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The Society, a non-profit 501(c)3, also hosted events such as an annual Great Falls Day, and Grange and Old School Days. Membership was open to everyone and most meetings occurred either in the Great Falls Grange Hall or Great Falls Library Meeting Room.","In 2021, after more than 40 years of promoting and documenting Great Falls’ history, the Society reached the difficult decision to dissolve. In its last years, the Society struggled with declining membership, program attendance, and a lack of interest from volunteers to take on leadership roles. 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The newsletter went through subsequent name changes beginning with “Great Falls Courier” in March 1982, “The Courier” in May 1982, “Postilion” in September 1982, and finally “Chronicler” in September 1982. “Chronicler” remained the Society’s newsletter name until it dissolved in 2021. The last issue appears to have been published in September 2018. The newsletter reported on the Society’s activities, upcoming programs, and other news relating to Great Falls history.","Series 4: Publications, 1982-2007, Boxes 6 and 31","This series contains a selection of publications produced by the GFHS. Included are annual reports, brochures, calendars, and an artboard for their 1987 cookbook \"How To Cure A Thousand Pounds Of Ham And Other Receipts\".","Series 5: Financial Records, 1981-2022, Box 7","This series contains financial records maintained by the GFHS. Included are budgets, checks and check carbons, financial statements, membership lists, tax documents, treasurer’s reports, and other financial paperwork for GFHS-sponsored events.","Series 6: Colvin Run Historic District Proposal, 1997-2018, Boxes 8-13","This series contains materials from the GFHS' efforts to get the Colvin Run Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tanya Beauchamp initially submitted an application to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) to do so in 2005. Beginning in 2012, the Society began researching and assembling a final nomination, but VDHR ultimately rejected it in 2018. Included here is the final nomination, drafts, correspondence, reports, and research documentation. ","Series 7: Oral Histories, 1978-2012, Boxes 14-18","On January 22, 1980, the GFHS voted to buy a recorder to record oral histories and programs of the Society’s meetings. This series contains oral histories with longtime Great Falls residents that the GFHS conducted and collected. They are featured on cassette tapes, CD-ROMs, DVDs, floppy disks, and as written transcripts. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname. Additional transcriptions of oral histories conducted by the GFHS not featured in this collection can be found on the reference shelves in the Virginia Room’s catalog.","Series 8: Photographic Materials, c. 1960s-2001, Boxes 19-30","Sub-series 8-1: Slides, 1978-1997, Box 19 \nThis series contains photographic slides, both color and black \u0026 white, that feature Great Falls houses, barns, businesses, schools, farms, and residents. Many of these slides exist as photographs in Sub-series 8-3 and 8-4.","Sub-series 8-2: Negatives, c.1960s-2001, Boxes 19-20 \nThis series contains negatives including 4x5 sheet film; 35mm negative film; and 120 negative film. 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Included are watercolor prints by Susanne Riva, a framed charcoal sketch of a red barn in Great Falls, and two signs: one homemade sign for the Old Georgetown Pike Toll Gate and another that came from Thelma’s Country Store formerly located on Colvin Run Road.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection spans the years c.1960s-2022 and consists of photographs, negatives, slides, general subject files, newsletters, publications, financial records, original research, oral histories, and other materials maintained by the Society during its existence from 1977-2021. Subjects covered are the activities of the Society and history of Great Falls, Virginia.","Series 1: General Subject Files, 1977-2021, Boxes 1-3","This series contains general subject files and documents maintained by the GFHS. 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The newsletter went through subsequent name changes beginning with “Great Falls Courier” in March 1982, “The Courier” in May 1982, “Postilion” in September 1982, and finally “Chronicler” in September 1982. “Chronicler” remained the Society’s newsletter name until it dissolved in 2021. The last issue appears to have been published in September 2018. The newsletter reported on the Society’s activities, upcoming programs, and other news relating to Great Falls history.","Series 4: Publications, 1982-2007, Boxes 6 and 31","This series contains a selection of publications produced by the GFHS. Included are annual reports, brochures, calendars, and an artboard for their 1987 cookbook \"How To Cure A Thousand Pounds Of Ham And Other Receipts\".","Series 5: Financial Records, 1981-2022, Box 7","This series contains financial records maintained by the GFHS. Included are budgets, checks and check carbons, financial statements, membership lists, tax documents, treasurer’s reports, and other financial paperwork for GFHS-sponsored events.","Series 6: Colvin Run Historic District Proposal, 1997-2018, Boxes 8-13","This series contains materials from the GFHS' efforts to get the Colvin Run Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tanya Beauchamp initially submitted an application to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) to do so in 2005. Beginning in 2012, the Society began researching and assembling a final nomination, but VDHR ultimately rejected it in 2018. Included here is the final nomination, drafts, correspondence, reports, and research documentation. ","Series 7: Oral Histories, 1978-2012, Boxes 14-18","On January 22, 1980, the GFHS voted to buy a recorder to record oral histories and programs of the Society’s meetings. 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Two of those residents, Milburn Sanders and Anthony Holland, had previously discussed organizing a historical society to record and preserve the history of the Great Falls area. At their meeting on April 26, 1977, the group adopted by-laws and officially assumed the name “The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia”. The original officers were: Milburn Sanders, president; Ray McClure, vice president; Jeannette Bryant, secretary; Richard Kerr, treasurer; William Jackson, board member; Marion Reid, board member; and Karen Creuziger, board member.","For over 40 years, the Society held monthly programs on local history, advocated for the preservation and protection of historic structures in Great Falls, conducted oral histories with long-time residents, offered tours of historic sites, published books and a newsletter, and collected and preserved historical artifacts and photographs of the area. The Society, a non-profit 501(c)3, also hosted events such as an annual Great Falls Day, and Grange and Old School Days. Membership was open to everyone and most meetings occurred either in the Great Falls Grange Hall or Great Falls Library Meeting Room.","In 2021, after more than 40 years of promoting and documenting Great Falls’ history, the Society reached the difficult decision to dissolve. In its last years, the Society struggled with declining membership, program attendance, and a lack of interest from volunteers to take on leadership roles. 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Included are budgets, checks and check carbons, financial statements, membership lists, tax documents, treasurer’s reports, and other financial paperwork for GFHS-sponsored events.","Series 6: Colvin Run Historic District Proposal, 1997-2018, Boxes 8-13","This series contains materials from the GFHS' efforts to get the Colvin Run Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tanya Beauchamp initially submitted an application to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) to do so in 2005. Beginning in 2012, the Society began researching and assembling a final nomination, but VDHR ultimately rejected it in 2018. Included here is the final nomination, drafts, correspondence, reports, and research documentation. ","Series 7: Oral Histories, 1978-2012, Boxes 14-18","On January 22, 1980, the GFHS voted to buy a recorder to record oral histories and programs of the Society’s meetings. 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The Society, a non-profit 501(c)3, also hosted events such as an annual Great Falls Day, and Grange and Old School Days. Membership was open to everyone and most meetings occurred either in the Great Falls Grange Hall or Great Falls Library Meeting Room.","In 2021, after more than 40 years of promoting and documenting Great Falls’ history, the Society reached the difficult decision to dissolve. In its last years, the Society struggled with declining membership, program attendance, and a lack of interest from volunteers to take on leadership roles. 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The newsletter went through subsequent name changes beginning with “Great Falls Courier” in March 1982, “The Courier” in May 1982, “Postilion” in September 1982, and finally “Chronicler” in September 1982. “Chronicler” remained the Society’s newsletter name until it dissolved in 2021. The last issue appears to have been published in September 2018. The newsletter reported on the Society’s activities, upcoming programs, and other news relating to Great Falls history.","Series 4: Publications, 1982-2007, Boxes 6 and 31","This series contains a selection of publications produced by the GFHS. Included are annual reports, brochures, calendars, and an artboard for their 1987 cookbook \"How To Cure A Thousand Pounds Of Ham And Other Receipts\".","Series 5: Financial Records, 1981-2022, Box 7","This series contains financial records maintained by the GFHS. Included are budgets, checks and check carbons, financial statements, membership lists, tax documents, treasurer’s reports, and other financial paperwork for GFHS-sponsored events.","Series 6: Colvin Run Historic District Proposal, 1997-2018, Boxes 8-13","This series contains materials from the GFHS' efforts to get the Colvin Run Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tanya Beauchamp initially submitted an application to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) to do so in 2005. Beginning in 2012, the Society began researching and assembling a final nomination, but VDHR ultimately rejected it in 2018. Included here is the final nomination, drafts, correspondence, reports, and research documentation. ","Series 7: Oral Histories, 1978-2012, Boxes 14-18","On January 22, 1980, the GFHS voted to buy a recorder to record oral histories and programs of the Society’s meetings. 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She later worked as a model appearing in national magazine advertisements.","After marrying Roland T. Tibbetts, she moved to the Washington area in 1958. Tibbets was among the first women to graduate from the University of Virginia in the 1970s and worked as a psychologist focused on psychological testing and measurement. In 1983, she founded Search Corp., a technology information company based in Great Falls, Virginia. She headed the company until 2001.","In 2003, Jean Tibbets wrote the book This Land at Cornwell Farm which was published by the Great Falls Historical Society, an organization of which she had been involved with for 20 years. Cornwell Farm is a 200-acre tract of land in Great Falls, Virginia. Tibbets’ research includes the geological history of Cornwell Farm and its Native American past and then follows its title chain from 1731 to 1973. The Cornwell Farm tract faced subdivision by the Yeonas Company in 1972, which led the community to organize blocking the proposed development of 80 to 90 moderately-priced clustered houses. They fought for Great Falls’ semi-rural character and a continuation of large lot sizes over five acres. The ad hoc committee of the Great Falls Citizen’s Association succeeded in buying the Cornwell Farm tract from the developer and developing it themselves in large lots. They sold all 27 lots via silent auction. Jean Tibbetts and her husband Roland Tibbetts purchased one of those lots in 1973, with the address of 655 Mine Ridge Road. They built their home on the property and lived there for decades.","Jean Tibbetts’ research sources for This Land at Cornwell Farm included the “Rambler” columns about local history that were written in the first half of the 20th century. As the chair of the publications committee of the Great Falls Historical Society in 1984, Jean Tibbetts spearheaded the group’s efforts to reprint a series of local history columns from the early 20th century called the “Rambler.” The “Rambler” column appeared in the former Sunday Star newspaper from 1905 until the 1940s. The column had several authors, but the best known of these was J. Harry Shannon, a Washington Star reporter who wrote about his journeys on horseback and on foot in the Washington DC-area from 1912 to 1927. Area scholars consider Shannon’s articles to be authoritative and historically valuable for local history. In 1984, under Jean Tibbetts’ leadership, the Great Falls Historical Society sought to word process and republish Shannon’s articles from the “Rambler” series. Jean Tibbetts sought and received permission from The Washington Post, which owned all Evening Star copyrights, to reprint the “Rambler” articles in book form. She also undertook getting the “Rambler” columns transcribed. Tibbetts received written letters of support from the District of Columbia Public Library (which had bound volumes and microfilm reels of the columns), The Washington Post, the Columbia Historical Society, and the Fairfax County History Commission. The Great Falls Historical Society piloted the project by reprinting the “Rambler” column from June 2, 1918 in its 1984-1985 Reflections report. The Society published a “Rambler” column in each of their 1985-1986, 1986-1988, and 1988-1991 Reflections reports as well. Also in 1984, the Society began working on fundraising strategies to reprint Shannon’s columns in book form by speaking with the Fairfax County Grants Coordinator. It does not appear that the Great Falls Historical Society succeeded in republishing the “Rambler” columns, but the columns are now digitally available through DC Public Library.","Jean Tibbetts died in Leesburg, Virginia on September 7, 2004. 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Subjects covered include the geology of Cornwell Farm’s land and its early occupants before it was first titled in 1731 to Guy Broadwater from Lord Thomas Fairfax; each of its changes in title from 1731 to 1973; the tract during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; the genealogy of two families in the title chain - the Cornwells and the Jacksons; and its 1970s-era development as low-density parcels rather than the higher-density parcels that had been proposed. The collection also covers Tibbetts’ involvement with the Great Falls Historical Society in getting a series of local history columns from 1912 to 1927 republished.","Series 1: Chapter Notes and References, 1955-2003, Boxes 1-4","This series contains folders pertaining to 16 chapters of the manuscript This Land at Cornwell Farm. Secondary research material (some annotated); draft reference lists; newspaper clippings; hand-written notes; and draft copies of the manuscript text are sorted by chapter. 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In 1984, under Jean Tibbetts’ leadership, the Great Falls Historical Society sought to word process and republish Shannon’s articles from the “Rambler” series. Jean Tibbetts sought and received permission from The Washington Post, which owned all Evening Star copyrights, to reprint the “Rambler” articles in book form. She also undertook getting the “Rambler” columns transcribed. Tibbetts received written letters of support from the District of Columbia Public Library (which had bound volumes and microfilm reels of the columns), The Washington Post, the Columbia Historical Society, and the Fairfax County History Commission. The Great Falls Historical Society piloted the project by reprinting the “Rambler” column from June 2, 1918 in its 1984-1985 Reflections report. The Society published a “Rambler” column in each of their 1985-1986, 1986-1988, and 1988-1991 Reflections reports as well. Also in 1984, the Society began working on fundraising strategies to reprint Shannon’s columns in book form by speaking with the Fairfax County Grants Coordinator. It does not appear that the Great Falls Historical Society succeeded in republishing the “Rambler” columns, but the columns are now digitally available through DC Public Library.","Jean Tibbetts died in Leesburg, Virginia on September 7, 2004. 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Tibbets’ research includes the geological history of Cornwell Farm and its Native American past and then follows its title chain from 1731 to 1973. The Cornwell Farm tract faced subdivision by the Yeonas Company in 1972, which led the community to organize blocking the proposed development of 80 to 90 moderately-priced clustered houses. They fought for Great Falls’ semi-rural character and a continuation of large lot sizes over five acres. The ad hoc committee of the Great Falls Citizen’s Association succeeded in buying the Cornwell Farm tract from the developer and developing it themselves in large lots. They sold all 27 lots via silent auction. Jean Tibbetts and her husband Roland Tibbetts purchased one of those lots in 1973, with the address of 655 Mine Ridge Road. They built their home on the property and lived there for decades.","Jean Tibbetts’ research sources for This Land at Cornwell Farm included the “Rambler” columns about local history that were written in the first half of the 20th century. As the chair of the publications committee of the Great Falls Historical Society in 1984, Jean Tibbetts spearheaded the group’s efforts to reprint a series of local history columns from the early 20th century called the “Rambler.” The “Rambler” column appeared in the former Sunday Star newspaper from 1905 until the 1940s. The column had several authors, but the best known of these was J. Harry Shannon, a Washington Star reporter who wrote about his journeys on horseback and on foot in the Washington DC-area from 1912 to 1927. Area scholars consider Shannon’s articles to be authoritative and historically valuable for local history. In 1984, under Jean Tibbetts’ leadership, the Great Falls Historical Society sought to word process and republish Shannon’s articles from the “Rambler” series. Jean Tibbetts sought and received permission from The Washington Post, which owned all Evening Star copyrights, to reprint the “Rambler” articles in book form. She also undertook getting the “Rambler” columns transcribed. Tibbetts received written letters of support from the District of Columbia Public Library (which had bound volumes and microfilm reels of the columns), The Washington Post, the Columbia Historical Society, and the Fairfax County History Commission. The Great Falls Historical Society piloted the project by reprinting the “Rambler” column from June 2, 1918 in its 1984-1985 Reflections report. The Society published a “Rambler” column in each of their 1985-1986, 1986-1988, and 1988-1991 Reflections reports as well. Also in 1984, the Society began working on fundraising strategies to reprint Shannon’s columns in book form by speaking with the Fairfax County Grants Coordinator. It does not appear that the Great Falls Historical Society succeeded in republishing the “Rambler” columns, but the columns are now digitally available through DC Public Library.","Jean Tibbetts died in Leesburg, Virginia on September 7, 2004. Since 2006, the Great Falls Historical Society has bestowed an annual award named for Jean Tibbetts to honor an outstanding contribution to the research, articulation, dissemination, and preservation of the history along the Potomac River corridor from McLean to west of Dranesville and south through Herndon.","The Jean Tibbetts Papers on This Land at Cornwell Farm consists of 5.50 linear feet, spans 1955-2003, and consists of correspondence, interview notes, deeds and other land records, family histories and genealogy notes, and other research materials related to the families and history of this section of Great Falls, Virginia. Subjects covered include the geology of Cornwell Farm’s land and its early occupants before it was first titled in 1731 to Guy Broadwater from Lord Thomas Fairfax; each of its changes in title from 1731 to 1973; the tract during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; the genealogy of two families in the title chain - the Cornwells and the Jacksons; and its 1970s-era development as low-density parcels rather than the higher-density parcels that had been proposed. The collection also covers Tibbetts’ involvement with the Great Falls Historical Society in getting a series of local history columns from 1912 to 1927 republished.","Series 1: Chapter Notes and References, 1955-2003, Boxes 1-4","This series contains folders pertaining to 16 chapters of the manuscript This Land at Cornwell Farm. Secondary research material (some annotated); draft reference lists; newspaper clippings; hand-written notes; and draft copies of the manuscript text are sorted by chapter. 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Tibbets’ research includes the geological history of Cornwell Farm and its Native American past and then follows its title chain from 1731 to 1973. The Cornwell Farm tract faced subdivision by the Yeonas Company in 1972, which led the community to organize blocking the proposed development of 80 to 90 moderately-priced clustered houses. They fought for Great Falls’ semi-rural character and a continuation of large lot sizes over five acres. The ad hoc committee of the Great Falls Citizen’s Association succeeded in buying the Cornwell Farm tract from the developer and developing it themselves in large lots. They sold all 27 lots via silent auction. Jean Tibbetts and her husband Roland Tibbetts purchased one of those lots in 1973, with the address of 655 Mine Ridge Road. 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Also in 1984, the Society began working on fundraising strategies to reprint Shannon’s columns in book form by speaking with the Fairfax County Grants Coordinator. It does not appear that the Great Falls Historical Society succeeded in republishing the “Rambler” columns, but the columns are now digitally available through DC Public Library.","Jean Tibbetts died in Leesburg, Virginia on September 7, 2004. 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