<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-VGM">C0204</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Guide to the Dulles Corridor Rail Association records <num>C0204</num></titleproper><subtitle>Dulles Corridor Rail Association records</subtitle><author>Jordan Patty</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://library.gmu.edu/img/mason-logo.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>May 9, 2012</date></p><address><addressline>Fenwick Library, MS2FL</addressline><addressline>4400 University Dr.</addressline><addressline>Fairfax, Virginia 22030</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 703-993-2220</addressline><addressline>Fax Number: 703-993-8911</addressline><addressline>speccoll@gmu.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://scrc.gmu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://scrc.gmu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-01-29 07:02:09 -0500</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Dulles Corridor Rail Association records</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="no2012153579" rules="aacr" source="naf">Nicoson, Patricia</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname rules="dacs" source="local">Dulles Corridor Rail Association</corpname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">60 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">44 boxes, 2 tubes of rolled up posters, 5 foamboard oversize aerial images, 10 foamboard oversize posters of metrorail plans</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1985/2011" type="inclusive">1985-2011</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_946ca48e7c5dc8698129461dea97af56">The collection consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and audiovisual materials that document the effort to secure funding and support for an addition to the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) rail system to service Tyson's Corner, Dulles International Airport and Loudon County in Virginia.</abstract>
    <physloc id="aspace_c72e3d3936e58d2826f34f98c6fc237b">R45, C2, S3</physloc>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>There are no access restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Use Restrictions</head>
<p>The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)</p>  </userestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_035a241534418c7d5bc2ae1250874c3c">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Dulles Corridor Rail Association records, C0204, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Acquisition Information</head>
<p>Donated by Patricia Nicoson, DCRA president, in 2011.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>This collection is unprocessed.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Historical Information</head>
<p>The Dulles Corridor Rail Association (DCRA) is a nonprofit membership organization formed to advocate rail in the Dulles corridor. DCRA advises decision makers on transit-related issues, including funding, operations, station location and access, and use, and implementation issues.</p><p>DCRA provides a voice for its members and others who live and work in the greater Dulles corridor who support rail as an essential component of an integrated development program for the corridor.  DCRA works to build business and community support for the project and coordinates the efforts of individuals and groups to speak in a unified, consistent, and persistent way to express that support.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>The collection consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and audiovisual materials that document the effort to secure funding and support for an addition to the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) rail system to service Tyson's Corner, Dulles International Airport and Loudon County in Virginia.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Related Material</head>
<p>Special Collections Research Center also holds many other collections on transportation and the Northern Virginia region.</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>Organized by subject and date.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <subject authfilenumber="sh2008112971" source="lcsh">Transportation -- United States -- Planning</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh2005001249" source="lcsh">Dulles Toll Road (Va.)</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="sh85141331" source="lcsh">Urban transportation</subject>
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    <genreform authfilenumber="gf2011026723" source="lcgft">Video recordings</genreform>
    <subject authfilenumber="sh85137027" source="lcsh">Transportation</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="sh85137042" source="lcsh">Transportation -- Planning</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Transportation -- Virginia, Northern -- Planning -- History -- 20th century</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="no2012153579" role="fmo" rules="aacr" source="naf">Nicoson, Patricia</persname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n80126138" source="naf">Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n80049651" rules="aacr" source="naf">Dulles International Airport</corpname>
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