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Preferred Citation

Kathryn H. Stone, Papers concerning Reston, Va., 1959-1983, Accession #10555, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the Library by Kathryn H. Stone, July 12, 1983.

Biographical/Historical Information

Kathryn H. Stone was the director of the Program on Human Resources and of the Reston Study from 1963 to 1968. In 1969, she was the executive vice chairman of the Commission on Human Resources, a constituent agency of the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies (WCMS), and also senior associate of WCMS. Robert E. Simon, Jr., conceived the idea of Reston, and planning and financing were his specialties during its development.

Michael Vincent DiSalle, the ex-governor of Ohio, was hired by Simon as president and chief executive officer of the Reston operation in the spring of 1963, where he remained until his resignation some eight months later. DiSalle was given responsibility for administration and execution within the project.

Carol Lubin operated both in Reston and New York, thus being somewhat of a liaison officer with Simon (whose family corporations were based in New York) in addition to her formally allotted duties in the field of planning for Reston's community activities and community relations. She handled relations with churches, the school board, county libraries, parks, recreation areas, and health departments. She was one of Simon's first appointments and took part in early discussions of Reston's social proposals.

Scope and Content Information

These papers were compiled by Stone for Reston, Virginia ... A Study in Beginnings , prepared for the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies. They include correspondence, memoranda, plans, reports, maps, articles, photographs, and Stone's summaries regarding the early development and management of Reston by Robert E. Simon, and its takeover by Gulf Reston Corporation.

Persons involved with Reston and/or the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies history of Reston include the donor, Kathryn H. Stone; the founder of Reston, Robert E. Simon, Jr.; Michael Vincent DiSalle; and Carol Lubin. Much of the material pertains to their activities on behalf of Reston.

The papers contain minutes, legal and financial material for the Homeowner's Associations; speeches by Simon; Stone's correspondence regarding Reston and the study; printed material pertaining to Reston, Greater Washington, Gulf Reston, and new towns in general; issues of the Reston Times, 1963-1975; scrap books; photographs of Reston, and drafts of Stone's study.

Topics include low income housing, administration and administrative conflicts, community relations and community development programs, industrial development, early planning by Harland Bartholomew and Whittlesley and Conklin, transportation, sales, educational programs and facilities, and financing.

Organization

The collection is divided into five series: Office Files; Printed Material; Bound Volumes; Photographs; and Oversize Material. The folders are arranged alphabetically within each series. Original folder headings have been retained with some modifications.