A Guide to the Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission Photographic Collection, 1993- Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission Photographic Collection VC RG08

A Guide to the Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission Photographic Collection, 1993-

A Collection in the
Thomas Balch Library
Collection Number VC RG08

Thomas Balch Library

Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
USA
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195
Email: balchlib@leesburgva.gov
URL: http://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library/

Processed by: Beth Schuster

Repository

Thomas Balch Library

Collection number

VC RG08

Title

Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission Photographic Collection 1993-

Extent

.15 cu ft

Collector

Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission, Town of Leesburg, Leesburg, VA

Language

English

Abstract

The collection documents the annual Loudoun History Awards Ceremony. Not all years are represented.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research

Use Restrictions

Visual materials may require special handling.

Preferred Citation

Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission Photographic Collection (VC RG08), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission, Town of Leesburg, Leesburg, VA

Alternative Form Available

digital, negatives for some items

Accruals

1993.007X, 1994.0003X, 1994.0004X, 1995.0040X, 1996.0008X, 1997.0006X, 1998.0010X, 1998.0011X, 1999.0007X, 2005.0248, 2006.0208X, 2007.0183, 2008.0176, 2010.0119, 2010.0336

Processing Information

Processed by Beth Schuster, 9 January 2008

This is an open collection.

Ordinance number 94-0-16, adopted May 24, 1994 by the Leesburg Town Council, established the Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission to encourage citizen involvement in governance of Thomas Balch Library. The Commission's mandatmandatee includes includes long-range planning for the Library, and it serves in an advisory capacity to the Library Director with regard to oversight and guidance of Library operations, staffing , maintenance, capital improvements and funding, assistance in the preparation of tthe Library's annual budget, and promotion of the Library, including private fund raising and cooperation with Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, Inc. Commissioners liaise with their respective Councilmembers and with the Town Council regarding Thomas Balch Library.

The Commission, which meets monthly excepting August, is comprised of nine members. Seven citizen members, appointed by the Leesburg Town Council and selected because of their interest in the Library, serve four-year terms. AA Leesburg Town Councilmember and the Leesburg representative from the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors serve terms corresponding to their official tenures. A chairpersonOfficers are is elected annually by the members.

The Commission sponsors the annual Loudoun History Awards. The awards were established in 1993 to recognize contributions of local historian John Elbert Divine (1911-1996) in preserving Loudoun County history. The Loudoun History Awards highlight diverse aspects of the county's history. They honor individuals who have made significant contributions to preserving Loudoun's past through collection of county documents and memorabilia, preservation of historic landmarks, visual arts, writing and long-term involvement in local history organizations. Presented annually except in 2000 when renovation of Thomas Balch Library prevented the event, these awards have recognized some of Loudoun County's best known historians, writers, preservationists, and conservationists.

Balch Library Commission Members (reflects full or partial fiscal year membership; Board of Supervisors' terms reflect calendar year membership)

Atwell, George F. (Councilmanic 1995-1996, 2001-2002)

Bobich, Irene W. (2000)

Burk, Kelly (Councilmanic 2005-2006; Board of Supervisors 2007-2011)

Butler, Brenda (2007-2008)

Buttery, Jr., J. Frank (Councilmanic 1997-2000; 2002)

Clem, James (Board of Supervisors 2004-2007)

Dellinger, Donald (1998-2000)

Durand, Thomas H. (2004-2006)

Fera, Francis F. (2002-2005, 2007-)

Fishback, Mary (1995-2001)

Hall, Shirley McClain (2004-2007)

Hammler, Kathryn Sheldon (Councilmanic 2008, 2010)

Herring, Mark (Board of Supervisors 2000-2003)

Hershman, Jr., James (1995- )

Hiatt, Marty (1995-1999)

Hodge, Roger (2010)

Ingram, Mary E. (2002)

Kramer, Melinda (Councilmanic 2003-2004)

Lucier, James (1995-2004)

Marshall, Thomas C. (2003-2005)

Morgan, James A., III (2009-)

Paine, Leonor (2010-)

Roberts, James P. (2001- )

Rokus, Joan (Board of Supervisors 1994-1999; 2004, 2007-)

Schonberger, Martha (2003- )

Titus, Karen (1995-2002)

Tolbert, Jr., John (1995-2000)

Ward, Donald (1995-1996)

Watkins, Lou Etta (2005- )

Scope and Content

The collection primarily documents the annual Loudoun History Awards Ceremony. Images are individually catalogued in PastPerfect, Thomas Balch Library's visual collections database available onsite, and may be identified in the online index available at www.leesburgva.gov/ThomasBalchLibrary/SpecialCollections by searching vc_rg08. Photographs are not available for all years.

Loudoun History Awards Recipients

1993

John E. Divine

Louisa S. Hutchison

Carl McIntyre

Vinton Liddell Pickens

1994

Asa Moore Janney

Werner L. Janney

Charles Poland

Eugene Scheel

Frances Hazel Reid

1995

Ned Douglass

John G. Lewis

Frank Raflo

Bronwen Souders

1996

Richard Gillespie

W. Hugh Grubb, Jr.

Kathleen McCormick

Meredith Bean McMath

1997

Ruth and Willard Bishop

Esther Rogers Cowart

Agnes and B. Powell Harrison

Jane Norman

1998

Kim B. Holien

Ann Whitehead Thomas

Elaine E. Thompson

Landon O. Wynkoop

Loudoun County Historical Society members:

Joseph M. Rogers

Patricia R. Shoaf

Wm. Emory Plaster

1999

Tracy Gillespie

Joan Gillette Rokus

Wynne Saffer

Mary Alice Wertz

2000

No Awards Given

2001

Joni Crane

Mary Bettis Fishback

Deborah Lee

Dorothy K. Rickard

Loudoun Restoration and Preservation Society

2002

John Fishback

Olivia Marie Henry

Mattie Lassiter

William F. O'Keefe

2003

Evelyn Porterfield Johnson

Betty L. Morefield

2004

Peggy Sands Drummond

Carol Morris Dukes

Marty Hiatt

Rachel Yarnell Thompson

2005

Patricia B. Duncan

Betty Whiting Flemming

Thomas D. Horne

Pauline Singletary

2006

Allen Cochran

William H. Harrison

Lee Daniel Kent

Reginald Simms

2007

Laurel Brigade restoration and preservation group

Lou Etta Watkins

Cate Magennis Wyatt

2008

Mitch Diamond

Phil and Sandra Ehrenkranz

Stevan F. Meserve

James P. Roberts

2009

Anne Donovan Larson

W. Brown Morton, III

Henry G. Plaster

Mary E. Randolph

2010

H. Vernon Davis

Margaret T. Morton

Lori Kimball

Arlean Hill

Related Material

TBL RG8 (Town of Leesburg - Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission)

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Bibliography

An Ordinance establishing the Thomas Balch Library commission (12 April 1994), Town of Leesburg Ordinances, 94-0-16.

Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission. Thomas Balch Library History Awards. Paeonian Springs, VA: Custom Graphics, Inc.: 2007.

Town of Leesburg. "Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission." Town of Leesburg. http://www.leesburgva.gov/government/commissions/library/.

Other Finding Aid

Past Perfect Catalogue records

Technical Requirements

None