers include the Annandale Times, Burke Times, Chantilly Times, Fairfax Times, Gainesville Times, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Springfield Times and several others.
The Fairfax Times was created in 1963, when the company founder, Arthur Arundel, purchased the 165-year-old Loudoun Times-Mirror in Leesburg, Virginia. The company is now run by his son, Peter Arundel, who worked in politics and CBS Newsradio before joining the family company. Since Peter Arundel has taken control the company has started or acquired newspapers in Fairfax, Culpeper and Prince William counties, launched the websites, founded the national advertising division and expanded print offerings to an annual calendar of over 50 niche publications.
Jim Kirby worked as a photographer for the Reston Times and lives in Reston, Virginia.
Scope and Content
The collection is comprised of negatives for photographs taken by various photojournalists working for the Reston Times. The collection also includes published and unpublished photographs. The negatives are dated between 1970 and 1980. The negatives are from a variety of communities activities in Reston during that time, including school events, sporting games and community festivals.
Series one Negatives is the only series in this collection. The series of negatives cover different community events. Some of the negatives are photographs of local people, other are of accidents that occurred in Reston. The final folder of box nine contains a few proofs. The proofs are of photographs of John Warner and Elizabeth Taylor. There is no information to explain the meeting other than it was in the collection and must have occurred in the Washington/Northern Virginia area. The folders are arranged chronologically.
Arrangement
Organized into one series.
Missing Title Series 1: Negatives, 1970-1980 (Box 1-9)Related Material
The Special Collections and Archives also holds the Planned Community Archives and other personal papers and organizational records that document Reston, Virginia and other planned communities.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Photographic prints
- Photography -- Negatives
- Public schools -- United States
- Reston (Va.)
- Sports
Container List
This series is comprised of negatives from the Reston Times during the 1970s and into 1980. The negatives are photographs from different community activities such as school events, sporting games and community festivals. The folders are arranged chronologically.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Festivals1970-1974Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Community1975Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Community Buildings1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Community Activities1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Communities Activities1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
People1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Community1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
School Events1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
School Events1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
Community1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Events1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Jewelry1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Events1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
Dulles and Other Places1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
School, Strikes and Other Events1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
Sports1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
Crash1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Sport and Other Events1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Winter1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
Spring1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Spring1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Summer1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
Summer1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
Summer1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
Summer1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
Fall1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Fall1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Fall1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Fall1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
Winter1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Winter1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Winter1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Winter1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
Winter1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
Winter1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
Winter1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
Spring1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
Spring1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
Spring1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
Spring1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
Summer1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
Summer1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
Summer1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
Summer1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
Fall1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
Fall1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
Fall1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
Fall1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
Fall1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
Fall1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1
Fall1979Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2
Winter1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
Winter1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
Winter1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
Winter1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 6
Spring1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 7
Spring1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 8
Spring1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1
Summer1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2
Summer1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3
Summer1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4
Summer1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5
Fall1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 6
Fall1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 7
Fall1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 8
Fall1980Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
Miscellaneous1970sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
Miscellaneous1970sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
Miscellaneous1970sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
Miscellaneous: proofs and negatives1970sScope and Contents note