PUBLIC "-//Arlington Public Library::Center for Local History//TEXT (US::ViAr::ViAr00003::A Guide to the Arlington Hall, Collected Materials, 1929-1993)//EN" "ViAr00003.xml" A Guide to the Arlington Hall, Collected Materials, 1929-1993 RG 3 Heather Crocetto Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History © 1998 Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Gregory Pierce, August 13, 2020 Description is in English A Guide to the Arlington Hall, Collected Materials, 1929-1993 A Collection in Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History RG 3

Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History 1998 Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History Descriptive Summary Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History Arlington Hall, Collected Materials, 1929-1993 RG 3 10 boxes. English Arlington Hall Station (Va.) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Arlington Hall, Collected Materials, Collection # RG 3, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History

Acquisition Information

Gift of Arlington Hall Alumnae Association and the Commander, Intelligence and Security Command.

Historical Information

Arlington Hall was an operating junior college and high school from 1927 to 1942. It suffered financial problems in the 1930s, and finally became a non profit institution in 1940. In 1942 the facility faced condemnation and was taken over by the Secretary of War under the Second War Powers Act. Deemed essential for the war effort, the school became the headquarters of the Army Signal Corps, later the Intelligence and Security Command; at this time it became known as Arlington Hall Station. Important work in cryptography, including the breaking of enemy codes, was done there during World War II. Following the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1961, a major center of that agency was housed there.

In 1986, the Department of State began a study of Arlington Hall as a site for their Foreign Service training. The National Guard Bureau also assessed the site for a center in 1988. These projects have been realized. Today both the National Foreign Affairs Training Center and the Army National Guard Readiness Center operate out of Arlington Hall. Other items in the collection show the significant interest in the Arlington Hall property by the surrounding community, including a campaign to limit government expansion on the site, and return the property to Arlington.

Scope and Content

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.

This collection is active. We will continue to add material about the college obtained through the Alumnae Association or other sources, and will also include information on current and future use of the property.

Arrangement

Record Group 3 is arranged in seven subgroups. The first three of these contain materials from the original college, including yearbooks, school publications and a student scrapbook. Programs and copies of "The Yarn" from 1938 and 1939 were found in a donated 1939 yearbook. Subgroup 4 holds alumnae materials gathered over the years, some arranged in notebooks, and alumnae bulletins which contain information on reunions. Subgroup 5 addresses the broad coverage of special events from 1927 to the present, including the War Department's takeover of the facility. This group also houses some more recent land use reports.

Subgroup 6 contains photographs in three series. The first covers college life. The second shows various military scenes and activities at Arlington Hall Station. The third includes alumnae activities such as reunions and other ceremonial occasions. Subgroup 7 houses two videotape productions. The first is a history of Arlington Hall produced by the Army, and the second covers the opening of the State Department's Foreign Affairs Training Center.

There is a large group of photographs in the alumnae scrapbook in Subgroup 4. While many of these reflect the history of the school, several document the history of various alumnae families. Subgroup 6 includes pictures of school activities and of the buildings and grounds. There are also pictures from the Signal Corps era, scenes of building construction and military activities. Alumnae history in later years is also represented in photos of reunions and other programs involving the new Army and State Department facilities on the property. Almost all the images are black and white. There are no negatives. All the photos fall under Center for Local History photo policies and procedures. The staff can provide details.

Index Terms Subjects: Arlington Hall Station (Va.) Junior colleges. High schools Arlington (Va.) Arlington County (Va.) Contents List Arlington Hall (Junior College) Yearbooks 1928-1942 (Bound volumes in boxes, many duplicates) 1-5 Arlington Hall (Junior College) Other Publications Catalogs 1929-1930 6 1935-1936, 1936-1937 6 1937-1938, 1938-1939 6 1939-1940 6 1940-1941 6 1941-1942 6 Publicity brochures (4), 1930-1939 6 Magazine, "Arlington Yarn", 1931-1932, 1938, 1939, 1942 6

1938, 1939, and 1942 issues are OVERSIZE.

Newspapers (scattered, OVERSIZE), 1933-1942 6 Address books, 1935-1936, 1954 6 Arlington Hall (Junior College) Ephemera Scrapbook, student, 1941-1942 6 Miscellaneous; forms, logo, letterhead, envelopes, school song, 2 poems, 1927-1942 6 Programs, 1939 6 Arlington Hall (Junior College) Alumnae Scrapbooks 1927-1942 6

Scrapbook cover housed separately, OVERSIZE.

Alumnae lists, geographical 1927-1941 (in notebook format) 6 1975 and1993 6 Alumnae bulletins, notices, correspondence (scattered), 1939-1994 1939-1994 (many duplicates) 7 Arlington Hall Background Histories Introductory History of VENONA and Guide to the Translations, National Security Agency, n.d. 8 VENONA Historical Monograph #2: The 1942-1943 New York-Moscow KGB Messages, National Security Agency, n.d. 8 VENONA Historical Monograph #3: The 1944-1945 New York-Moscow KGB Messages, National Security Agency, n.d. 8 VENONA Historical Monograph #4: The KGB in San Francisco and Mexico, the GRU in New York and Washington, National Security Agency, n.d. 8 School and military station: articles, monographs (scattered dates, some undated) 8 Army Historical Survey: questionnaires, correspondence, 1977-1978 8 Army historical videotape production: correspondence, 1984 8 General Correspondence, 1942-1990 (scattered) 8 Newsclippings School and military station, 1933-1991 (scattered) 8 Further development of property, 1982-1990 (scattered) 8 Reports and notes Use of property, various authors (most undated) 8 Location of Defense Intelligence Agency building at Arlington Hall, Congressional Hearing, 1964 8 Preservation of Arlington Hall, Arlington Historical Society Newsletters, 1982, 1987 8 Arlington Hall and Future Site of Foreign Service Institute, Technical Report, 1986 8 National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Master Plan Report (in Virginia Room files), 1988 8 National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Environmental Assessment (in Virginia Room files), 1988 8 Arlington Hall Station, Historic Resources Assessment (in Virginia Room files), 1988 8 National Guard Bureau Consolidation to Arlington Hall, Environmental Assessment, 1988 8 Farewell to Arlington Hall and INSCOM Day: program, invitation, list of alumnae attendees, correspondence, 1988 8 National Foreign Affairs Training Center: planning, public hearing, Congressman Frank Wolf notes, correspondence, 1985-1989 8 Historic American Buildings Survey, Arlington Hall Station, correspondence, 1990 8 National Capital Planning Commission agendas with correspondence (re: Arlington Hall Station), 1989-1990 8 National Foreign Affairs Training Center Inauguration: program, invitation, correspondence, 1993-1994 8 Arlington Hall Photographs Junior College Activities (27 prints) 9 Archer from brochure Art class Biology class, students at microscopes Cooking class Costume party Dance party Golf game Garden party Harpist from brochure Horse jumping (two sizes, one in OVERSIZE box) Lacrosse game Mimeograph operators Pageant, outdoor, audience seated in foreground Parade, equestrian formation Physical education class Rifle team Riders, champion horse Sewing class Student, escort in garden Students boarding buses Students canoeing Students, dormitory room Swim team (names on back of print) Tea party Tennis foursome Typing class Queen and throne (OVERSIZE) Groups (15 prints) 9 Archery team, exterior Teachers: Carrie Sutherland and Frances Jennings, exterior Students and fireplace Formal gowns, bouguets, exterior Formal gowns, interior stairway Figures, seated, front steps Riders, Equestrian trophies Figures, main entrance, grouped between columns Queen, court at outdoor pageant Student, unidentified portrait found in Spinning Wheel, Volume 4 (Brooks Studio) 1931 Student group seated around garden fountain Tennis group Students, Tidal Basin, cherry blossom time Student, unidentified found in 1940 Spinning Wheel belonging to Bliss Brown Riders, horses in front drive, two cars in background (OVERSIZE) Interiors (4 prints) 9 Coat of arms, school 1927 Entrance foyer Parlor Sitting Room Exteriors (14 prints) 9 Campus, rear view, from yearbook Catterbox Tea House (color) Foot bridge in woods Garden arbor Garden fountain Garden walk, flagstone GArden walk, flower-lined, stone bench Garden walk looking tward entrance door and standing figures Main building and lily pond Main building end, foreground shrubs blooming Main entrance, from yearbook Pathway, woods Roadway, campus Main building, entrance drive, pond (panorama) (OVERSIZE) Military Station Military Construction (10 prints) 9 Bulldozer, construction in background Excavation, foundations and frames, new buildings Excavation, power shovel and dump truck Excavation, power shovel Field kitchen for workers Foundation, new construction Framing installation, dump truck left center Roofing new building, construction braces Buildings, temporary work Warehouses, open fronts Activities (16 prints) 9 Print shop, casting type, metal ingots and waste in background Chow line Laboratory, photographic (?), light box in table Office, card files and maps in the rear, in foreground a typewriter and woman with letter file Office, large room, workers at tables, card files right center, three women front row Office, military personnel mostly, sign in rear: "Stop. Don't go until 4:30" Office, personnel at desks, war bond poster, map of Japan on wall Office, workers, posters: War Bonds, Armed Forces Radio Service Firehouse crowd at outdoor function Paper shear, operator Print shop, press, operators Print shop, collators, staplers, operators Training class, maps on easel and wall VIP arrival (unidentified) Warehouse, workers with mail bags (?) Work area with printers, fan-fold paper Interiors (3 prints) 9 Barracks, potbellied stoves Post exchange, toiletries with artificial flowers Soda fountain and short order counter, juke box Exteriors (13 prints) 9 Building, unidentified, row of pine trees center Building, unidentified, "screen porch" right center Building, unidentified, window boxes Bus stop, sign: 15th and K Street Line Commander's house, front view Commander's house, rear three-quarter view Firehouse, 2 fire trucks out front Operations Building A, completed 1942 Operations Building B, completed 1943 School building, Arlington Hall, rear corner (?) School building, Arlington Hall, front with flag and statue of soldier (color) Warehouse, truck and loading platform School building, Arlington Hall, main entrance with cannon (OVERSIZE) Alumnae Activities Reunions, activities with Army and State Department 9 Award ceremony and picnic, INSCOM, alumnae group (10 people) (U.S. Army photo by SP4 Schroder), 1988 Award ceremony and picnic, INSCOM, alumnae, family members, woman in wheel chair (U.S. Army photo by T. Gardner, Sr.), 1988 Award ceremony and picnic, INSCOM, Major General Soyster and alumnae, snap shooter at right (U.S. Army photo by SSG Bills) Award ceremony and picnic, INSCOM, 7 alumnae and 2 Army people (U.S. Army photo by T. Gardner, Sr.), 1988 Award cemermony and picnic, INSCOM, MG Soyster and alumnae group with family members (U.S. Army photo by SP4 Schroder), 1988 Reunion, alumnae, Mayflower Hotel, 1954 Reunion, alumnae, with Lawrence Taylor, Director, Foreign Affairs Training Center, 1994 Army Farewell to Arlington Hall, time capsule, MG Soyster and alumnae, 1988 Army Farewell to Arlington Hall, time capsule, MG Soyster and alumnae viewing certificate, 1988 Videotape Productions History of Arlington Hall, 1986 10 National Foreign Affairs Training Center Inauguration, 1993 10