A Guide to the Benjamin F. Cooling Manuscript Papers on "Historical Highlights of Bull Run Park", 1965-1978, #MSS 08-03

A Guide to the Benjamin F. Cooling Manuscript Papers on "Historical Highlights of Bull Run Park", 1965-1978

A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library

Record Group Number MSS 08-03

Fairfax County Public Library
City of Fairfax Regional Library
Virginia Room
10360 North Street
Fairfax, VA 22030-2514 USA
Virginia Room: 703-293-6227 x6
Fax: 703-293-2155
Email: va_room@fairfaxcounty.gov
URL: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/virginia-room

Repository

Fairfax County Public Library

Record Group Number

MSS 08-03

Title

The Benjamin F. Cooling Manuscript Papers on "Historical Highlights of Bull Run Park", 1965-1978

Extent

.5 linear feet

Creator

Cooling III, Benjamin F. (1938-)

Language

English

Abstract

The Benjamin F. Cooling III Manuscript Papers on Historical Highlights of Bull Run Park consists of .5 linear feet, spans the years 1965-1978, and consists of research material, manuscript drafts, maps, illustrations, and correspondence. Subjects covered are Fairfax County’s Native American and European roots, Fairfax County’s agrarian economy in the early National Period, Civil War activity in the area that is now Bull Run Regional Park, and the development of the town of Clifton.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None

Use Restrictions

Consult repository for information

Preferred Citation

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library. Benjamin F. Cooling Manuscript Papers on Historical Highlights of Bull Run Park. Box 1, Folder #.

Acquisition Information

Unknown

Processing Information

Carol Abrams, 2015
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

Historical and Biographical Information

In 1978, the Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning printed the Historical Highlights of Bull Run Park, written by Benjamin F. Cooling III. The book was a cooperative effort by regional and county offices to publish a history of the Bull Run-Occoquan Regional Park area.

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Cooling III is an historian and author of books on the U.S. Civil War. He served as Chief Historian and Research Director with the Department of Energy and as a historian with the Army, Air Force, and National Park Service, and elsewhere. He has taught at numerous universities and is currently a Professor of History at the National Defense University in Washington DC. Cooling has written or edited over 16 books on the Civil War and modern warfare and has written several hundred articles, essays and reviews on aspects of military, naval and other history. His books include The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story (2013), Counter-Thrust: From the Peninsula to the Antietam (Great Campaigns of the Civil War) (2008), USS Olympia: Herald of Empire (2000), Fort Donnelson’s Legacy (1997), Jubal Early’s Raid on Washington (1995), Symbol, Sword and Shield (1991), Forts Henry and Donnelson (1988), and other books. He co-authored, with Walton H. Owen II, Mr. Lincoln’s Forts: The Civil War Forts of Washington, DC (2009).

Index Terms

Agrarian Economy in the Early National Period
Bull Run Regional Park
Centreville Military Railroad
Civil War
Clifton, Virginia
History of Bull Run Regional Park
Reconstruction
The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
The Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Urbanization

Box 1 Folder 1: Cooling, Benjamin F. - Historical Highlights of Bull Run Regional Park (Preliminary Outline), 1969

Box 1 Folder 2: Cooling, Benjamin F. - Historical Highlights of Bull Run Regional Park (First Draft), 1969

Box 1 Folder 3: Cooling, Benjamin F. - Historical Highlights of Bull Run Regional Park (2nd Revised Draft), 1970

Box 1 Folder 4: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, Pre-Colonial Era, Undated

Box 1 Folder 5: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, Federal Era, Undated

Box 1 Folder 6: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, National Era, Undated

Box 1 Folder 7: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, Civil War Era, Undated

Box 1 Folder 8: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, 20th Century, 1971, 1978

Box 1 Folder 9: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, 20th Century Maps, Undated

Box 1 Folder 10: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, Bull Run Power Plant, 1969, 1971

Box 1 Folder 11: Bull Run Park Study. Research Materials, General, Undated

Box 1 Folder 12: Bull Run Park Study. Graphics, Illustrations, etc., 1971

Box 1 Folder 13: Bull Run Park Study. Correspondence, 1965-1969

Box 1 Folder 14: Bull Run Park Study. Correspondence, 1970-1971

Box 1 Folder 15: Cooling, Benjamin F. - Historical Highlights of Bull Run Regional Park , 1978

Box 1 Folder 16: Bull Run Study. Second Battle of Manassas, 1975-1978