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Guide to the Reston Museum collection, 1962-2006 C0175

Reston Museum collection


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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Fenwick Library, MS2FL
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
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speccoll@gmu.edu
URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu

Emily Martin

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0175
Title
Reston Museum collection 1962-2006
Quantity
6 Linear Feet, (12 boxes)
Creator
Reston Museum
Language
English .
Abstract
The Reston Museum collection is a collection of papers and images pertaining to the development of Reston, Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, reports, paperwork about the creation of Reston and papers from the Federal government. There also pamphlets from different housing developments in Reston and publications with articles about Reston from different magazines and newspapers. There are maps of Reston with slides and photographs. The collection is divided into eight series and is dated from 1962 to 2006.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Reston Museum collection, Collection C0175, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Reston Museum on March 10, 1998.

Processing Information

Processed by Emily Martin in January 2010 . EAD markup completed by Emily Martin in January 2010.

Historical Information

Reston is a planned community in Northern Virginia. Robert E. Simon, Jr. was the founder of Reston, he purchased the land with the proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1961. Construction began in 1963 with the building of Lake Anne.

The Reston Museum opened in 1997 by the Reston Historic Trust. It is run by volunteers and located in the Lake Anne Village Historic District. The museum has permanent exhibits devoted to community life in Reston and rotating exhibits of works from students of all ages in Reston.

Scope and Content

The Reston Museum Collection is a collection of papers and images pertaining to the development of Reston, Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, reports, paperwork about the creation of Reston and papers from the Federal government. There also pamphlets from different housing developments in Reston and publications with articles about Reston from different magazines and newspapers. There are maps of Reston with slides and photographs.

Series one is titled correspondence. The series contains mostly memorandums from different groups in Reston, including the Reston Association, Gulf Reston Incorporated and personnel correspondence. The series is dated from 1962 to 1984 and contained in boxes 1-3.

Series two is titled reports and plans. The series is comprised of reports about on going projects and construction in Reston. There are also geological surveys, statistics and financial information pertaining Reston's growth. The series is dated from 1962 to 2000 and contained in boxes 3-7.

Series three is titled pamphlets. The series has brochures and pamphlets from different housing developments and neighborhoods in Reston. There are also brochures about different community projects and buildings in development. The series is dated from 1964 to 2004 and contained in boxes 7-8.

Series four is titled publications. The series contains different magazines and newspaper articles written about Reston and articles that were published in Reston publications. Some of the publications include Newsweek, The Restonian, The Washingtonian and The Reston Letter. The series is dated from 1963 to 2005 and contained in boxes 8-9.

Series five is titled images. This a small series that contains slides and photographs. The slides are a variety of photos of a Reston Town Center model and the photographs incorporated the early years in Reston. The series is dated from 1960s-1980s and is contained in box 9.

Series six is titled maps. The series has a collection of maps from Reston. They include preliminary plans and master plan for Reston among others. The series is dated from 1970 to 1989 and is contained box 10.

Series seven is titled general information. This series covers a variety of information pertaining to Reston. Included in the series are notebooks documenting the attendance and costs of the museum, profiles and association minutes. The series is dated from 1968 to 2006 and is contained in boxes 10-11.

Series eight is titled oversize. This a small series that contains an award for the bicentennial committee in Reston and a brochure. The series is dated from 1980 to 1991 and contained in box 12.

Arrangement

Organized into eight series.

Missing Title Series 1: Correspondence, 1962-1984 (Boxes 1-3) Series 2: Reports and Plans, 1962-2000 (Boxes 3-7) Series 3: Pamphlets, 1964-2004 (Boxes 7-8) Series 4: Publications, 1963-2005 (Boxes 8-9) Series 5: Images, 1960s-1980s (Boxes 9) Series 6: Maps, 1970-1989 (Boxes 10) Series 7: General Information, 1968-2006 (Boxes 10-11) Series 8: Oversize, 1980-1991 (Boxes 12)

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives holds many other collections on the history and development of Reston, Virginia, as well as other collections that document United States and international planned communities.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Housing
  • Planned communities -- Virginia -- Reston
  • Reston (Va.)
  • Reston Association

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Reston (Va.)
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Container List

Series 1: Correspondence
1962-1984
(2.5 boxes)
Scope and Contents note

The series contains mostly memorandums from different groups in Reston, including the Reston Association, Gulf Reston Incorporated and personnel correspondence.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
    Correspondence to Reston Residents
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    3.12

    • 1.
      Letter: Robert Simon to Reston Staff
      March 16, 1966
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Press Release: Gulf Oil Corporation
      September 1, 1967
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
    Housing Questionnaires and Memorandums
    1969-1971
    Scope and Contents note

    1.05

    • 1.
      Letter: John W. Guinee to William A Radlinski
      February 16, 1971
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Letter: Lewis L. Douglas to William T. Pecora
      January 26, 1971
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
    Memorandum: Gulf Investment in Reston
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    1.23

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
    New Headquarters Building Memorandums
    1971
    Scope and Contents note

    1.06

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
    Personnel: Correspondence and Statistics
    1960s-1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    3.09

    • 1.
      Table: U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey, "Personnel Distribution by Geogrpahic Location of Residence and Salary"
      May 1971
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
    Personnel: Correspondence and Statistics
    1971
    Scope and Contents note

    3.10

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
    Planning Memoranda on Reston Report to Simon Enterprises
    1962
    Scope and Contents note

    5.12

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
    Reston Community Association: Memorandums
    1967-1969
    Scope and Contents note

    3.1

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
    Reston Community Association: Memorandums
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    3.3

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
    Reston Community Association: Memorandums
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    3.2

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
    Reston Community Association: Development Memorandums
    1979
    Scope and Contents note

    3.5

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
    Reston Community Association
    1973
    Scope and Contents note

    3.6

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
    Reston Community Association: Memorandum
    1971
    Scope and Contents note

    2.1

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
    Reston Community Association: Board Memorandum
    1976
    Scope and Contents note

    1.6

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
    Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
    1984
    Scope and Contents note

    1.1

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
    Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
    1980-1983
    Scope and Contents note

    1.4

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
    Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
    1975
    Scope and Contents note

    1.3

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
    Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
    1976-1978
    Scope and Contents note

    1.2

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
    Reston Second Home Owners Association: Memorandums
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    2.3

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
    Seminar on New Communities: Reston, Virginia
    1971
    Scope and Contents note

    3.14

    • 1.
      Letter: Royce Hanson to Karl J. Ingebritsen
      May 18, 1971
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Paper: Karl J. Ingebritsen, "Some Thoughts on the Dilemmas of Private Government"
      June 21, 1971
      Scope and Contents note
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Series 2: Reports and Plans
1962-2000
(4 boxes)
Scope and Contents note

The series is comprised of reports about on going projects and construction in Reston. There are also geological surveys, statistics and financial information pertaining Reston's growth.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
    A Comprehensive Plan for the Difficult Run Watershed
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    3.06

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
    Adoption of Amendment to Chapter 30 of the 1961 Code of the County of Fairfax, Virginia as Amended
    1962
    Scope and Contents note

    3.11

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
    Articles of Incorporation of Homeownership
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    1.09

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
    Articles of Incorporation, Reston Second Homeowners Association
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    2.10

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
    By-Laws of Reston Homeownership
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    1.10

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
    Congressional Record, Processing and Debates of the 87th Congress, Second Session
    1962
    Scope and Contents note

    1.20

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
    Cooperatives Forecasting Summary Report
    1976
    Scope and Contents note

    5.06

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
    Deed of Dedication Reston, Section One
    1964-1966
    Scope and Contents note

    1.08

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
    Density Control Under the Residential Planned Community Chapter of the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    1.35

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12
    Digest of Articles and By-Laws of a Cluster Association
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    1.07

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13
    Economic Study of the Reston Golf and Health Club
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    4.27

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 14
    Final Density Tabulation
    1999-2000
    Scope and Contents note

    9.06

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 15
    Geological Survey on Reston
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    1.04

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 16
    Gulf Reston, Incorporated Valuation of Assets at September 28, 1967
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    2.04

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
    Human Resources Visits to Other Agencies
    1967-1971
    Scope and Contents note

    2.15

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
    Land Planning and Land Development and Community Planning
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    5.09

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
    Major Streets and Highways Plan, Fairfax County Virginia
    1965
    Scope and Contents note

    3.05

    • 1.
      Plan: Fairfax County Planning Office, "Major Streets and Highways Plan"
      April 1985
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
    Market Research Analysis-Reston, Virginia
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    4.20

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
    Market Analysis, Consumer Research and Recommendation for Housing Land Sales at Reston, Virginia-Executive Report
    1979
    Scope and Contents note

    4.24

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
    Offer of Sales and Donation of Land to the United States of America
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    3.02

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
    Preliminary Plan for Round Hill at Reston, Virginia
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    2.08

    • 1.
      Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Preliminary Plan for Round Hill at Reston, Virginia"
      September 1, 1968
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
    Preliminary Report-Technical College at Reston, Virginia
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    2.09

    • 1.
      Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Preliminary Report: technical College At Reston, Virginia"
      June 7, 1968
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
    Protective Covenants and Restrictions of Deed of Dedication, Reston Homeowners Association
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    2.12

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
    'Reston' a Planned Community
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    1.01

    • 1.
      Paper: G. W. Saunders, " 'Reston' - A Planned Community"
      September 24, 1962
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
    Reston Committee (Y2K)
    2000
    Scope and Contents note

    1.36

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
    Reston Community Association: Fairfax Water Treatment Plant Documents
    1975
    Scope and Contents note

    2.7

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13
    Reston Community Association: Board of Directors Meetings, Reports and By-laws
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    2.8

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 14
    Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
    1978
    Scope and Contents note

    4.3

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 15
    Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
    1978
    Scope and Contents note

    4.4

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
    Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
    1978
    Scope and Contents note

    4.2

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
    Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
    1978
    Scope and Contents note

    4.1

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
    Reston First Home Owners Association
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    7.02

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
    Reston Low Income Housing Demonstration Program
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    6.02

    • 1.
      Report: Norman Rowland, "Reston Low Income Housing Demonstration Program"
      April 1969
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
    Reston Master plan Report, Fairfax County
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    4.25

    • 1.
      Report: Simon Enterprises, "Reston Master Plan Report"
      March 10, 1962
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
    Reston Quarterly Fact Sheet
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    4.03

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
    Reston Town Center Concept Plan and Program
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    5.08

    • 1.
      Report: David Crane and Partners, "Reston Town Center: Concept Plan and Program"
      November 1, 1974
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
    Reston Transportation Study
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    5.07

    • 1.
      Report: Alan M. Voorhees and Associates, Inc. "Reston Transportation Study"
      June 1970
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
    Reston, Virginia-Future Home of the U.S. Geological Survey
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    4.13

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
    School Construction System Development (SCSD): The Project and the School
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    5.05

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
    Social Planning and Programs for Reston, Virginia
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    5.04

    • 1.
      Report: Reston Virginia Foundation for Community Programs, " Social Planning and Programs for Reston Virginia"
      March 1967
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Report: Reston Virginia Foundation for Community Programs, " Social Planning and Programs for Reston Virginia"
      March 1967
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
    Statutory Land Trusts an Unused Method of Holding Real Property in Virginia
    1979
    Scope and Contents note

    5.10

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
    Status of Construction and Occupancy
    1976
    Scope and Contents note

    9.07

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
    Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    2.07

    • 1.
      Report: National Audubon Society, "Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia"
      June 24, 1968
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Report: National Audubon Society, "Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia"
      June 24, 1968
      Scope and Contents note
    • 3.
      Report: National Audubon Society, "Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia"
      June 24, 1968
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
    Technical College-Reston, Virginia (Report on Feasibility of Establishing a Technical College in Reston)
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    3.04

    • 1.
      Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Technical College Reston, Virginia"
      July 1, 1968
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Technical College Reston, Virginia"
      July 1, 1968
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
    The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
    1967-1968
    Scope and Contents note

    4.19

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
    The Reston Center for Industry and Government Declaration of Protective Covenants and Restrictions
    1965
    Scope and Contents note

    4.23

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 8
    Total Density Tabulations
    1982-1990
    Scope and Contents note

    9.08

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 9
    Town Center Study Reston, Virginia
    1971-1972
    Scope and Contents note

    3.13

    • 1.
      Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
      1972
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
      1972
      Scope and Contents note
    • 3.
      Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
      1972
      Scope and Contents note
    • 4.
      Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
      1972
      Scope and Contents note
    • 5.
      Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
      1972
      Scope and Contents note
    • 6.
      Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
      1972
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 10
    Transportation-Washington Metropolitan Area
    1965
    Scope and Contents note

    2.05

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 11
    United States District Court for the District of Columbia
    1971
    Scope and Contents note

    3.01

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1
    Utilities Report, Reston Virginia
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    1.26

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2
    Valuation Real Estate Properties-Reston, Virginia
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    4.18

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Series 3: Pamphlets
1964-2004
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note

The series has brochures and pamphlets from different housing developments and neighborhoods in Reston. There are also brochures about different community projects and buildings in development.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
    A Guide to Reston Virginia
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    4.02

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
    A New Community at Novi
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    2.02

    • 1.
      Report: Center for Community Change, "A New Community at NOVI"
      June 1969
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Report: Center for Community Change, "A New Community at NOVI: Appendix: Federal Aid for New Communities"
      June 1969
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
    Arts in Virginia
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    6.08

    • 1.
      Article: Wolf Von Eckardt, "Planning for 'Publick Concerns'," Arts in Virginia, volume 7, number 2
      Winter 1967
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 6
    Brave New Town
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    1.12

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 7
    Golf Course Island
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    7.01

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 8
    Gulf Reston, Incorporated, Residential Rental Handbook
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    1.33

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 9
    Gulf Oil Real Estate Development Company
    1971
    Scope and Contents note

    2.03

    • 1.
      Brochure: Gulf Oil Real Estate Development Company
      no date
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 10
    Information from Reston
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    1.16

    • 1.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, Inc, "Reston Quarterly Fact Sheet"
      December 1969
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Plan: Gulf Reston, Inc "Reston Master Plan"
      ca. 1971
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 11
    Inside Reston Virginia (Descriptions of Places in Reston)
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    4.22

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 12
    International Country Club Reston, Virginia
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    2.01

    • 1.
      Plan: Gulf Reston, "International Country Club, Reston, Virginia"
      ca. 1969
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 13
    Just Outside the Nation's Capital Is One of the Best Neighborhoods in America
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    5.01

    • 1.
      Brochure: Reston Land Corporation, "Just Outside the Nation's capital is One of the Best Neighborhoods in America"
      no date
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 14
    Lake Anne Village Center Opening
    1965
    Scope and Contents note

    1.22

    • 1.
      Article: Simon Enterprise, "Lake Anne Village Center Opening"
      December 4, 1965
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 15
    Many Faces of Reston
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    6.06

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 16
    Mass Transportation on the Move
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    1.24

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 17
    New Towns for America
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    1.11

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 18
    Open Models (Housing)
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    1.17

    • 1.
      Map: Anonymous, "Open Models"
      no date
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 19
    Profile of a School System (Fairfax County, Virginia)
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    1.19

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 20
    Residents Handbook-Reston Virginia
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    3.07

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 21
    Reston: An Answer to Suburban Sprawl-Urban Living in the Country
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    1.27

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 22
    Reston Apartment Handbook
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    1.32

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 23
    Reston-Brochures
    1965
    Scope and Contents note

    4.09

    • 1.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, "Reston: A Town Helps Its People Cope With The Problems of Living In Times Like These"
      no date
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Newsletter: Reston Land Corporation, "Reston"
      Fall/Winter 1981
      Scope and Contents note
    • 3.
      Newsletter: Reston Land Corporation, "Reston"
      Spring/Summer 1981
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 24
    Reston-First Industrial Campus
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    4.06

    • 1.
      Image: James M. Rice Associates, "Reston-First Industrial Campus"
      no date
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 25
    Reston Industrial Center for Research and Government
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    5.13

    • 1.
      Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "Reston Industrial Center for Research and Government"
      no date
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 26
    Reston Industrial Center
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    1.13

    • 1.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, "Reston Industrial Center"
      no date
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1
    Reston Land Corporation
    1980s
    Scope and Contents note

    1.34

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2
    Reston North Golf Course
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    4.26

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3
    Reston Quarterly Fact Sheet
    1972-1973
    Scope and Contents note

    1.18

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4
    Reston, Virginia-Hunters Woods Village
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    2.06

    • 1.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, Inc., "Reston, Virginia: Hunters Woods Village"
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5
    Terraset (A Hill with a School Inside It)
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    4.05

    • 1.
      Brochure: Terraset Elementary School, "Terraset"
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 6
    The First Village Reston
    1975
    Scope and Contents note

    1.30

    • 1.
      Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Goodman Houses at Reston",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Smith Houses at Reston",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
    • 3.
      Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Whittlesey and Conklin Houses at Reston",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 7
    The Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
    2003-2004
    Scope and Contents note

    1.7

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 8
    The Reston Center for Industry and Government
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    1.02

    • 1.
      Brochure: Simon Enterprises, "The Reston Center for Industry and Government",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 9
    The Reston Center for Industry and Government
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    5.14

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 10
    The Reston, Virginia, Test of the Mitre Corporation's Interactive Television System
    1977
    Scope and Contents note

    5.02

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 11
    "The Row House Revival Is Going to Town-Not to Mention Country" by Wolf Von Eckardt
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    5.03

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Series 4: Publications
1963-2005
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note

The series contains different magazines and newspaper articles written about Reston and articles that were published in Reston publications. Some of the publications include Newsweek, The Restonian, The Washingtonian and The Reston Letter.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 12
    Business Week
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    1.25

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 13
    Fairfax County Virginia-Economic Overview
    1976
    Scope and Contents note

    4.12

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 14
    Fairfax Prospectus-Volume 10, Number 4
    1979
    Scope and Contents note

    4.15

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 15
    Industrial Property Guide-Reston Supplement
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    4.07

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 16
    Magazines (A-Z Program Guide, Chamber of Commerce Guide and Reston Resource)
    2004-2005
    Scope and Contents note

    1.28

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 17
    Newspaper Clippings (Bronze Simon Statue Stole form Lake Anne)
    2004
    Scope and Contents note

    1.29

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 18
    Newsweek-New Town: Shape of Utopia?
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    1.15

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 19
    Real Estate (Articles on Reston, Virginia)
    1986
    Scope and Contents note

    3.03

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 20
    "Reston: A New Town for a New Kind of Life" By Ed Crimsley
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    4.08

    • 1.
      Article: Ed Grimsley, "Reston: a new town for a new kind of life," The Commonwealth: The Magazine of Virginia,
      May 1966
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 21
    Reston Community Association News-Volume 1, Number 5
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    2.6

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 22
    "Reston Counts 1000 Residents and Now Looks Like New Town" By John B. Willmann
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    4.01

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 23
    "Reston: New Town in the Old Dominion" By Nan Netherton
    1983
    Scope and Contents note

    4.21

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
    Restonian: A New Magazine of New Ways to Live
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    5.15

    • 1.
      Article: Fred Flaxman, "Can A New Town Be Democratic?"; the Restonian Magazine,
      October 1975
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Article: Robert E. Simon, Jr., "Genesis of Reston",
      October 1975
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
    Reston: The Evolution of an American Original
    2001
    Scope and Contents note

    9.01

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
    The Fairfax County News-Volume 1, Number 1
    1977
    Scope and Contents note

    4.14

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
    "The Life and Times of Reston, Virginia" By the Reston Regional Library
    2000s
    Scope and Contents note

    1.8

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5
    The Orange Disc
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    6.04

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 6
    The Orange Disc
    1970
    Scope and Contents note

    6.03

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 7
    The Reston Connection
    1980s
    Scope and Contents note

    6.9

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 8
    The Reston Connection
    1980s
    Scope and Contents note

    6.10

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 9
    "The Reston Express Bus" By Henry Bain
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    4.04

    • 1.
      Report: Henry Bain, "The Reston Express Bus",
      August 1969
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 10
    The Reston Industry Landsales Newsletter-Volume 1-3
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    4.16

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 11
    The Reston Letter
    1963-1966
    Scope and Contents note

    4.10

    • 1.
      Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 1 No. 2,
      May 1963
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 2 No. 1,
      May 1964
      Scope and Contents note
    • 3.
      Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 4 No. 1,
      May 21, 1966
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 12
    The Reston Letter
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    1.14

    • 1.
      Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 1 No. 1,
      February 1963
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 1 No. 3,
      September 1963
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 13
    The Reston Residential Land Sales Newsletter-Volume 3, Number 3
    1979
    Scope and Contents note

    4.17

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 14
    The Washingtonian
    1966
    Scope and Contents note

    1.21

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 15
    Washington World
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    1.31

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 16
    Washington World-Reston Industry: Progress Report
    1964
    Scope and Contents note

    4.11

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 17
    Wayside-Created by the Minchew Corporation
    1969
    Scope and Contents note

    7.04

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Series 5: Images
1960s-1980s
(0.5 box)
Scope and Contents note

This a small series that contains slides and photographs. The slides are a variety of photos of a Reston Town Center model and the photographs incorporated the early years in Reston.

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 18
    Memories of Early Reston Years
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    5.11

    • 1.
      Memo: Vernon J. Walker to Second Homeowners Planning and Budget Committee,
      October 2, 1967
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Photo: William A. Graham, Untitled,
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
    • 3.
      Photo: Anonymous, "Vernon Walker",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
    • 4.
      Photo: Anonymous, "Vernon Walker",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
    • 10.
      Advertisement: Reston Land Corporation, "Reston Advertisements",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 19
    Photo of Glen W. Saunders, Jr.
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    2.11

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 20
    Reston Town Center Model (34 Slides)
    1980s
    Scope and Contents note

    7.05

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Series 6: Maps
1970-1989
(0.5 box)
Scope and Contents note

The series has a collection of maps from Reston. They include preliminary plats and master plan for Reston among others.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 1
    Preliminary Plats (Submitted)
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    9.04

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 2
    Preliminary Plats
    1990s
    Scope and Contents note

    9.02

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 3
    Reston Historical Data and Maps
    1980s
    Scope and Contents note

    9.05

    • 1.
      Newsletter: Gulf Reston, Inc., "The Reston Residential Land Sales Newsletter",
      January 1977
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 4
    Reston Master Plan (Map)
    1989
    Scope and Contents note

    9.03

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 5
    Reston Town Maps
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    1.03

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 6
    Washington D.C. Tourguide Map
    1974
    Scope and Contents note

    2.13

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Series 7: General Information
1968-2006
(1.5 boxes)
Scope and Contents note

This series covers a variety of information pertaining to Reston. Included in the series are notebooks documenting the attendance and costs of the museum, profiles and association minutes.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 7
    Commemorative Brick Profiles First and Second Installation
    2001
    Scope and Contents note

    4.5

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 8
    Commemorative Brick Profiles First and Second Installation
    2001
    Scope and Contents note

    4.6

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 9
    First Annual Columbia Conference Community Governance
    1972
    Scope and Contents note

    6.07

    • 1.
      Booklet: Columbia Conference Committee, "First Annual Columbia Conference on Community Goverance",
      March 1972
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 10
    Fourth Interview-GWS and VPI Representative
    1970s
    Scope and Contents note

    3.08

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 11
    Hilton Portfolio
    1990s
    Scope and Contents note

    4.7

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 12
    News from Reston Museum Winter Program and Walks
    2006
    Scope and Contents note

    9.09

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 13
    Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
    1997
    Scope and Contents note

    2.9

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 14
    Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
    1998
    Scope and Contents note

    2.10

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 1
    Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
    1998
    Scope and Contents note

    2.11

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 2
    Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
    1999
    Scope and Contents note

    2.12

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 3
    Reston Citizens Association-Records for Museum
    2000
    Scope and Contents note

    3.4

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 4
    Reston Community Association: Agendas, Minutes and Lists
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    2.4

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 5
    Reston Community Association: Government Lists and Board Meetings
    1972
    Scope and Contents note

    2.2

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 6
    Reston Community Association Ordinances
    1967
    Scope and Contents note

    2.5

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 7
    Reston Community Association Updates and Briefs
    1977
    Scope and Contents note

    1.5

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 8
    Reston Task Force
    2000
    Scope and Contents note

    6.01

    • 1.
      Table: Reston 2000 Task Force, "Reston 2000",
      ca. 2000
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 9
    Reston, Virginia-Homeowner's Kit
    1968
    Scope and Contents note

    7.03

    • 1.
      Brochure: Anonymous, "The Commons of Mclean",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
    • 2.
      Brochure: Anonymous, "Woodside, Reston, Virginia",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
    • 3.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, Inc., "Bryan Courts",
      December 1969
      Scope and Contents note
    • 4.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, Inc., "Garden Court Homes, Reston, Virginia",
      May 1, 1970
      Scope and Contents note
    • 5.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, Inc., "Regency Square",
      November 14, 1969
      Scope and Contents note
    • 6.
      Brochure: Gulf Reston, Inc., "The Bridges of Reston",
      January 1970
      Scope and Contents note
    • 8.
      Brochure: Kandel-Sherman Builders-Developers, Inc., "Flair: Bold Contemporary Homes as New as Tomorrow In the Uplands, Reston, Virginia",
      undated
      Scope and Contents note
      • 7.
        Brochure: Gulf Reston, Inc., "The Meadows",
        January 16, 1970
        Scope and Contents note
    • 9.
      Press Release: Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Civil Defense, "The Virginia Home Fallout Protection Survey",
      April 1968
      Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 10
    UPS Shipping Tags from Reston to Special Collections and Archives
    2000s
    Scope and Contents note

    6.05

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Series 8: Oversize
1980-1991
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note

This a small series that contains an award for the bicentennial committee in Reston and a brochure.

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 1
    Award for Reston as a Virginia Bicentennial Community
    1990
    Scope and Contents note

    8.01

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 2
    Committee Members Reston Bicentennial Committee
    1991
    Scope and Contents note

    8.02

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 3
    The Best Place in America For Business to Work is Just Outside Washington, D.C.
    1980s
    Scope and Contents note

    2.14

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