Collections : [Arlington Public Library]

The Arlington Hall Record Group covers the history of the Arlington Hall Junior College, with materials published between 1928 and 1993. Most of the materials came from alumnae and are in the form of yearbooks, newsletters, college catalogs, scrapbooks, photographs, and assorted ephemera, reflecting the use of Arlington Hall as a college. The rest of the material has been gathered from various sources over time, and reflects later uses of the property. The collection currently measures about 12 linear feet.

RG 136 is made up entirely of textual materials. The bulk of the materials consist of weekly club newsletters sent out to members. The contents of these newsletters include, but are not limited to, the following: reporting on a previous week's proceedings, announcing the agenda for the next meeting, detailing upcoming club-sponsored events, making general announcements about members (i.e., birthdays, accomplishments, or significant milestones).

Record Group 309 holds the records of the Crystal Springs Study Club. The records date from 1955 to 2009, with the bulk of the materials dating 1955-1974 and then 1981-1998. Series 1 originally came in a binder and contains minutes, membership lists, membership attendance, by-laws and correspondence. Series 2 is a history of the club written by in 1977 by members Mary Jo Conner and Irene Young. Series 3 contains photographs which date 1970-1995. These photographs were originally in albums with identifying information written on the margins. Many of these photographs are in color.

This collection spans approximately three linear feet and contains materials covering the dates 1960-2003. The bulk of the materials date from the late 1970s to early 1990s. The documents and photographs within the collection offer a glimpse of Bozman's incredibly active civic life in Arlington County. A vast majority of the materials cover Bozman's six campaigns for the Arlington County Board, which include campaign binders that contain campaign literature, precinct operations information, letters to voters, press schedules, opposition research, speeches, and the like. The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. Lastly, the collection contains a small number of photographs that all primarily depict Bozman at events as a County Board member, though some after retirement depict her on vacation with her husband or at other community events.

Record Group 17 houses the scattered records of the Organized Women Voters of Arlington County. The collection measures 9.2 linear feet, and ranges from 1923 to 2015. Found in this group are scattered meeting minutes, membership lists, meeting announcements, by laws and constitution, financial documentation, memorabilia, and newsclippings. Of particular interest are the early meeting minutes and correspondence for the 1923 through 1925 period. The collection also houses several photographs of members at their various functions.

Record Group 21 houses six linear feet of scattered records generated by the Arlington County Department of Health from 1928 through 1984.

Record Group 7 contains the incomplete and unofficial records of the Arlington County, Virginia, public school system. The entire collection measures 20.85 linear feet, and ranges in date between 1909 and 2004. The bulk of the material is from the period 1946-1988. Materials include information on School Board candidates, architectural reports and site studies for school buildings, school personnel handbooks, salary and retirement information from the 1950s, reports of citizen advisory councils and task forces on instructional issues (1950s through 1970s) and many school publications including newsletters and clippings about Arlington schools, chiefly during the 1950s through the 1970s.

Record Group 30 houses miscellaneous reports written about Arlington County neighborhoods and specific buildings that are historical in nature. These reports are, for the most part, unpublished works done by students of Historic Preservation from local colleges and universities, county generated studies, or Historic American Buildings Surveys (HABS). This active collection currently is 2.5 linear feet.

Record Group 14 houses the records of the Arlington County Civic Federation, a federation of Arlington County local neighborhood civic associations. The collection dates from 1928 through 2008 and houses such records as the Federation's general and executive committee minutes and meeting files, committee reports, committee files, subject correspondence files, lists of delegates and officers, financial records, bulletins, annual banquet files, and other records. A complete listing of the record series is attached. The collection measures approximately 17 linear feet.

This collection contains materials from both Volunteer Department #5 (Jefferson District) and the Arlington County Fireman's Association (ACFA). The donor has been heavily involved with the ACFA and Department #5, and these papers reflect his involvement. However, as new materials from other departments arrive, they will be added to this collection. The entire collection currently measures 6.26 linear feet.