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Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 North Virginia Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22046
Primary Collecting Areas:
The mission of the Falls Church History Room is to collect, preserve, and promote materials with historical significance concerning the inhabitants, government, institutions, and environment of the City of Falls Church. This includes manuscripts, maps, newspapers, sound recordings and ephemera.
Description:
We are the public library for the City of Falls Church with over 26,000 card holders for the city and metropolitan area. Our library features a Falls Church History Room which we are seeking to further publicize and describe online to make our archival collections more accessible.
POC: Peter Sullivan
Phone: (703) 248-5030
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Village Preservation and Improvement Society, 1885-2023

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RECORD GROUP 4-2 RECORDS OF FALLS CHURCH GARDEN CLUB 1950-2003 (1946-2011), 1950-2003 (1946-2011)

4 boxes

Most records are from 1950-1970 except The Seedling which is complete through 2006 and a few issues each year from 2008 to 2011. The Yearbooks are through 2003 but many years are missing. There is an additional and more complete set of Yearbooks on the shelf at VaC 635.06 F but note that there is no Yearbook from 1984 nor 2005. The yearbooks contain lists of officers, membership contact information, a calendar of club events and more. There are no photographs in the yearbook.

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Widening of Washington Street, 1958-1974

1 box
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1958 Box-folder 1-1

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Citizens for a Better City, 1959-2012

11 boxes

Edward B. Strait, a Falls Church resident, collected and held the files of the CBC. These files were donated to the Mary Riley Styles Public Library in 2013 per his instructions. These were added to the files already held by the library.

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Broad Street Improvements-Papers of Sue Bachtel, 1963-1991

17 folders in 2 boxes

These two boxes contain Sue Bachtel’s chronological files of her involvement with the process of designing, planning, funding, and determining the scope of Broad Street Improvements during the 1980s. Bachtel was a Council Member during much of the effort to widen and improve West Broad Street from West Street to almost Haycock Road. These files do not constitute a definitive reporting of the process of Broad St improvements, nor do they contain all the reports that are referred to in the documents as attachments.

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Falls Church Historical Commission Historical Heritage Symposia, 1994-1998

Approx. 1 linear foot. 2 boxes.

The Falls Church Historical Commission Historical Heritage Symposia collection is comprised of documents, correspondence, ephemera and articles related to presentations given from the years 1994-1998. The symposia covered the following subjects: 1994 – the geography, environment, pre-history and Colonial Period of the Falls Church area; 1995 – the Village Period: 1780-1860; 1996 – the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1875); 1997 – the Town Period (1875-1948); 1998 – the City Period (1948-1998).

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1996 FCHSYM Item 8

  • Anzalone, “Prelude to War: Falls Church and Secession”
  • Holien (sp?), “Spring, Summer and Fall 1861”
  1. Box 2
  2. Series 3: Audio Materials
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The Historical Commission of Falls Church Records, 1955-2012

14 boxes

The Historical Commission, upon a Resolution of the City Council, established the Mary Riley Styles Public Library, specifically its Falls Church History Room (or Virginia Room as it was called then) to hold, process, and make accessible the materials of the Commission. The series was organized as follows:

  • Series 1: Incorporation/Organization
  • Series 2: Annual Reports
  • Series 3: Membership
  • Series 4: Meetings (Note: includes meeting announcements, agendas and minutes)
  • Series 5: Budget and Finance
  • Series 6: Correspondence
  • Series 7: Projects
  • Series 8: Archaeological Assessment
  • Series 9: Individual Reports on Houses in the Archaeological Assessment
  • Series 10: Symposiums
  • Series 11: Subject files
  • Series 12: Land Records
  • Series 13: Falls Church Public Library/Mary Riley Styles Public Library

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Carol DeLong, 1964-1974

The materials include Project Proposals, Primarily Plans, Resolutions, Memorandums, notes, drafts and letters.

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Women's Club of Falls Church, Inc., 1947-2011

2 boxes

While there are some membership directories from 1951, the bulk of the records span 1976-2007. These are the meeting records and the monthly newsletter.

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Mary Riley Styles Public Library Archives Record Group, 1935-2024

The library archive from 1935 to 2024 consists of the following documents: Corporate Statistics, Reports, Plans, Correspondence, Programs, Resolutions, etc.

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