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Guide to the Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection, 1960-1990 Conklin and Rossant Reston project C0161

Guide to the Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection, 1960-1990

A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives
Accession Number C0161


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Repository
George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Collection number
C0161
Title
Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection 1960-1990
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/conklinrossant.html
Physical Characteristics
12.75 linear feet (26 boxes)
Creator
Conklin and Rossant
Language
English
Abstract
The Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection is divided into six series with four subseries. The collection includes items that relate to the construction and planning of Reston by Conklin and Rossant Architects. The collection begins with the initial plans done by Rossant before he and Conklin formed their architectural firm in 1967. The documents include plans, reports, correspondence and brochures about Reston. Also included are photographs, drawings and negatives which were used in the construction of Reston.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection, C0161, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.

Acquisition Information

Donated by William Conklin and James Rossant on June 24, 1991.

Processing Information

Processed in February 2009 by Emily Martin. The Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection was originally attached to the larger Planned Community Collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives. In 2009 the papers were removed and organized into a separate collection. The old box and folder numbers for each folder are also included as part of the new arrangement.

Historical Information

James S. Rossant designed the new town of Reston, Virginia, and completed the master plan for Reston in 1963. Rossant also designed the First Village Center in Reston which opened in 1966. The master plan pioneered and introduced many innovative planning ideas, including the new town around seven village centers and a town center. Then in 1967, Rossant joined with William Conklin to form Conklin and Rossant Architects and continued working on Reston. The partnership lasted until 1995. Following that William Conklin joined with Michael Costantin to form Conklin Costantin Architects. James Rossant has since become the president of James Rossant Architects which was created in 1995. Rossant has recently acted as a consultant to Lake Anne Village and has guided the renovation of some of its buildings and sculpture.

William J. Conklin was born on May 2, 1923 in Hebron, Nebraska. He studied architecture at Harvard University, graduating in 1950 with a M.Arch. Shortly following his graduation, he began work at the IBEC Corporation in New York City. By 1951, however, Conklin left IBEC and joined the architectural firm of Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass as an architectural designer. In 1958 he became associate partner of Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass. In 1960 William J. Conklin became partner of the architecture firm under the new name of Whittlesey and Conklin. He continued at the same architectural firm, renamed Conklin and Rossant in 1967.

Reston, Virginia was founded by Robert E. Simon with the intention of creating a Planned Community or New Town in the Northern Virginia area. In order to design a town that reflected Simon's specific goals, he hired the architectural firm Whittlesey and Conklin, which became the primary architects of Reston. In 1962, Whittlesey and Conklin created a master plan for the development. It called for seven Village Centers to be connected by high density residential "sinews," or concentrations of housing units. The Village Centers, themselves, were designed to comprise mixed-use space, incorporating public and private areas into a single Village Center. For example, in the first Village Center at Lake Anne, apartments and townhouses were built adjacent to shops and public recreation spaces.

By 1963 construction had begun on the first Village Center, Lake Anne. Surrounding Lake Anne are several different building designs. A large pedestrian walking area, a sculptured fountain, and shops were built in this space. Apartments were built above the shops. Once again, this arrangement reflects the mixed-use intentions of the architects.The architects tried to anticipate all the needs of persons using the Lake Anne Village Center. For example, they designed sculptures that were also used by children for recreation.

Scope and Content

The Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection is divided into six series with four subseries. The collection includes items that relate to the construction and planning of Reston by Conklin and Rossant Architects. The collection begins with the initial plans done by Rossant before he and Conklin formed their architectural firm in 1967. The documents include plans, reports, correspondence and brochures about Reston. Also included are photographs, drawings and negatives which were used in the construction of Reston.

Series 1 is entitled Job Files which is dated from 1960 to 1989 and is divided into four subseries by job number. Subseries 1.1 is Job no. 153 which is information on the First Village Center. Subseries 1.2 is Job no. 123 with correspondence, reports, zoning and publicity. Subseries 1.3 is Job no. 189 about the Reston Town Center. Subseries 4 is comprised of three jobs, 250, 165 and 216 which includes correspondence, reports and publicity relating to the different jobs.

Series 2 is comprised of plans, reports and correspondence. The series is dated from 1960 to 1987. Included in the series are information on the Master Plan for Reston, different building projects, Reston Low Income Housing Demonstration Program Report and other general information about the construction in Reston.

Series 3 is entitled publicity and is dated from 1960-1987. The information in this series is a variety of different publicity material from Reston. Some of the documents are news clippings about the innovations in Reston. Publicity was sent nationally as well as internationally and included is a booklet about Reston written in Japanese.

Series 4 is comprised of a variety of brochures and is dated from 1960 to 1975. The brochures in this collection are mostly for utilities such as windows, fireplaces and furniture. The information was used during the construction and decorating period of the new buildings in Reston.

Series 5 are images dated from 1960-1990. The images are photographs and slides taken around Reston. The images are from during construction and the completion of the construction for publicity purposes.

Series 6 is the oversize series which is dated from 1960-1967. The series is mostly drawing negatives of Reston. The negatives are sketches for different building designs and photographs of the finished buildings. The last item in the series is a book of the drawings and photographs by Conklin and Rossant.

Arrangement

Organized into six series.

Series 1: Job Files, 1960-1989 (Boxes 1-15) Series 2: Plans, Reports and Correspondence, 1960-1987 (Boxes 15-20) Series 3: Publicity, 1960-1987 (Boxes 20-22) Series 4: Brochures, 1960-1975 (Boxes 22-23) Series 5: Images, 1960-1990 (Boxes 24-25) Series 6: Oversize, 1960-1967 (Box 26)

Related Material

The Special Collections and Archives also holds the Planned Community Archives and other personal papers and organizational records that document Reston, Virginia, and other planned communities.

Index Terms

    Geographical Names:

  • Reston (Va.)

    • Subjects:

  • Housing--Virginia--Reston.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Reston (Va.)
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Contents List

Series 1: Job Files,
1960-1989

Series one is entitled Job Files which is dated from 1960 to 1989 and is divided into four subseries by job number. The information includes First Village Center, correspondence, reports and plans relating to the job.

  • Subseries 1.1: Job no. 153,
    1960-1970

    Subseries 1 is Job no. 153 which is information on the First Village Center.

    • Box: 1 Folder: 1
      First Village File List (Reston Architectural),
      1960s

      212.1

    • Box: 1 Folder: 2
      First Village Center Proposal, Suggested Forms of Contact and Correspondence ,
      1963

      212.2

    • Box: 1 Folder: 3
      First Village Center Contracts, Signed and billing,
      1968

      212.3

    • Box: 1 Folder: 3
      First Village Center Contracts, Signed and Billing,
      1964

      212.4

    • Box: 1 Folder: 5
      First Village Center Correspondence with Client,
      1963

      212.5

    • Box: 1 Folder: 6
      First Village Center Correspondence with Client,
      1963

      212.6

    • Box: 2 Folder: 1
      First Village Center Correspondence with Client,
      1964

      213.1

    • Box: 2 Folder: 2
      First Village Center Correspondence with Client,
      1964

      213.2

    • Box: 2 Folder: 3
      First Village Center Correspondence with Client,
      1965-1966

      213.3

    • Box: 2 Folder: 4
      First Village Center Correspondence with Client,
      1965-1966

      213.4

    • Box: 2 Folder: 5
      First Village Center Correspondence with McKinley,
      1963-1964

      213.5

    • Box: 2 Folder: 6
      First Village Center Correspondence with McKinley,
      1964

      213.6

    • Box: 3 Folder: 1
      First Village Center Correspondence with McKinley,
      1965

      214.1

    • Box: 3 Folder: 2
      First Village Center Correspondence with McKinley,
      1965

      214.2

    • Box: 3 Folder: 3
      First Village Center Construction Division (Rowland, Meagher, Bagnato),
      1965

      214.3

    • Box: 3 Folder: 4
      First Village Center Construction Division (Rowland, Meagher, Bagnato),
      1965

      214.4

    • Box: 3 Folder: 5
      First Village Center Commercial (James B. Selonick),
      1963-1964

      214.5

    • Box: 3 Folder: 6
      First Village Center Commercial (James B. Selonick),
      1964

      214.6

    • Box: 4 Folder: 1
      First Village Center Commercial (James B. Selonick),
      1965

      215.1

    • Box: 4 Folder: 2
      First Village Center Commercial (James B. Selonick),
      1965

      215.2

    • Box: 4 Folder: 3
      First Village Center Commercial (James B. Selonick),
      1965

      215.3

    • Box: 4 Folder: 4
      First Village Center Miscellaneous ,
      1970

      215.4

    • Box: 4 Folder: 5
      First Village Center Miscellaneous,
      1965

      215.5

    • Box: 4 Folder: 6
      First Village Center Miscellaneous,
      1964

      215.6

    • Box: 4 Folder: 7
      First Village Center Construction Costs, Rents, Sales Prices,
      1963

      215.7

    • Box: 4 Folder: 8
      First Village Center J.K. Meager, Estimating Costs,
      1964

      215.8

    • Box: 4 Folder: 9
      First Village Center Plaza Fountain (Mermaid Fountain and Others),
      1966-1967

      215.9

    • Box: 5 Folder: 1
      First Village Center Eastern Architectural Models (Found Empty 1991),
      1963

      216.1

    • Box: 5 Folder: 2
      First Village Center Photographers: Checkman Bossard Maris,
      1963

      216.2

    • Box: 5 Folder: 3
      First Village Center William A. Brown, Consulting Engineer,
      1963

      216.3

    • Box: 5 Folder: 4
      First Village Center Herman Blum, Consulting Engineer,
      1963

      216.4

    • Box: 5 Folder: 5
      First Village Center Herman Blum, Consulting Engineer,
      1963

      216.5

    • Box: 5 Folder: 6
      First Village Center Herman Blum, Consulting Engineer,
      1963

      216.6

    • Box: 5 Folder: 7
      First Village Center Herman Blum Consulting Engineer,
      1964

      216.7

    • Box: 5 Folder: 8
      First Village Center Herman Blum, Consulting Engineer,
      1964

      216.8

    • Box: 5 Folder: 9
      First Village Center Herman Blum, Consulting Engineer,
      1964

      216.9

    • Box: 6 Folder: 1
      First Village Center Herman Blum, Consulting Engineer,
      1965

      217.1

    • Box: 6 Folder: 2
      First Village Center Herman Blum Consulting Engineer,
      1963

      217.2

    • Box: 6 Folder: 3
      First Village Center Severud, Elstad, Krueger Associates, Consulting Engineers,
      1963

      217.3

    • Box: 6 Folder: 4
      First Village Center Severud, Elstad, Krueger Associates, Consulting Engineer,
      1963

      217.4

    • Box: 6 Folder: 5
      First Village Center Severud Associates, Consulting Engineer,
      1966

      217.5

    • Box: 6 Folder: 6
      First Village Center Severud Associates, Consulting Engineer,
      1964

      217.6

    • Box: 6 Folder: 7
      First Village Center Dan Kiley, Landscape Architect,
      1964

      218.1

    • Box: 7 Folder: 1
      First Village Center Meade Palmer, Landscape Architect,
      1965

      218.2

    • Box: 7 Folder: 2
      First Village Center Minutes of Meetings,
      1964

      218.3

    • Box: 7 Folder: 3
      First Village Center Job Meeting with Contractor,
      1964

      218.4

    • Box: 7 Folder: 4
      First Village Center Justin Henshell, Specification Writer,
      1963

      218.5

    • Box: 7 Folder: 5
      First Village Center Outline Specifications,
      1962

      218.6

    • Box: 7 Folder: 6
      First Village Center Outline Specifications, Federal Housing Administration,
      1963

      218.7

    • Box: 7 Folder: 7
      First Village Center Reston,
      1962

      226.23

  • Subseries 1.2: Job no. 123,
    1961-1972

    Subseries 2 is Job no. 123 with correspondence, reports, zoning and publicity.

    • Box: 7 Folder: 8
      Reston (Virginia) Legal, Hayes, Sklary and Herzberg (Including Restrictive Covenant),
      1966

      219.12

    • Box: 7 Folder: 9
      Reston (Virginia) Correspondence with Owner,
      1962

      220.1

    • Box: 7 Folder: 10
      Reston (Virginia) Correspondence with Owner,
      1962

      220.2

    • Box: 7 Folder: 11
      Reston (Virginia) Correspondence with Owner,
      1962-1963

      220.3

    • Box: 8 Folder: 1
      Reston (Virginia) Correspondence with Owner,
      1963-1964

      220.4

    • Box: 8 Folder: 2
      Reston (Virginia) Correspondence with Owner,
      1963-1964

      220.5

    • Box: 8 Folder: 3
      Reston (Virginia) The code of the County of Fairfax, Amendment and Subdivision Amendment,
      1963

      220.4

    • Box: 8 Folder: 4
      Reston (Virginia) Zoning Amendment (Copies),
      1961

      221.1

    • Box: 8 Folder: 5
      Reston (Virginia) Eugene Simpson and Brother, Incorporated,
      1963-1965

      221.2

    • Box: 8 Folder: 6
      Reston (Virginia) Eugene Simpson and Brother, Incorporated,
      1963-1964

      221.3

    • Box: 8 Folder: 7
      Reston (Virginia) Zoning Documents and Correspondence with Bauknight, Prichard, McCaudlish and Williams,
      1962 and 1965

      221.4

    • Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Reston (Virginia) Bauknight, Prichard, McCaudlish and Williams (legal regarding Eugene Simpson),
      1969-1971

      221.5

    • Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Reston Publicity,
      1970

      229.1

    • Box: 9 Folder: 3
      Reston Publicity,
      1967

      229.2

    • Box: 9 Folder: 4
      Reston Publicity,
      1967

      229.3

    • Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Roads and Mass Transit,
      1962

      229.4

    • Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Eberlin and Eberlin, Engineers,
      1966

      229.5

    • Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Reston Correspondence with Peter McCandless and Norwitch (Advertisement and Public Relations),
      1972

      229.7

    • Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Reston, Public Relations, Weingarten Ricards Dawson,
      1965

      229.8

    • Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Reston, Seynour Evans Associates Incorporated,
      1965

      229.9

    • Box: 9 Folder: 10
      Reston (Virginia) Correspondence with Owner,
      1964

      229.10

    • Box: 10 Folder: 1
      Reston (Virginia) Correspondence with Owner,
      1964

      229.11

    • Box: 10 Folder: 2
      Reston (Virginia) Architects for Industrial Rouse, Dubin and Ventura,
      1964

      230.1

    • Box: 10 Folder: 3
      Reston (Virginia) Architectural Review Board,
      1965

      230.2

      • 1.
        To Robert E. Simon; from Anthony P. Devito; Subuects discussed at the December 2nd meeting of the Architectural Review Board,
        3 December 1965

        5433   

      • 2.
        Memorandum; To: Architectural Review Board, From: Carol R. Lubin; Re: Guide Lines,
        April 24, 1964

        5419   

    • Box: 10 Folder: 4
      Reston (Virginia) Miscellaneous ,
      1971

      230.3

    • Box: 10 Folder: 5
      Reston (Virginia) Miscellaneous Correspondence,
      1967

      230.4

    • Box: 10 Folder: 6
      Reston (Virginia) Miscellaneous Correspondence,
      1965

      230.5

    • Box: 10 Folder: 7
      Reston (Virginia) House Design Approvals,
      1965

      230.6

    • Box: 10 Folder: 8
      Reston (Virginia) Blank Forms for Reston Architectural Design Control Committee,
      1960s

      230.7

    • Box: 10 Folder: 9
      Reston (Virginia) Lot Sales Weekly Report,
      1963

      230.8

    • Box: 10 Folder: 10
      Reston (Virginia) Lighting Consultants,
      1963

      230.9

    • Box: 10 Folder: 11
      Reston (Virginia) Development Costs,
      1963

      230.10

    • Box: 10 Folder: 12
      Reston (Virginia) Information on Utility,
      1962

      230.11

    • Box: 10 Folder: 13
      Reston (Virginia) Background Material,
      1960s

      230.12

    • Box: 11 Folder: 1
      Reston (Virginia) Demographic Studies,
      1967

      231.18

    • Box: 11 Folder: 2
      Reston (Virginia) James M. Riche Associates (Industrial),
      1963

      231.2

    • Box: 11 Folder: 3
      Reston (Virginia) H.R.H. Construction Corporation (Contractors),
      1967

      231.18

    • Box: 11 Folder: 4
      Reston (Virginia) Engineering, Massey Engineers,
      1967

      231.18

    • Box: 11 Folder: 5
      Reston (Virginia) Hospital Site,
      1963

      231.5

    • Box: 11 Folder: 6
      Reston (Virginia) University of Pennsylvania, Davis A. Wallace (Professor of City Plan),
      1962

      231.6

    • Box: 11 Folder: 7
      Reston (Virginia) Transportation,
      1963

      231.7

    • Box: 11 Folder: 8
      Reston (Virginia) Keyes, Lethbrige and Condon (Architects),
      1964

      231.8

    • Box: 11 Folder: 9
      Reston (Virginia) Conference Center and Hotel at Reston (Design Problem at Pratt),
      1963

      231.9

    • Box: 11 Folder: 10
      Reston (Virginia) Phase I, Field Visit Reports,
      1964

      231.10

    • Box: 11 Folder: 11
      Reston (Virginia) Boat Design Competition through Pratt,
      1965

      231.11

    • Box: 11 Folder: 12
      Reston (Virginia) Reston Exhibit at Pratt Institute and Architectural League and Washington University,
      1964

      231.12

    • Box: 11 Folder: 13
      Reston (Virginia) Demographic Studies,
      1967

      231.18

    • Box: 11 Folder: 14
      Reston (Virginia) Playground Corporation of America,
      1966

      231.14

    • Box: 11 Folder: 15
      Reston (Virginia) Garden Apartments, High Density Sinew,
      1967

      231.15

    • Box: 11 Folder: 16
      Reston (Virginia) Minutes from Meetings and Agendas for Meetings,
      1966

      231.16

    • Box: 11 Folder: 17
      Reston (Virginia) Minutes of Meetings and Agendas for Meetings,
      1962

      231.17

    • Box: 12 Folder: 1
      Reston (Virginia) Robert P. Gersin Associates Industrial Design,
      1963

      233.1

    • Box: 12 Folder: 2
      Reston (Virginia) Data and Notes, Planning Concepts ,
      1967

      233.2

    • Box: 12 Folder: 3
      Reston (Virginia) 30 Acre Facility (Government Department),
      1963

      233.3

    • Box: 12 Folder: 4
      Reston (Virginia) Home Association Study, Urban Land Institute with Memo from Livingston Goddard,
      1965

      233.4

    • Box: 12 Folder: 5
      Reston (Virginia) Chloethical Woodard Smith and Associates,
      1966

      233.5

    • Box: 12 Folder: 6
      Reston (Virginia) Models, Paul Crocker and Others,
      1964

      233.6

    • Box: 12 Folder: 7
      Reston (Virginia) Chermayeff and Geismar Associates (Graphics),
      1965

      233.7

    • Box: 12 Folder: 8
      Reston (Virginia) Slide List Used with Reston Lectures,
      1965

      233.8

    • Box: 12 Folder: 9
      Reston (Virginia) Edmund B. Ault, Golf Course,
      1967

      233.11

    • Box: 12 Folder: 10
      Reston (Virginia) Charles M. Goodman Associates (Architect),
      1965

      233.12

    • Box: 12 Folder: 11
      Reston (Virginia) Resume of Robert E. Simon, Jr.,
      1960s

      233.13

    • Box: 12 Folder: 12
      Reston (Virginia) Robert Geddes (Architect),
      1965

      233.14

    • Box: 12 Folder: 13
      Reston (Virginia) Eugene H. Klaber Correspondence,
      1965

      233.16

    • Box: 12 Folder: 14
      Reston (Virginia) Weekly Status Reports,
      1966

      233.17

    • Box: 12 Folder: 15
      Reston (Virginia) Churches (Protestant and Catholic),
      1965

      233.18

    • Box: 12 Folder: 16
      Reston (Virginia) Sculpture, Gonzale Fonseca Banner, Laliberte,
      1967

      233.19

    • Box: 12 Folder: 17
      Reston Village No. 7 Area (Hunter's Wood),
      1966

      233.20

    • Box: 12 Folder: 18
      Reston (Virginia) High Rise Feasibility Study (Cohen and Haft),
      1966

      233.21

    • Box: 12 Folder: 19
      Reston (Virginia) Town Center Research,
      1963

      233.23

    • Box: 12 Folder: 20
      Reston (Virginia) Springfield Surveys,
      1964

      232.1

    • Box: 12 Folder: 21
      Reston (Virginia) Severud, Elstad, Kruger Associates, Consulting Structural Engineers,
      1965

      232.2

    • Box: 13 Folder: 1
      Reston, Arthur D. Little, Incorporated (Planning Memoranda on Reston),
      1962

      232.3

    • Box: 13 Folder: 2
      Reston, "Reston Times" (newspaper) Ralf Segman, Editor,
      1966

      232.4

    • Box: 13 Folder: 3
      Reston, Proposal-Contract-Billing,
      1967

      232.5

    • Box: 13 Folder: 4
      Reston, Proposal-Contract-Billing,
      1964

      232.6

    • Box: 13 Folder: 5
      Reston, Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies,
      1967

      232.7

    • Box: 13 Folder: 6
      Reston, National Capital Planning Community,
      1965

      232.8

    • Box: 13 Folder: 7
      Reston, Report: Fairfax County Economic and Industrial Development Committee,
      1961

      232.9

    • Box: 13 Folder: 8
      Reston, Project Reports (Monthly),
      1967

      232.10

    • Box: 13 Folder: 9
      Reston, Harland, Bartholomew and Associates (previous Planners for Reston),
      1964

      233.15

    • Box: 13 Folder: 10
      Reston, Roster of Persons Connect with the Job no. 123, including addresses and telephone numbers,
      1963

      234.2

    • Box: 13 Folder: 11
      Reston, Change Orders, Phase 1,
      1963

      234.3

    • Box: 13 Folder: 12
      Reston, Bulletins, Phase 1,
      1963

      234.4

    • Box: 13 Folder: 13
      Reston, Requisitions, Phase 1,
      1964

      234.5

    • Box: 13 Folder: 14
      Reston, Construction, Phase 1 (Correspondence),
      1963

      234.6

    • Box: 13 Folder: 15
      Reston, Record of Lectures, Talks and Slide Presentations on Reston,
      1964

      234.7

    • Box: 13 Folder: 16
      Reston, President's Task Force,
      1962

      234.8

    • Box: 13 Folder: 17
      Reston, Schools (Candill, Rowlett, Scott),
      1964

      234.9

      • 1.
        Summary of School Enrollment Estimates and Required Schools,
        3 August 1962

        5555   

    • Box: 13 Folder: 18
      Reston, Draft Article by Zukowski, Public Relations, writer,
      1962

      234.10

    • Box: 13 Folder: 19
      Reston, Dan Kiley, Landscape Architect,
      1963

      234.12

    • Box: 13 Folder: 20
      Reston, Zoning,
      1962

      227.7

    • Box: 14 Folder: 1
      Reston, Job 123 Reading Copy and Miscellaneous,
      1962

      226.24

    • Box: 14 Folder: 2
      Reston, Eugene Simpson and Brother, Incorporated,
      1967

      222.1

    • Box: 14 Folder: 3
      Reston, Simpson/Reston Matter (Legal Questions),
      1967-1971

      222.2

  • Subseries 1.3: Job no. 189,
    1964-1989

    Subseries 3 is Job no. 189 about the Reston Town Center.

    • Box: 14 Folder: 4
      Town Center,
      1989

      219.5

    • Box: 14 Folder: 5
      Reston Town Center, Cartsky and Associates, Correspondence and Report,
      1966

      219.7

    • Box: 14 Folder: 6
      Reston Town Center, Billing and Project Report for Town Center,
      1967

      219.8

    • Box: 14 Folder: 7
      Reston Town Center, Minutes of Meetings,
      1964

      219.9

    • Box: 14 Folder: 8
      Reston Town Center,
      1967

      219.11

    • Box: 14 Folder: 9
      Reston Town Center, Reston Planning Committee, Zoning,
      1966

      219.10

  • Subseries 1.4: Job no. 250, 165 and 216,
    1965-1968

    Subseries 4 is comprised of three jobs, 250, 165 and 216 which includes correspondence, reports and publicity.

    • Box: 14 Folder: 10
      Low Income Housing, Work Reports, no. 250,
      1967

      222.3

    • Box: 14 Folder: 11
      Low Income Housing, Distribution of Reports, no. 250,
      1967

      222.4

    • Box: 14 Folder: 12
      Low Income Housing, Study Grant, Publicity, Photos, and Loan Reports, no. 250,
      1967

      222.3

    • Box: 14 Folder: 13
      Low Income Housing, The Industrialized System for Construction of Flats (Neaux, France: Michel Villaneau), no. 250,
      1967

      222.6

    • Box: 14 Folder: 14
      Low Income Housing, Research Study Grant, no. 250,
      1967

      222.7

    • Box: 15 Folder: 1
      Low Income Housing, Formal Application for Grant to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Approval, Budget and Billing, no. 250,
      1968

      234.1

    • Box: 15 Folder: 2
      International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), no. 165,
      1963

      231.1

    • Box: 15 Folder: 3
      Reston Village, Correspondence (Golf Course Island) no. 216,
      1965

      219.6

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Series 2: Plans, Reports and Correspondence,
1960-1987

Series two is comprised of plans, reports and correspondence. The series is dated from 1960 to 1987. Included in the series are Master Plan for Reston and other general information about the construction in the community.

  • Box: 15 Folder: 4
    Original Reston Town Center Proposal ,
    1960

    227.3

  • Box: 15 Folder: 5
    Building "M" and Garden Center ,
    1960

    227.5

  • Box: 15 Folder: 6
    Gulf Reston Incorporated, Investment Properties ,
    1960s

    234.15

  • Box: 15 Folder: 7
    Notebook of Reston Plan,
    1960s

    233.10

  • Box: 15 Folder: 8
    Maps of Ground Plan,
    1960s

    222.12

  • Box: 15 Folder: 9
    Reston Process of Obtaining Approval Master Plan ,
    1960s

    275.10

  • Box: 15 Folder: 10
    Credit Items,
    1960s

    226.11

  • Box: 15 Folder: 11
    Mechanical Specifications,
    1960s

    226.3

  • Box: 15 Folder: 12
    Housing,
    1961

    225.19

  • Box: 15 Folder: 13
    Reston Hold Miscellaneous ,
    1962

    227.8

  • Box: 15 Folder: 14
    National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Application and Instructions ,
    1962

    227.9

  • Box: 15 Folder: 15
    Correspondence: Westhampton Beach Club ,
    1962

    227.11

  • Box: 15 Folder: 16
    Legal, Hayes, Sklar and Herzberg (including Restrictive Covenant) ,
    1962

    219.13

  • Box: 16 Folder: 1
    Reston-Master Plan,
    1962

    219.1

  • Box: 16 Folder: 2
    Reston-Master Plan,
    1962

    219.1

  • Box: 16 Folder: 4
    Planning Miscellaneous,
    1962

    226.1

  • Box: 16 Folder: 5
    Specifications for First Village Center Phase 2 General Construction,
    1963

    236.1

  • Box: 16 Folder: 6
    Specifications for First Village Center PHase 2 General Construction,
    1963

    236.2

  • Box: 16 Folder: 7
    Grand Union Store Plans,
    1963

    227.4

  • Box: 16 Folder: 8
    Third Year Class, Pratt Institute School of Architecture,
    1963

    227.15

  • Box: 16 Folder: 9
    Reston, Wilbure Smith and Associates,
    1963

    233.22

  • Box: 16 Folder: 10
    Reston, Virginia-First Village Center Specifications Phase 1,
    1963

    235.2

  • Box: 17 Folder: 1
    Reston, Virginia-First Village Center Specifications Phase 2 Mechanical and Electrical,
    1963

    235.3

  • Box: 17 Folder: 2
    Low-Rise,
    1963

    226.22

  • Box: 17 Folder: 3
    Stairs,
    1963

    226.4

  • Box: 17 Folder: 4
    Site Work Punch List,
    1964

    227.2

  • Box: 17 Folder: 5
    Reston-Herman, Blum, Consulting Engineers,
    1964

    233.10

  • Box: 17 Folder: 6
    Building "A",
    1965

    225.16

  • Box: 17 Folder: 7
    General File-Punch List ITems "Sales Buildings" and "Sales Houses",
    1965

    224.6

  • Box: 17 Folder: 8
    Building "E",
    1965

    226.19

  • Box: 17 Folder: 9
    Building "C",
    1965

    226.18

  • Box: 17 Folder: 10
    Building "K",
    1965

    226.17

  • Box: 17 Folder: 11
    Building "H",
    1965

    226.16

  • Box: 17 Folder: 12
    Building "B",
    1965

    226.20

  • Box: 17 Folder: 13
    Code,
    1965

    226.15

  • Box: 17 Folder: 14
    Samples: 1-Wire Mesh Screen,
    1965

    226.13

  • Box: 17 Folder: 15
    Proposed Physical Development Policies for Washington, D.C.,
    1965

    225.10

  • Box: 17 Folder: 16
    Reston Industrial Center for Research and Government and the Reston Center for Industry and Government,
    1965

    225.11

  • Box: 17 Folder: 17
    General File-Punch List Items "Sales Buildings" and "Sales Houses",
    1965

    224.5

  • Box: 17 Folder: 18
    Addendum and Changes-To Plans Specifications,
    1965

    226.2

  • Box: 18 Folder: 1
    Commercial Spaces Punch List,
    1966

    225.17

  • Box: 18 Folder: 2
    Reston-Low Cost Housing (Heckscher, Simon),
    1966

    234.11

  • Box: 18 Folder: 3
    Office Building Punch LIst,
    1966

    225.18

  • Box: 18 Folder: 4
    Building "F" Punch LIst,
    1966

    225.15

  • Box: 18 Folder: 5
    Building "G" Punch List,
    1966

    225.13

  • Box: 18 Folder: 6
    Reston-Master Plan for Reston-Lecture Series ,
    1966

    233.9

  • Box: 18 Folder: 7
    Building "D",
    1966

    226.12

  • Box: 18 Folder: 8
    Housing and Urban Development/Reston Housing Study,
    1967

    234.13

  • Box: 18 Folder: 9
    Originals for Phase Two Reports,
    1967

    233.12

  • Box: 18 Folder: 10
    Part II,
    1967

    222.8

  • Box: 18 Folder: 11
    Transportation Grant,
    1967

    229.6

  • Box: 18 Folder: 12
    Reston Low Income Housing Demonstration Program Report,
    1969

    235.1

  • Box: 19 Folder: 1
    Reston Low Income Housing Demonstration Program Report,
    1969

    235.1

  • Box: 19 Folder: 2
    Reston, Virginia, An Architectural History,
    1970

  • Box: 19 Folder: 3
    Low-Cost Housing Study-Correspondence and Minutes of Meeting,
    1972

    224.3

  • Box: 19 Folder: 4
    Reston, Virginia-Its Social Impact on Fairfax County,
    1973

    224.1

  • Box: 19 Folder: 5
    Miscellaneous about Reston,
    1973

    222.10

  • Box: 19 Folder: 6
    Proposal for the Comprehensive Study of Reston's Town Center,
    1974

    223.11

  • Box: 20 Folder: 1
    Documents on Reston,
    1974

    222.9

  • Box: 20 Folder: 2
    Reston Town Center Proposal,
    1974

    219.3

  • Box: 20 Folder: 3
    Lower Manhattan Waterfront Report,
    1975

    644.05

  • Box: 20 Folder: 4
    Wilkes-Encyclopedia of Architecture,
    1980s

    222.11

  • Box: 20 Folder: 5
    Reston Anniversary Miscellaneous,
    1983-1985

    236.3

  • Box: 20 Folder: 6
    Reston Anniversary Minutes and Memos,
    1985

    236.5

  • Box: 20 Folder: 7
    Reston Community Church,
    1985

    236.8

  • Box: 20 Folder: 8
    Correspondence: Thesis on Goals of Robert E. Simon for Reston,
    1985

    227.10

  • Box: 20 Folder: 9
    Reston Miscellaneous,
    1987

    236.4

    • 1.
      Sculpture: The Rest of Reston,
      no date

      5425   

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Series 3: Publicity,
1960-1987

Series three is entitled publicity and is dated from 1960 to 1987. The information in this series are a variety of different publicity material from Reston, such as news clippings.

  • Box: 20 Folder: 10
    Topic, Issue No. 65, "America's New Towns: The Human Element is the Primary Consideration",
    1960s

    644.13

  • Box: 20 Folder: 11
    Reston-Publicity,
    1960s

    228.1

  • Box: 21 Folder: 1
    Reston-Publicity,
    1960s

    228.2

  • Box: 21 Folder: 2
    Reston-Publicity,
    1960s

    228.3

  • Box: 21 Folder: 3
    Reston-Publicity,
    1960s

    228.4

  • Box: 21 Folder: 4
    Reston-Publicity,
    1960s

    228.5

  • Box: 21 Folder: 5
    The New York Times, Real Estate SEction (Designed by Whittlesey and Conklin),
    1960s

    644.07

  • Box: 21 Folder: 6
    Reston-Publicity,
    1964

    228.6

  • Box: 21 Folder: 7
    New York Times "First Light of New Town Era is on the Horizon",
    1964

    236.7

  • Box: 21 Folder: 8
    The New York Times "fully Planned Town Opens in Virginia",
    1965

    644.06

  • Box: 21 Folder: 9
    "Lake Anne Village Center: A Planned Community Nucleus" Reprint from May Issue of Progressive Architecture,
    1966

    644.08

  • Box: 21 Folder: 10
    "What is the Visual Community" by Conklin, Building Research,
    1967

    644.11

  • Box: 21 Folder: 11
    New Towns: What Architects Should Know About Them!,
    1969

    644.10

  • Box: 21 Folder: 12
    Reston Publicity in Japanese,
    1970s

    227.12

  • Box: 22 Folder: 1
    American Institute of Architects Journal,
    1976

    644.12

  • Box: 22 Folder: 2
    Reston Times Articles,
    1977

    227.1

  • Box: 22 Folder: 3
    Groupius: Rebuilding Our Communities-A Lecture on February 23, 1945,
    1980s

    644.04

  • Box: 22 Folder: 4
    Reston-Publicity,
    1984

    226.14

  • Box: 22 Folder: 5
    American Architecture Now II by Barbara Diamonstein,
    1985

    644.03

  • Box: 22 Folder: 6
    Press/Publicity,
    1987

    236.6

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Series 4: Brochures,
1960-1975

Series four is entitled brochures and is dated from 1960 to 1975. The brochures in this collection are mostly on utilities such as windows, fireplaces and furniture.

  • Box: 22 Folder: 7
    Inside Reston, Virginia (Houses, Buildings and Park descriptions),
    1960s

    644.09

  • Box: 22 Folder: 8
    "Helmut Jacoby Architectural Presentations,
    1960s

    227.14

  • Box: 22 Folder: 9
    Windows and Screens,
    1960s

    227.6

  • Box: 22 Folder: 10
    Fireplaces,
    1960s

    226.10

  • Box: 22 Folder: 12
    Furniture,
    1960s

    225.2

  • Box: 22 Folder: 13
    Floors,
    1960s

    225.1

  • Box: 22 Folder: 14
    Structure,
    1960s

    224.10

  • Box: 23 Folder: 1
    Luminous Ceilings,
    1962

    225.14

  • Box: 23 Folder: 2
    Noise Control,
    1963

    226.8

  • Box: 23 Folder: 3
    Flooring,
    1963

    226.9

  • Box: 23 Folder: 4
    Transformers,
    1963

    226.6

  • Box: 23 Folder: 5
    Lumber and Plywood,
    1963

    226.5

  • Box: 23 Folder: 6
    Reston Industrial Center for Research and Government,
    1965

    219.4

  • Box: 23 Folder: 7
    "Reston Industrial Center" and Other Reston Brochures,
    1967

    227.13

  • Box: 23 Folder: 8
    Siding,
    1967

    225.3

  • Box: 23 Folder: 9
    Doors,
    1967

    225.5

  • Box: 23 Folder: 10
    Ceilings,
    1967

    225.6

  • Box: 23 Folder: 11
    Plastics,
    1967

    225.7

  • Box: 23 Folder: 12
    Windows,
    1967

    224.9

  • Box: 23 Folder: 13
    Reston, C. Hodgett's File,
    1967

    224.8

  • Box: 23 Folder: 14
    Booklets and Brochures,
    1968

    225.9

  • Box: 23 Folder: 15
    New Towns and New Communities Booklets,
    1968

    225.8

  • Box: 23 Folder: 16
    Reston, C. Hodgett's File (Low Cost),
    1969

    224.7

  • Box: 23 Folder: 17
    Heating ,
    1975

    226.7

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Series 5: Images,
1960-1990

Series five are images dated from 1960 to 1990. Some of the photographs are aerial pictures of Reston at different stages of construction.

  • Box: 24 Folder: 1
    Models, Aerial, of Reston (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.1

    • 1.
      Photograph: Architectural Model, Lake Anne Village (1503-2),
      ca. 1962

      5440   

    • 1.
      Photograph: Architectural Model, Lake Anne Village (1503-3),
      ca. 1962

      5453   

    • 1.
      Photograph: Architectural Model, Lake Anne Village (1503-5),
      ca. 1962

      5482   

    • 1.
      Photograph: Architectural Model, Lake Anne Village (1503-8),
      ca. 1962

      5439   

  • Box: 24 Folder: 2
    Master Plans (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.9

  • Box: 24 Folder: 3
    Gulf Gas Station (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.8

    • 1.
      Photograph: Lake Anne Village Gulf Station, Front View,
      no date

      5483   

    • 2.
      Photograph: Lake Anne Village Gulf Station, Rear View,
      no date

      5574   

  • Box: 24 Folder: 4
    Variety of Homes and Buildings (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.6

  • Box: 24 Folder: 5
    Various Sculptures and Structures (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.5

  • Box: 24 Folder: 6
    Various Sculptures and Storefronts (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.4

  • Box: 24 Folder: 7
    Stores around Reston (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.3

  • Box: 24 Folder: 8
    Postcards of Reston, Virginia,
    1960s

    223.2

  • Box: 24 Folder: 9
    Buildings in Reston (Photographs),
    1960s

    644.02

  • Box: 24 Folder: 10
    Reston, Virginia (Slides),
    1960s

    644.01

  • Box: 24 Folder: 11
    Reston Master Plans (Photographs),
    1960s

    224.2

  • Box: 24 Folder: 12
    Biographical Information on William J. Conklin and Floor Plans (Photographs),
    1961

    224.4

  • Box: 24 Folder: 13
    Construction (Slides),
    1964-1965

    237.1

  • Box: 24 Folder: 14
    Construction (Slides),
    1964-1965

    237.1

  • Box: 25 Folder: 1
    Construction (Slides),
    1964-1965

    237.1

  • Box: 25 Folder: 2
    Aerial View of Reston, Virginia (Photographs),
    1960s

    223.7

  • Box: 25 Folder: 3
    South Lakes Village Center (Photographs),
    1990

    234.3

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Series 6: Oversize,
1960-1967

Series six is an oversize series which is dated from 1960 to 1967. The series is mostly drawing negatives for bailing designs in Reston.

  • Box: 26 Folder: 1
    Drawing Negatives,
    1962

    239.1

  • Box: 26 Folder: 2
    Drawing Negatives,
    1965

    239.2

  • Box: 26 Folder: 3
    Drawing Negatives,
    1965

    239.3

  • Box: 26 Folder: 4
    Drawing Negatives,
    1965

    239.4

  • Box: 26 Folder: 5
    Drawing Negatives,
    1960s

    239.5

  • Box: 26 Folder: 6
    Negatives,
    1960s

    239.6

  • Box: 26 Folder: 7
    Negatives,
    1960s

    239.7

  • Box: 26 Folder: 8
    Conklin and Rossant Book with Photographs and Drawings,
    1960s

    239.8

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