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The old box and folder numbers are also included as part of the new arrangement.","Processed in March and April 2009 by Emily Martin. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in November 2022.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds many other collections on the  and Northern Virginia.","The Robert E. Simon Jr. Papers are comprised of newsclippings, promotional material and booklets relating to Reston. Also included are printed material, publications and scrapbooks. Robert E. Simon Jr. included in his donation his speeches and paperwork from various conferences he attended at different universities around the country.","Series one is titled correspondence and is dated from 1975 to 2001. The series is small and is only in box 1. Some of the correspondence is between Robert E. Simon Jr. and Martha Pennino. Also included in the series are invitations for various speaking engagements.","Series two is titled Reston General Information and is dated from 1960 to 1990. 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