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This collection documents Baba Freeman's involvement in planning and transportation issues in the Reston, Virginia community.

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The Carol R. Lubin Papers is a collection of papers pertaining to Dr. Lubin's work as a consultant for social planning in Reston, Virginia. The collection contains, correspondence, reports, plans and papers from international communities in Israel, Poland and Great Britain. The papers are divided into six series in eight boxes and date from 1960 to 1981.

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Collection contains materials pertaining to the history and development of Reston, Virginia. Types of materials include: newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to Reston, photographs and negatives of structures in Reston, reports regarding Reston planning issues, video recordings, promotional materials regarding Reston attractions such as Reston Town Center, records pertaining to Planned Community Archives, Inc. and other materials.

Abstract The Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection is divided into six series with four subseries. The collection includes items that relate to the construction and planning of Reston by Conklin and Rossant Architects. The collection begins with the initial plans done by Rossant before he and Conklin formed their architectural firm in 1967. The documents include plans, reports, correspondence and brochures about Reston. Also included are photographs, drawings and negatives which were used in...

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This collection contains correspondence, reports, newsclippings, budgets, and some papers from the Reston Board of Commerce and the Reston Chamber of Commerce, as well as general Reston and Dulles corridor planning documents from Edwards' professional career and his involvement in community activities from 1970-2011.

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The Edgar A. Prichard papers include correspondence, legal, finance and other papers relating to Reston. The majority of the collection deals with property, dedications, deeds, sales and leases in Reston. The documents are primarily from Prichard's dealing with the Palindrome Corporation and Gulf Reston Incorporated.

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The Francis Steinbauer Reston Development and Planning Collection contains materials pertaining to Reston history and development. The material covers Francis Steinbauer career with Reston and the state of Virginia. The collection includes photographs, sales information and manuals, master plans, reports, memoranda, and memorabilia.

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The G. Ridgley Loux papers contain records relating to commercial and residential development in Reston. The papers are from the Reston Community Association (RCA) Planning and Zoning Committee, Fairfax County Annual Plan Review Task Force, Reston Town Center Task Force, Fairfax Center Area Task Force, and other files on various issues relating to Reston projects.

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The 12 scrapbooks document the club's activities and each scrapbook covers a range of years beginning in 1974. The collection is dated from 1974 to 2010 and is contained in 7 boxes.

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This collection of papers documents the investment of $4 million from the Gulf Oil Corporation for the purpose of developing Reston, Virginia.All of the records are dated September 11, 1963. The collection is small and all 14 folders are contained within a single document case.

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This collection consists of various documents, pamphlets, photographs, videos from Marcia E. McDevitt. The papers all relate to either Reston, Virginia, or Fairfax County, Virginia, and different programs and projects undertaken in the area. The collection is divided into seven series. The items are dated from 1972 to 2008 and contained in 16 boxes.

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The Martha Pennino papers document Martha Pennino's career on Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Within the collection there are photographs, information from different projects that Pennino worked on during her career, and memorabilia that she collected during and after her career. The collection is dated from the early 1960s to 2005.

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The Northern Virginia Music Center at Reston collection contains correspondence, articles, photographs, and 56 audiotape reels related to music center. Photographs include both images of performances as well as publicity shots of the musicians.

Abstract The Atkins collection consists of approximately 60,000 images that extensively document American political and cultural history from the 1940s through the 1970s. Most of the images that document American political life date from the early 1960s through the mid-1970s when Atkins worked as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post and then later as the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. The bulk of the American cultural documentation is from Atkins' work in the 1950s and...

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The Patrick Kane papers include items related to Patrick Kane's work as a community advisor for planned communities, particularly Reston. The papers include correspondence, plans for the Dulles Corridor Task Force, Reston information and articles from various publications. The collection is organized into one series titled Subject Files and is dated from 1967 to 2002.

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The Paul Grinberg Reston collection is comprised of one document case. The documents in the collection consist mostly of marketing and business reports on Reston from 1962 to 1968.

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The Peter McCandless papers contain material relating to Reston, Virginia. The majority of the documents are from the Reston Land Corporation and include correspondence, awards and gifts given to Reston, project reports, newsclippings, press releases, marketing and promotional material.

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The Philip Clark papers contain information related to the American Planning Association conference and awards. Also included is information on Reston and awards Reston won. The collection is in one series titled subject files which is organized in alphabetical order. The collection is dated from 2001 to 2004.

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The Reston Association records include meeting minutes, budgets, clippings, reports, handbooks, correspondence, and general information on the association. Also included is a series of photography, which has photographs, contact sheets , slides, and negatives. The collection documents the activities of the Reston Home Owners Association, later renamed Reston Association in 1987 to include apartments and condos. The collection covers the period of time from the 1964 to 2006.

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The collection consists of papers from the Reston Black Focus, such as correspondence, advertisements, financial information and general information. Also included in the collection is a series on the Reston Homeowners Association (RHOA) with papers and other information from the Association.

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The Reston Board of Commerce records is a collection of papers from Calvin Hackeman's service as the Reston Board of Commerce President. The majority of the collection is correspondence to and from Calvin Hackeman. Included in the collection as well are reports, plans, and proposals presented to the board. Also there are different types of publications such as brochures, flyers, booklets and articles.

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The collection documents the time that John Dockery served on the Reston Community Association Planning and Zoning Committee. John Dockery worked on the committee from the 1970s into the 1980s. Most of the documents are dated in the 1970s with a few in the 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. The documents are memos, blueprints, maps and other paperwork involved in the running of the committee.

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The Reston Founders Video History Collection contains interviews of various people including Reston's founder, Robert E. Simon. The interviews were recorded from 1989 to 1990. The collection is small with only eight 3/4" videotape cassettes, each with its own interview.

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The scrapbooks document the club's activities and each scrapbook covers one year beginning with the founding of the Garden Club in 1970. Also in the collection is the Garden Club's application to the National Capital Area Federation of Garden Clubs, Incorporated in 1980. The collection is dated from 1970 to 2009 and is contained in 17 boxes.

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The Reston Land Corporation records document the development of Reston, Virginia, by Reston Land Corporation, a subsidiary of Mobil Oil Corporation. The records focus primarily on Reston Land Corporation's development projects and marketing programs from 1960 to 1990. Also in the collection are promotional material, media and 35mm slides from the Reston Land Corporation.

Abstract The Reston Museum collection is a collection of papers and images pertaining to the development of Reston, Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, reports, paperwork about the creation of Reston and papers from the Federal government. There also pamphlets from different housing developments in Reston and publications with articles about Reston from different magazines and newspapers. There are maps of Reston with slides and photographs. The collection is divided into eight series...

Abstract The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School. The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston. The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009. Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino. The collection is divided into four series, the first contains the...

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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.

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The collection consists of newsclippings, promotional material and booklets relating to Reston. Also included are printed material, publications, scrapbooks, and his speeches and paperwork from various conferences he attended at different universities around the country.

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This collection is comprised of materials from Steve Resz's documentary "Reston- Past, Present and Future". The bulk of the collection is comprised of videotapes that contain footage from Founder's Day, the Multicultural Festival and interviews with Robert Simon. This collection also includes production notes and voice over scripts related to the documentary.