Special Collections Research Center

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Content Warning: Racist undertones towards Vietnamese people and culture. Form letter with a comedic tone announcing the return of the undersigned soldier from deployment in Vietnam, created circa late 1960s. The letter, which was originally typewritten and then copied for multiple people to use, describes what the returning soldier in question will need and be used to once back home in the United States.

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This is a collection of newspapers and articles collected by Vincent Callahan pertaining to his long career and political activities.

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This collection contains materials pertaining to Virginia Lampe's career as a community activist and advocate for mental health services. The materials include task-force reports and meeting minutes for the numerous mental health and regional planning boards on which she served, as well as correspondence with her husband Henry O. Lampe. The collection also contains her work as chairwoman on Congressman Joel T. Broyhill's campaign.

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This collection contains playbills for performances at a variety of venues in the Washington D.C. metro area, including the National Theatre, Arena Stage, the New Gayety Theatre, the Warner Theatre, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as multiple smaller, local theatres and companies, and others across the United States and internationally.

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Letter from Viriginia Woolf to her brother-in-law Clive Bell, september 13, 1921.

Abstract This collection contains records of Virginians for Dulles (VFD), a northern Virginia-based citizens action group committed to diverting air traffic from Washington National Airport to Dulles International Airport. Most of the materials in the collection date from 1968-1984, during the active years of Virginians for Dulles and its later title, Greater Washington Citizens for Dulles (GWCD). Documents include minutes and meeting agenda; correspondence between Virginians for Dulles board...

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The collection contains documents and correspondence from the development and operations of the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) consortium from its founding onward. Among the documents included are agendas, minutes, and supporting documents from Committee meetings, articles about VIVA, correspondence, contracts, listservs, meeting minutes, policies and procedures, proposals, publications, reports, and printouts of webpages.

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This collection contains nearly fifty years of records of the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern Virginia. Materials include meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence, reports, and memoranda.

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This collection contains reports, and promotional materials made by the Voleneau School of Engineering.

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The collection is comprised of programming generated by Warner Cable Communications regarding Reston, Virginia, and aired on the Warner Cable Community Access Channel. Some of these productions were made under contract with various groups, such as Reston Association, Reston Homeowners Association, and Reston Players.

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Family photograph album depicting a trip to the Midwestern and Western United States, 1923 - 1924.

Abstract Approximately 22,500 words total, a detailed manuscript account, in diary form, of long periods of the first two years of the Civil War in Virginia, April 18- August 12, 1861, and April 10- September 8, 1862. The diaries contain eye-witness accounts of Civil War battles, social commentary on life during wartime, and detailed descriptions of travel in Virginia, including trips to Montpelier and Weyer's Cave. The first diary features a detailed double-page manuscript map of the first Battle...

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The collection consists of documents and original research done by Dr. McFarlane on the early history of George Mason University. The collection comprises correspondence, newsclippings, reports, meeting minutes, speeches, and audiotape interviews.

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The collection contains transportation related materials collected over a 45-year period. Types of materials include scholarly journal articles dealing with transportation topics, summaries of congressional acts relating to transportation, official reports and studies of transportation agencies, summaries of speeches given by transportation officials, and personal correspondence among transportation officials.

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Contains records of Scott's career as a U.S. Congressman and Senator of Virginia from 1967-1979, including reports, bills, hearings, campaign materials, appointment books, voting records, correspondence, publications, photographs, video tapes, and congressional research materials.

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The William Nicoson papers contain material on Reston redevelopment, mostly promotional. The collection includes maps, charts, publications, slides, and newsclippings. The collection also includes information on federal housing agencies and documentation on new towns in the United States, France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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The Winslow Roper Hatch collection contains essays, letters, and publications on primary, secondary, and post-secondary education, several of which were written by Hatch. The collection also includes papers on parks and old roads.

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This collection contains board minutes, correspondence, publicity, budget reports, directories, newsletters, etc from the Women Association.

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Four documents (two pamphlets and two handouts) focused on women's rights and liberation in the United States, created from 1921 - 1968.

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One box that contain research papers, pamphlets, and invitations from the Women's Studies Research and Resource Center.

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Minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, and realia from the Woodbine Home Demonstration Club, a homemakers' organization.

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Collection includes transcripts and recordings of oral interviews with persons who were associated with various Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in the 1930s. These include the Federal Art Project, Federal Music Project, and Federal Writers Project.

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Content warning: Sexist and offensive language. Photograph album made by a U.S. serviceman, most likely in the U.S. Army Air Force, that mostly shows locations in Oahu, Hawaii. The photographs date from 1942-1945, with the majority being taken between 1942 - 1943. The photos depict training at airfields on Oahu, including Wheeler Field and Bellows Field, as well as scenes of civilian life in Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii, and San Francisco and San Diego, California.

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Pamphlet produced by the American Federation of Labor promoting unionization of workers, created 1940.

Abstract Content warning: Two of these programs contain an image of blackface.Four Ziegfeld Theatre weekly performance programs, for the weeks of May 30, 1927, June 13, 1927, September 3, 1928, and September 17, 1928, respectively. The first two and latter two share a cover design, though the contents vary. All programs highlight the weekly shows to be held at the Ziegfeld Theatre, including the musical Rio Rita, a minstrel performance by Eddie Cantor, and the...