A Guide to the Charles P. Poland Manuscript Papers on "Dunbarton, Dranesville, Virginia", 1970-1974
A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library
Record Group Number MSS 08-07
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Preferred Citation
Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library. Charles P. Poland Manuscript Papers on “Dunbarton, Dranesville, Virginia”. Box 1, Folder #.
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Processing Information
Carol Abrams, 2015
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024
Historical and Biographical Information
In 1974, the Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning published this history of the community of Dranesville, Virginia and one of its historic homes named Dunbarton. The manuscript has two parts. The first covers the community of Dranesville from 1720 through the 20th century. The second covers the history and architecture of Dunbarton (910 Seneca Road), one of the oldest stone houses in Fairfax County, and the people who lived there.
Dr. Charles P. Poland, Jr. was a professor of history at Northern Virginia Community College’s Annandale Campus. He was honored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia with a 2012 Outstanding Faculty Award. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of Virginia and the American Civil War. He founded the Northern Virginia Community College Civil War Museum. Poland wrote seven books on subjects including the Civil War and the nation’s shift from an agrarian society to an urban society. His books include The Glories of War: Small Battles and Early Heroes of 1861 (2004) and From Frontier to Suburbia, Loudoun County, Virginia; One of America’s Fastest Growing Counties (2005). With his father, Charles Preston Poland, Sr., he wrote A Forgotten Way of Life (2012), which traces the Poland family’s transition from a rural life to a suburban one. Poland, Jr. earned BA and MA degrees from American University and a doctorate from Western Colorado University.
Separated Material
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Index Terms
- Architecture - Stone houses
- Dranesville, Virginia
- Dunbarton (910 Seneca Road)
- Poland, Jr., Charles P.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Dranesville, Virginia
- Dunbarton (910 Seneca Road)