Collections : [Arlington Public Library]

RG 191 contains the records of the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, and is 3.1 linear feet. The collection ranges from 1963 to 2011, and the bulk of the material dates 1980-2008. There is an incomplete run of board minutes and annual reports, along with scattered administrative records, found in Series 1. The majority of the materials in this collection are linked to individual productions by the theatre, which is Series 2, Production Materials. This series holds programs, publicity, reviews, correspondence, contracts, and photographs, to give a fuller picture of the creation, publicity, and response to productions included in this series.

Record Group 32 contains materials gathered by various Arlington County managers and housed in their quasi-professional library existing from 1932, the year when the county manager form of government was adopted, until 1981. The collection consists largely of county-generated reports and other documents which the managers may have referred to over the years as they administered county business.

RG 346 is a collection of Gail Baker's papers relating to her activities with the Arlington County preservation community. Materials date 1938-2002, with the bulk of the materials dating 1980-2000. The collection is 15.22 linear feet, not including oversize material.

The files of the Arlington Heritage Alliance, Inc., a private, nonprofit organization, consist of 11.26 linear feet and cover the time period from 1976 to 2006, with most of the materials dating 1988-2003.

The materials in this collection have been created and managed by many different members of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Dorothy Hamm and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr. were the last owners of the collection, both of whom were active members of the association since the early 1950s until the 1980s. As such, few items in the collection may be related to the other civic activities of Dorothy Hamm, such as Hamm's political and playwriting careers. However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association.

Record Group 13 contains materials gathered, notes taken, and personal research done by Dr. Samuel Milner for a history he hoped to publish on Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (Reagan National Airport) while he was on the Historical Staff of the Federal Aviation Administration.

RG 199, the Carrie Johnson Papers, is 4.6 linear feet, and dates 1958-2005, with the majority of the materials dating between 1990-2004. This collection contains Johnson's working materials for her tenure on the Planning Commission and publications that supported her work. There are memos, correspondence, meeting minutes, architectural plans, and maps, many with Johnson's handwritten notes on the margins.

RG 11 holds the personal and collected material of Edmond Fleet; it measures approximately 3 linear feet and covers the period from 1812 to 1984, although the bulk of the collection dates 1920-1980. There are 105 photographs in this collection.

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.

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.