Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission Photographic Collection 1993-

Access and use

Location of collection:: Thomas Balch Library

Thomas Balch Library

208 West Market Street

Leesburg, Virginia 20176

Contact for questions and access:: POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt

Email: balchlib@leesburgva.gov

Phone: (703) 737-7195

Fax: (703) 737-7195

Web: www.leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library

Summary

Creator:: Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission, Town of Leesburg, Leesburg, VA
Abstract:: The collection documents the annual Loudoun History Awards Ceremony. Not all years are represented.
Language:: English

Background

Scope and content:

The collection primarily documents the annual Loudoun History Awards Ceremony. Images are individually catalogued in PastPerfect, Thomas Balch Library's visual collections database available onsite, and may be identified in the online index available at www.leesburgva.gov/ThomasBalchLibrary/SpecialCollections by searching vc_rg08. Photographs are not available for all years.

Loudoun History Awards Recipients

1993
- John E. Divine
- Louisa S. Hutchison
- Carl McIntyre
- Vinton Liddell Pickens
1994
- Asa Moore Janney
- Werner L. Janney
- Charles Poland
- Eugene Scheel
- Frances Hazel Reid
1995
- Ned Douglass
- John G. Lewis
- Frank Raflo
- Bronwen Souders
1996
- Richard Gillespie
- W. Hugh Grubb, Jr.
- Kathleen McCormick
- Meredith Bean McMath
1997
- Ruth and Willard Bishop
- Esther Rogers Cowart
- Agnes and B. Powell Harrison
- Jane Norman
1998
- Kim B. Holien
- Ann Whitehead Thomas
- Elaine E. Thompson
- Landon O. Wynkoop
- Loudoun County Historical Society members:
  - Joseph M. Rogers
  - Patricia R. Shoaf
  - Wm. Emory Plaster
1999
- Tracy Gillespie
- Joan Gillette Rokus
- Wynne Saffer
- Mary Alice Wertz
2000
- No Awards Given
2001
- Joni Crane
- Mary Bettis Fishback
- Deborah Lee
- Dorothy K. Rickard
- Loudoun Restoration and Preservation Society
2002
- John Fishback
- Olivia Marie Henry
- Mattie Lassiter
- William F. O'Keefe
2003
- Evelyn Porterfield Johnson
- Betty L. Morefield
2004
- Peggy Sands Drummond
- Carol Morris Dukes
- Marty Hiatt
- Rachel Yarnell Thompson
2005
- Patricia B. Duncan
- Betty Whiting Flemming
- Thomas D. Horne
- Pauline Singletary
2006
- Allen Cochran
- William H. Harrison
- Lee Daniel Kent
- Reginald Simms
2007
- Laurel Brigade restoration and preservation group
- Lou Etta Watkins
- Cate Magennis Wyatt
2008
- Mitch Diamond
- Phil and Sandra Ehrenkranz
- Stevan F. Meserve
- James P. Roberts
2009
- Anne Donovan Larson
- W. Brown Morton, III
- Henry G. Plaster
- Mary E. Randolph
2010
- H. Vernon Davis
- Margaret T. Morton
- Lori Kimball
- Arlean Hill

Biographical / historical:

Ordinance number 94-0-16, adopted May 24, 1994 by the Leesburg Town Council, established the Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission to encourage citizen involvement in governance of Thomas Balch Library. The Commission's mandatmandatee includes includes long-range planning for the Library, and it serves in an advisory capacity to the Library Director with regard to oversight and guidance of Library operations, staffing , maintenance, capital improvements and funding, assistance in the preparation of tthe Library's annual budget, and promotion of the Library, including private fund raising and cooperation with Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, Inc. Commissioners liaise with their respective Councilmembers and with the Town Council regarding Thomas Balch Library.

The Commission, which meets monthly excepting August, is comprised of nine members. Seven citizen members, appointed by the Leesburg Town Council and selected because of their interest in the Library, serve four-year terms. AA Leesburg Town Councilmember and the Leesburg representative from the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors serve terms corresponding to their official tenures. A chairpersonOfficers are is elected annually by the members.

The Commission sponsors the annual Loudoun History Awards. The awards were established in 1993 to recognize contributions of local historian John Elbert Divine (1911-1996) in preserving Loudoun County history. The Loudoun History Awards highlight diverse aspects of the county's history. They honor individuals who have made significant contributions to preserving Loudoun's past through collection of county documents and memorabilia, preservation of historic landmarks, visual arts, writing and long-term involvement in local history organizations. Presented annually except in 2000 when renovation of Thomas Balch Library prevented the event, these awards have recognized some of Loudoun County's best known historians, writers, preservationists, and conservationists.

Balch Library Commission Members (reflects full or partial fiscal year membership; Board of Supervisors' terms reflect calendar year membership)

Atwell, George F. (Councilmanic 1995-1996, 2001-2002)
Bobich, Irene W. (2000)
Burk, Kelly (Councilmanic 2005-2006; Board of Supervisors 2007-2011)
Butler, Brenda (2007-2008)
Buttery, Jr., J. Frank (Councilmanic 1997-2000; 2002)
Clem, James (Board of Supervisors 2004-2007)
Dellinger, Donald (1998-2000)
Durand, Thomas H. (2004-2006)
Fera, Francis F. (2002-2005, 2007-)
Fishback, Mary (1995-2001)
Hall, Shirley McClain (2004-2007)
Hammler, Kathryn Sheldon (Councilmanic 2008, 2010)
Herring, Mark (Board of Supervisors 2000-2003)
Hershman, Jr., James (1995- )
Hiatt, Marty (1995-1999)
Hodge, Roger (2010)
Ingram, Mary E. (2002)
Kramer, Melinda (Councilmanic 2003-2004)
Lucier, James (1995-2004)
Marshall, Thomas C. (2003-2005)
Morgan, James A., III (2009-)
Paine, Leonor (2010-)
Roberts, James P. (2001- )
Rokus, Joan (Board of Supervisors 1994-1999; 2004, 2007-)
Schonberger, Martha (2003- )
Titus, Karen (1995-2002)
Tolbert, Jr., John (1995-2000)
Ward, Donald (1995-1996)
Watkins, Lou Etta (2005- )

Acquisition information:

Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission, Town of Leesburg, Leesburg, VA

Physical description:

.15 cu ft

Collection