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She attended Winthrop Training School and enrolled in Winthrop College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English. As a college student she organized the Roosevelt-Garner Club and the Young Democratic Club of York County and went on to be selected as the Young Democrats national committeewoman from South Carolina in 1933.","After graduating in 1934, she attended George Washington Law School. While studying there she met Donald Wilkins, an assistant dean and roll-keeper for one of her classes. They married on September 4, 1937. In 1938 she graduated with her L.L.B. while her husband received his Master’s degree in the same ceremony. That same year she also passed the District of Columbia Bar.","In 1939 the Wilkins family moved to Fairfax County living in a small house in Lee Boulevard Heights where Anne raised their two children, Gary and John. In 1943 the Wilkins’ bought and moved into the Munson Hill estate. The house, built in 1859, saw many encounters between Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War, including J.E.B Stuart’s occupation of the hill.","The public health situation of Fairfax County stimulated Wilkins’ involvement in local politics. Her children attended a local school and she felt that the health department did not give adequate attention to communicable disease control. Wilkins met with the local public health officer to raise her concerns and he inspired her to organize citizen support for public health facilities. As a result, she founded the Lay Health Association which sought to broaden the scope of the health department.","Wilkins went on to become very active in civic affairs. In 1941 she and her husband founded the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Association. She also worked bringing about community change with the Community Chest, the League of Women Voters, the Good Government Committee and the PTA.","In 1947 the County Board proposed rezoning land near Seven Corners for the construction of Willston Apartments, a large unwanted apartment complex that would dramatically increase the community’s population. With plenty of support, Anne Wilkins led the opposition to the rezoning. Nevertheless, the County Board rezoned it, and her defeat inspired Wilkins to get more involved with politics to instigate change.","In 1950, Anne and Donald acted as leaders in the campaign to change the inefficient form of the county government. Under the old form, voters separately elected all heads of government, the county suffered a lack of budget control, and the government was unprepared for the rapid influx of population in the area. Through their involvement with the Federation of Citizens Association and League of Women Voters, they successfully won this campaign. On November 5, 1950 Fairfax County voters approved the county executive form of government to be implemented in 1952.","In 1951 with the help of the League of Women Voters, Wilkins set up a grassroots campaign to get her elected to the Board of Supervisors. She successfully acquired the Democratic nomination for supervisor in the Falls Church District over incumbent C.B. Runyon. She went on to win the general election over Republican Frank Clem, which made her the only woman board member in Virginia at that time. In 1955 she ran for reelection in the Mason District defeating Republican James L. Deaver, and again in 1959. In 1958, she served as the board’s first female chairman and again in 1960 and 1961. She lost her campaign for a fourth term in 1963 to Republican Stanford E. Parris.","Wilkins accomplished a tremendous amount of progress in her twelve years on the Board and is credited for single-handedly shaping the direction of Fairfax County’s growth and development. During her first year on the Board in 1952, Wilkins oversaw the implementation of the county executive form of government. During the change, elected officials transitioned into appointed offices.","As one of the first advocates for a countywide master plan, she immediately initiated the master plan studies which resulted in the county’s first long-range Master Plan for land use. The Master Plan formed the basis for all future development in the county. While on the board, she planned and built a county-wide sewer and water system, set up modern county police and fire departments, provided garbage collecting services, and created guidelines for storm drainage. She helped build modern schools, improved school standards, aided in the formation of George Mason University, and successfully led Fairfax County through integration despite substantial resistance. In addition to setting up a modern public health department and constructing new clinics, Wilkins helped establish Fairfax Hospital, the county’s first hospital. Wilkins also fought a losing battle for annexation of the City of Fairfax.","Wilkins served on the Planning Commission and involved herself in many land-use and zoning issues. She convinced the federal government of moving the proposed metropolitan area airport from Burke to Chantilly. The government had already purchased the land in Burke for the construction of the airport, despite major protest from the community. After consulting soil scientists, Wilkins discovered that Burke had insufficient soil and an abundant amount of granite that would be costly to remove for the construction of runway foundations. The Chantilly location had adequate soil which would prove to be more economical for construction. While the government later cited the traffic pattern for moving the airport to Chantilly, her argument convinced them enough to cease pursuing the Burke location and re-evaluate their plans. She later successfully lobbied for a sufficient right of way for the Dulles Toll Road.","While on the Board of Supervisors, Wilkins also acted as a charter member of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference, now known as the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. She served on several of its committees including Transportation in which she laid the groundwork for future development of the Metro. While on the Water Supply and Pollution Abatement Committee, she succeeded in cleaning up the Potomac River and adopted water quality standards. As Chairman of the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee she sought standards for protection against the effects of nuclear weapons.","When she lost reelection in 1963, Wilkins drifted away from politics. She became a real estate broker with Edward R. Carr, Inc. handling Carr’s land and commercial sales in Springfield and Annandale. In 1972 she started her own real estate business, Anne Wilkins \u0026 Associates, and went on to make a major land sale that became the planned community of Lake Ridge in Prince William County.","After leaving politics, her family suffered multiple tragedies. In 1966, the Alexandria Federal Court convicted Donald Wilkins of income tax evasion. Accused of submitting fraudulent tax returns that cheated the government out of almost $23,000, Wilkins served a brief prison sentence. Anne had filed joint returns with her husband but the government did not charge her with misconduct. In 1977, Wilkins’ son, John, died suddenly of an aneurysm at age 33. Anne retired from her real estate business in 1993 and moved to Merry Point, Virginia. She died at her home of breast cancer on September 9, 1996.","Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1935-1972 ","Sub-Series 1-1: Personal Records, 1936-1995, Box 1 \nThis series contains college transcripts; biographical information; records of affairs booklet; a birthday poem to Anne Wilkins; Anderson family reunion address book; and a handwritten excerpt from the book Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss. Subjects include Winthrop College and George Washington University Law School.","Sub-Series 1-2: Law Certificates, 1935-1972, Box 7 \nThis series contains law certificates from members of the Wilkins’ family. Certificates issued to Anne Wilkins, Donald Wilkins, and John Wilkins.","Series 2: Presidential Activities, 1949-1979","Sub-Series 2-1: Presidential Memorabilia, 1949-1979, Box 1 \nThis series contains memorabilia from Anne Wilkin’s encounters with the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Items included are invitations for the Presidential Inaugurations and Inaugural Balls of Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy. Also included are materials relating to the funding for construction of the John F. Kennedy Library; a book of Congressional eulogies on the death of President Kennedy; a White House Christmas Card from Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter; a letter written by Wilkins’ daughter, Gary Brooks, to Gerald Ford denouncing his pardoning of Richard Nixon; and an “Impeach Nixon” bumper sticker.","Sub-Series 2-2: 1964 Presidential Campaign, 1964, Box 1 \nIn October 1964 Anne Wilkins wrote a “Letter to the Editor” to a couple of South Carolina newspapers calling for the South to support Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 Presidential campaign. This series contains related correspondence; news clippings; Johnson campaign pamphlets; and a paperback book, \"A Texan Looks at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power\" by J. Evetts Haley.","Series 3: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 1951-1993","Sub-Series 3-1: Supervisor Papers, 1955-1993, Box 1 \nThis series contains materials relating to Wilkins’ involvement with the Board of Supervisors. Items included are programs; a newsletter; articles written by Wilkins concerning the Master Plan; Wilkins’ unpublished manuscript on Fairfax County Government’s history; and her notes regarding the 50th Anniversary of the Planning Commission. Subjects comprise of the Seven Corners Shopping Center; Willston Apartments; and American Legion Fairfax Post No. 177.","Sub-Series 3-2: Campaign Materials, 1951-1963, Boxes 1 and 7 \nAnne Wilkins ran for the Board of Supervisors on four occasions in 1951, 1955, 1959, and 1963. This series contains materials from some of those elections including campaign pamphlets; campaign posters; an election card; her 1963 campaign platform; an “I’m For Anne” bumper sticker’ and a scrapbook which chronicles her first campaign for the Board of Supervisors in 1951. ","Sub-Series 3-3: Civil Defense Activities, 1955-1962, Boxes 1-2 \nIn 1961 Anne Wilkins was appointed Chairman of the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference in which she sought standards for civil defense protection against nuclear attack in Fairfax County. Items in this series include papers; correspondence; brochures; pamphlets; bulletins; newspaper clippings; meeting minutes and agendas; and a map. Subjects include the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference; Fairfax County Medical Advisory Committee on Civil Defense; Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense; Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization; Federal Civil Defense Administration; civil defense planning; and fallout shelters.","Sub-Series 3-4: Water Bond Referendum and Sewers, 1954-1955, Boxes 3 and 7 \nThis series contains materials relating to the November 8, 1955 $30,000,000 Water Bond Referendum that sought to develop an integrated Fairfax County water system. Items include news clippings; papers; correspondence; handwritten notes; reports; scrapbooks; and a map. Subjects include the planning of the Fairfax County integrated sewer system; plans for the attempt to provide adequate storm drainage; the purchase of the Alexandria Water Company; and the creation of the Fairfax County Water Authority. ","Series 4: Correspondence, 1952-1998, Box 3","This series contains letters between Anne Wilkins; Donald Wilkins; Gary Brooks; and other members of her family. Subjects covered in the letters include private family correspondence; Wilkins’ work with the Board of Supervisors; death of family members’ and letters to editors of newspapers. ","Series 5: News Clippings and Periodicals, 1951-1982, Boxes 3-4 ","This series consists of news clippings; newspapers; a newsletter; and a magazine saved by Anne Wilkins. She often pasted news clippings into personal scrapbooks. Clippings document issues she dealt with in the county, public appearances she made, her political campaigns, and other miscellaneous articles. News clippings are arranged by subject and periodicals are arranged by date.","Series 6: Photographs, 1950-1977","Sub-Series 6-1: General Photographs, 1950-1977, Boxes 5, 7, and 8 \nThis series consists of photographs depicting Anne Wilkins at home; political events; public appearances; groundbreaking ceremonies; construction sites; her family; and other general photographs. Many photographs have unidentified individuals accompanied with Anne Wilkins. Some photos have been personally inscribed to her. Of particular note is the oversize cartoon ink drawing of the 1956-1960 Fairfax County Board of Supervisors by Evening Star cartoonist Gil Crockett which was presented to the Board at the annual banquet of the Fairfax Federation of Citizens’ Associations on February 16, 1956. Subjects in this series include the Seven Corners Shopping Center; Bailey’s Elementary School; Fairfax Hospital; Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; and Water Supply and Abatement Committee.","Sub-Series 6-2: 1956 Presidential and 10th Congressional District Campaign, 1956, Box 5 \nThe photographs in this series depict scenes from the 1956 Presidential campaign of Democrat Adlai Stevenson and the 10th Congressional District of Virginia campaign of Democrat Warren Quenstedt. Most of the photos in this series are from a barbecue-rally launching Quenstedt’s campaign for the 10th Congressional District seat against Republican Joel T. Broyhill. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson and former Virginia governor John S. Battle joined over 7,000 people at the kickoff rally held at the Walnut Hill estate of George Faraco near Annandale, Virginia. Photos in this series also include the opening of Quenstedt’s campaign headquarters; other events from his campaign; an autographed photo of Adlai Stevenson and Charles Fenwick; and portraits of Adlai Stevenson and Vice Presidential candidate Estes Kefauver.","Sub-Series 6-3: Portraits, 1951-1974, Box 6 \nThe photographs in these series are portraits of Anne Wilkins. Porter Studios of Falls Church took several of the photos. A portrait photo of Donald Wilkins is also included.","\nThe Anne Wilkins Collection consists of 6.85 linear feet spanning the years 1936-1998 (bulk 1951-1963). The collection contains photographs; news clippings; correspondence; campaign materials; scrapbooks; notes; maps; reports; brochures; pamphlets; meeting minutes; meeting agendas; law certificates; a book; and personal records. 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She later successfully lobbied for a sufficient right of way for the Dulles Toll Road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile on the Board of Supervisors, Wilkins also acted as a charter member of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference, now known as the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. She served on several of its committees including Transportation in which she laid the groundwork for future development of the Metro. While on the Water Supply and Pollution Abatement Committee, she succeeded in cleaning up the Potomac River and adopted water quality standards. As Chairman of the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee she sought standards for protection against the effects of nuclear weapons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen she lost reelection in 1963, Wilkins drifted away from politics. She became a real estate broker with Edward R. Carr, Inc. handling Carr’s land and commercial sales in Springfield and Annandale. 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That same year she also passed the District of Columbia Bar.","In 1939 the Wilkins family moved to Fairfax County living in a small house in Lee Boulevard Heights where Anne raised their two children, Gary and John. In 1943 the Wilkins’ bought and moved into the Munson Hill estate. The house, built in 1859, saw many encounters between Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War, including J.E.B Stuart’s occupation of the hill.","The public health situation of Fairfax County stimulated Wilkins’ involvement in local politics. Her children attended a local school and she felt that the health department did not give adequate attention to communicable disease control. Wilkins met with the local public health officer to raise her concerns and he inspired her to organize citizen support for public health facilities. As a result, she founded the Lay Health Association which sought to broaden the scope of the health department.","Wilkins went on to become very active in civic affairs. In 1941 she and her husband founded the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Association. She also worked bringing about community change with the Community Chest, the League of Women Voters, the Good Government Committee and the PTA.","In 1947 the County Board proposed rezoning land near Seven Corners for the construction of Willston Apartments, a large unwanted apartment complex that would dramatically increase the community’s population. With plenty of support, Anne Wilkins led the opposition to the rezoning. Nevertheless, the County Board rezoned it, and her defeat inspired Wilkins to get more involved with politics to instigate change.","In 1950, Anne and Donald acted as leaders in the campaign to change the inefficient form of the county government. Under the old form, voters separately elected all heads of government, the county suffered a lack of budget control, and the government was unprepared for the rapid influx of population in the area. Through their involvement with the Federation of Citizens Association and League of Women Voters, they successfully won this campaign. On November 5, 1950 Fairfax County voters approved the county executive form of government to be implemented in 1952.","In 1951 with the help of the League of Women Voters, Wilkins set up a grassroots campaign to get her elected to the Board of Supervisors. She successfully acquired the Democratic nomination for supervisor in the Falls Church District over incumbent C.B. Runyon. She went on to win the general election over Republican Frank Clem, which made her the only woman board member in Virginia at that time. In 1955 she ran for reelection in the Mason District defeating Republican James L. Deaver, and again in 1959. In 1958, she served as the board’s first female chairman and again in 1960 and 1961. She lost her campaign for a fourth term in 1963 to Republican Stanford E. Parris.","Wilkins accomplished a tremendous amount of progress in her twelve years on the Board and is credited for single-handedly shaping the direction of Fairfax County’s growth and development. During her first year on the Board in 1952, Wilkins oversaw the implementation of the county executive form of government. During the change, elected officials transitioned into appointed offices.","As one of the first advocates for a countywide master plan, she immediately initiated the master plan studies which resulted in the county’s first long-range Master Plan for land use. The Master Plan formed the basis for all future development in the county. While on the board, she planned and built a county-wide sewer and water system, set up modern county police and fire departments, provided garbage collecting services, and created guidelines for storm drainage. She helped build modern schools, improved school standards, aided in the formation of George Mason University, and successfully led Fairfax County through integration despite substantial resistance. In addition to setting up a modern public health department and constructing new clinics, Wilkins helped establish Fairfax Hospital, the county’s first hospital. Wilkins also fought a losing battle for annexation of the City of Fairfax.","Wilkins served on the Planning Commission and involved herself in many land-use and zoning issues. She convinced the federal government of moving the proposed metropolitan area airport from Burke to Chantilly. The government had already purchased the land in Burke for the construction of the airport, despite major protest from the community. After consulting soil scientists, Wilkins discovered that Burke had insufficient soil and an abundant amount of granite that would be costly to remove for the construction of runway foundations. The Chantilly location had adequate soil which would prove to be more economical for construction. While the government later cited the traffic pattern for moving the airport to Chantilly, her argument convinced them enough to cease pursuing the Burke location and re-evaluate their plans. She later successfully lobbied for a sufficient right of way for the Dulles Toll Road.","While on the Board of Supervisors, Wilkins also acted as a charter member of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference, now known as the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. She served on several of its committees including Transportation in which she laid the groundwork for future development of the Metro. While on the Water Supply and Pollution Abatement Committee, she succeeded in cleaning up the Potomac River and adopted water quality standards. As Chairman of the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee she sought standards for protection against the effects of nuclear weapons.","When she lost reelection in 1963, Wilkins drifted away from politics. She became a real estate broker with Edward R. Carr, Inc. handling Carr’s land and commercial sales in Springfield and Annandale. In 1972 she started her own real estate business, Anne Wilkins \u0026 Associates, and went on to make a major land sale that became the planned community of Lake Ridge in Prince William County.","After leaving politics, her family suffered multiple tragedies. In 1966, the Alexandria Federal Court convicted Donald Wilkins of income tax evasion. Accused of submitting fraudulent tax returns that cheated the government out of almost $23,000, Wilkins served a brief prison sentence. Anne had filed joint returns with her husband but the government did not charge her with misconduct. In 1977, Wilkins’ son, John, died suddenly of an aneurysm at age 33. Anne retired from her real estate business in 1993 and moved to Merry Point, Virginia. She died at her home of breast cancer on September 9, 1996."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Biographical Materials, 1935-1972 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 1-1: Personal Records, 1936-1995, Box 1\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains college transcripts; biographical information; records of affairs booklet; a birthday poem to Anne Wilkins; Anderson family reunion address book; and a handwritten excerpt from the book Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss. Subjects include Winthrop College and George Washington University Law School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 1-2: Law Certificates, 1935-1972, Box 7\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains law certificates from members of the Wilkins’ family. Certificates issued to Anne Wilkins, Donald Wilkins, and John Wilkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: Presidential Activities, 1949-1979\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 2-1: Presidential Memorabilia, 1949-1979, Box 1\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains memorabilia from Anne Wilkin’s encounters with the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Items included are invitations for the Presidential Inaugurations and Inaugural Balls of Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy. Also included are materials relating to the funding for construction of the John F. Kennedy Library; a book of Congressional eulogies on the death of President Kennedy; a White House Christmas Card from Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter; a letter written by Wilkins’ daughter, Gary Brooks, to Gerald Ford denouncing his pardoning of Richard Nixon; and an “Impeach Nixon” bumper sticker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 2-2: 1964 Presidential Campaign, 1964, Box 1\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn October 1964 Anne Wilkins wrote a “Letter to the Editor” to a couple of South Carolina newspapers calling for the South to support Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 Presidential campaign. This series contains related correspondence; news clippings; Johnson campaign pamphlets; and a paperback book, \"A Texan Looks at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power\" by J. Evetts Haley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 1951-1993\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 3-1: Supervisor Papers, 1955-1993, Box 1\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains materials relating to Wilkins’ involvement with the Board of Supervisors. Items included are programs; a newsletter; articles written by Wilkins concerning the Master Plan; Wilkins’ unpublished manuscript on Fairfax County Government’s history; and her notes regarding the 50th Anniversary of the Planning Commission. Subjects comprise of the Seven Corners Shopping Center; Willston Apartments; and American Legion Fairfax Post No. 177.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 3-2: Campaign Materials, 1951-1963, Boxes 1 and 7\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAnne Wilkins ran for the Board of Supervisors on four occasions in 1951, 1955, 1959, and 1963. This series contains materials from some of those elections including campaign pamphlets; campaign posters; an election card; her 1963 campaign platform; an “I’m For Anne” bumper sticker’ and a scrapbook which chronicles her first campaign for the Board of Supervisors in 1951. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 3-3: Civil Defense Activities, 1955-1962, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1961 Anne Wilkins was appointed Chairman of the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference in which she sought standards for civil defense protection against nuclear attack in Fairfax County. Items in this series include papers; correspondence; brochures; pamphlets; bulletins; newspaper clippings; meeting minutes and agendas; and a map. Subjects include the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference; Fairfax County Medical Advisory Committee on Civil Defense; Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense; Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization; Federal Civil Defense Administration; civil defense planning; and fallout shelters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 3-4: Water Bond Referendum and Sewers, 1954-1955, Boxes 3 and 7\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains materials relating to the November 8, 1955 $30,000,000 Water Bond Referendum that sought to develop an integrated Fairfax County water system. Items include news clippings; papers; correspondence; handwritten notes; reports; scrapbooks; and a map. Subjects include the planning of the Fairfax County integrated sewer system; plans for the attempt to provide adequate storm drainage; the purchase of the Alexandria Water Company; and the creation of the Fairfax County Water Authority. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Correspondence, 1952-1998, Box 3\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains letters between Anne Wilkins; Donald Wilkins; Gary Brooks; and other members of her family. Subjects covered in the letters include private family correspondence; Wilkins’ work with the Board of Supervisors; death of family members’ and letters to editors of newspapers. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: News Clippings and Periodicals, 1951-1982, Boxes 3-4 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of news clippings; newspapers; a newsletter; and a magazine saved by Anne Wilkins. She often pasted news clippings into personal scrapbooks. Clippings document issues she dealt with in the county, public appearances she made, her political campaigns, and other miscellaneous articles. News clippings are arranged by subject and periodicals are arranged by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Photographs, 1950-1977\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: General Photographs, 1950-1977, Boxes 5, 7, and 8\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series consists of photographs depicting Anne Wilkins at home; political events; public appearances; groundbreaking ceremonies; construction sites; her family; and other general photographs. Many photographs have unidentified individuals accompanied with Anne Wilkins. Some photos have been personally inscribed to her. Of particular note is the oversize cartoon ink drawing of the 1956-1960 Fairfax County Board of Supervisors by Evening Star cartoonist Gil Crockett which was presented to the Board at the annual banquet of the Fairfax Federation of Citizens’ Associations on February 16, 1956. Subjects in this series include the Seven Corners Shopping Center; Bailey’s Elementary School; Fairfax Hospital; Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; and Water Supply and Abatement Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: 1956 Presidential and 10th Congressional District Campaign, 1956, Box 5\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThe photographs in this series depict scenes from the 1956 Presidential campaign of Democrat Adlai Stevenson and the 10th Congressional District of Virginia campaign of Democrat Warren Quenstedt. Most of the photos in this series are from a barbecue-rally launching Quenstedt’s campaign for the 10th Congressional District seat against Republican Joel T. Broyhill. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson and former Virginia governor John S. Battle joined over 7,000 people at the kickoff rally held at the Walnut Hill estate of George Faraco near Annandale, Virginia. Photos in this series also include the opening of Quenstedt’s campaign headquarters; other events from his campaign; an autographed photo of Adlai Stevenson and Charles Fenwick; and portraits of Adlai Stevenson and Vice Presidential candidate Estes Kefauver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Portraits, 1951-1974, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThe photographs in these series are portraits of Anne Wilkins. Porter Studios of Falls Church took several of the photos. A portrait photo of Donald Wilkins is also included.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1935-1972 ","Sub-Series 1-1: Personal Records, 1936-1995, Box 1 \nThis series contains college transcripts; biographical information; records of affairs booklet; a birthday poem to Anne Wilkins; Anderson family reunion address book; and a handwritten excerpt from the book Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss. Subjects include Winthrop College and George Washington University Law School.","Sub-Series 1-2: Law Certificates, 1935-1972, Box 7 \nThis series contains law certificates from members of the Wilkins’ family. Certificates issued to Anne Wilkins, Donald Wilkins, and John Wilkins.","Series 2: Presidential Activities, 1949-1979","Sub-Series 2-1: Presidential Memorabilia, 1949-1979, Box 1 \nThis series contains memorabilia from Anne Wilkin’s encounters with the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Items included are invitations for the Presidential Inaugurations and Inaugural Balls of Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy. Also included are materials relating to the funding for construction of the John F. Kennedy Library; a book of Congressional eulogies on the death of President Kennedy; a White House Christmas Card from Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter; a letter written by Wilkins’ daughter, Gary Brooks, to Gerald Ford denouncing his pardoning of Richard Nixon; and an “Impeach Nixon” bumper sticker.","Sub-Series 2-2: 1964 Presidential Campaign, 1964, Box 1 \nIn October 1964 Anne Wilkins wrote a “Letter to the Editor” to a couple of South Carolina newspapers calling for the South to support Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 Presidential campaign. This series contains related correspondence; news clippings; Johnson campaign pamphlets; and a paperback book, \"A Texan Looks at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power\" by J. Evetts Haley.","Series 3: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 1951-1993","Sub-Series 3-1: Supervisor Papers, 1955-1993, Box 1 \nThis series contains materials relating to Wilkins’ involvement with the Board of Supervisors. Items included are programs; a newsletter; articles written by Wilkins concerning the Master Plan; Wilkins’ unpublished manuscript on Fairfax County Government’s history; and her notes regarding the 50th Anniversary of the Planning Commission. Subjects comprise of the Seven Corners Shopping Center; Willston Apartments; and American Legion Fairfax Post No. 177.","Sub-Series 3-2: Campaign Materials, 1951-1963, Boxes 1 and 7 \nAnne Wilkins ran for the Board of Supervisors on four occasions in 1951, 1955, 1959, and 1963. This series contains materials from some of those elections including campaign pamphlets; campaign posters; an election card; her 1963 campaign platform; an “I’m For Anne” bumper sticker’ and a scrapbook which chronicles her first campaign for the Board of Supervisors in 1951. ","Sub-Series 3-3: Civil Defense Activities, 1955-1962, Boxes 1-2 \nIn 1961 Anne Wilkins was appointed Chairman of the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference in which she sought standards for civil defense protection against nuclear attack in Fairfax County. Items in this series include papers; correspondence; brochures; pamphlets; bulletins; newspaper clippings; meeting minutes and agendas; and a map. Subjects include the Civil Defense and Public Safety Committee of the Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference; Fairfax County Medical Advisory Committee on Civil Defense; Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense; Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization; Federal Civil Defense Administration; civil defense planning; and fallout shelters.","Sub-Series 3-4: Water Bond Referendum and Sewers, 1954-1955, Boxes 3 and 7 \nThis series contains materials relating to the November 8, 1955 $30,000,000 Water Bond Referendum that sought to develop an integrated Fairfax County water system. Items include news clippings; papers; correspondence; handwritten notes; reports; scrapbooks; and a map. Subjects include the planning of the Fairfax County integrated sewer system; plans for the attempt to provide adequate storm drainage; the purchase of the Alexandria Water Company; and the creation of the Fairfax County Water Authority. ","Series 4: Correspondence, 1952-1998, Box 3","This series contains letters between Anne Wilkins; Donald Wilkins; Gary Brooks; and other members of her family. Subjects covered in the letters include private family correspondence; Wilkins’ work with the Board of Supervisors; death of family members’ and letters to editors of newspapers. ","Series 5: News Clippings and Periodicals, 1951-1982, Boxes 3-4 ","This series consists of news clippings; newspapers; a newsletter; and a magazine saved by Anne Wilkins. She often pasted news clippings into personal scrapbooks. Clippings document issues she dealt with in the county, public appearances she made, her political campaigns, and other miscellaneous articles. News clippings are arranged by subject and periodicals are arranged by date.","Series 6: Photographs, 1950-1977","Sub-Series 6-1: General Photographs, 1950-1977, Boxes 5, 7, and 8 \nThis series consists of photographs depicting Anne Wilkins at home; political events; public appearances; groundbreaking ceremonies; construction sites; her family; and other general photographs. Many photographs have unidentified individuals accompanied with Anne Wilkins. Some photos have been personally inscribed to her. Of particular note is the oversize cartoon ink drawing of the 1956-1960 Fairfax County Board of Supervisors by Evening Star cartoonist Gil Crockett which was presented to the Board at the annual banquet of the Fairfax Federation of Citizens’ Associations on February 16, 1956. Subjects in this series include the Seven Corners Shopping Center; Bailey’s Elementary School; Fairfax Hospital; Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; and Water Supply and Abatement Committee.","Sub-Series 6-2: 1956 Presidential and 10th Congressional District Campaign, 1956, Box 5 \nThe photographs in this series depict scenes from the 1956 Presidential campaign of Democrat Adlai Stevenson and the 10th Congressional District of Virginia campaign of Democrat Warren Quenstedt. Most of the photos in this series are from a barbecue-rally launching Quenstedt’s campaign for the 10th Congressional District seat against Republican Joel T. Broyhill. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson and former Virginia governor John S. Battle joined over 7,000 people at the kickoff rally held at the Walnut Hill estate of George Faraco near Annandale, Virginia. Photos in this series also include the opening of Quenstedt’s campaign headquarters; other events from his campaign; an autographed photo of Adlai Stevenson and Charles Fenwick; and portraits of Adlai Stevenson and Vice Presidential candidate Estes Kefauver.","Sub-Series 6-3: Portraits, 1951-1974, Box 6 \nThe photographs in these series are portraits of Anne Wilkins. Porter Studios of Falls Church took several of the photos. A portrait photo of Donald Wilkins is also included."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Anne Wilkins Collection consists of 6.85 linear feet spanning the years 1936-1998 (bulk 1951-1963). The collection contains photographs; news clippings; correspondence; campaign materials; scrapbooks; notes; maps; reports; brochures; pamphlets; meeting minutes; meeting agendas; law certificates; a book; and personal records. Subjects covered are the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; Fairfax County issues and politics; and the 1956 Presidential and Tenth Congressional District of Virginia Election Campaign.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["\nThe Anne Wilkins Collection consists of 6.85 linear feet spanning the years 1936-1998 (bulk 1951-1963). The collection contains photographs; news clippings; correspondence; campaign materials; scrapbooks; notes; maps; reports; brochures; pamphlets; meeting minutes; meeting agendas; law certificates; a book; and personal records. Subjects covered are the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; Fairfax County issues and politics; and the 1956 Presidential and Tenth Congressional District of Virginia Election Campaign.\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Fairfax County Board of Supervisors","Quenstedt, Warren","Stevenson, Adlai","Wilkins, Anne","Wilkins, Donald"],"names_ssim":["Fairfax County Board of Supervisors","Quenstedt, Warren","Stevenson, Adlai","Wilkins, Anne","Wilkins, Donald"],"corpname_ssim":["Fairfax County Board of Supervisors"],"persname_ssim":["Quenstedt, Warren","Stevenson, Adlai","Wilkins, Anne","Wilkins, Donald"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":304,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:09:39.116Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vif_vif00003_c06_c03"}},{"id":"vif_vif00143_c06_c04","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Sub-series 6-4: McLean Subdivision Files,\n 1970-2013","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vif_vif00143_c06_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vif_vif00143_c06_c04","ref_ssm":["vif_vif00143_c06_c04"],"id":"vif_vif00143_c06_c04","ead_ssi":"vif_vif00143","_root_":"vif_vif00143","_nest_parent_":"vif_vif00143_c06","parent_ssi":"vif_vif00143_c06","parent_ssim":["vif_vif00143","vif_vif00143_c06"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vif_vif00143","vif_vif00143_c06"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["The Lilla Richards Collection, \n 1914-2016 (bulk 1970-2001)","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files,\n 1957-2013"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection, \n 1914-2016 (bulk 1970-2001)","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files,\n 1957-2013"],"text":["The Lilla Richards Collection, \n 1914-2016 (bulk 1970-2001)","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files,\n 1957-2013","Sub-series 6-4: McLean Subdivision Files,\n 1970-2013"],"title_filing_ssi":"Sub-series 6-4: McLean Subdivision Files,\n 1970-2013","title_ssm":["Sub-series 6-4: McLean Subdivision Files,\n 1970-2013"],"title_tesim":["Sub-series 6-4: McLean Subdivision Files,\n 1970-2013"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Sub-series 6-4: McLean Subdivision Files,\n 1970-2013"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax County Public Library"],"collection_ssim":["The Lilla Richards Collection, \n 1914-2016 (bulk 1970-2001)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":28,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":800,"_nest_path_":"/components#5/components#3","timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:01:54.963Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vif_vif00143","ead_ssi":"vif_vif00143","_root_":"vif_vif00143","_nest_parent_":"vif_vif00143","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/fcpl/vif00143.xml","title_ssm":["The Lilla Richards Collection, \n 1914-2016 (bulk 1970-2001)"],"title_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection, \n 1914-2016 (bulk 1970-2001)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 06-97"],"text":["MSS 06-97","The Lilla Richards Collection, \n 1914-2016 (bulk 1970-2001)","Chesterbrook (Va.) - History","Coalition to Save Evans Farm","Dranesville (Va.) - History","Dulles Toll Road ","Evans Farm Inn (McLean, Va.) - History","Fairfax County (Va.). Board of Supervisors","Fairfax County (Va.) - Annexation","Fairfax County (Va.) - Civic Associations","Fairfax County (Va.) - Government and Politics","Fairfax County (Va.) - Land use and planning","Fairfax County (Va.) - Roads","Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors.","Fairfax County Parkway (Va.) - History","Falls Church (Va.) - Annexation ","Georgetown Pike","Great Falls (Va.) - History","Herndon (Va.) - History","Langley (Va.) - History","Lewinsville (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Government and Politics","McLean (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Parks","McLean Citizens Association - History","McLean Citizens Foundation - History","McLean Community Center - History","McLean Community Foundation - History","McLean Planning District PLUS Task Force","Pimmit Hills (Va.) - History","Potomac View Secondary School (Proposed) (Va.) - History","Roads - Virginia - Fairfax County ","Tysons (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons I) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons II) - History ","United States. Central Intelligence Agency - History","Washington Dulles International Airport ","Washington National Airport","Lilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. ","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. ","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.","\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n","School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. 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It was officially donated by Pierce and Kohlenberger in March 2019."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Chesterbrook (Va.) - History","Coalition to Save Evans Farm","Dranesville (Va.) - History","Dulles Toll Road ","Evans Farm Inn (McLean, Va.) - History","Fairfax County (Va.). Board of Supervisors","Fairfax County (Va.) - Annexation","Fairfax County (Va.) - Civic Associations","Fairfax County (Va.) - Government and Politics","Fairfax County (Va.) - Land use and planning","Fairfax County (Va.) - Roads","Fairfax County (Va.) 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She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical and Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvery aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Election Files, 1971-1991\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. ","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. 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Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. 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The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvery aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Election Files, 1971-1991\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. ","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. ","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. 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C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. ","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. ","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.","\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n","School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. 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It was officially donated by Pierce and Kohlenberger in March 2019."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Chesterbrook (Va.) - History","Coalition to Save Evans Farm","Dranesville (Va.) - History","Dulles Toll Road ","Evans Farm Inn (McLean, Va.) - History","Fairfax County (Va.). Board of Supervisors","Fairfax County (Va.) - Annexation","Fairfax County (Va.) - Civic Associations","Fairfax County (Va.) - Government and Politics","Fairfax County (Va.) - Land use and planning","Fairfax County (Va.) - Roads","Fairfax County (Va.) 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She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical and Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvery aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Election Files, 1971-1991\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. ","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. ","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. (1929-2012)"],"names_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. (1929-2012)"],"corpname_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)"],"persname_ssim":["Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. 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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. They transferred their collection of photographs and organizational records to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in February 2021.","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. Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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. Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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.","\nThe 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.\n","Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia","English"],"unitid_tesim":["MSS 05-75"],"normalized_title_ssm":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"collection_title_tesim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"collection_ssim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"repository_ssm":["Fairfax County Public Library"],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax County Public Library"],"creator_ssm":["\nGreat Falls Historical Society, Virginia\n"],"creator_ssim":["\nGreat Falls Historical Society, Virginia\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Artwork in this collection was donated by the Great Falls Historical Society in September 2019. 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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. Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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. Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. ","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. ","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.","\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. 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She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical and Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvery aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Election Files, 1971-1991\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. ","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 ","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. ","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40 \nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. ","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46 \nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53 \nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54 \nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59 \nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81 \nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83 \nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). ","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. ","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. ","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. ","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. (1929-2012)"],"names_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. 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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. They transferred their collection of photographs and organizational records to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in February 2021.","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. Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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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Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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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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Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe 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.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["\nThe 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.\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia"],"names_ssim":["Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":739,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:09:53.682Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vif_vif00155_c08_c02"}},{"id":"vif_vif00155_c08_c03","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums,\n 1979-2001","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vif_vif00155_c08_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vif_vif00155_c08_c03","ref_ssm":["vif_vif00155_c08_c03"],"id":"vif_vif00155_c08_c03","ead_ssi":"vif_vif00155","_root_":"vif_vif00155","_nest_parent_":"vif_vif00155_c08","parent_ssi":"vif_vif00155_c08","parent_ssim":["vif_vif00155","vif_vif00155_c08"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vif_vif00155","vif_vif00155_c08"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Series 8: Photographic Materials,\n c.1960s -2001"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Series 8: Photographic Materials,\n c.1960s -2001"],"text":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Series 8: Photographic Materials,\n c.1960s -2001","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums,\n 1979-2001"],"title_filing_ssi":"Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums,\n 1979-2001","title_ssm":["Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums,\n 1979-2001"],"title_tesim":["Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums,\n 1979-2001"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums,\n 1979-2001"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax County Public Library"],"collection_ssim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":68,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":417,"_nest_path_":"/components#7/components#2","timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:09:53.682Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vif_vif00155","ead_ssi":"vif_vif00155","_root_":"vif_vif00155","_nest_parent_":"vif_vif00155","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/fcpl/vif00155.xml","title_ssm":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"title_tesim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 05-75"],"text":["MSS 05-75","The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Great Falls (Va.) - History ","In February 1977, five residents of Great Falls, Virginia got together and held the first meeting of the Great Falls Historical Society (GFHS). 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. They transferred their collection of photographs and organizational records to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in February 2021.","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. Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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. Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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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Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe 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.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["\nThe 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.\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia"],"names_ssim":["Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":739,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:09:53.682Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vif_vif00155_c08_c03"}},{"id":"vif_vif00155_c08_c04","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Sub-series 8-4: Photographs,\n 1979-1993","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vif_vif00155_c08_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vif_vif00155_c08_c04","ref_ssm":["vif_vif00155_c08_c04"],"id":"vif_vif00155_c08_c04","ead_ssi":"vif_vif00155","_root_":"vif_vif00155","_nest_parent_":"vif_vif00155_c08","parent_ssi":"vif_vif00155_c08","parent_ssim":["vif_vif00155","vif_vif00155_c08"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vif_vif00155","vif_vif00155_c08"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Series 8: Photographic Materials,\n c.1960s -2001"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Series 8: Photographic Materials,\n c.1960s -2001"],"text":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Series 8: Photographic Materials,\n c.1960s -2001","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs,\n 1979-1993"],"title_filing_ssi":"Sub-series 8-4: Photographs,\n 1979-1993","title_ssm":["Sub-series 8-4: Photographs,\n 1979-1993"],"title_tesim":["Sub-series 8-4: Photographs,\n 1979-1993"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Sub-series 8-4: Photographs,\n 1979-1993"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax County Public Library"],"collection_ssim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":165,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":486,"_nest_path_":"/components#7/components#3","timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:09:53.682Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vif_vif00155","ead_ssi":"vif_vif00155","_root_":"vif_vif00155","_nest_parent_":"vif_vif00155","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/fcpl/vif00155.xml","title_ssm":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"title_tesim":["The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 05-75"],"text":["MSS 05-75","The Great Falls Historical Society, Virginia Collection, \n c.1960s-2022","Great Falls (Va.) - History ","In February 1977, five residents of Great Falls, Virginia got together and held the first meeting of the Great Falls Historical Society (GFHS). 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. They transferred their collection of photographs and organizational records to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in February 2021.","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. Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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. Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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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. Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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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Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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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. They transferred their collection of photographs and organizational records to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in February 2021.","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. Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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. Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-5: Oversize Photographs, 1977-1980, Boxes 28-30 \nThis series contains oversize photographs that were too large to contain in Sub-series 8-4. Each photo was labeled by the GFHS with a unique accession number. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. The oversize photographs are arranged alphabetically by their accession number.","Sub-series 8-6: Digital Photos, 2005-2015, Box 27 \nThis series contains digital photos featured on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Included are images of historic Great Falls houses, structures, the dedication of the Great Falls fire station, and scans of some of the photographs found within this collection.","Series 9: Artwork, 2010, undated, Oversize Drawer","This series contains artwork collected by the GFHS. 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Included are the Society’s by-laws and constitution, rosters, meeting minutes, lists, newspaper articles, resolutions, website printouts, reports, stationary, a plaque, and a ticket from the defunct Great Falls Park Carousel.","Series 2: Events, 1977-2019, Box 3","This series contains documents relating to events hosted by the GFHS. Events included are Grange and Old School Days, Great Falls Day, and the GFHS 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Also included are a list of programs that the Society hosted from 1977-2019.","Series 3: Newsletters, 1980-2018, Boxes 4-5","This series contains the GFHS-produced newsletters. The Society initially put out an untitled monthly newsletter that featured meeting announcements from 1980-1981. 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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Images feature Great Falls people, houses, businesses, historic sites, and GFHS events. Box 20 contains negatives that were not labeled by the GFHS and remain unidentified.  ","Sub-series 8-3: Photo Albums, 1979-2001, Boxes 21-23 and 30 \nThis series contains photo albums assembled by the GFHS. Photographs depict Great Falls people, historic sites, and GFHS events. Almost every photo was labeled on the back with a unique accession number, however a corresponding index was not included with this collection. Most of the photographs have been identified. The albums have been retained in their original order. ","Sub-series 8-4: Photographs, 1979-1993, Boxes 24-27 \nThis series contains loose photographs that were not included in the photo albums but are labeled with the same unique accession numbering system. These photos were mounted onto colored cardstock. Subjects include Great Falls people, places, and historic sites. 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