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The collection is divided into four series:  Series 1, Community Affordable Housing Initiatives ,  Series 2, Arlington County Affordable Housing Initiatives ,  Series 3, Housing, County, and Community Newsletters and Publications , and  Series 4, Politics . The first two series contain materials related to a vast number of organizations and working groups dedicated to affordable housing that Charlie Rinker was a member of or led. The final two series contain materials tangential to Rinker's work to advocate for affordable housing, such as political newsletters and correspondence, newsletters from housing organizations of which Rinker was not an active participant, and Arlington County community information and newsletters.\n","Series 1  holds materials of organizations where Rinker was active. The three subseries here are organized by two major groups - the fight to save Arna Valley ( Subseries 1 ) and Arlington New Directions Coalition ( Subseries 2 ). The third subseries holds materials for smaller or more temporary organizations, committees, or events.\n","There are some oversized materials in this collection, which have been moved to appropriate housing. Separation sheets have been added to mark their original placement. An asterisk (*) at the end of the folder title denotes oversize materials found in this location. All folder titles were created by the archivist.\n","Charles \"Charlie\" Rinker was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree from Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, and his graduate degree in divinity at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. Charlie met his wife, Lora Rinker, in either high school or church according to Lora, and after Lora's graduation from James Madison University in 1962, the couple married. They both attended Drew Seminary for graduate school, graduating in 1966.\n","Following graduation, Charlie and Lora moved to Washington, DC, with four other Drew students and Charlie began working for the Council of Churches of Greater Washington (CCGW). While working for CCGW, Charlie got involved in housing advocacy and work, particularly though a project called People United Against Slum Housing, which worked to pressure slum landlords to maintain their rental properties or sell to tenants.\n","The Rinkers moved to Arlington in 1969 to help tackle racism and promote civil rights in a \"white community.\" According to Charlie, the Washington, DC, black community in the late 1960s called on white civil rights advocates to move into majority white areas and use their privilege to further civil rights. Charlie and Lora bought a house in Arlington where they raised their three children and lived for the remainder of their lives.    \n","Charlie began his work in affordable housing in 1975 after Arlington was approved as a community development block grant community. He, along with Ellen Bozman and other community members, formed a community group to decide what to do with that designation and accompanying grant. Since the County did not have a Housing Authority and was uninterested in forming one, they decided to form an affordable housing nonprofit, which became the Arlington Housing Corporation (AHC), an organization which still runs to this day. Charlie served as the organization's second president and later served on the board for many years. \"Known initially as the Arlington Housing Corporation, AHC has evolved from a nonprofit grassroots entity providing a home improvement program for low and moderate-income homeowners in Arlington to a full-service organization whose low and mixed-income housing communities serve Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County in Virginia and Montgomery County and the Baltimore area in Maryland.\"\n","Charlie Rinker became actively involved in Arlington County affordable-housing issues in the 1990s as a result of the contentious battle over the redevelopment of Arna Valley. He and other community members organized to protest the redevelopment of Arna Valley, which displaced over 700 low-income and minority households. This moment marked a watershed in Arlington County's commitment and concern for affordable housing and motivated the County to appoint an Affordable Housing Task Force, which set the basis for the County's new Affordable Housing Principles and Goals.\n","Arna Valley's destruction particularly motivated Charlie to establish two new organizations: Arlington New Directions Coalition (ANDC) and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). ANDC was founded to advocate for an economically and culturally diverse community that is responsive and caring toward all. It was an informal, community based discussion group that aimed help make Arlington a more caring and compassionate community through education and advocacy. ANDC served as the backbone for much of Charlie's ongoing work in affordable housing. As President of ANDC, Charlie headed and supported many local initiatives to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. Charlie was active with ANDC from its founding in 1999 to its end in 2013. BRAVO was founded as a tenant empowerment and education organization that aimed to advance and defend the rights and interests of Arlington's tenants by empowering them and working together to preserve affordable housing and the economic and cultural diversity of the community. Charlie also co-founded Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (A-HOME) in 1989, which sought to increase the number of low and moderate income and minority homeowners in the County through education and counselling.\n","The Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS) leads HousingArlington, a coalition of housing and safety net providers. The coalition's aim is to share information and resources to effectively advocate for a range of housing issues in Arlington, including budget issues. AHS took the lead in crafting a coalition approach to housing needs, particularly in regard to the Arlington County budget, in 2010. In 2013, AHS teamed up with Arlington New Directions Coalition to convene several meetings throughout the year exploring housing-focused coalition work.\n","Charlie Rinker died at the age of 74 on January 8, 2015. A month prior the Virginia General Assembly honored both Charlie and Lora Rinker for their \"leadership and devotion to the community.\" Following his death, Arlington County proclaimed January 18, 2015 as \"Tribute Day for Charlie Rinker\" in recognition for his contributions to affordable housing and community development in Arlington. \n","Although Lora Rinker was involved in Charlie's work to advocate for affordable housing, she focused her efforts on combating hunger and homelessness. In 1991 she co-founded A-SPAN (Arlington Street People's Assistance Network) and served as its Executive Director until 2007. While running A-SPAN, she also started Arlington's first emergency winter shelter for the homeless.\n","Researchers interested in Charlie and Lora Rinker, as well as their work in affordable housing and homelessness respectively, should see their oral histories.\n","Researchers interested in community-led affordable housing initiatives should see  RG 34, Records of the Tenants of Arlington County (TOAC) . Researchers interested in Arlington County's community and housing planning should see  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records .  RG 337, Records of Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO) , holds materials for this Rinker-founded organization.\n","This collection primarily contains materials related to Charlie Rinker's work to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. The collection spans the years 1960-2014, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1998-2014. The collection measures 5.09 linear feet.\n","The first two series contain materials related to Rinker's work in affordable housing organizations or to promote affordable housing initiatives. These materials primarily hold meeting minutes, notes, and supplementary materials on affordable housing statistics and Arlington County budgets, as well as email correspondence both among affordable housing organizational members to plan meetings, determine next steps, and draft public statements and to County officials either in support of or against County budget and/or affordable housing proposals. Interspersed in meeting materials are newspaper articles related to affordable housing and the County budget. Furthermore, there is a large collection of Arlington County Board Meeting Agendas. \n","Series 1  holds the records for community or non-government/Arlington County led affordable housing initiatives or organizations of which Charlie Rinker was an active participant. The series is split into three subseries.  Subseries 1, Arna Valley , contains materials related to the fight to save Arna Valley from redevelopment.  Subseries 2, Arlington New Directions Coalition , contains materials related to ANDC including board meeting agendas, minutes, and notes, correspondence, and newspaper articles related to housing and the County budget. There are also materials on other housing business Charlie Rinker was involved in while concurrently serving as president of ANDC. Exceptions to this are for events or organizations that had enough material to justify separation, as well as materials that were stored separately by Rinker. The final subseries is  Subseries 3, Other Organizations . This subseries contains materials related to affordable housing initiatives that were one time or short-term events or organizations that did not warrant a whole subseries.\n","Series 2  holds the records for Arlington County Government led or sponsored initiatives for affordable housing. It primarily holds email correspondence and meeting notes for various roundtables held by the County. \n","Series 3  holds organizational newsletters and Arlington County publications. The majority of these materials relate to affordable housing but are not directly tied to Rinker's work. Rinker supported many affordable housing organizations, such as the AHC and Wesley Housing, so this series contains these organizations' newsletters and solicitation letters. It also contains a selection of newsletters related to Arlington County like \"The Citizen\" and Arlingtonians for a Better County. In addition, this series contains materials related to Arlington County's planning department, tenant informational brochures, and a 1994 Citizens' Handbook. \n","Series 4, Politics , holds materials related to Rinker's political activism. It primarily contains the Arlington County Democratic Committee Newsletter from August 1997-May 2013, as well as articles against George Bush and the Iraq War and correspondence from and recommendations to various political campaigns and elected officials, including the 2004 Howard Dean presidential and 2008 Obama presidential campaign. There is also a selection of materials related to Arlington County politics including a fundraiser hosted by Charlie and Lora Rinker for Melissa Bondi's campaign for the Arlington County Board.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["RG 323\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Charles Rinker Papers, \n1960-2014"],"collection_title_tesim":["Charles Rinker Papers, \n1960-2014"],"collection_ssim":["Charles Rinker Papers, \n1960-2014"],"repository_ssm":["Arlington Public Library"],"repository_ssim":["Arlington Public Library"],"creator_ssm":["Rinker, Charles W. (Charles Washington), 1940-2015\n"],"creator_ssim":["Rinker, Charles W. 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The collection is divided into four series: \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1, Community Affordable Housing Initiatives\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 2, Arlington County Affordable Housing Initiatives\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 3, Housing, County, and Community Newsletters and Publications\u003c/title\u003e, and \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 4, Politics\u003c/title\u003e. The first two series contain materials related to a vast number of organizations and working groups dedicated to affordable housing that Charlie Rinker was a member of or led. The final two series contain materials tangential to Rinker's work to advocate for affordable housing, such as political newsletters and correspondence, newsletters from housing organizations of which Rinker was not an active participant, and Arlington County community information and newsletters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1\u003c/title\u003e holds materials of organizations where Rinker was active. The three subseries here are organized by two major groups - the fight to save Arna Valley (\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSubseries 1\u003c/title\u003e) and Arlington New Directions Coalition (\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSubseries 2\u003c/title\u003e). The third subseries holds materials for smaller or more temporary organizations, committees, or events.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are some oversized materials in this collection, which have been moved to appropriate housing. Separation sheets have been added to mark their original placement. An asterisk (*) at the end of the folder title denotes oversize materials found in this location. All folder titles were created by the archivist.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged by topic area and within topic area by chronology. The collection is divided into four series:  Series 1, Community Affordable Housing Initiatives ,  Series 2, Arlington County Affordable Housing Initiatives ,  Series 3, Housing, County, and Community Newsletters and Publications , and  Series 4, Politics . The first two series contain materials related to a vast number of organizations and working groups dedicated to affordable housing that Charlie Rinker was a member of or led. The final two series contain materials tangential to Rinker's work to advocate for affordable housing, such as political newsletters and correspondence, newsletters from housing organizations of which Rinker was not an active participant, and Arlington County community information and newsletters.\n","Series 1  holds materials of organizations where Rinker was active. The three subseries here are organized by two major groups - the fight to save Arna Valley ( Subseries 1 ) and Arlington New Directions Coalition ( Subseries 2 ). The third subseries holds materials for smaller or more temporary organizations, committees, or events.\n","There are some oversized materials in this collection, which have been moved to appropriate housing. Separation sheets have been added to mark their original placement. An asterisk (*) at the end of the folder title denotes oversize materials found in this location. All folder titles were created by the archivist.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCharles \"Charlie\" Rinker was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree from Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, and his graduate degree in divinity at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. Charlie met his wife, Lora Rinker, in either high school or church according to Lora, and after Lora's graduation from James Madison University in 1962, the couple married. They both attended Drew Seminary for graduate school, graduating in 1966.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing graduation, Charlie and Lora moved to Washington, DC, with four other Drew students and Charlie began working for the Council of Churches of Greater Washington (CCGW). While working for CCGW, Charlie got involved in housing advocacy and work, particularly though a project called People United Against Slum Housing, which worked to pressure slum landlords to maintain their rental properties or sell to tenants.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Rinkers moved to Arlington in 1969 to help tackle racism and promote civil rights in a \"white community.\" According to Charlie, the Washington, DC, black community in the late 1960s called on white civil rights advocates to move into majority white areas and use their privilege to further civil rights. Charlie and Lora bought a house in Arlington where they raised their three children and lived for the remainder of their lives.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharlie began his work in affordable housing in 1975 after Arlington was approved as a community development block grant community. He, along with Ellen Bozman and other community members, formed a community group to decide what to do with that designation and accompanying grant. Since the County did not have a Housing Authority and was uninterested in forming one, they decided to form an affordable housing nonprofit, which became the Arlington Housing Corporation (AHC), an organization which still runs to this day. Charlie served as the organization's second president and later served on the board for many years. \"Known initially as the Arlington Housing Corporation, AHC has evolved from a nonprofit grassroots entity providing a home improvement program for low and moderate-income homeowners in Arlington to a full-service organization whose low and mixed-income housing communities serve Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County in Virginia and Montgomery County and the Baltimore area in Maryland.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharlie Rinker became actively involved in Arlington County affordable-housing issues in the 1990s as a result of the contentious battle over the redevelopment of Arna Valley. He and other community members organized to protest the redevelopment of Arna Valley, which displaced over 700 low-income and minority households. This moment marked a watershed in Arlington County's commitment and concern for affordable housing and motivated the County to appoint an Affordable Housing Task Force, which set the basis for the County's new Affordable Housing Principles and Goals.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArna Valley's destruction particularly motivated Charlie to establish two new organizations: Arlington New Directions Coalition (ANDC) and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). ANDC was founded to advocate for an economically and culturally diverse community that is responsive and caring toward all. It was an informal, community based discussion group that aimed help make Arlington a more caring and compassionate community through education and advocacy. ANDC served as the backbone for much of Charlie's ongoing work in affordable housing. As President of ANDC, Charlie headed and supported many local initiatives to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. Charlie was active with ANDC from its founding in 1999 to its end in 2013. BRAVO was founded as a tenant empowerment and education organization that aimed to advance and defend the rights and interests of Arlington's tenants by empowering them and working together to preserve affordable housing and the economic and cultural diversity of the community. Charlie also co-founded Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (A-HOME) in 1989, which sought to increase the number of low and moderate income and minority homeowners in the County through education and counselling.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS) leads HousingArlington, a coalition of housing and safety net providers. The coalition's aim is to share information and resources to effectively advocate for a range of housing issues in Arlington, including budget issues. AHS took the lead in crafting a coalition approach to housing needs, particularly in regard to the Arlington County budget, in 2010. In 2013, AHS teamed up with Arlington New Directions Coalition to convene several meetings throughout the year exploring housing-focused coalition work.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharlie Rinker died at the age of 74 on January 8, 2015. A month prior the Virginia General Assembly honored both Charlie and Lora Rinker for their \"leadership and devotion to the community.\" Following his death, Arlington County proclaimed January 18, 2015 as \"Tribute Day for Charlie Rinker\" in recognition for his contributions to affordable housing and community development in Arlington. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough Lora Rinker was involved in Charlie's work to advocate for affordable housing, she focused her efforts on combating hunger and homelessness. In 1991 she co-founded A-SPAN (Arlington Street People's Assistance Network) and served as its Executive Director until 2007. While running A-SPAN, she also started Arlington's first emergency winter shelter for the homeless.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Charles \"Charlie\" Rinker was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree from Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, and his graduate degree in divinity at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. Charlie met his wife, Lora Rinker, in either high school or church according to Lora, and after Lora's graduation from James Madison University in 1962, the couple married. They both attended Drew Seminary for graduate school, graduating in 1966.\n","Following graduation, Charlie and Lora moved to Washington, DC, with four other Drew students and Charlie began working for the Council of Churches of Greater Washington (CCGW). While working for CCGW, Charlie got involved in housing advocacy and work, particularly though a project called People United Against Slum Housing, which worked to pressure slum landlords to maintain their rental properties or sell to tenants.\n","The Rinkers moved to Arlington in 1969 to help tackle racism and promote civil rights in a \"white community.\" According to Charlie, the Washington, DC, black community in the late 1960s called on white civil rights advocates to move into majority white areas and use their privilege to further civil rights. Charlie and Lora bought a house in Arlington where they raised their three children and lived for the remainder of their lives.    \n","Charlie began his work in affordable housing in 1975 after Arlington was approved as a community development block grant community. He, along with Ellen Bozman and other community members, formed a community group to decide what to do with that designation and accompanying grant. Since the County did not have a Housing Authority and was uninterested in forming one, they decided to form an affordable housing nonprofit, which became the Arlington Housing Corporation (AHC), an organization which still runs to this day. Charlie served as the organization's second president and later served on the board for many years. \"Known initially as the Arlington Housing Corporation, AHC has evolved from a nonprofit grassroots entity providing a home improvement program for low and moderate-income homeowners in Arlington to a full-service organization whose low and mixed-income housing communities serve Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County in Virginia and Montgomery County and the Baltimore area in Maryland.\"\n","Charlie Rinker became actively involved in Arlington County affordable-housing issues in the 1990s as a result of the contentious battle over the redevelopment of Arna Valley. He and other community members organized to protest the redevelopment of Arna Valley, which displaced over 700 low-income and minority households. This moment marked a watershed in Arlington County's commitment and concern for affordable housing and motivated the County to appoint an Affordable Housing Task Force, which set the basis for the County's new Affordable Housing Principles and Goals.\n","Arna Valley's destruction particularly motivated Charlie to establish two new organizations: Arlington New Directions Coalition (ANDC) and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). ANDC was founded to advocate for an economically and culturally diverse community that is responsive and caring toward all. It was an informal, community based discussion group that aimed help make Arlington a more caring and compassionate community through education and advocacy. ANDC served as the backbone for much of Charlie's ongoing work in affordable housing. As President of ANDC, Charlie headed and supported many local initiatives to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. Charlie was active with ANDC from its founding in 1999 to its end in 2013. BRAVO was founded as a tenant empowerment and education organization that aimed to advance and defend the rights and interests of Arlington's tenants by empowering them and working together to preserve affordable housing and the economic and cultural diversity of the community. Charlie also co-founded Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (A-HOME) in 1989, which sought to increase the number of low and moderate income and minority homeowners in the County through education and counselling.\n","The Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS) leads HousingArlington, a coalition of housing and safety net providers. The coalition's aim is to share information and resources to effectively advocate for a range of housing issues in Arlington, including budget issues. AHS took the lead in crafting a coalition approach to housing needs, particularly in regard to the Arlington County budget, in 2010. In 2013, AHS teamed up with Arlington New Directions Coalition to convene several meetings throughout the year exploring housing-focused coalition work.\n","Charlie Rinker died at the age of 74 on January 8, 2015. A month prior the Virginia General Assembly honored both Charlie and Lora Rinker for their \"leadership and devotion to the community.\" Following his death, Arlington County proclaimed January 18, 2015 as \"Tribute Day for Charlie Rinker\" in recognition for his contributions to affordable housing and community development in Arlington. \n","Although Lora Rinker was involved in Charlie's work to advocate for affordable housing, she focused her efforts on combating hunger and homelessness. In 1991 she co-founded A-SPAN (Arlington Street People's Assistance Network) and served as its Executive Director until 2007. While running A-SPAN, she also started Arlington's first emergency winter shelter for the homeless.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Charles Rinker Papers, Collection # RG 323, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Charles Rinker Papers, Collection # RG 323, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers interested in Charlie and Lora Rinker, as well as their work in affordable housing and homelessness respectively, should see their oral histories.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers interested in community-led affordable housing initiatives should see \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00034.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 34, Records of the Tenants of Arlington County (TOAC)\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. 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Researchers interested in Arlington County's community and housing planning should see  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records .  RG 337, Records of Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO) , holds materials for this Rinker-founded organization.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection primarily contains materials related to Charlie Rinker's work to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. The collection spans the years 1960-2014, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1998-2014. The collection measures 5.09 linear feet.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first two series contain materials related to Rinker's work in affordable housing organizations or to promote affordable housing initiatives. These materials primarily hold meeting minutes, notes, and supplementary materials on affordable housing statistics and Arlington County budgets, as well as email correspondence both among affordable housing organizational members to plan meetings, determine next steps, and draft public statements and to County officials either in support of or against County budget and/or affordable housing proposals. Interspersed in meeting materials are newspaper articles related to affordable housing and the County budget. Furthermore, there is a large collection of Arlington County Board Meeting Agendas. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1\u003c/title\u003e holds the records for community or non-government/Arlington County led affordable housing initiatives or organizations of which Charlie Rinker was an active participant. 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It also contains a selection of newsletters related to Arlington County like \"The Citizen\" and Arlingtonians for a Better County. In addition, this series contains materials related to Arlington County's planning department, tenant informational brochures, and a 1994 Citizens' Handbook. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 4, Politics\u003c/title\u003e, holds materials related to Rinker's political activism. It primarily contains the Arlington County Democratic Committee Newsletter from August 1997-May 2013, as well as articles against George Bush and the Iraq War and correspondence from and recommendations to various political campaigns and elected officials, including the 2004 Howard Dean presidential and 2008 Obama presidential campaign. There is also a selection of materials related to Arlington County politics including a fundraiser hosted by Charlie and Lora Rinker for Melissa Bondi's campaign for the Arlington County Board.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection primarily contains materials related to Charlie Rinker's work to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. The collection spans the years 1960-2014, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1998-2014. The collection measures 5.09 linear feet.\n","The first two series contain materials related to Rinker's work in affordable housing organizations or to promote affordable housing initiatives. These materials primarily hold meeting minutes, notes, and supplementary materials on affordable housing statistics and Arlington County budgets, as well as email correspondence both among affordable housing organizational members to plan meetings, determine next steps, and draft public statements and to County officials either in support of or against County budget and/or affordable housing proposals. Interspersed in meeting materials are newspaper articles related to affordable housing and the County budget. Furthermore, there is a large collection of Arlington County Board Meeting Agendas. \n","Series 1  holds the records for community or non-government/Arlington County led affordable housing initiatives or organizations of which Charlie Rinker was an active participant. The series is split into three subseries.  Subseries 1, Arna Valley , contains materials related to the fight to save Arna Valley from redevelopment.  Subseries 2, Arlington New Directions Coalition , contains materials related to ANDC including board meeting agendas, minutes, and notes, correspondence, and newspaper articles related to housing and the County budget. There are also materials on other housing business Charlie Rinker was involved in while concurrently serving as president of ANDC. Exceptions to this are for events or organizations that had enough material to justify separation, as well as materials that were stored separately by Rinker. The final subseries is  Subseries 3, Other Organizations . This subseries contains materials related to affordable housing initiatives that were one time or short-term events or organizations that did not warrant a whole subseries.\n","Series 2  holds the records for Arlington County Government led or sponsored initiatives for affordable housing. It primarily holds email correspondence and meeting notes for various roundtables held by the County. \n","Series 3  holds organizational newsletters and Arlington County publications. The majority of these materials relate to affordable housing but are not directly tied to Rinker's work. Rinker supported many affordable housing organizations, such as the AHC and Wesley Housing, so this series contains these organizations' newsletters and solicitation letters. It also contains a selection of newsletters related to Arlington County like \"The Citizen\" and Arlingtonians for a Better County. In addition, this series contains materials related to Arlington County's planning department, tenant informational brochures, and a 1994 Citizens' Handbook. \n","Series 4, Politics , holds materials related to Rinker's political activism. It primarily contains the Arlington County Democratic Committee Newsletter from August 1997-May 2013, as well as articles against George Bush and the Iraq War and correspondence from and recommendations to various political campaigns and elected officials, including the 2004 Howard Dean presidential and 2008 Obama presidential campaign. There is also a selection of materials related to Arlington County politics including a fundraiser hosted by Charlie and Lora Rinker for Melissa Bondi's campaign for the Arlington County Board.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":88,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:33:52.551Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viar_ViAr00323","ead_ssi":"viar_ViAr00323","_root_":"viar_ViAr00323","_nest_parent_":"viar_ViAr00323","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/arlington/ViAr00323.xml","title_ssm":["Charles Rinker Papers, \n1960-2014"],"title_tesim":["Charles Rinker Papers, \n1960-2014"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["RG 323\n"],"text":["RG 323\n","Charles Rinker Papers, \n1960-2014","Housing.","Discrimination in housing","."," The collection is open for research.\n","This collection is arranged by topic area and within topic area by chronology. The collection is divided into four series:  Series 1, Community Affordable Housing Initiatives ,  Series 2, Arlington County Affordable Housing Initiatives ,  Series 3, Housing, County, and Community Newsletters and Publications , and  Series 4, Politics . The first two series contain materials related to a vast number of organizations and working groups dedicated to affordable housing that Charlie Rinker was a member of or led. The final two series contain materials tangential to Rinker's work to advocate for affordable housing, such as political newsletters and correspondence, newsletters from housing organizations of which Rinker was not an active participant, and Arlington County community information and newsletters.\n","Series 1  holds materials of organizations where Rinker was active. The three subseries here are organized by two major groups - the fight to save Arna Valley ( Subseries 1 ) and Arlington New Directions Coalition ( Subseries 2 ). The third subseries holds materials for smaller or more temporary organizations, committees, or events.\n","There are some oversized materials in this collection, which have been moved to appropriate housing. Separation sheets have been added to mark their original placement. An asterisk (*) at the end of the folder title denotes oversize materials found in this location. All folder titles were created by the archivist.\n","Charles \"Charlie\" Rinker was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree from Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, and his graduate degree in divinity at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. Charlie met his wife, Lora Rinker, in either high school or church according to Lora, and after Lora's graduation from James Madison University in 1962, the couple married. They both attended Drew Seminary for graduate school, graduating in 1966.\n","Following graduation, Charlie and Lora moved to Washington, DC, with four other Drew students and Charlie began working for the Council of Churches of Greater Washington (CCGW). While working for CCGW, Charlie got involved in housing advocacy and work, particularly though a project called People United Against Slum Housing, which worked to pressure slum landlords to maintain their rental properties or sell to tenants.\n","The Rinkers moved to Arlington in 1969 to help tackle racism and promote civil rights in a \"white community.\" According to Charlie, the Washington, DC, black community in the late 1960s called on white civil rights advocates to move into majority white areas and use their privilege to further civil rights. Charlie and Lora bought a house in Arlington where they raised their three children and lived for the remainder of their lives.    \n","Charlie began his work in affordable housing in 1975 after Arlington was approved as a community development block grant community. He, along with Ellen Bozman and other community members, formed a community group to decide what to do with that designation and accompanying grant. Since the County did not have a Housing Authority and was uninterested in forming one, they decided to form an affordable housing nonprofit, which became the Arlington Housing Corporation (AHC), an organization which still runs to this day. Charlie served as the organization's second president and later served on the board for many years. \"Known initially as the Arlington Housing Corporation, AHC has evolved from a nonprofit grassroots entity providing a home improvement program for low and moderate-income homeowners in Arlington to a full-service organization whose low and mixed-income housing communities serve Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County in Virginia and Montgomery County and the Baltimore area in Maryland.\"\n","Charlie Rinker became actively involved in Arlington County affordable-housing issues in the 1990s as a result of the contentious battle over the redevelopment of Arna Valley. He and other community members organized to protest the redevelopment of Arna Valley, which displaced over 700 low-income and minority households. This moment marked a watershed in Arlington County's commitment and concern for affordable housing and motivated the County to appoint an Affordable Housing Task Force, which set the basis for the County's new Affordable Housing Principles and Goals.\n","Arna Valley's destruction particularly motivated Charlie to establish two new organizations: Arlington New Directions Coalition (ANDC) and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). ANDC was founded to advocate for an economically and culturally diverse community that is responsive and caring toward all. It was an informal, community based discussion group that aimed help make Arlington a more caring and compassionate community through education and advocacy. ANDC served as the backbone for much of Charlie's ongoing work in affordable housing. As President of ANDC, Charlie headed and supported many local initiatives to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. Charlie was active with ANDC from its founding in 1999 to its end in 2013. BRAVO was founded as a tenant empowerment and education organization that aimed to advance and defend the rights and interests of Arlington's tenants by empowering them and working together to preserve affordable housing and the economic and cultural diversity of the community. Charlie also co-founded Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (A-HOME) in 1989, which sought to increase the number of low and moderate income and minority homeowners in the County through education and counselling.\n","The Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS) leads HousingArlington, a coalition of housing and safety net providers. The coalition's aim is to share information and resources to effectively advocate for a range of housing issues in Arlington, including budget issues. AHS took the lead in crafting a coalition approach to housing needs, particularly in regard to the Arlington County budget, in 2010. In 2013, AHS teamed up with Arlington New Directions Coalition to convene several meetings throughout the year exploring housing-focused coalition work.\n","Charlie Rinker died at the age of 74 on January 8, 2015. A month prior the Virginia General Assembly honored both Charlie and Lora Rinker for their \"leadership and devotion to the community.\" Following his death, Arlington County proclaimed January 18, 2015 as \"Tribute Day for Charlie Rinker\" in recognition for his contributions to affordable housing and community development in Arlington. \n","Although Lora Rinker was involved in Charlie's work to advocate for affordable housing, she focused her efforts on combating hunger and homelessness. In 1991 she co-founded A-SPAN (Arlington Street People's Assistance Network) and served as its Executive Director until 2007. While running A-SPAN, she also started Arlington's first emergency winter shelter for the homeless.\n","Researchers interested in Charlie and Lora Rinker, as well as their work in affordable housing and homelessness respectively, should see their oral histories.\n","Researchers interested in community-led affordable housing initiatives should see  RG 34, Records of the Tenants of Arlington County (TOAC) . Researchers interested in Arlington County's community and housing planning should see  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records .  RG 337, Records of Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO) , holds materials for this Rinker-founded organization.\n","This collection primarily contains materials related to Charlie Rinker's work to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. The collection spans the years 1960-2014, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1998-2014. The collection measures 5.09 linear feet.\n","The first two series contain materials related to Rinker's work in affordable housing organizations or to promote affordable housing initiatives. These materials primarily hold meeting minutes, notes, and supplementary materials on affordable housing statistics and Arlington County budgets, as well as email correspondence both among affordable housing organizational members to plan meetings, determine next steps, and draft public statements and to County officials either in support of or against County budget and/or affordable housing proposals. Interspersed in meeting materials are newspaper articles related to affordable housing and the County budget. Furthermore, there is a large collection of Arlington County Board Meeting Agendas. \n","Series 1  holds the records for community or non-government/Arlington County led affordable housing initiatives or organizations of which Charlie Rinker was an active participant. The series is split into three subseries.  Subseries 1, Arna Valley , contains materials related to the fight to save Arna Valley from redevelopment.  Subseries 2, Arlington New Directions Coalition , contains materials related to ANDC including board meeting agendas, minutes, and notes, correspondence, and newspaper articles related to housing and the County budget. There are also materials on other housing business Charlie Rinker was involved in while concurrently serving as president of ANDC. Exceptions to this are for events or organizations that had enough material to justify separation, as well as materials that were stored separately by Rinker. The final subseries is  Subseries 3, Other Organizations . This subseries contains materials related to affordable housing initiatives that were one time or short-term events or organizations that did not warrant a whole subseries.\n","Series 2  holds the records for Arlington County Government led or sponsored initiatives for affordable housing. It primarily holds email correspondence and meeting notes for various roundtables held by the County. \n","Series 3  holds organizational newsletters and Arlington County publications. The majority of these materials relate to affordable housing but are not directly tied to Rinker's work. Rinker supported many affordable housing organizations, such as the AHC and Wesley Housing, so this series contains these organizations' newsletters and solicitation letters. It also contains a selection of newsletters related to Arlington County like \"The Citizen\" and Arlingtonians for a Better County. In addition, this series contains materials related to Arlington County's planning department, tenant informational brochures, and a 1994 Citizens' Handbook. \n","Series 4, Politics , holds materials related to Rinker's political activism. It primarily contains the Arlington County Democratic Committee Newsletter from August 1997-May 2013, as well as articles against George Bush and the Iraq War and correspondence from and recommendations to various political campaigns and elected officials, including the 2004 Howard Dean presidential and 2008 Obama presidential campaign. 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The collection is divided into four series: \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1, Community Affordable Housing Initiatives\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 2, Arlington County Affordable Housing Initiatives\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 3, Housing, County, and Community Newsletters and Publications\u003c/title\u003e, and \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 4, Politics\u003c/title\u003e. The first two series contain materials related to a vast number of organizations and working groups dedicated to affordable housing that Charlie Rinker was a member of or led. The final two series contain materials tangential to Rinker's work to advocate for affordable housing, such as political newsletters and correspondence, newsletters from housing organizations of which Rinker was not an active participant, and Arlington County community information and newsletters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1\u003c/title\u003e holds materials of organizations where Rinker was active. The three subseries here are organized by two major groups - the fight to save Arna Valley (\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSubseries 1\u003c/title\u003e) and Arlington New Directions Coalition (\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSubseries 2\u003c/title\u003e). The third subseries holds materials for smaller or more temporary organizations, committees, or events.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are some oversized materials in this collection, which have been moved to appropriate housing. 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The final two series contain materials tangential to Rinker's work to advocate for affordable housing, such as political newsletters and correspondence, newsletters from housing organizations of which Rinker was not an active participant, and Arlington County community information and newsletters.\n","Series 1  holds materials of organizations where Rinker was active. The three subseries here are organized by two major groups - the fight to save Arna Valley ( Subseries 1 ) and Arlington New Directions Coalition ( Subseries 2 ). The third subseries holds materials for smaller or more temporary organizations, committees, or events.\n","There are some oversized materials in this collection, which have been moved to appropriate housing. Separation sheets have been added to mark their original placement. An asterisk (*) at the end of the folder title denotes oversize materials found in this location. All folder titles were created by the archivist.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCharles \"Charlie\" Rinker was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree from Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, and his graduate degree in divinity at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. Charlie met his wife, Lora Rinker, in either high school or church according to Lora, and after Lora's graduation from James Madison University in 1962, the couple married. They both attended Drew Seminary for graduate school, graduating in 1966.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing graduation, Charlie and Lora moved to Washington, DC, with four other Drew students and Charlie began working for the Council of Churches of Greater Washington (CCGW). While working for CCGW, Charlie got involved in housing advocacy and work, particularly though a project called People United Against Slum Housing, which worked to pressure slum landlords to maintain their rental properties or sell to tenants.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Rinkers moved to Arlington in 1969 to help tackle racism and promote civil rights in a \"white community.\" According to Charlie, the Washington, DC, black community in the late 1960s called on white civil rights advocates to move into majority white areas and use their privilege to further civil rights. Charlie and Lora bought a house in Arlington where they raised their three children and lived for the remainder of their lives.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharlie began his work in affordable housing in 1975 after Arlington was approved as a community development block grant community. He, along with Ellen Bozman and other community members, formed a community group to decide what to do with that designation and accompanying grant. Since the County did not have a Housing Authority and was uninterested in forming one, they decided to form an affordable housing nonprofit, which became the Arlington Housing Corporation (AHC), an organization which still runs to this day. Charlie served as the organization's second president and later served on the board for many years. \"Known initially as the Arlington Housing Corporation, AHC has evolved from a nonprofit grassroots entity providing a home improvement program for low and moderate-income homeowners in Arlington to a full-service organization whose low and mixed-income housing communities serve Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County in Virginia and Montgomery County and the Baltimore area in Maryland.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharlie Rinker became actively involved in Arlington County affordable-housing issues in the 1990s as a result of the contentious battle over the redevelopment of Arna Valley. He and other community members organized to protest the redevelopment of Arna Valley, which displaced over 700 low-income and minority households. This moment marked a watershed in Arlington County's commitment and concern for affordable housing and motivated the County to appoint an Affordable Housing Task Force, which set the basis for the County's new Affordable Housing Principles and Goals.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArna Valley's destruction particularly motivated Charlie to establish two new organizations: Arlington New Directions Coalition (ANDC) and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). ANDC was founded to advocate for an economically and culturally diverse community that is responsive and caring toward all. It was an informal, community based discussion group that aimed help make Arlington a more caring and compassionate community through education and advocacy. ANDC served as the backbone for much of Charlie's ongoing work in affordable housing. As President of ANDC, Charlie headed and supported many local initiatives to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. Charlie was active with ANDC from its founding in 1999 to its end in 2013. BRAVO was founded as a tenant empowerment and education organization that aimed to advance and defend the rights and interests of Arlington's tenants by empowering them and working together to preserve affordable housing and the economic and cultural diversity of the community. Charlie also co-founded Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (A-HOME) in 1989, which sought to increase the number of low and moderate income and minority homeowners in the County through education and counselling.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS) leads HousingArlington, a coalition of housing and safety net providers. The coalition's aim is to share information and resources to effectively advocate for a range of housing issues in Arlington, including budget issues. AHS took the lead in crafting a coalition approach to housing needs, particularly in regard to the Arlington County budget, in 2010. In 2013, AHS teamed up with Arlington New Directions Coalition to convene several meetings throughout the year exploring housing-focused coalition work.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharlie Rinker died at the age of 74 on January 8, 2015. A month prior the Virginia General Assembly honored both Charlie and Lora Rinker for their \"leadership and devotion to the community.\" Following his death, Arlington County proclaimed January 18, 2015 as \"Tribute Day for Charlie Rinker\" in recognition for his contributions to affordable housing and community development in Arlington. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough Lora Rinker was involved in Charlie's work to advocate for affordable housing, she focused her efforts on combating hunger and homelessness. In 1991 she co-founded A-SPAN (Arlington Street People's Assistance Network) and served as its Executive Director until 2007. While running A-SPAN, she also started Arlington's first emergency winter shelter for the homeless.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Charles \"Charlie\" Rinker was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree from Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, and his graduate degree in divinity at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. Charlie met his wife, Lora Rinker, in either high school or church according to Lora, and after Lora's graduation from James Madison University in 1962, the couple married. They both attended Drew Seminary for graduate school, graduating in 1966.\n","Following graduation, Charlie and Lora moved to Washington, DC, with four other Drew students and Charlie began working for the Council of Churches of Greater Washington (CCGW). While working for CCGW, Charlie got involved in housing advocacy and work, particularly though a project called People United Against Slum Housing, which worked to pressure slum landlords to maintain their rental properties or sell to tenants.\n","The Rinkers moved to Arlington in 1969 to help tackle racism and promote civil rights in a \"white community.\" According to Charlie, the Washington, DC, black community in the late 1960s called on white civil rights advocates to move into majority white areas and use their privilege to further civil rights. Charlie and Lora bought a house in Arlington where they raised their three children and lived for the remainder of their lives.    \n","Charlie began his work in affordable housing in 1975 after Arlington was approved as a community development block grant community. He, along with Ellen Bozman and other community members, formed a community group to decide what to do with that designation and accompanying grant. Since the County did not have a Housing Authority and was uninterested in forming one, they decided to form an affordable housing nonprofit, which became the Arlington Housing Corporation (AHC), an organization which still runs to this day. Charlie served as the organization's second president and later served on the board for many years. \"Known initially as the Arlington Housing Corporation, AHC has evolved from a nonprofit grassroots entity providing a home improvement program for low and moderate-income homeowners in Arlington to a full-service organization whose low and mixed-income housing communities serve Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County in Virginia and Montgomery County and the Baltimore area in Maryland.\"\n","Charlie Rinker became actively involved in Arlington County affordable-housing issues in the 1990s as a result of the contentious battle over the redevelopment of Arna Valley. He and other community members organized to protest the redevelopment of Arna Valley, which displaced over 700 low-income and minority households. This moment marked a watershed in Arlington County's commitment and concern for affordable housing and motivated the County to appoint an Affordable Housing Task Force, which set the basis for the County's new Affordable Housing Principles and Goals.\n","Arna Valley's destruction particularly motivated Charlie to establish two new organizations: Arlington New Directions Coalition (ANDC) and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). ANDC was founded to advocate for an economically and culturally diverse community that is responsive and caring toward all. It was an informal, community based discussion group that aimed help make Arlington a more caring and compassionate community through education and advocacy. ANDC served as the backbone for much of Charlie's ongoing work in affordable housing. As President of ANDC, Charlie headed and supported many local initiatives to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. Charlie was active with ANDC from its founding in 1999 to its end in 2013. BRAVO was founded as a tenant empowerment and education organization that aimed to advance and defend the rights and interests of Arlington's tenants by empowering them and working together to preserve affordable housing and the economic and cultural diversity of the community. Charlie also co-founded Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (A-HOME) in 1989, which sought to increase the number of low and moderate income and minority homeowners in the County through education and counselling.\n","The Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS) leads HousingArlington, a coalition of housing and safety net providers. The coalition's aim is to share information and resources to effectively advocate for a range of housing issues in Arlington, including budget issues. AHS took the lead in crafting a coalition approach to housing needs, particularly in regard to the Arlington County budget, in 2010. In 2013, AHS teamed up with Arlington New Directions Coalition to convene several meetings throughout the year exploring housing-focused coalition work.\n","Charlie Rinker died at the age of 74 on January 8, 2015. A month prior the Virginia General Assembly honored both Charlie and Lora Rinker for their \"leadership and devotion to the community.\" Following his death, Arlington County proclaimed January 18, 2015 as \"Tribute Day for Charlie Rinker\" in recognition for his contributions to affordable housing and community development in Arlington. \n","Although Lora Rinker was involved in Charlie's work to advocate for affordable housing, she focused her efforts on combating hunger and homelessness. In 1991 she co-founded A-SPAN (Arlington Street People's Assistance Network) and served as its Executive Director until 2007. While running A-SPAN, she also started Arlington's first emergency winter shelter for the homeless.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Charles Rinker Papers, Collection # RG 323, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Charles Rinker Papers, Collection # RG 323, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers interested in Charlie and Lora Rinker, as well as their work in affordable housing and homelessness respectively, should see their oral histories.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers interested in community-led affordable housing initiatives should see \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00034.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 34, Records of the Tenants of Arlington County (TOAC)\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. 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Researchers interested in Arlington County's community and housing planning should see  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records .  RG 337, Records of Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO) , holds materials for this Rinker-founded organization.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection primarily contains materials related to Charlie Rinker's work to promote affordable housing in Arlington County. The collection spans the years 1960-2014, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1998-2014. The collection measures 5.09 linear feet.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first two series contain materials related to Rinker's work in affordable housing organizations or to promote affordable housing initiatives. 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These photographs remain to show their placement within these larger reports.\n","The County Manager's Library was formally established from these informal holdings through a student's thesis for a Library Science Master's Degree:  A Proposed Plan for the Organization and Administration of a Reference Library for the County-Manager Government of Arlington County  by Marcel Raymond Gerin, The Catholic University of America, December 1959.\n","Mr. Gerin set up the library for the County and processed all the materials in a cataloging system (See  Subgroup 19 ). After the library was disbanded in 1981, the materials were sent to the Arlington County Public Library and the Center for Local History. The materials saved for this record group were mostly County-generated. Other items expected to be available elsewhere were excluded.\n","Researchers interested in issues revolving around the development of National Airport should consult  Record Group 13, Samuel Milner National Airport Research Papers ,  Record Group 37, Metropolitan Washington Airports , and  RG 189, Anderson National Airport Collection . Researchers interested in Arlington planning and construction should consult  RG 43, Interstate 66 ,  RG 199, Papers of Carrie Johnson , and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records . Those reviewing public health in Arlington should look at  RG 21, Records of the Arlington County Department of Health  and  RG 169, Records of the School Nurse Program . For more information on Arlington Fire Department, see  RG 170, Personal Papers of James Fought . More formal county government publications are found in  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications .\n","Digital scans of many of the photographs in RG 32 can be found  here .","Record Group 32 contains materials gathered by various Arlington County managers and housed in their quasi-professional library existing from 1932, the year when the county manager form of government was adopted, until 1981. The collection consists largely of county-generated reports and other documents which the managers may have referred to over the years as they administered county business.\n","This collection is not a comprehensive grouping of materials from any particular time period. Rather it is simply whatever the managers might have gathered during their time in office and placed on their shelves. The materials date from 1889 to 1994, with the bulk dating from 1930 to 1981. The collection measures about 60 linear feet.\n","In this collection, there are almost complete County Board meeting minutes and agendas from 1932-1952 (excluding 1950) and the spring of 1957, and county budgets and audits for those years. There is also extensive documentation on the county's infrastructure, including road construction, traffic studies, sewage and water systems, and planning and development.  Subgroup 7, County Manager Personal Files , has handwritten notes by various County Managers on a variety of subjects, arranged chronologically. That subgroup also contains County Attorney opinions from the 1930s and 1940s.  Subgroup 20, Advisory Groups , has material from various groups throughout Arlington who provided advice and information on a wide variety of topics related to county government.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["RG 32\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Documents from the County Manager's Library, \n1889-1994"],"collection_title_tesim":["Documents from the County Manager's Library, \n1889-1994"],"collection_ssim":["Documents from the County Manager's Library, \n1889-1994"],"repository_ssm":["Arlington Public Library"],"repository_ssim":["Arlington Public Library"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Nearly all the materials in Record Group 32 came from an in-county transfer in 1981 from the County Manager's Office to Arlington Public Library. Some scattered documents from 1982 to 1990, and 2004 were received later and added to the collection.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Arlington Co., Va. 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These photographs remain to show their placement within these larger reports.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe County Manager's Library was formally established from these informal holdings through a student's thesis for a Library Science Master's Degree: \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA Proposed Plan for the Organization and Administration of a Reference Library for the County-Manager Government of Arlington County\u003c/title\u003e by Marcel Raymond Gerin, The Catholic University of America, December 1959.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Gerin set up the library for the County and processed all the materials in a cataloging system (See \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSubgroup 19\u003c/title\u003e). After the library was disbanded in 1981, the materials were sent to the Arlington County Public Library and the Center for Local History. The materials saved for this record group were mostly County-generated. 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Other items expected to be available elsewhere were excluded.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Documents from the County Manager's Library, Collection # RG 32, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Documents from the County Manager's Library, Collection # RG 32, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers interested in issues revolving around the development of National Airport should consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00013.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRecord Group 13, Samuel Milner National Airport Research Papers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00037.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRecord Group 37, Metropolitan Washington Airports\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, and \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00189.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 189, Anderson National Airport Collection\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. 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Those reviewing public health in Arlington should look at \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00021.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 21, Records of the Arlington County Department of Health\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e and \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00169.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 169, Records of the School Nurse Program\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. For more information on Arlington Fire Department, see \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00170.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 170, Personal Papers of James Fought\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. More formal county government publications are found in \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00058.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 58, Arlington County Government Publications\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital scans of many of the photographs in RG 32 can be found \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://libraryarchives.arlingtonva.us/Detail/collections/74\"\u003ehere\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Researchers interested in issues revolving around the development of National Airport should consult  Record Group 13, Samuel Milner National Airport Research Papers ,  Record Group 37, Metropolitan Washington Airports , and  RG 189, Anderson National Airport Collection . Researchers interested in Arlington planning and construction should consult  RG 43, Interstate 66 ,  RG 199, Papers of Carrie Johnson , and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records . Those reviewing public health in Arlington should look at  RG 21, Records of the Arlington County Department of Health  and  RG 169, Records of the School Nurse Program . For more information on Arlington Fire Department, see  RG 170, Personal Papers of James Fought . More formal county government publications are found in  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications .\n","Digital scans of many of the photographs in RG 32 can be found  here ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecord Group 32 contains materials gathered by various Arlington County managers and housed in their quasi-professional library existing from 1932, the year when the county manager form of government was adopted, until 1981. 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Subgroup 7, County Manager Personal Files , has handwritten notes by various County Managers on a variety of subjects, arranged chronologically. That subgroup also contains County Attorney opinions from the 1930s and 1940s.  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These photographs remain to show their placement within these larger reports.\n","The County Manager's Library was formally established from these informal holdings through a student's thesis for a Library Science Master's Degree:  A Proposed Plan for the Organization and Administration of a Reference Library for the County-Manager Government of Arlington County  by Marcel Raymond Gerin, The Catholic University of America, December 1959.\n","Mr. Gerin set up the library for the County and processed all the materials in a cataloging system (See  Subgroup 19 ). After the library was disbanded in 1981, the materials were sent to the Arlington County Public Library and the Center for Local History. The materials saved for this record group were mostly County-generated. Other items expected to be available elsewhere were excluded.\n","Researchers interested in issues revolving around the development of National Airport should consult  Record Group 13, Samuel Milner National Airport Research Papers ,  Record Group 37, Metropolitan Washington Airports , and  RG 189, Anderson National Airport Collection . Researchers interested in Arlington planning and construction should consult  RG 43, Interstate 66 ,  RG 199, Papers of Carrie Johnson , and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records . Those reviewing public health in Arlington should look at  RG 21, Records of the Arlington County Department of Health  and  RG 169, Records of the School Nurse Program . For more information on Arlington Fire Department, see  RG 170, Personal Papers of James Fought . More formal county government publications are found in  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications .\n","Digital scans of many of the photographs in RG 32 can be found  here .","Record Group 32 contains materials gathered by various Arlington County managers and housed in their quasi-professional library existing from 1932, the year when the county manager form of government was adopted, until 1981. The collection consists largely of county-generated reports and other documents which the managers may have referred to over the years as they administered county business.\n","This collection is not a comprehensive grouping of materials from any particular time period. Rather it is simply whatever the managers might have gathered during their time in office and placed on their shelves. The materials date from 1889 to 1994, with the bulk dating from 1930 to 1981. 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The only photographs that remain in their original folders are those found in the Police Traffic Safety Reports in \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSubgroup 5, Series 3\u003c/title\u003e. These photographs remain to show their placement within these larger reports.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Record Group 32 is arranged by subject or county agency into subgroups under which listings are largely chronological. Most photographs were removed from their original locations in the collection and moved to a special box, Box 93. A list of these photographs is in the appendix, with a list of each photograph's original location. The appendix also lists the collection's bound materials, which are mainly annual reports and budgets. The only photographs that remain in their original folders are those found in the Police Traffic Safety Reports in  Subgroup 5, Series 3 . These photographs remain to show their placement within these larger reports.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe County Manager's Library was formally established from these informal holdings through a student's thesis for a Library Science Master's Degree: \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA Proposed Plan for the Organization and Administration of a Reference Library for the County-Manager Government of Arlington County\u003c/title\u003e by Marcel Raymond Gerin, The Catholic University of America, December 1959.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Gerin set up the library for the County and processed all the materials in a cataloging system (See \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSubgroup 19\u003c/title\u003e). After the library was disbanded in 1981, the materials were sent to the Arlington County Public Library and the Center for Local History. The materials saved for this record group were mostly County-generated. 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Other items expected to be available elsewhere were excluded.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Documents from the County Manager's Library, Collection # RG 32, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Documents from the County Manager's Library, Collection # RG 32, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers interested in issues revolving around the development of National Airport should consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00013.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRecord Group 13, Samuel Milner National Airport Research Papers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00037.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRecord Group 37, Metropolitan Washington Airports\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, and \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00189.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 189, Anderson National Airport Collection\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. 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Those reviewing public health in Arlington should look at \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00021.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 21, Records of the Arlington County Department of Health\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e and \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00169.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 169, Records of the School Nurse Program\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. For more information on Arlington Fire Department, see \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00170.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 170, Personal Papers of James Fought\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. More formal county government publications are found in \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00058.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 58, Arlington County Government Publications\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital scans of many of the photographs in RG 32 can be found \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://libraryarchives.arlingtonva.us/Detail/collections/74\"\u003ehere\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Researchers interested in issues revolving around the development of National Airport should consult  Record Group 13, Samuel Milner National Airport Research Papers ,  Record Group 37, Metropolitan Washington Airports , and  RG 189, Anderson National Airport Collection . Researchers interested in Arlington planning and construction should consult  RG 43, Interstate 66 ,  RG 199, Papers of Carrie Johnson , and  RG 130, Arlington County Planning Commission Records . Those reviewing public health in Arlington should look at  RG 21, Records of the Arlington County Department of Health  and  RG 169, Records of the School Nurse Program . For more information on Arlington Fire Department, see  RG 170, Personal Papers of James Fought . More formal county government publications are found in  RG 58, Arlington County Government Publications .\n","Digital scans of many of the photographs in RG 32 can be found  here ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecord Group 32 contains materials gathered by various Arlington County managers and housed in their quasi-professional library existing from 1932, the year when the county manager form of government was adopted, until 1981. 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Subgroup 7, County Manager Personal Files , has handwritten notes by various County Managers on a variety of subjects, arranged chronologically. That subgroup also contains County Attorney opinions from the 1930s and 1940s.  Subgroup 20, Advisory Groups , has material from various groups throughout Arlington who provided advice and information on a wide variety of topics related to county government.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":2256,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:34:23.765Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viar_ViAr00032"}},{"id":"viar_ViAr00349","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Dorothy M. 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However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viar_ViAr00349#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viar_ViAr00349","ead_ssi":"viar_ViAr00349","_root_":"viar_ViAr00349","_nest_parent_":"viar_ViAr00349","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/arlington/ViAr00349.xml","title_ssm":["Dorothy M. Hamm Papers, \n1937-1977"],"title_tesim":["Dorothy M. Hamm Papers, \n1937-1977"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["RG 349\n"],"text":["RG 349\n","Dorothy M. 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A few volumes contain meeting minutes of the Colored Federation of Citizens Associations of Arlington, and special committees, such as the Ways and Means Committee of the association. Folders containing such special meeting minutes are labeled as such. Several bound volumes had loose papers or items stapled to pages. For preservation purposes, the archivist removed such items and placed them in folders with the dates noted. \n","Series 2  houses the financial records of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. This series is divided into four subseries: Reports and Notes; Banking and Accounting; Taxes; and Miscellaneous. Within the subseries, files are arranged in chronological order. \n","Series 3  contains the membership records of the association (except for the membership dues payment lists, which were found with financial records and can be located in Series 2).  Series 4  holds the files detailing community initiatives the association tackled. It is divided into five subseries based on subject matter, including Neighborhood Conservation Program; Clean-Up and Beautification; Recreation and Education; Safety; and Events/Miscellaneous. \n","Series 5  is comprised of materials the association collected from various organizations in the county, some of which they held membership.  Series 6  contains the single photograph found, potentially of an association meeting in the 1950s.  Series 7 , Subject Files, holds all other miscellaneous materials that did not fit well in any of the above series. \n","Oversized materials from this collection are filed separately, as are the artifacts, two ink stamps with the association's name and address for envelopes and letterhead.\n","This collection holds the papers of Dorothy M. Hamm, a civil rights activist in Arlington, Virginia. However, almost the entire collection contains the papers she and her husband, E. Leslie Hamm, collected or created during their tenure serving their neighborhood citizens association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association for the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood, a historically African-American community in Arlington. \n","Dorothy M. Hamm first became involved in civil rights in Arlington as a plaintiff in the civil suit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that successfully desegregated Arlington Public Schools. Dorothy and her husband filed in May 1956 to admit their son E. Leslie Hamm Jr. to Stratford Junior High, an all-white school. Due to the Hamm's efforts, plus other Arlingtonians, Clarissa Thompson, Michael Jones, Ronald Deskins, and Lance Newman became the first black students admitted to a white school in Arlington (Stratford Junior High) on February 2, 1959. Hamm's son gained admittance to the school seven months later. Afterward, Dorothy became involved in other civil rights activities to integrate interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities in Arlington County Schools, to eliminate the discriminatory pupil placement form, to desegregate Arlington theaters, eliminate the poll tax, and remove race designation from public forms and voting records. Additionally, Hamm wrote several plays to promote African-American history and culture in the area. Her play Our Heritage: Slavery to Freedom 1766-1976 became an official bicentennial event in 1976 in Arlington County. She also wrote Our Struggle for Equality-25 Years Ago in 1984 for Black History Month and A Woman Called Moses about Harriet Tubman, presented at the Northern Virginia Folk Life Festival in 1985. \n","Hamm was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1919 and grew up in Fairfax County. She attended Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C. In the early 1940s, she started work as a file clerk for the Veterans Administration. She eventually worked as an administrative assistant in the Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving, at the Pentagon. In 1963, she retired from government work in the Surgeon General's Office. She then served as an officer of elections in Arlington County for twenty-seven years. Hamm was a delegate to the county and state Democratic conventions in 1964. She also became one of the first African Americans elected to a political party in Arlington County, elected to represent the Woodlawn precinct for the Democratic Committee. During her political career, she served as the county assistant registrar, the chief election officer in the Woodlawn precinct, and chairwoman of community voter registration drives.  \n","Hamm and her husband moved to the Hall's Hill/High View Park neighborhood around 1950 and built their own home at 1900 N Cameron Street. They quickly became involved in the community and were active in their neighborhood association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Each served on several committees and in leadership positions. Dorothy even served as president of the citizens association during the 1960s and 1970s. Her husband Leslie served as the community representative to the Arlington County neighborhood conservation program to improve streets, gutters, sidewalks, and curb appeal in the Hall's Hill/Highview Park neighborhood. \n","The John M. Langston Citizens Association precedes the Hamm family by a number of years. The citizens association was created in 1924 to provide services for the Hall's Hill Neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded from the north by Lee Highway, on the east by Buchanan Street/Culpepper Street, on the west by George Mason Drive, and on the south by 16th Street/17th Road/17th Street. The neighborhood was settled by newly freed slaves just after the Civil War, making it one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in Arlington. It was named Hall's Hill because the upper portion of the neighborhood originally was owned by William Marcey and Basil Hall. Hall sold much of his land to his freed slaves. The neighborhood was renamed High View Park in 1965 because of the spectacular view of Arlington County it offers. At the time, some residents thought the neighborhood was renamed to make it more palatable to prospective white residents.\nIn the 1800s, the neighborhood was relatively rural and simple. Residents had large gardens and raised hogs, chickens, and horses. Eventually, residents established their own stores and churches during the early 1900s. Until the 1950s, the neighborhood was separated on three sides from adjoining all-white neighborhoods by an 8-foot-high wooden fence, built by white homeowners whose houses backed up on lots in the Hall's Hill neighborhood. Despite being cut off from their surroundings and many county services during the early 20th century, the neighborhood developed its own fire station, community-wide events and celebrations, block parties, and even a community baseball team, known as the Virginia White Sox. Since the latter half of the 20th century, residents and the citizens' association fought to keep their neighborhood's character and space alive. Nearby Arlington Hospital and WETA-TV attempted to build medical offices and satellites in the neighborhood. White, middle-class residents starting buying homes in the neighborhood for the first time in the late 1970s due to the area's lower than average sale prices. \n","In 2018, the John M. Langston Citizens Association noted on its website that the neighborhood still maintained \"an identity as a strong black community, the High View Park is a neighborhood is better represented by more racial diversity as new residents moved into the neighborhood. These new and long term residents still work together to maintain the historical, cultural and aesthetic values of the High View Park Neighborhood.\" The association still works to promote civic spirit and participation and foster communication among residents and property owners, as well as to preserve, enhance, and promote general welfare and safety of the neighborhood. \n","In 1987, Dorothy Hamm moved back to Caroline County, Virginia. She died on May 14, 2004.\n","Related records include organizations Dorothy Hamm was involved with, including  RG 44 League of Women Voters ,  RG 127 Arlington County Bicentennial Task Force  (unprocessed as of July 2018),  RG 165 Records of Northern Virginia Folk Festival Association  (unprocessed as of July 2018). Others that might shed light on the desegregation civil suit include  RG 7 Arlington County Public Schools ,  RG 48 NAACP Arlington Branch , and  RG 69 Arlington County Public Schools Desegregation Materials . For additional records related to the John M. Langston Citizens Association, see  RG 14 Records of Arlington County Civic Federation  and  PG 218 Ernest E Johnson Photographs , which includes photographs taken at the Langston Community Center in High View Park.\n","The materials in this collection have been created and managed by many different members of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Dorothy Hamm and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr. were the last owners of the collection, both of whom were active members of the association since the early 1950s until the 1980s. As such, few items in the collection may be related to the other civic activities of Dorothy Hamm, such as Hamm's political and playwriting careers. However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association. \n","The collection spans just over three linear feet and covers the years 1937 to 1977. The bulk of materials date from the late 1940s to late 1960s. Materials cover the activities of the John M. Langston Citizens Association, which promotes civic participation and represents residents' interests in the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood in North Arlington. The collection features a large selection of meeting minutes, mostly from general meetings of the association. Some extant minutes from special committees, as well as the Colored Federation of Citizens' Associations of Arlington, of which the association was a member, remain. The collection also contains a large portion of financial records, which include reports, receipts, check stubs and money draft records, and lists of which members paid monthly dues. There are some membership applications and cards; however, the lists of monthly dues provide a better record of participants. \n","Files related to issues and initiatives the association tackled, which appear to mainly have been collected by the Dorothy and E. Leslie Hamm, comprise another large part of the collection. Most of these records relate to the Neighborhood Conservation program Arlington County started in the 1960s to help residents improve their neighborhoods through sidewalk, curb, and gutter installation; street, traffic and parking improvement; recreation enterprises, like parks and playgrounds; and other similar enterprises. The collection here provides excellent resources that capture the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood's participation, and also contains reports and minutes E. Leslie Hamm collected attending meetings that relate to the activities of other neighborhoods in Arlington. Another rather large collection of these records relates to clean-up/beautification of High View Park/Hall's Hill that Dorothy Hamm spearheaded. \n","Other materials include one photograph, and correspondence and publications received by the association from other organizations in the County.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","Hamm, Dorothy M., 1919-2004","Hamm, E. Leslie (Edward Leslie), 1917-1913","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["RG 349\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Dorothy M. Hamm Papers, \n1937-1977"],"collection_title_tesim":["Dorothy M. Hamm Papers, \n1937-1977"],"collection_ssim":["Dorothy M. Hamm Papers, \n1937-1977"],"repository_ssm":["Arlington Public Library"],"repository_ssim":["Arlington Public Library"],"creator_ssm":["Hamm, Dorothy M., 1919-2004\n"],"creator_ssim":["Hamm, Dorothy M., 1919-2004\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Carmela Hamm, daughter of Dorotohy and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr., February 2018.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Citizens' associations","Community organization.","African American neighborhoods","Hall's Hill (Arlington, Va.)","High View Park (Arlington, Va.)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Citizens' associations","Community organization.","African American neighborhoods","Hall's Hill (Arlington, Va.)","High View Park (Arlington, Va.)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":["10 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["10 boxes"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e The collection is open for research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":[" The collection is open for research.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials arrived grouped roughly according to subject matter. The archivist kept original order when possible. However, many disparate materials (outside of bound meeting minutes) were loose or kept in unlabeled folders and envelopes. The archivist developed seven series to organize materials, all based on subject matter. When possible, original file names have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1\u003c/title\u003e contains the meeting minutes of the association, arranged in chronological order. Most of these are minutes for general meetings of the association. A few volumes contain meeting minutes of the Colored Federation of Citizens Associations of Arlington, and special committees, such as the Ways and Means Committee of the association. Folders containing such special meeting minutes are labeled as such. Several bound volumes had loose papers or items stapled to pages. For preservation purposes, the archivist removed such items and placed them in folders with the dates noted. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 2\u003c/title\u003e houses the financial records of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. This series is divided into four subseries: Reports and Notes; Banking and Accounting; Taxes; and Miscellaneous. Within the subseries, files are arranged in chronological order. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 3\u003c/title\u003e contains the membership records of the association (except for the membership dues payment lists, which were found with financial records and can be located in Series 2). \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 4\u003c/title\u003e holds the files detailing community initiatives the association tackled. It is divided into five subseries based on subject matter, including Neighborhood Conservation Program; Clean-Up and Beautification; Recreation and Education; Safety; and Events/Miscellaneous. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 5\u003c/title\u003e is comprised of materials the association collected from various organizations in the county, some of which they held membership. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 6\u003c/title\u003e contains the single photograph found, potentially of an association meeting in the 1950s. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 7\u003c/title\u003e, Subject Files, holds all other miscellaneous materials that did not fit well in any of the above series. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversized materials from this collection are filed separately, as are the artifacts, two ink stamps with the association's name and address for envelopes and letterhead.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["The materials arrived grouped roughly according to subject matter. The archivist kept original order when possible. However, many disparate materials (outside of bound meeting minutes) were loose or kept in unlabeled folders and envelopes. The archivist developed seven series to organize materials, all based on subject matter. When possible, original file names have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n","Series 1  contains the meeting minutes of the association, arranged in chronological order. Most of these are minutes for general meetings of the association. A few volumes contain meeting minutes of the Colored Federation of Citizens Associations of Arlington, and special committees, such as the Ways and Means Committee of the association. Folders containing such special meeting minutes are labeled as such. Several bound volumes had loose papers or items stapled to pages. For preservation purposes, the archivist removed such items and placed them in folders with the dates noted. \n","Series 2  houses the financial records of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. This series is divided into four subseries: Reports and Notes; Banking and Accounting; Taxes; and Miscellaneous. Within the subseries, files are arranged in chronological order. \n","Series 3  contains the membership records of the association (except for the membership dues payment lists, which were found with financial records and can be located in Series 2).  Series 4  holds the files detailing community initiatives the association tackled. It is divided into five subseries based on subject matter, including Neighborhood Conservation Program; Clean-Up and Beautification; Recreation and Education; Safety; and Events/Miscellaneous. \n","Series 5  is comprised of materials the association collected from various organizations in the county, some of which they held membership.  Series 6  contains the single photograph found, potentially of an association meeting in the 1950s.  Series 7 , Subject Files, holds all other miscellaneous materials that did not fit well in any of the above series. \n","Oversized materials from this collection are filed separately, as are the artifacts, two ink stamps with the association's name and address for envelopes and letterhead.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection holds the papers of Dorothy M. Hamm, a civil rights activist in Arlington, Virginia. However, almost the entire collection contains the papers she and her husband, E. Leslie Hamm, collected or created during their tenure serving their neighborhood citizens association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association for the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood, a historically African-American community in Arlington. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDorothy M. Hamm first became involved in civil rights in Arlington as a plaintiff in the civil suit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that successfully desegregated Arlington Public Schools. Dorothy and her husband filed in May 1956 to admit their son E. Leslie Hamm Jr. to Stratford Junior High, an all-white school. Due to the Hamm's efforts, plus other Arlingtonians, Clarissa Thompson, Michael Jones, Ronald Deskins, and Lance Newman became the first black students admitted to a white school in Arlington (Stratford Junior High) on February 2, 1959. Hamm's son gained admittance to the school seven months later. Afterward, Dorothy became involved in other civil rights activities to integrate interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities in Arlington County Schools, to eliminate the discriminatory pupil placement form, to desegregate Arlington theaters, eliminate the poll tax, and remove race designation from public forms and voting records. Additionally, Hamm wrote several plays to promote African-American history and culture in the area. Her play Our Heritage: Slavery to Freedom 1766-1976 became an official bicentennial event in 1976 in Arlington County. She also wrote Our Struggle for Equality-25 Years Ago in 1984 for Black History Month and A Woman Called Moses about Harriet Tubman, presented at the Northern Virginia Folk Life Festival in 1985. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHamm was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1919 and grew up in Fairfax County. She attended Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C. In the early 1940s, she started work as a file clerk for the Veterans Administration. She eventually worked as an administrative assistant in the Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving, at the Pentagon. In 1963, she retired from government work in the Surgeon General's Office. She then served as an officer of elections in Arlington County for twenty-seven years. Hamm was a delegate to the county and state Democratic conventions in 1964. She also became one of the first African Americans elected to a political party in Arlington County, elected to represent the Woodlawn precinct for the Democratic Committee. During her political career, she served as the county assistant registrar, the chief election officer in the Woodlawn precinct, and chairwoman of community voter registration drives.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHamm and her husband moved to the Hall's Hill/High View Park neighborhood around 1950 and built their own home at 1900 N Cameron Street. They quickly became involved in the community and were active in their neighborhood association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Each served on several committees and in leadership positions. Dorothy even served as president of the citizens association during the 1960s and 1970s. Her husband Leslie served as the community representative to the Arlington County neighborhood conservation program to improve streets, gutters, sidewalks, and curb appeal in the Hall's Hill/Highview Park neighborhood. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe John M. Langston Citizens Association precedes the Hamm family by a number of years. The citizens association was created in 1924 to provide services for the Hall's Hill Neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded from the north by Lee Highway, on the east by Buchanan Street/Culpepper Street, on the west by George Mason Drive, and on the south by 16th Street/17th Road/17th Street. The neighborhood was settled by newly freed slaves just after the Civil War, making it one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in Arlington. It was named Hall's Hill because the upper portion of the neighborhood originally was owned by William Marcey and Basil Hall. Hall sold much of his land to his freed slaves. The neighborhood was renamed High View Park in 1965 because of the spectacular view of Arlington County it offers. At the time, some residents thought the neighborhood was renamed to make it more palatable to prospective white residents.\nIn the 1800s, the neighborhood was relatively rural and simple. Residents had large gardens and raised hogs, chickens, and horses. Eventually, residents established their own stores and churches during the early 1900s. Until the 1950s, the neighborhood was separated on three sides from adjoining all-white neighborhoods by an 8-foot-high wooden fence, built by white homeowners whose houses backed up on lots in the Hall's Hill neighborhood. Despite being cut off from their surroundings and many county services during the early 20th century, the neighborhood developed its own fire station, community-wide events and celebrations, block parties, and even a community baseball team, known as the Virginia White Sox. Since the latter half of the 20th century, residents and the citizens' association fought to keep their neighborhood's character and space alive. Nearby Arlington Hospital and WETA-TV attempted to build medical offices and satellites in the neighborhood. White, middle-class residents starting buying homes in the neighborhood for the first time in the late 1970s due to the area's lower than average sale prices. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, the John M. Langston Citizens Association noted on its website that the neighborhood still maintained \"an identity as a strong black community, the High View Park is a neighborhood is better represented by more racial diversity as new residents moved into the neighborhood. These new and long term residents still work together to maintain the historical, cultural and aesthetic values of the High View Park Neighborhood.\" The association still works to promote civic spirit and participation and foster communication among residents and property owners, as well as to preserve, enhance, and promote general welfare and safety of the neighborhood. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, Dorothy Hamm moved back to Caroline County, Virginia. She died on May 14, 2004.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information \n"],"bioghist_tesim":["This collection holds the papers of Dorothy M. Hamm, a civil rights activist in Arlington, Virginia. However, almost the entire collection contains the papers she and her husband, E. Leslie Hamm, collected or created during their tenure serving their neighborhood citizens association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association for the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood, a historically African-American community in Arlington. \n","Dorothy M. Hamm first became involved in civil rights in Arlington as a plaintiff in the civil suit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that successfully desegregated Arlington Public Schools. Dorothy and her husband filed in May 1956 to admit their son E. Leslie Hamm Jr. to Stratford Junior High, an all-white school. Due to the Hamm's efforts, plus other Arlingtonians, Clarissa Thompson, Michael Jones, Ronald Deskins, and Lance Newman became the first black students admitted to a white school in Arlington (Stratford Junior High) on February 2, 1959. Hamm's son gained admittance to the school seven months later. Afterward, Dorothy became involved in other civil rights activities to integrate interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities in Arlington County Schools, to eliminate the discriminatory pupil placement form, to desegregate Arlington theaters, eliminate the poll tax, and remove race designation from public forms and voting records. Additionally, Hamm wrote several plays to promote African-American history and culture in the area. Her play Our Heritage: Slavery to Freedom 1766-1976 became an official bicentennial event in 1976 in Arlington County. She also wrote Our Struggle for Equality-25 Years Ago in 1984 for Black History Month and A Woman Called Moses about Harriet Tubman, presented at the Northern Virginia Folk Life Festival in 1985. \n","Hamm was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1919 and grew up in Fairfax County. She attended Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C. In the early 1940s, she started work as a file clerk for the Veterans Administration. She eventually worked as an administrative assistant in the Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving, at the Pentagon. In 1963, she retired from government work in the Surgeon General's Office. She then served as an officer of elections in Arlington County for twenty-seven years. Hamm was a delegate to the county and state Democratic conventions in 1964. She also became one of the first African Americans elected to a political party in Arlington County, elected to represent the Woodlawn precinct for the Democratic Committee. During her political career, she served as the county assistant registrar, the chief election officer in the Woodlawn precinct, and chairwoman of community voter registration drives.  \n","Hamm and her husband moved to the Hall's Hill/High View Park neighborhood around 1950 and built their own home at 1900 N Cameron Street. They quickly became involved in the community and were active in their neighborhood association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Each served on several committees and in leadership positions. Dorothy even served as president of the citizens association during the 1960s and 1970s. Her husband Leslie served as the community representative to the Arlington County neighborhood conservation program to improve streets, gutters, sidewalks, and curb appeal in the Hall's Hill/Highview Park neighborhood. \n","The John M. Langston Citizens Association precedes the Hamm family by a number of years. The citizens association was created in 1924 to provide services for the Hall's Hill Neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded from the north by Lee Highway, on the east by Buchanan Street/Culpepper Street, on the west by George Mason Drive, and on the south by 16th Street/17th Road/17th Street. The neighborhood was settled by newly freed slaves just after the Civil War, making it one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in Arlington. It was named Hall's Hill because the upper portion of the neighborhood originally was owned by William Marcey and Basil Hall. Hall sold much of his land to his freed slaves. The neighborhood was renamed High View Park in 1965 because of the spectacular view of Arlington County it offers. At the time, some residents thought the neighborhood was renamed to make it more palatable to prospective white residents.\nIn the 1800s, the neighborhood was relatively rural and simple. Residents had large gardens and raised hogs, chickens, and horses. Eventually, residents established their own stores and churches during the early 1900s. Until the 1950s, the neighborhood was separated on three sides from adjoining all-white neighborhoods by an 8-foot-high wooden fence, built by white homeowners whose houses backed up on lots in the Hall's Hill neighborhood. Despite being cut off from their surroundings and many county services during the early 20th century, the neighborhood developed its own fire station, community-wide events and celebrations, block parties, and even a community baseball team, known as the Virginia White Sox. Since the latter half of the 20th century, residents and the citizens' association fought to keep their neighborhood's character and space alive. Nearby Arlington Hospital and WETA-TV attempted to build medical offices and satellites in the neighborhood. White, middle-class residents starting buying homes in the neighborhood for the first time in the late 1970s due to the area's lower than average sale prices. \n","In 2018, the John M. Langston Citizens Association noted on its website that the neighborhood still maintained \"an identity as a strong black community, the High View Park is a neighborhood is better represented by more racial diversity as new residents moved into the neighborhood. These new and long term residents still work together to maintain the historical, cultural and aesthetic values of the High View Park Neighborhood.\" The association still works to promote civic spirit and participation and foster communication among residents and property owners, as well as to preserve, enhance, and promote general welfare and safety of the neighborhood. \n","In 1987, Dorothy Hamm moved back to Caroline County, Virginia. She died on May 14, 2004.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Dorothy M. Hamm Papers, Collection # RG 349, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Dorothy M. 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Others that might shed light on the desegregation civil suit include \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00007.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 7 Arlington County Public Schools\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00048.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 48 NAACP Arlington Branch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, and \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00069.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 69 Arlington County Public Schools Desegregation Materials\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. For additional records related to the John M. 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Others that might shed light on the desegregation civil suit include  RG 7 Arlington County Public Schools ,  RG 48 NAACP Arlington Branch , and  RG 69 Arlington County Public Schools Desegregation Materials . For additional records related to the John M. Langston Citizens Association, see  RG 14 Records of Arlington County Civic Federation  and  PG 218 Ernest E Johnson Photographs , which includes photographs taken at the Langston Community Center in High View Park.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials in this collection have been created and managed by many different members of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Dorothy Hamm and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr. were the last owners of the collection, both of whom were active members of the association since the early 1950s until the 1980s. As such, few items in the collection may be related to the other civic activities of Dorothy Hamm, such as Hamm's political and playwriting careers. However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans just over three linear feet and covers the years 1937 to 1977. The bulk of materials date from the late 1940s to late 1960s. Materials cover the activities of the John M. Langston Citizens Association, which promotes civic participation and represents residents' interests in the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood in North Arlington. The collection features a large selection of meeting minutes, mostly from general meetings of the association. Some extant minutes from special committees, as well as the Colored Federation of Citizens' Associations of Arlington, of which the association was a member, remain. The collection also contains a large portion of financial records, which include reports, receipts, check stubs and money draft records, and lists of which members paid monthly dues. There are some membership applications and cards; however, the lists of monthly dues provide a better record of participants. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFiles related to issues and initiatives the association tackled, which appear to mainly have been collected by the Dorothy and E. Leslie Hamm, comprise another large part of the collection. Most of these records relate to the Neighborhood Conservation program Arlington County started in the 1960s to help residents improve their neighborhoods through sidewalk, curb, and gutter installation; street, traffic and parking improvement; recreation enterprises, like parks and playgrounds; and other similar enterprises. The collection here provides excellent resources that capture the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood's participation, and also contains reports and minutes E. Leslie Hamm collected attending meetings that relate to the activities of other neighborhoods in Arlington. Another rather large collection of these records relates to clean-up/beautification of High View Park/Hall's Hill that Dorothy Hamm spearheaded. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther materials include one photograph, and correspondence and publications received by the association from other organizations in the County.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The materials in this collection have been created and managed by many different members of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Dorothy Hamm and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr. were the last owners of the collection, both of whom were active members of the association since the early 1950s until the 1980s. As such, few items in the collection may be related to the other civic activities of Dorothy Hamm, such as Hamm's political and playwriting careers. However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association. \n","The collection spans just over three linear feet and covers the years 1937 to 1977. The bulk of materials date from the late 1940s to late 1960s. Materials cover the activities of the John M. Langston Citizens Association, which promotes civic participation and represents residents' interests in the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood in North Arlington. The collection features a large selection of meeting minutes, mostly from general meetings of the association. Some extant minutes from special committees, as well as the Colored Federation of Citizens' Associations of Arlington, of which the association was a member, remain. The collection also contains a large portion of financial records, which include reports, receipts, check stubs and money draft records, and lists of which members paid monthly dues. There are some membership applications and cards; however, the lists of monthly dues provide a better record of participants. \n","Files related to issues and initiatives the association tackled, which appear to mainly have been collected by the Dorothy and E. Leslie Hamm, comprise another large part of the collection. Most of these records relate to the Neighborhood Conservation program Arlington County started in the 1960s to help residents improve their neighborhoods through sidewalk, curb, and gutter installation; street, traffic and parking improvement; recreation enterprises, like parks and playgrounds; and other similar enterprises. The collection here provides excellent resources that capture the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood's participation, and also contains reports and minutes E. Leslie Hamm collected attending meetings that relate to the activities of other neighborhoods in Arlington. Another rather large collection of these records relates to clean-up/beautification of High View Park/Hall's Hill that Dorothy Hamm spearheaded. \n","Other materials include one photograph, and correspondence and publications received by the association from other organizations in the County.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"names_ssim":["Hamm, Dorothy M., 1919-2004","Hamm, E. Leslie (Edward Leslie), 1917-1913"],"persname_ssim":["Hamm, Dorothy M., 1919-2004","Hamm, E. 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However, many disparate materials (outside of bound meeting minutes) were loose or kept in unlabeled folders and envelopes. The archivist developed seven series to organize materials, all based on subject matter. When possible, original file names have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n","Series 1  contains the meeting minutes of the association, arranged in chronological order. Most of these are minutes for general meetings of the association. A few volumes contain meeting minutes of the Colored Federation of Citizens Associations of Arlington, and special committees, such as the Ways and Means Committee of the association. Folders containing such special meeting minutes are labeled as such. Several bound volumes had loose papers or items stapled to pages. For preservation purposes, the archivist removed such items and placed them in folders with the dates noted. \n","Series 2  houses the financial records of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. This series is divided into four subseries: Reports and Notes; Banking and Accounting; Taxes; and Miscellaneous. Within the subseries, files are arranged in chronological order. \n","Series 3  contains the membership records of the association (except for the membership dues payment lists, which were found with financial records and can be located in Series 2).  Series 4  holds the files detailing community initiatives the association tackled. It is divided into five subseries based on subject matter, including Neighborhood Conservation Program; Clean-Up and Beautification; Recreation and Education; Safety; and Events/Miscellaneous. \n","Series 5  is comprised of materials the association collected from various organizations in the county, some of which they held membership.  Series 6  contains the single photograph found, potentially of an association meeting in the 1950s.  Series 7 , Subject Files, holds all other miscellaneous materials that did not fit well in any of the above series. \n","Oversized materials from this collection are filed separately, as are the artifacts, two ink stamps with the association's name and address for envelopes and letterhead.\n","This collection holds the papers of Dorothy M. Hamm, a civil rights activist in Arlington, Virginia. However, almost the entire collection contains the papers she and her husband, E. Leslie Hamm, collected or created during their tenure serving their neighborhood citizens association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association for the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood, a historically African-American community in Arlington. \n","Dorothy M. Hamm first became involved in civil rights in Arlington as a plaintiff in the civil suit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that successfully desegregated Arlington Public Schools. Dorothy and her husband filed in May 1956 to admit their son E. Leslie Hamm Jr. to Stratford Junior High, an all-white school. Due to the Hamm's efforts, plus other Arlingtonians, Clarissa Thompson, Michael Jones, Ronald Deskins, and Lance Newman became the first black students admitted to a white school in Arlington (Stratford Junior High) on February 2, 1959. Hamm's son gained admittance to the school seven months later. Afterward, Dorothy became involved in other civil rights activities to integrate interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities in Arlington County Schools, to eliminate the discriminatory pupil placement form, to desegregate Arlington theaters, eliminate the poll tax, and remove race designation from public forms and voting records. Additionally, Hamm wrote several plays to promote African-American history and culture in the area. Her play Our Heritage: Slavery to Freedom 1766-1976 became an official bicentennial event in 1976 in Arlington County. She also wrote Our Struggle for Equality-25 Years Ago in 1984 for Black History Month and A Woman Called Moses about Harriet Tubman, presented at the Northern Virginia Folk Life Festival in 1985. \n","Hamm was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1919 and grew up in Fairfax County. She attended Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C. In the early 1940s, she started work as a file clerk for the Veterans Administration. She eventually worked as an administrative assistant in the Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving, at the Pentagon. In 1963, she retired from government work in the Surgeon General's Office. She then served as an officer of elections in Arlington County for twenty-seven years. Hamm was a delegate to the county and state Democratic conventions in 1964. She also became one of the first African Americans elected to a political party in Arlington County, elected to represent the Woodlawn precinct for the Democratic Committee. During her political career, she served as the county assistant registrar, the chief election officer in the Woodlawn precinct, and chairwoman of community voter registration drives.  \n","Hamm and her husband moved to the Hall's Hill/High View Park neighborhood around 1950 and built their own home at 1900 N Cameron Street. They quickly became involved in the community and were active in their neighborhood association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Each served on several committees and in leadership positions. Dorothy even served as president of the citizens association during the 1960s and 1970s. Her husband Leslie served as the community representative to the Arlington County neighborhood conservation program to improve streets, gutters, sidewalks, and curb appeal in the Hall's Hill/Highview Park neighborhood. \n","The John M. Langston Citizens Association precedes the Hamm family by a number of years. The citizens association was created in 1924 to provide services for the Hall's Hill Neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded from the north by Lee Highway, on the east by Buchanan Street/Culpepper Street, on the west by George Mason Drive, and on the south by 16th Street/17th Road/17th Street. The neighborhood was settled by newly freed slaves just after the Civil War, making it one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in Arlington. It was named Hall's Hill because the upper portion of the neighborhood originally was owned by William Marcey and Basil Hall. Hall sold much of his land to his freed slaves. The neighborhood was renamed High View Park in 1965 because of the spectacular view of Arlington County it offers. At the time, some residents thought the neighborhood was renamed to make it more palatable to prospective white residents.\nIn the 1800s, the neighborhood was relatively rural and simple. Residents had large gardens and raised hogs, chickens, and horses. Eventually, residents established their own stores and churches during the early 1900s. Until the 1950s, the neighborhood was separated on three sides from adjoining all-white neighborhoods by an 8-foot-high wooden fence, built by white homeowners whose houses backed up on lots in the Hall's Hill neighborhood. Despite being cut off from their surroundings and many county services during the early 20th century, the neighborhood developed its own fire station, community-wide events and celebrations, block parties, and even a community baseball team, known as the Virginia White Sox. Since the latter half of the 20th century, residents and the citizens' association fought to keep their neighborhood's character and space alive. Nearby Arlington Hospital and WETA-TV attempted to build medical offices and satellites in the neighborhood. White, middle-class residents starting buying homes in the neighborhood for the first time in the late 1970s due to the area's lower than average sale prices. \n","In 2018, the John M. Langston Citizens Association noted on its website that the neighborhood still maintained \"an identity as a strong black community, the High View Park is a neighborhood is better represented by more racial diversity as new residents moved into the neighborhood. These new and long term residents still work together to maintain the historical, cultural and aesthetic values of the High View Park Neighborhood.\" The association still works to promote civic spirit and participation and foster communication among residents and property owners, as well as to preserve, enhance, and promote general welfare and safety of the neighborhood. \n","In 1987, Dorothy Hamm moved back to Caroline County, Virginia. She died on May 14, 2004.\n","Related records include organizations Dorothy Hamm was involved with, including  RG 44 League of Women Voters ,  RG 127 Arlington County Bicentennial Task Force  (unprocessed as of July 2018),  RG 165 Records of Northern Virginia Folk Festival Association  (unprocessed as of July 2018). Others that might shed light on the desegregation civil suit include  RG 7 Arlington County Public Schools ,  RG 48 NAACP Arlington Branch , and  RG 69 Arlington County Public Schools Desegregation Materials . For additional records related to the John M. Langston Citizens Association, see  RG 14 Records of Arlington County Civic Federation  and  PG 218 Ernest E Johnson Photographs , which includes photographs taken at the Langston Community Center in High View Park.\n","The materials in this collection have been created and managed by many different members of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Dorothy Hamm and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr. were the last owners of the collection, both of whom were active members of the association since the early 1950s until the 1980s. As such, few items in the collection may be related to the other civic activities of Dorothy Hamm, such as Hamm's political and playwriting careers. However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association. \n","The collection spans just over three linear feet and covers the years 1937 to 1977. The bulk of materials date from the late 1940s to late 1960s. Materials cover the activities of the John M. Langston Citizens Association, which promotes civic participation and represents residents' interests in the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood in North Arlington. The collection features a large selection of meeting minutes, mostly from general meetings of the association. Some extant minutes from special committees, as well as the Colored Federation of Citizens' Associations of Arlington, of which the association was a member, remain. The collection also contains a large portion of financial records, which include reports, receipts, check stubs and money draft records, and lists of which members paid monthly dues. There are some membership applications and cards; however, the lists of monthly dues provide a better record of participants. \n","Files related to issues and initiatives the association tackled, which appear to mainly have been collected by the Dorothy and E. Leslie Hamm, comprise another large part of the collection. Most of these records relate to the Neighborhood Conservation program Arlington County started in the 1960s to help residents improve their neighborhoods through sidewalk, curb, and gutter installation; street, traffic and parking improvement; recreation enterprises, like parks and playgrounds; and other similar enterprises. The collection here provides excellent resources that capture the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood's participation, and also contains reports and minutes E. 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The archivist kept original order when possible. However, many disparate materials (outside of bound meeting minutes) were loose or kept in unlabeled folders and envelopes. The archivist developed seven series to organize materials, all based on subject matter. When possible, original file names have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n","Series 1  contains the meeting minutes of the association, arranged in chronological order. Most of these are minutes for general meetings of the association. A few volumes contain meeting minutes of the Colored Federation of Citizens Associations of Arlington, and special committees, such as the Ways and Means Committee of the association. Folders containing such special meeting minutes are labeled as such. Several bound volumes had loose papers or items stapled to pages. For preservation purposes, the archivist removed such items and placed them in folders with the dates noted. \n","Series 2  houses the financial records of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. This series is divided into four subseries: Reports and Notes; Banking and Accounting; Taxes; and Miscellaneous. Within the subseries, files are arranged in chronological order. \n","Series 3  contains the membership records of the association (except for the membership dues payment lists, which were found with financial records and can be located in Series 2).  Series 4  holds the files detailing community initiatives the association tackled. It is divided into five subseries based on subject matter, including Neighborhood Conservation Program; Clean-Up and Beautification; Recreation and Education; Safety; and Events/Miscellaneous. \n","Series 5  is comprised of materials the association collected from various organizations in the county, some of which they held membership.  Series 6  contains the single photograph found, potentially of an association meeting in the 1950s.  Series 7 , Subject Files, holds all other miscellaneous materials that did not fit well in any of the above series. \n","Oversized materials from this collection are filed separately, as are the artifacts, two ink stamps with the association's name and address for envelopes and letterhead.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection holds the papers of Dorothy M. Hamm, a civil rights activist in Arlington, Virginia. However, almost the entire collection contains the papers she and her husband, E. Leslie Hamm, collected or created during their tenure serving their neighborhood citizens association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association for the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood, a historically African-American community in Arlington. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDorothy M. Hamm first became involved in civil rights in Arlington as a plaintiff in the civil suit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that successfully desegregated Arlington Public Schools. Dorothy and her husband filed in May 1956 to admit their son E. Leslie Hamm Jr. to Stratford Junior High, an all-white school. Due to the Hamm's efforts, plus other Arlingtonians, Clarissa Thompson, Michael Jones, Ronald Deskins, and Lance Newman became the first black students admitted to a white school in Arlington (Stratford Junior High) on February 2, 1959. Hamm's son gained admittance to the school seven months later. Afterward, Dorothy became involved in other civil rights activities to integrate interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities in Arlington County Schools, to eliminate the discriminatory pupil placement form, to desegregate Arlington theaters, eliminate the poll tax, and remove race designation from public forms and voting records. Additionally, Hamm wrote several plays to promote African-American history and culture in the area. Her play Our Heritage: Slavery to Freedom 1766-1976 became an official bicentennial event in 1976 in Arlington County. She also wrote Our Struggle for Equality-25 Years Ago in 1984 for Black History Month and A Woman Called Moses about Harriet Tubman, presented at the Northern Virginia Folk Life Festival in 1985. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHamm was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1919 and grew up in Fairfax County. She attended Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C. In the early 1940s, she started work as a file clerk for the Veterans Administration. She eventually worked as an administrative assistant in the Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving, at the Pentagon. In 1963, she retired from government work in the Surgeon General's Office. She then served as an officer of elections in Arlington County for twenty-seven years. Hamm was a delegate to the county and state Democratic conventions in 1964. She also became one of the first African Americans elected to a political party in Arlington County, elected to represent the Woodlawn precinct for the Democratic Committee. During her political career, she served as the county assistant registrar, the chief election officer in the Woodlawn precinct, and chairwoman of community voter registration drives.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHamm and her husband moved to the Hall's Hill/High View Park neighborhood around 1950 and built their own home at 1900 N Cameron Street. They quickly became involved in the community and were active in their neighborhood association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Each served on several committees and in leadership positions. Dorothy even served as president of the citizens association during the 1960s and 1970s. Her husband Leslie served as the community representative to the Arlington County neighborhood conservation program to improve streets, gutters, sidewalks, and curb appeal in the Hall's Hill/Highview Park neighborhood. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe John M. Langston Citizens Association precedes the Hamm family by a number of years. The citizens association was created in 1924 to provide services for the Hall's Hill Neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded from the north by Lee Highway, on the east by Buchanan Street/Culpepper Street, on the west by George Mason Drive, and on the south by 16th Street/17th Road/17th Street. The neighborhood was settled by newly freed slaves just after the Civil War, making it one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in Arlington. It was named Hall's Hill because the upper portion of the neighborhood originally was owned by William Marcey and Basil Hall. Hall sold much of his land to his freed slaves. The neighborhood was renamed High View Park in 1965 because of the spectacular view of Arlington County it offers. At the time, some residents thought the neighborhood was renamed to make it more palatable to prospective white residents.\nIn the 1800s, the neighborhood was relatively rural and simple. Residents had large gardens and raised hogs, chickens, and horses. Eventually, residents established their own stores and churches during the early 1900s. Until the 1950s, the neighborhood was separated on three sides from adjoining all-white neighborhoods by an 8-foot-high wooden fence, built by white homeowners whose houses backed up on lots in the Hall's Hill neighborhood. Despite being cut off from their surroundings and many county services during the early 20th century, the neighborhood developed its own fire station, community-wide events and celebrations, block parties, and even a community baseball team, known as the Virginia White Sox. Since the latter half of the 20th century, residents and the citizens' association fought to keep their neighborhood's character and space alive. Nearby Arlington Hospital and WETA-TV attempted to build medical offices and satellites in the neighborhood. White, middle-class residents starting buying homes in the neighborhood for the first time in the late 1970s due to the area's lower than average sale prices. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, the John M. Langston Citizens Association noted on its website that the neighborhood still maintained \"an identity as a strong black community, the High View Park is a neighborhood is better represented by more racial diversity as new residents moved into the neighborhood. These new and long term residents still work together to maintain the historical, cultural and aesthetic values of the High View Park Neighborhood.\" The association still works to promote civic spirit and participation and foster communication among residents and property owners, as well as to preserve, enhance, and promote general welfare and safety of the neighborhood. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, Dorothy Hamm moved back to Caroline County, Virginia. She died on May 14, 2004.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information \n"],"bioghist_tesim":["This collection holds the papers of Dorothy M. Hamm, a civil rights activist in Arlington, Virginia. However, almost the entire collection contains the papers she and her husband, E. Leslie Hamm, collected or created during their tenure serving their neighborhood citizens association, the John M. 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Afterward, Dorothy became involved in other civil rights activities to integrate interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities in Arlington County Schools, to eliminate the discriminatory pupil placement form, to desegregate Arlington theaters, eliminate the poll tax, and remove race designation from public forms and voting records. Additionally, Hamm wrote several plays to promote African-American history and culture in the area. Her play Our Heritage: Slavery to Freedom 1766-1976 became an official bicentennial event in 1976 in Arlington County. She also wrote Our Struggle for Equality-25 Years Ago in 1984 for Black History Month and A Woman Called Moses about Harriet Tubman, presented at the Northern Virginia Folk Life Festival in 1985. \n","Hamm was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1919 and grew up in Fairfax County. She attended Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C. In the early 1940s, she started work as a file clerk for the Veterans Administration. She eventually worked as an administrative assistant in the Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving, at the Pentagon. In 1963, she retired from government work in the Surgeon General's Office. She then served as an officer of elections in Arlington County for twenty-seven years. Hamm was a delegate to the county and state Democratic conventions in 1964. She also became one of the first African Americans elected to a political party in Arlington County, elected to represent the Woodlawn precinct for the Democratic Committee. During her political career, she served as the county assistant registrar, the chief election officer in the Woodlawn precinct, and chairwoman of community voter registration drives.  \n","Hamm and her husband moved to the Hall's Hill/High View Park neighborhood around 1950 and built their own home at 1900 N Cameron Street. They quickly became involved in the community and were active in their neighborhood association, the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Each served on several committees and in leadership positions. Dorothy even served as president of the citizens association during the 1960s and 1970s. Her husband Leslie served as the community representative to the Arlington County neighborhood conservation program to improve streets, gutters, sidewalks, and curb appeal in the Hall's Hill/Highview Park neighborhood. \n","The John M. Langston Citizens Association precedes the Hamm family by a number of years. The citizens association was created in 1924 to provide services for the Hall's Hill Neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded from the north by Lee Highway, on the east by Buchanan Street/Culpepper Street, on the west by George Mason Drive, and on the south by 16th Street/17th Road/17th Street. The neighborhood was settled by newly freed slaves just after the Civil War, making it one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in Arlington. It was named Hall's Hill because the upper portion of the neighborhood originally was owned by William Marcey and Basil Hall. Hall sold much of his land to his freed slaves. The neighborhood was renamed High View Park in 1965 because of the spectacular view of Arlington County it offers. At the time, some residents thought the neighborhood was renamed to make it more palatable to prospective white residents.\nIn the 1800s, the neighborhood was relatively rural and simple. Residents had large gardens and raised hogs, chickens, and horses. Eventually, residents established their own stores and churches during the early 1900s. Until the 1950s, the neighborhood was separated on three sides from adjoining all-white neighborhoods by an 8-foot-high wooden fence, built by white homeowners whose houses backed up on lots in the Hall's Hill neighborhood. Despite being cut off from their surroundings and many county services during the early 20th century, the neighborhood developed its own fire station, community-wide events and celebrations, block parties, and even a community baseball team, known as the Virginia White Sox. Since the latter half of the 20th century, residents and the citizens' association fought to keep their neighborhood's character and space alive. Nearby Arlington Hospital and WETA-TV attempted to build medical offices and satellites in the neighborhood. White, middle-class residents starting buying homes in the neighborhood for the first time in the late 1970s due to the area's lower than average sale prices. \n","In 2018, the John M. Langston Citizens Association noted on its website that the neighborhood still maintained \"an identity as a strong black community, the High View Park is a neighborhood is better represented by more racial diversity as new residents moved into the neighborhood. These new and long term residents still work together to maintain the historical, cultural and aesthetic values of the High View Park Neighborhood.\" The association still works to promote civic spirit and participation and foster communication among residents and property owners, as well as to preserve, enhance, and promote general welfare and safety of the neighborhood. \n","In 1987, Dorothy Hamm moved back to Caroline County, Virginia. She died on May 14, 2004.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Dorothy M. Hamm Papers, Collection # RG 349, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Dorothy M. 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Others that might shed light on the desegregation civil suit include \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00007.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 7 Arlington County Public Schools\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00048.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 48 NAACP Arlington Branch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, and \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00069.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 69 Arlington County Public Schools Desegregation Materials\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e. For additional records related to the John M. Langston Citizens Association, see \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00014.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 14 Records of Arlington County Civic Federation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e and \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00218.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003ePG 218 Ernest E Johnson Photographs\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, which includes photographs taken at the Langston Community Center in High View Park.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Related records include organizations Dorothy Hamm was involved with, including  RG 44 League of Women Voters ,  RG 127 Arlington County Bicentennial Task Force  (unprocessed as of July 2018),  RG 165 Records of Northern Virginia Folk Festival Association  (unprocessed as of July 2018). Others that might shed light on the desegregation civil suit include  RG 7 Arlington County Public Schools ,  RG 48 NAACP Arlington Branch , and  RG 69 Arlington County Public Schools Desegregation Materials . For additional records related to the John M. Langston Citizens Association, see  RG 14 Records of Arlington County Civic Federation  and  PG 218 Ernest E Johnson Photographs , which includes photographs taken at the Langston Community Center in High View Park.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials in this collection have been created and managed by many different members of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Dorothy Hamm and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr. were the last owners of the collection, both of whom were active members of the association since the early 1950s until the 1980s. As such, few items in the collection may be related to the other civic activities of Dorothy Hamm, such as Hamm's political and playwriting careers. However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans just over three linear feet and covers the years 1937 to 1977. The bulk of materials date from the late 1940s to late 1960s. Materials cover the activities of the John M. Langston Citizens Association, which promotes civic participation and represents residents' interests in the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood in North Arlington. The collection features a large selection of meeting minutes, mostly from general meetings of the association. Some extant minutes from special committees, as well as the Colored Federation of Citizens' Associations of Arlington, of which the association was a member, remain. The collection also contains a large portion of financial records, which include reports, receipts, check stubs and money draft records, and lists of which members paid monthly dues. There are some membership applications and cards; however, the lists of monthly dues provide a better record of participants. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFiles related to issues and initiatives the association tackled, which appear to mainly have been collected by the Dorothy and E. Leslie Hamm, comprise another large part of the collection. Most of these records relate to the Neighborhood Conservation program Arlington County started in the 1960s to help residents improve their neighborhoods through sidewalk, curb, and gutter installation; street, traffic and parking improvement; recreation enterprises, like parks and playgrounds; and other similar enterprises. The collection here provides excellent resources that capture the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood's participation, and also contains reports and minutes E. Leslie Hamm collected attending meetings that relate to the activities of other neighborhoods in Arlington. Another rather large collection of these records relates to clean-up/beautification of High View Park/Hall's Hill that Dorothy Hamm spearheaded. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther materials include one photograph, and correspondence and publications received by the association from other organizations in the County.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The materials in this collection have been created and managed by many different members of the John M. Langston Citizens Association. Dorothy Hamm and E. Leslie Hamm, Sr. were the last owners of the collection, both of whom were active members of the association since the early 1950s until the 1980s. As such, few items in the collection may be related to the other civic activities of Dorothy Hamm, such as Hamm's political and playwriting careers. However, since such materials are far and few between, and interwoven into the vast collection of Citizens Association materials, it is difficult to tell whether Hamm simply filed materials together or whether she promoted these activities in the Citizens Association. \n","The collection spans just over three linear feet and covers the years 1937 to 1977. The bulk of materials date from the late 1940s to late 1960s. Materials cover the activities of the John M. Langston Citizens Association, which promotes civic participation and represents residents' interests in the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood in North Arlington. The collection features a large selection of meeting minutes, mostly from general meetings of the association. Some extant minutes from special committees, as well as the Colored Federation of Citizens' Associations of Arlington, of which the association was a member, remain. The collection also contains a large portion of financial records, which include reports, receipts, check stubs and money draft records, and lists of which members paid monthly dues. There are some membership applications and cards; however, the lists of monthly dues provide a better record of participants. \n","Files related to issues and initiatives the association tackled, which appear to mainly have been collected by the Dorothy and E. Leslie Hamm, comprise another large part of the collection. Most of these records relate to the Neighborhood Conservation program Arlington County started in the 1960s to help residents improve their neighborhoods through sidewalk, curb, and gutter installation; street, traffic and parking improvement; recreation enterprises, like parks and playgrounds; and other similar enterprises. The collection here provides excellent resources that capture the High View Park/Hall's Hill neighborhood's participation, and also contains reports and minutes E. Leslie Hamm collected attending meetings that relate to the activities of other neighborhoods in Arlington. Another rather large collection of these records relates to clean-up/beautification of High View Park/Hall's Hill that Dorothy Hamm spearheaded. \n","Other materials include one photograph, and correspondence and publications received by the association from other organizations in the County.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"names_ssim":["Hamm, Dorothy M., 1919-2004","Hamm, E. Leslie (Edward Leslie), 1917-1913"],"persname_ssim":["Hamm, Dorothy M., 1919-2004","Hamm, E. 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Within each series, images have been organized alphabetically by location ( Series 1, Northern Virginia Heritage ;  Series 4, Virginia Homes of the Lees ;  Series 5, Additional Research Photographs ) or alphabetically by subject ( Series 2, Arlington Heritage  and  Series 3, Virginia History Address Book ). \n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEleanor Lee Templeman (b.1907-d.1990) grew up in California and lived in Arlington from 1935 until she died in 1990. She served as historian of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, and was an active local historian, publishing \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eArlington Heritage: Vignettes of a Virginia County\u003c/title\u003e (1959) and (with Nan Netherton) \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eNorthern Virginia Heritage\u003c/title\u003e (1966). 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She contributed many articles to Virginia historical publications, and received awards for her research achievements, including one from Marymount University (1975), and from the American Association for State and Local History (1983).\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Eleanor Lee Templeman Photograph Collection, Collection # PG 900, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Eleanor Lee Templeman Photograph Collection, Collection # PG 900, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers should consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00023.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 23, The Personal Papers of Eleanor Lee Templeman\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e for more information on her books and interests.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Researchers should consult  RG 23, The Personal Papers of Eleanor Lee Templeman  for more information on her books and interests.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe photographs housed in Photograph Group 900 are images taken by Mrs. Templeman as part of her research for four publications: \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Heritage\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eArlington Heritage\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Homes of the Lees\u003c/title\u003e, and \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Heritage Address Book\u003c/title\u003e. The collection is 2.5 linear feet, and although the photographs are not dated, the first editions of the books in which they appeared are from 1959 to 1973. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages reflect images that appear in the books listed above, but it is not a complete set. Some photographs in the collection are not in any book, and not every image in every book is represented in this collection. There are also some reprints of images in other collections such as the Library of Congress and the National Archives, but they are very few. Many photographs have notations on the back regarding how the image will show in one of Templeman's books, and several photographs have crop markings on the images themselves.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The photographs housed in Photograph Group 900 are images taken by Mrs. Templeman as part of her research for four publications:  Virginia Heritage ,  Arlington Heritage ,  Virginia Homes of the Lees , and  Virginia Heritage Address Book . The collection is 2.5 linear feet, and although the photographs are not dated, the first editions of the books in which they appeared are from 1959 to 1973. \n","Images reflect images that appear in the books listed above, but it is not a complete set. Some photographs in the collection are not in any book, and not every image in every book is represented in this collection. There are also some reprints of images in other collections such as the Library of Congress and the National Archives, but they are very few. Many photographs have notations on the back regarding how the image will show in one of Templeman's books, and several photographs have crop markings on the images themselves.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":306,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:29:52Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viar_ViAr00900"}},{"id":"viar_ViAr00333","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Ellen M. 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The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. 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Bozman Papers, \n1961-2004","Women -- United States.","Arlington County (Va.) -- Politics and government.","."," The collection is open for research.\n","This collection is divided into eight series based on type of material or subject matter. When possible, original file names from the accretions have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n","Series 1  covers Bozman's campaigns for the Arlington County Board. It is divided into six subseries, one for each campaign (1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993), to help researchers find relevant materials. It reflects Bozman's original organizational schema of filing her campaign materials by year. For additional press coverage during campaigns and elections, researchers may find Series 6 of use (see below).\n","Series 2  contains Bozman's speeches, written statements, and remarks.  Series 3  holds the few working files we have from Bozman's civic career before the County Board.  Series 4  has Bozman's remaining working files from her tenure on the County Board. To aid the researcher, this series has been divided into four subseries based on subject matter: Human Services; Development, Planning, and Parks; Financial; and Other/Assorted. \n","All the above series maintain original order. The archivist decided to construct  Series 5  (correspondence),  Series 6  (press),  Series 7  (photographs), and  Series 8  (subject files) to help the researcher find appropriate materials. The large majority of these materials originally were loose and mixed together in large manila envelopes (except for the \"Good Complaints\" file in  Series 5 , \"Washingtonian of the Year\" file in  Series 6 , and the \"Photographs\" file in  Series 7 ). Many of these envelopes were labeled with just the approximate year the materials enclosed dated from (i.e. \"1976\"). Many of these contained mostly newspaper clippings, some of which were labeled \"Press, 1976\" etc. Any correspondence or other supplemental materials that referenced clippings, press appearances, or other instances of Bozman in the media were kept in the Press series. \n","Series 5  and Series 6 are arranged chronologically. Series 6 is divided into two subseries, one for clippings, which includes articles from local newspapers, newsletters and government publications Bozman is featured in, as well as any correspondence that referenced a specific newspaper article. The second subseries of  Series 6  contains materials on the awards Bozman won, which includes clippings, certificates, and letters of congratulations. All newspaper clippings in Series 6 (and the rest of the collection) have been photocopied and the originals thrown away for preservation purposes. Series 7 contains approximately sixty photographs. Series 8 contains miscellaneous materials that did not fit well into any other series. \n","Ellen M. Bozman, a community activist and politician for Arlington County, guided Arlington as it transitioned from a suburban to urban community during the latter half of the 20th century. Though perhaps most well-known as the longest serving Arlington County Board member (1974-1997), Bozman's civic influence extended beyond her tenure as a board member through participation in various community organizations and governmental bodies. \n","Bozman's work prior to the County Board is associated with human relations and planning. As part of the League of Women Voters, Bozman conducted educational programs to assist with the integration of the public school system in Arlington in the 1950s. Later, as a member of the Community Relations Committee in the 1960s, which researched and reported on acts of discrimination to the Arlington County Board, she investigated County hiring practices of African-Americans and pushed for the adaption of non-discriminatory policies. As part of the County's Planning Commission from 1971-1973, Bozman focused on ways to revitalize Clarendon, Arlington's major commercial center at the time, which was soon to be disrupted by the coming Metrorail. Before running for the County Board, Bozman gained other leadership experience chairing Arlington's Health and Welfare Council, the Committee of 100, and serving as President of the Church Council of the Rock Spring Congregational Church.  \n","Bozman ran for the County Board in 1973 as an Independent candidate, though she was backed by the local Democratic party. She ran on a platform that promoted controlled growth, especially around new Metro corridors, opposition to Interstate 66 in favor of other mass-transit options, maintaining neighborhoods, increasing park and recreational space, and providing new services to retired and elderly residents. She captured more than fifty percent of the vote in a three-way race, becoming the first woman elected to the County Board since 1958. Bozman won all of her subsequent elections. She ran as an Independent candidate in every race except for her last election in 1993, during which she ran as a Democrat. She served as chairman of the County Board in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1997. \n","As a board member, Bozman was known for advocating for improving child care, such as starting extended-day programs at schools, providing services to elderly residents (including getting the first nursing homes built in Arlington), and advocating for tenant rights and affordable housing. She was instrumental in bringing the Metrorail through Arlington, including fighting to keep costs down for Arlington residents. Her careful eye and knack for planning ensured that Metro corridors between Rosslyn and Ballston were developed with plenty of high-rise buildings containing retail, living, and office space. However, she made sure other areas of Arlington remained full of parks, recreation areas, and single-family dwellings. Bozman also instituted the first farmers market in the county at Arlington Courthouse, and Neighborhood Day, an annual countywide block party to celebrate the diverse neighborhoods Arlington offers. \nAs a board member and citizen, Bozman held leadership or membership roles in numerous local organizations. \n","Known commissions, groups, and organizations she was a part of are listed below in alphabetical order. Approximate dates and positions held are included, if known: \n","\nAlliance for Housing Solutions \n\t--Founder \nArlington Community Foundation \n\t--President, 2002 \n\t--Chairwoman of Board of Directors, 2003 \nArlington County Planning Commission (1971-1973) \n\t--Chairman, Clarendon Center Committee \nArlington Health and Welfare Council, Chairman (1967-1969) \nArlington Health Center Commission \nArlington Symphony \n\t--President, 2001 \nCommittee of One Hundred, Chairman (1970-1971) \nCommunity Appearance Alliance \nGovernor's Advisory Council on Local Government (1976-1978, 1982-1985) \nHealth and Welfare Council of National Capital Area (1967-1971) \nLeague of Women Voters, 1960s/1970s \n\t--President: 1963-1965 \n\t--Development Committee: 1971 \nMetropolitan Air Quality Committee, Chair (1993) \nMetropolitan Washington Council of Governments \n\t--Board of Directors: 1975-1978, 1984 \n\t--Human Relations Committee: 1979-1985 (Chair, 1981-1983) \n\t--Chairman: 1988-1989 \nNorthern Virginia Planning District Commission (1974-1982) \n\t -Chairman: 1975-1977\nNorthern Virginia Potomac River Basin Committee (1989, 1993) \nNorthern Virginia Regional Park Authority (1963-1967) \nNorthern Virginia Transportation Commission (1978-1993, Chairman-1983, 1991) \nRock Springs United Church of Christ, President of Church Council, (1971-1973) \nVeterans Branch YMCA \nVirginia Association of Counties, Executive Board (1974-1979, 1984-1992) \nVirginia Home Care Alliance \nWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, member\n","In 2017, the Arlington County Board voted to rename the county building at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard at Courthouse Plaza the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center to honor Bozman's 24 years of service to the County Board. \n","Bozman was born in Springfield, Illinois, as Ellen McConnell in 1925. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1946 with a degree in political science. After graduating, she moved to Washington, D.C, later working in the U.S. Bureau of Budget from 1947-1952. She married William M. Bozman. She died on January 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia at age eighty-three. \n","Since Bozman was such an active figure in Arlington County, many other collections in the Center for Local History holdings might be useful to researchers. For those interested in her campaigns,  RG 26, Campaign Literature  may contain more publicity materials featuring Bozman during each election, plus many of the materials of her opposing candidates.  RG 94 Arlingtonians for a Better County  or  RG 31 Miscellaneous Records of Non-Partisan Political Organizations , which includes more records from the ABC may shed light on Bozman's political campaigns, since she was endorsed by the ABC in all elections. \n","Additionally, researchers may find the collections of some of the groups Bozman was active in helpful, such as  RG 44 League of Women Voters ,  RG 54 Arlington Symphony  (partially-processed as of 2018),  RG 130 Arlington County Planning Commission , and  RG 336 Committee of 100  (unprocessed as of 2018).  \n","Lastly, a number of collections can help researchers uncover more about Bozman's career on the County Board, including  RG 58 Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 172 Arlington County Board  (in-process as of 2018). Collections related to issues Bozman testified on and worked toward as a County Board Member, such as  RG 37 Metropolitan Washington Airports ,  RG 39 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , or  RG 43 I-66 , may be of use. \n","This collection spans approximately three linear feet and contains materials covering the dates 1960-2003. The bulk of the materials date from the late 1970s to early 1990s. The documents and photographs within the collection offer a glimpse of Bozman's incredibly active civic life in Arlington County. A vast majority of the materials cover Bozman's six campaigns for the Arlington County Board, which include campaign binders that contain campaign literature, precinct operations information, letters to voters, press schedules, opposition research, speeches, and the like. The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. Lastly, the collection contains a small number of photographs that all primarily depict Bozman at events as a County Board member, though some after retirement depict her on vacation with her husband or at other community events.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","Bozman, Ellen M., 1925-2009","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["RG 333\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ellen M. Bozman Papers, \n1961-2004"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ellen M. Bozman Papers, \n1961-2004"],"collection_ssim":["Ellen M. 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When possible, original file names from the accretions have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1\u003c/title\u003e covers Bozman's campaigns for the Arlington County Board. It is divided into six subseries, one for each campaign (1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993), to help researchers find relevant materials. It reflects Bozman's original organizational schema of filing her campaign materials by year. For additional press coverage during campaigns and elections, researchers may find Series 6 of use (see below).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 2\u003c/title\u003e contains Bozman's speeches, written statements, and remarks. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 3\u003c/title\u003e holds the few working files we have from Bozman's civic career before the County Board. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 4\u003c/title\u003e has Bozman's remaining working files from her tenure on the County Board. To aid the researcher, this series has been divided into four subseries based on subject matter: Human Services; Development, Planning, and Parks; Financial; and Other/Assorted. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll the above series maintain original order. 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Many of these contained mostly newspaper clippings, some of which were labeled \"Press, 1976\" etc. Any correspondence or other supplemental materials that referenced clippings, press appearances, or other instances of Bozman in the media were kept in the Press series. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 5\u003c/title\u003e and Series 6 are arranged chronologically. Series 6 is divided into two subseries, one for clippings, which includes articles from local newspapers, newsletters and government publications Bozman is featured in, as well as any correspondence that referenced a specific newspaper article. The second subseries of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 6\u003c/title\u003e contains materials on the awards Bozman won, which includes clippings, certificates, and letters of congratulations. All newspaper clippings in Series 6 (and the rest of the collection) have been photocopied and the originals thrown away for preservation purposes. Series 7 contains approximately sixty photographs. Series 8 contains miscellaneous materials that did not fit well into any other series. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is divided into eight series based on type of material or subject matter. When possible, original file names from the accretions have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n","Series 1  covers Bozman's campaigns for the Arlington County Board. It is divided into six subseries, one for each campaign (1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993), to help researchers find relevant materials. It reflects Bozman's original organizational schema of filing her campaign materials by year. For additional press coverage during campaigns and elections, researchers may find Series 6 of use (see below).\n","Series 2  contains Bozman's speeches, written statements, and remarks.  Series 3  holds the few working files we have from Bozman's civic career before the County Board.  Series 4  has Bozman's remaining working files from her tenure on the County Board. To aid the researcher, this series has been divided into four subseries based on subject matter: Human Services; Development, Planning, and Parks; Financial; and Other/Assorted. \n","All the above series maintain original order. The archivist decided to construct  Series 5  (correspondence),  Series 6  (press),  Series 7  (photographs), and  Series 8  (subject files) to help the researcher find appropriate materials. The large majority of these materials originally were loose and mixed together in large manila envelopes (except for the \"Good Complaints\" file in  Series 5 , \"Washingtonian of the Year\" file in  Series 6 , and the \"Photographs\" file in  Series 7 ). Many of these envelopes were labeled with just the approximate year the materials enclosed dated from (i.e. \"1976\"). Many of these contained mostly newspaper clippings, some of which were labeled \"Press, 1976\" etc. Any correspondence or other supplemental materials that referenced clippings, press appearances, or other instances of Bozman in the media were kept in the Press series. \n","Series 5  and Series 6 are arranged chronologically. Series 6 is divided into two subseries, one for clippings, which includes articles from local newspapers, newsletters and government publications Bozman is featured in, as well as any correspondence that referenced a specific newspaper article. The second subseries of  Series 6  contains materials on the awards Bozman won, which includes clippings, certificates, and letters of congratulations. All newspaper clippings in Series 6 (and the rest of the collection) have been photocopied and the originals thrown away for preservation purposes. Series 7 contains approximately sixty photographs. Series 8 contains miscellaneous materials that did not fit well into any other series. \n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEllen M. Bozman, a community activist and politician for Arlington County, guided Arlington as it transitioned from a suburban to urban community during the latter half of the 20th century. 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As part of the County's Planning Commission from 1971-1973, Bozman focused on ways to revitalize Clarendon, Arlington's major commercial center at the time, which was soon to be disrupted by the coming Metrorail. Before running for the County Board, Bozman gained other leadership experience chairing Arlington's Health and Welfare Council, the Committee of 100, and serving as President of the Church Council of the Rock Spring Congregational Church.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBozman ran for the County Board in 1973 as an Independent candidate, though she was backed by the local Democratic party. She ran on a platform that promoted controlled growth, especially around new Metro corridors, opposition to Interstate 66 in favor of other mass-transit options, maintaining neighborhoods, increasing park and recreational space, and providing new services to retired and elderly residents. She captured more than fifty percent of the vote in a three-way race, becoming the first woman elected to the County Board since 1958. Bozman won all of her subsequent elections. She ran as an Independent candidate in every race except for her last election in 1993, during which she ran as a Democrat. She served as chairman of the County Board in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1997. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a board member, Bozman was known for advocating for improving child care, such as starting extended-day programs at schools, providing services to elderly residents (including getting the first nursing homes built in Arlington), and advocating for tenant rights and affordable housing. She was instrumental in bringing the Metrorail through Arlington, including fighting to keep costs down for Arlington residents. Her careful eye and knack for planning ensured that Metro corridors between Rosslyn and Ballston were developed with plenty of high-rise buildings containing retail, living, and office space. However, she made sure other areas of Arlington remained full of parks, recreation areas, and single-family dwellings. Bozman also instituted the first farmers market in the county at Arlington Courthouse, and Neighborhood Day, an annual countywide block party to celebrate the diverse neighborhoods Arlington offers.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAs a board member and citizen, Bozman held leadership or membership roles in numerous local organizations. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKnown commissions, groups, and organizations she was a part of are listed below in alphabetical order. 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Bozman Government Center to honor Bozman's 24 years of service to the County Board. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBozman was born in Springfield, Illinois, as Ellen McConnell in 1925. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1946 with a degree in political science. After graduating, she moved to Washington, D.C, later working in the U.S. Bureau of Budget from 1947-1952. She married William M. Bozman. She died on January 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia at age eighty-three. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information \n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ellen M. Bozman, a community activist and politician for Arlington County, guided Arlington as it transitioned from a suburban to urban community during the latter half of the 20th century. Though perhaps most well-known as the longest serving Arlington County Board member (1974-1997), Bozman's civic influence extended beyond her tenure as a board member through participation in various community organizations and governmental bodies. \n","Bozman's work prior to the County Board is associated with human relations and planning. As part of the League of Women Voters, Bozman conducted educational programs to assist with the integration of the public school system in Arlington in the 1950s. Later, as a member of the Community Relations Committee in the 1960s, which researched and reported on acts of discrimination to the Arlington County Board, she investigated County hiring practices of African-Americans and pushed for the adaption of non-discriminatory policies. As part of the County's Planning Commission from 1971-1973, Bozman focused on ways to revitalize Clarendon, Arlington's major commercial center at the time, which was soon to be disrupted by the coming Metrorail. Before running for the County Board, Bozman gained other leadership experience chairing Arlington's Health and Welfare Council, the Committee of 100, and serving as President of the Church Council of the Rock Spring Congregational Church.  \n","Bozman ran for the County Board in 1973 as an Independent candidate, though she was backed by the local Democratic party. She ran on a platform that promoted controlled growth, especially around new Metro corridors, opposition to Interstate 66 in favor of other mass-transit options, maintaining neighborhoods, increasing park and recreational space, and providing new services to retired and elderly residents. She captured more than fifty percent of the vote in a three-way race, becoming the first woman elected to the County Board since 1958. Bozman won all of her subsequent elections. She ran as an Independent candidate in every race except for her last election in 1993, during which she ran as a Democrat. She served as chairman of the County Board in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1997. \n","As a board member, Bozman was known for advocating for improving child care, such as starting extended-day programs at schools, providing services to elderly residents (including getting the first nursing homes built in Arlington), and advocating for tenant rights and affordable housing. She was instrumental in bringing the Metrorail through Arlington, including fighting to keep costs down for Arlington residents. Her careful eye and knack for planning ensured that Metro corridors between Rosslyn and Ballston were developed with plenty of high-rise buildings containing retail, living, and office space. However, she made sure other areas of Arlington remained full of parks, recreation areas, and single-family dwellings. Bozman also instituted the first farmers market in the county at Arlington Courthouse, and Neighborhood Day, an annual countywide block party to celebrate the diverse neighborhoods Arlington offers. \nAs a board member and citizen, Bozman held leadership or membership roles in numerous local organizations. \n","Known commissions, groups, and organizations she was a part of are listed below in alphabetical order. Approximate dates and positions held are included, if known: \n","\nAlliance for Housing Solutions \n\t--Founder \nArlington Community Foundation \n\t--President, 2002 \n\t--Chairwoman of Board of Directors, 2003 \nArlington County Planning Commission (1971-1973) \n\t--Chairman, Clarendon Center Committee \nArlington Health and Welfare Council, Chairman (1967-1969) \nArlington Health Center Commission \nArlington Symphony \n\t--President, 2001 \nCommittee of One Hundred, Chairman (1970-1971) \nCommunity Appearance Alliance \nGovernor's Advisory Council on Local Government (1976-1978, 1982-1985) \nHealth and Welfare Council of National Capital Area (1967-1971) \nLeague of Women Voters, 1960s/1970s \n\t--President: 1963-1965 \n\t--Development Committee: 1971 \nMetropolitan Air Quality Committee, Chair (1993) \nMetropolitan Washington Council of Governments \n\t--Board of Directors: 1975-1978, 1984 \n\t--Human Relations Committee: 1979-1985 (Chair, 1981-1983) \n\t--Chairman: 1988-1989 \nNorthern Virginia Planning District Commission (1974-1982) \n\t -Chairman: 1975-1977\nNorthern Virginia Potomac River Basin Committee (1989, 1993) \nNorthern Virginia Regional Park Authority (1963-1967) \nNorthern Virginia Transportation Commission (1978-1993, Chairman-1983, 1991) \nRock Springs United Church of Christ, President of Church Council, (1971-1973) \nVeterans Branch YMCA \nVirginia Association of Counties, Executive Board (1974-1979, 1984-1992) \nVirginia Home Care Alliance \nWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, member\n","In 2017, the Arlington County Board voted to rename the county building at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard at Courthouse Plaza the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center to honor Bozman's 24 years of service to the County Board. \n","Bozman was born in Springfield, Illinois, as Ellen McConnell in 1925. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1946 with a degree in political science. After graduating, she moved to Washington, D.C, later working in the U.S. Bureau of Budget from 1947-1952. She married William M. Bozman. She died on January 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia at age eighty-three. \n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Ellen M. Bozman Papers, Collection # RG 333, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Ellen M. Bozman Papers, Collection # RG 333, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSince Bozman was such an active figure in Arlington County, many other collections in the Center for Local History holdings might be useful to researchers. For those interested in her campaigns, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00026.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 26, Campaign Literature\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e may contain more publicity materials featuring Bozman during each election, plus many of the materials of her opposing candidates. \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00094.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 94 Arlingtonians for a Better County\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e or \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00031.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 31 Miscellaneous Records of Non-Partisan Political Organizations\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, which includes more records from the ABC may shed light on Bozman's political campaigns, since she was endorsed by the ABC in all elections. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, researchers may find the collections of some of the groups Bozman was active in helpful, such as \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00044.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 44 League of Women Voters\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00054.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 54 Arlington Symphony\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e (partially-processed as of 2018), \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00130.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 130 Arlington County Planning Commission\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, and \u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 336 Committee of 100\u003c/title\u003e (unprocessed as of 2018).  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLastly, a number of collections can help researchers uncover more about Bozman's career on the County Board, including \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00058.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 58 Arlington County Government Publications\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e and \u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 172 Arlington County Board\u003c/title\u003e (in-process as of 2018). Collections related to issues Bozman testified on and worked toward as a County Board Member, such as \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00037.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 37 Metropolitan Washington Airports\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00039.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 39 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, or \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00043.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 43 I-66\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, may be of use. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Record Groups\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Since Bozman was such an active figure in Arlington County, many other collections in the Center for Local History holdings might be useful to researchers. For those interested in her campaigns,  RG 26, Campaign Literature  may contain more publicity materials featuring Bozman during each election, plus many of the materials of her opposing candidates.  RG 94 Arlingtonians for a Better County  or  RG 31 Miscellaneous Records of Non-Partisan Political Organizations , which includes more records from the ABC may shed light on Bozman's political campaigns, since she was endorsed by the ABC in all elections. \n","Additionally, researchers may find the collections of some of the groups Bozman was active in helpful, such as  RG 44 League of Women Voters ,  RG 54 Arlington Symphony  (partially-processed as of 2018),  RG 130 Arlington County Planning Commission , and  RG 336 Committee of 100  (unprocessed as of 2018).  \n","Lastly, a number of collections can help researchers uncover more about Bozman's career on the County Board, including  RG 58 Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 172 Arlington County Board  (in-process as of 2018). Collections related to issues Bozman testified on and worked toward as a County Board Member, such as  RG 37 Metropolitan Washington Airports ,  RG 39 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , or  RG 43 I-66 , may be of use. \n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection spans approximately three linear feet and contains materials covering the dates 1960-2003. The bulk of the materials date from the late 1970s to early 1990s. The documents and photographs within the collection offer a glimpse of Bozman's incredibly active civic life in Arlington County. A vast majority of the materials cover Bozman's six campaigns for the Arlington County Board, which include campaign binders that contain campaign literature, precinct operations information, letters to voters, press schedules, opposition research, speeches, and the like. The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. Lastly, the collection contains a small number of photographs that all primarily depict Bozman at events as a County Board member, though some after retirement depict her on vacation with her husband or at other community events.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection spans approximately three linear feet and contains materials covering the dates 1960-2003. The bulk of the materials date from the late 1970s to early 1990s. The documents and photographs within the collection offer a glimpse of Bozman's incredibly active civic life in Arlington County. A vast majority of the materials cover Bozman's six campaigns for the Arlington County Board, which include campaign binders that contain campaign literature, precinct operations information, letters to voters, press schedules, opposition research, speeches, and the like. The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. 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For additional press coverage during campaigns and elections, researchers may find Series 6 of use (see below).\n","Series 2  contains Bozman's speeches, written statements, and remarks.  Series 3  holds the few working files we have from Bozman's civic career before the County Board.  Series 4  has Bozman's remaining working files from her tenure on the County Board. To aid the researcher, this series has been divided into four subseries based on subject matter: Human Services; Development, Planning, and Parks; Financial; and Other/Assorted. \n","All the above series maintain original order. The archivist decided to construct  Series 5  (correspondence),  Series 6  (press),  Series 7  (photographs), and  Series 8  (subject files) to help the researcher find appropriate materials. The large majority of these materials originally were loose and mixed together in large manila envelopes (except for the \"Good Complaints\" file in  Series 5 , \"Washingtonian of the Year\" file in  Series 6 , and the \"Photographs\" file in  Series 7 ). Many of these envelopes were labeled with just the approximate year the materials enclosed dated from (i.e. \"1976\"). Many of these contained mostly newspaper clippings, some of which were labeled \"Press, 1976\" etc. Any correspondence or other supplemental materials that referenced clippings, press appearances, or other instances of Bozman in the media were kept in the Press series. \n","Series 5  and Series 6 are arranged chronologically. Series 6 is divided into two subseries, one for clippings, which includes articles from local newspapers, newsletters and government publications Bozman is featured in, as well as any correspondence that referenced a specific newspaper article. The second subseries of  Series 6  contains materials on the awards Bozman won, which includes clippings, certificates, and letters of congratulations. All newspaper clippings in Series 6 (and the rest of the collection) have been photocopied and the originals thrown away for preservation purposes. Series 7 contains approximately sixty photographs. Series 8 contains miscellaneous materials that did not fit well into any other series. \n","Ellen M. Bozman, a community activist and politician for Arlington County, guided Arlington as it transitioned from a suburban to urban community during the latter half of the 20th century. Though perhaps most well-known as the longest serving Arlington County Board member (1974-1997), Bozman's civic influence extended beyond her tenure as a board member through participation in various community organizations and governmental bodies. \n","Bozman's work prior to the County Board is associated with human relations and planning. As part of the League of Women Voters, Bozman conducted educational programs to assist with the integration of the public school system in Arlington in the 1950s. Later, as a member of the Community Relations Committee in the 1960s, which researched and reported on acts of discrimination to the Arlington County Board, she investigated County hiring practices of African-Americans and pushed for the adaption of non-discriminatory policies. As part of the County's Planning Commission from 1971-1973, Bozman focused on ways to revitalize Clarendon, Arlington's major commercial center at the time, which was soon to be disrupted by the coming Metrorail. Before running for the County Board, Bozman gained other leadership experience chairing Arlington's Health and Welfare Council, the Committee of 100, and serving as President of the Church Council of the Rock Spring Congregational Church.  \n","Bozman ran for the County Board in 1973 as an Independent candidate, though she was backed by the local Democratic party. She ran on a platform that promoted controlled growth, especially around new Metro corridors, opposition to Interstate 66 in favor of other mass-transit options, maintaining neighborhoods, increasing park and recreational space, and providing new services to retired and elderly residents. She captured more than fifty percent of the vote in a three-way race, becoming the first woman elected to the County Board since 1958. Bozman won all of her subsequent elections. She ran as an Independent candidate in every race except for her last election in 1993, during which she ran as a Democrat. She served as chairman of the County Board in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1997. \n","As a board member, Bozman was known for advocating for improving child care, such as starting extended-day programs at schools, providing services to elderly residents (including getting the first nursing homes built in Arlington), and advocating for tenant rights and affordable housing. She was instrumental in bringing the Metrorail through Arlington, including fighting to keep costs down for Arlington residents. Her careful eye and knack for planning ensured that Metro corridors between Rosslyn and Ballston were developed with plenty of high-rise buildings containing retail, living, and office space. However, she made sure other areas of Arlington remained full of parks, recreation areas, and single-family dwellings. Bozman also instituted the first farmers market in the county at Arlington Courthouse, and Neighborhood Day, an annual countywide block party to celebrate the diverse neighborhoods Arlington offers. \nAs a board member and citizen, Bozman held leadership or membership roles in numerous local organizations. \n","Known commissions, groups, and organizations she was a part of are listed below in alphabetical order. Approximate dates and positions held are included, if known: \n","\nAlliance for Housing Solutions \n\t--Founder \nArlington Community Foundation \n\t--President, 2002 \n\t--Chairwoman of Board of Directors, 2003 \nArlington County Planning Commission (1971-1973) \n\t--Chairman, Clarendon Center Committee \nArlington Health and Welfare Council, Chairman (1967-1969) \nArlington Health Center Commission \nArlington Symphony \n\t--President, 2001 \nCommittee of One Hundred, Chairman (1970-1971) \nCommunity Appearance Alliance \nGovernor's Advisory Council on Local Government (1976-1978, 1982-1985) \nHealth and Welfare Council of National Capital Area (1967-1971) \nLeague of Women Voters, 1960s/1970s \n\t--President: 1963-1965 \n\t--Development Committee: 1971 \nMetropolitan Air Quality Committee, Chair (1993) \nMetropolitan Washington Council of Governments \n\t--Board of Directors: 1975-1978, 1984 \n\t--Human Relations Committee: 1979-1985 (Chair, 1981-1983) \n\t--Chairman: 1988-1989 \nNorthern Virginia Planning District Commission (1974-1982) \n\t -Chairman: 1975-1977\nNorthern Virginia Potomac River Basin Committee (1989, 1993) \nNorthern Virginia Regional Park Authority (1963-1967) \nNorthern Virginia Transportation Commission (1978-1993, Chairman-1983, 1991) \nRock Springs United Church of Christ, President of Church Council, (1971-1973) \nVeterans Branch YMCA \nVirginia Association of Counties, Executive Board (1974-1979, 1984-1992) \nVirginia Home Care Alliance \nWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, member\n","In 2017, the Arlington County Board voted to rename the county building at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard at Courthouse Plaza the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center to honor Bozman's 24 years of service to the County Board. \n","Bozman was born in Springfield, Illinois, as Ellen McConnell in 1925. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1946 with a degree in political science. After graduating, she moved to Washington, D.C, later working in the U.S. Bureau of Budget from 1947-1952. She married William M. Bozman. She died on January 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia at age eighty-three. \n","Since Bozman was such an active figure in Arlington County, many other collections in the Center for Local History holdings might be useful to researchers. For those interested in her campaigns,  RG 26, Campaign Literature  may contain more publicity materials featuring Bozman during each election, plus many of the materials of her opposing candidates.  RG 94 Arlingtonians for a Better County  or  RG 31 Miscellaneous Records of Non-Partisan Political Organizations , which includes more records from the ABC may shed light on Bozman's political campaigns, since she was endorsed by the ABC in all elections. \n","Additionally, researchers may find the collections of some of the groups Bozman was active in helpful, such as  RG 44 League of Women Voters ,  RG 54 Arlington Symphony  (partially-processed as of 2018),  RG 130 Arlington County Planning Commission , and  RG 336 Committee of 100  (unprocessed as of 2018).  \n","Lastly, a number of collections can help researchers uncover more about Bozman's career on the County Board, including  RG 58 Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 172 Arlington County Board  (in-process as of 2018). Collections related to issues Bozman testified on and worked toward as a County Board Member, such as  RG 37 Metropolitan Washington Airports ,  RG 39 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , or  RG 43 I-66 , may be of use. \n","This collection spans approximately three linear feet and contains materials covering the dates 1960-2003. The bulk of the materials date from the late 1970s to early 1990s. The documents and photographs within the collection offer a glimpse of Bozman's incredibly active civic life in Arlington County. A vast majority of the materials cover Bozman's six campaigns for the Arlington County Board, which include campaign binders that contain campaign literature, precinct operations information, letters to voters, press schedules, opposition research, speeches, and the like. The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. Lastly, the collection contains a small number of photographs that all primarily depict Bozman at events as a County Board member, though some after retirement depict her on vacation with her husband or at other community events.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","Bozman, Ellen M., 1925-2009","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["RG 333\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ellen M. Bozman Papers, \n1961-2004"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ellen M. Bozman Papers, \n1961-2004"],"collection_ssim":["Ellen M. 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When possible, original file names from the accretions have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 1\u003c/title\u003e covers Bozman's campaigns for the Arlington County Board. It is divided into six subseries, one for each campaign (1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993), to help researchers find relevant materials. It reflects Bozman's original organizational schema of filing her campaign materials by year. For additional press coverage during campaigns and elections, researchers may find Series 6 of use (see below).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 2\u003c/title\u003e contains Bozman's speeches, written statements, and remarks. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 3\u003c/title\u003e holds the few working files we have from Bozman's civic career before the County Board. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 4\u003c/title\u003e has Bozman's remaining working files from her tenure on the County Board. To aid the researcher, this series has been divided into four subseries based on subject matter: Human Services; Development, Planning, and Parks; Financial; and Other/Assorted. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll the above series maintain original order. The archivist decided to construct \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 5\u003c/title\u003e (correspondence), \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 6\u003c/title\u003e (press), \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 7\u003c/title\u003e (photographs), and \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 8\u003c/title\u003e (subject files) to help the researcher find appropriate materials. The large majority of these materials originally were loose and mixed together in large manila envelopes (except for the \"Good Complaints\" file in \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 5\u003c/title\u003e, \"Washingtonian of the Year\" file in \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 6\u003c/title\u003e, and the \"Photographs\" file in \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 7\u003c/title\u003e). Many of these envelopes were labeled with just the approximate year the materials enclosed dated from (i.e. \"1976\"). Many of these contained mostly newspaper clippings, some of which were labeled \"Press, 1976\" etc. Any correspondence or other supplemental materials that referenced clippings, press appearances, or other instances of Bozman in the media were kept in the Press series. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 5\u003c/title\u003e and Series 6 are arranged chronologically. Series 6 is divided into two subseries, one for clippings, which includes articles from local newspapers, newsletters and government publications Bozman is featured in, as well as any correspondence that referenced a specific newspaper article. The second subseries of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSeries 6\u003c/title\u003e contains materials on the awards Bozman won, which includes clippings, certificates, and letters of congratulations. All newspaper clippings in Series 6 (and the rest of the collection) have been photocopied and the originals thrown away for preservation purposes. Series 7 contains approximately sixty photographs. Series 8 contains miscellaneous materials that did not fit well into any other series. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is divided into eight series based on type of material or subject matter. When possible, original file names from the accretions have been preserved in quotes (\" \") and additions to titles from the archivist have been included in brackets ([ ]) where clarification was needed.  \n","Series 1  covers Bozman's campaigns for the Arlington County Board. It is divided into six subseries, one for each campaign (1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993), to help researchers find relevant materials. It reflects Bozman's original organizational schema of filing her campaign materials by year. For additional press coverage during campaigns and elections, researchers may find Series 6 of use (see below).\n","Series 2  contains Bozman's speeches, written statements, and remarks.  Series 3  holds the few working files we have from Bozman's civic career before the County Board.  Series 4  has Bozman's remaining working files from her tenure on the County Board. To aid the researcher, this series has been divided into four subseries based on subject matter: Human Services; Development, Planning, and Parks; Financial; and Other/Assorted. \n","All the above series maintain original order. The archivist decided to construct  Series 5  (correspondence),  Series 6  (press),  Series 7  (photographs), and  Series 8  (subject files) to help the researcher find appropriate materials. The large majority of these materials originally were loose and mixed together in large manila envelopes (except for the \"Good Complaints\" file in  Series 5 , \"Washingtonian of the Year\" file in  Series 6 , and the \"Photographs\" file in  Series 7 ). Many of these envelopes were labeled with just the approximate year the materials enclosed dated from (i.e. \"1976\"). Many of these contained mostly newspaper clippings, some of which were labeled \"Press, 1976\" etc. Any correspondence or other supplemental materials that referenced clippings, press appearances, or other instances of Bozman in the media were kept in the Press series. \n","Series 5  and Series 6 are arranged chronologically. Series 6 is divided into two subseries, one for clippings, which includes articles from local newspapers, newsletters and government publications Bozman is featured in, as well as any correspondence that referenced a specific newspaper article. The second subseries of  Series 6  contains materials on the awards Bozman won, which includes clippings, certificates, and letters of congratulations. All newspaper clippings in Series 6 (and the rest of the collection) have been photocopied and the originals thrown away for preservation purposes. Series 7 contains approximately sixty photographs. Series 8 contains miscellaneous materials that did not fit well into any other series. \n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEllen M. Bozman, a community activist and politician for Arlington County, guided Arlington as it transitioned from a suburban to urban community during the latter half of the 20th century. Though perhaps most well-known as the longest serving Arlington County Board member (1974-1997), Bozman's civic influence extended beyond her tenure as a board member through participation in various community organizations and governmental bodies. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBozman's work prior to the County Board is associated with human relations and planning. As part of the League of Women Voters, Bozman conducted educational programs to assist with the integration of the public school system in Arlington in the 1950s. Later, as a member of the Community Relations Committee in the 1960s, which researched and reported on acts of discrimination to the Arlington County Board, she investigated County hiring practices of African-Americans and pushed for the adaption of non-discriminatory policies. As part of the County's Planning Commission from 1971-1973, Bozman focused on ways to revitalize Clarendon, Arlington's major commercial center at the time, which was soon to be disrupted by the coming Metrorail. Before running for the County Board, Bozman gained other leadership experience chairing Arlington's Health and Welfare Council, the Committee of 100, and serving as President of the Church Council of the Rock Spring Congregational Church.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBozman ran for the County Board in 1973 as an Independent candidate, though she was backed by the local Democratic party. She ran on a platform that promoted controlled growth, especially around new Metro corridors, opposition to Interstate 66 in favor of other mass-transit options, maintaining neighborhoods, increasing park and recreational space, and providing new services to retired and elderly residents. She captured more than fifty percent of the vote in a three-way race, becoming the first woman elected to the County Board since 1958. Bozman won all of her subsequent elections. She ran as an Independent candidate in every race except for her last election in 1993, during which she ran as a Democrat. She served as chairman of the County Board in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1997. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a board member, Bozman was known for advocating for improving child care, such as starting extended-day programs at schools, providing services to elderly residents (including getting the first nursing homes built in Arlington), and advocating for tenant rights and affordable housing. She was instrumental in bringing the Metrorail through Arlington, including fighting to keep costs down for Arlington residents. Her careful eye and knack for planning ensured that Metro corridors between Rosslyn and Ballston were developed with plenty of high-rise buildings containing retail, living, and office space. However, she made sure other areas of Arlington remained full of parks, recreation areas, and single-family dwellings. Bozman also instituted the first farmers market in the county at Arlington Courthouse, and Neighborhood Day, an annual countywide block party to celebrate the diverse neighborhoods Arlington offers.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAs a board member and citizen, Bozman held leadership or membership roles in numerous local organizations. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKnown commissions, groups, and organizations she was a part of are listed below in alphabetical order. Approximate dates and positions held are included, if known: \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nAlliance for Housing Solutions\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--Founder\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nArlington Community Foundation\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--President, 2002\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--Chairwoman of Board of Directors, 2003\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nArlington County Planning Commission (1971-1973)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--Chairman, Clarendon Center Committee\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nArlington Health and Welfare Council, Chairman (1967-1969)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nArlington Health Center Commission\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nArlington Symphony\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--President, 2001\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCommittee of One Hundred, Chairman (1970-1971)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCommunity Appearance Alliance\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGovernor's Advisory Council on Local Government (1976-1978, 1982-1985)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHealth and Welfare Council of National Capital Area (1967-1971)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLeague of Women Voters, 1960s/1970s\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--President: 1963-1965\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--Development Committee: 1971\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMetropolitan Air Quality Committee, Chair (1993)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMetropolitan Washington Council of Governments\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--Board of Directors: 1975-1978, 1984\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--Human Relations Committee: 1979-1985 (Chair, 1981-1983)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t--Chairman: 1988-1989\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNorthern Virginia Planning District Commission (1974-1982)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\t\u0026#xA0;-Chairman: 1975-1977\nNorthern Virginia Potomac River Basin Committee (1989, 1993)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNorthern Virginia Regional Park Authority (1963-1967)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNorthern Virginia Transportation Commission (1978-1993, Chairman-1983, 1991)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRock Springs United Church of Christ, President of Church Council, (1971-1973)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nVeterans Branch YMCA\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nVirginia Association of Counties, Executive Board (1974-1979, 1984-1992)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nVirginia Home Care Alliance\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, member\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 2017, the Arlington County Board voted to rename the county building at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard at Courthouse Plaza the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center to honor Bozman's 24 years of service to the County Board. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBozman was born in Springfield, Illinois, as Ellen McConnell in 1925. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1946 with a degree in political science. After graduating, she moved to Washington, D.C, later working in the U.S. Bureau of Budget from 1947-1952. She married William M. Bozman. She died on January 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia at age eighty-three. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information \n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ellen M. Bozman, a community activist and politician for Arlington County, guided Arlington as it transitioned from a suburban to urban community during the latter half of the 20th century. Though perhaps most well-known as the longest serving Arlington County Board member (1974-1997), Bozman's civic influence extended beyond her tenure as a board member through participation in various community organizations and governmental bodies. \n","Bozman's work prior to the County Board is associated with human relations and planning. As part of the League of Women Voters, Bozman conducted educational programs to assist with the integration of the public school system in Arlington in the 1950s. Later, as a member of the Community Relations Committee in the 1960s, which researched and reported on acts of discrimination to the Arlington County Board, she investigated County hiring practices of African-Americans and pushed for the adaption of non-discriminatory policies. As part of the County's Planning Commission from 1971-1973, Bozman focused on ways to revitalize Clarendon, Arlington's major commercial center at the time, which was soon to be disrupted by the coming Metrorail. Before running for the County Board, Bozman gained other leadership experience chairing Arlington's Health and Welfare Council, the Committee of 100, and serving as President of the Church Council of the Rock Spring Congregational Church.  \n","Bozman ran for the County Board in 1973 as an Independent candidate, though she was backed by the local Democratic party. She ran on a platform that promoted controlled growth, especially around new Metro corridors, opposition to Interstate 66 in favor of other mass-transit options, maintaining neighborhoods, increasing park and recreational space, and providing new services to retired and elderly residents. She captured more than fifty percent of the vote in a three-way race, becoming the first woman elected to the County Board since 1958. Bozman won all of her subsequent elections. She ran as an Independent candidate in every race except for her last election in 1993, during which she ran as a Democrat. She served as chairman of the County Board in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1997. \n","As a board member, Bozman was known for advocating for improving child care, such as starting extended-day programs at schools, providing services to elderly residents (including getting the first nursing homes built in Arlington), and advocating for tenant rights and affordable housing. She was instrumental in bringing the Metrorail through Arlington, including fighting to keep costs down for Arlington residents. Her careful eye and knack for planning ensured that Metro corridors between Rosslyn and Ballston were developed with plenty of high-rise buildings containing retail, living, and office space. However, she made sure other areas of Arlington remained full of parks, recreation areas, and single-family dwellings. Bozman also instituted the first farmers market in the county at Arlington Courthouse, and Neighborhood Day, an annual countywide block party to celebrate the diverse neighborhoods Arlington offers. \nAs a board member and citizen, Bozman held leadership or membership roles in numerous local organizations. \n","Known commissions, groups, and organizations she was a part of are listed below in alphabetical order. Approximate dates and positions held are included, if known: \n","\nAlliance for Housing Solutions \n\t--Founder \nArlington Community Foundation \n\t--President, 2002 \n\t--Chairwoman of Board of Directors, 2003 \nArlington County Planning Commission (1971-1973) \n\t--Chairman, Clarendon Center Committee \nArlington Health and Welfare Council, Chairman (1967-1969) \nArlington Health Center Commission \nArlington Symphony \n\t--President, 2001 \nCommittee of One Hundred, Chairman (1970-1971) \nCommunity Appearance Alliance \nGovernor's Advisory Council on Local Government (1976-1978, 1982-1985) \nHealth and Welfare Council of National Capital Area (1967-1971) \nLeague of Women Voters, 1960s/1970s \n\t--President: 1963-1965 \n\t--Development Committee: 1971 \nMetropolitan Air Quality Committee, Chair (1993) \nMetropolitan Washington Council of Governments \n\t--Board of Directors: 1975-1978, 1984 \n\t--Human Relations Committee: 1979-1985 (Chair, 1981-1983) \n\t--Chairman: 1988-1989 \nNorthern Virginia Planning District Commission (1974-1982) \n\t -Chairman: 1975-1977\nNorthern Virginia Potomac River Basin Committee (1989, 1993) \nNorthern Virginia Regional Park Authority (1963-1967) \nNorthern Virginia Transportation Commission (1978-1993, Chairman-1983, 1991) \nRock Springs United Church of Christ, President of Church Council, (1971-1973) \nVeterans Branch YMCA \nVirginia Association of Counties, Executive Board (1974-1979, 1984-1992) \nVirginia Home Care Alliance \nWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, member\n","In 2017, the Arlington County Board voted to rename the county building at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard at Courthouse Plaza the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center to honor Bozman's 24 years of service to the County Board. \n","Bozman was born in Springfield, Illinois, as Ellen McConnell in 1925. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1946 with a degree in political science. After graduating, she moved to Washington, D.C, later working in the U.S. Bureau of Budget from 1947-1952. She married William M. Bozman. She died on January 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia at age eighty-three. \n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Ellen M. Bozman Papers, Collection # RG 333, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History \u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Ellen M. Bozman Papers, Collection # RG 333, Arlington Public Library, Center for Local History "],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSince Bozman was such an active figure in Arlington County, many other collections in the Center for Local History holdings might be useful to researchers. For those interested in her campaigns, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00026.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 26, Campaign Literature\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e may contain more publicity materials featuring Bozman during each election, plus many of the materials of her opposing candidates. \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00094.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 94 Arlingtonians for a Better County\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e or \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00031.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 31 Miscellaneous Records of Non-Partisan Political Organizations\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, which includes more records from the ABC may shed light on Bozman's political campaigns, since she was endorsed by the ABC in all elections. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, researchers may find the collections of some of the groups Bozman was active in helpful, such as \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00044.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 44 League of Women Voters\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00054.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 54 Arlington Symphony\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e (partially-processed as of 2018), \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00130.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 130 Arlington County Planning Commission\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, and \u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 336 Committee of 100\u003c/title\u003e (unprocessed as of 2018).  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLastly, a number of collections can help researchers uncover more about Bozman's career on the County Board, including \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00058.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 58 Arlington County Government Publications\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e and \u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 172 Arlington County Board\u003c/title\u003e (in-process as of 2018). Collections related to issues Bozman testified on and worked toward as a County Board Member, such as \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00037.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 37 Metropolitan Washington Airports\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00039.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 39 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, or \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=arlington/ViAr00043.xml\"\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eRG 43 I-66\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e, may be of use. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Record Groups\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Since Bozman was such an active figure in Arlington County, many other collections in the Center for Local History holdings might be useful to researchers. For those interested in her campaigns,  RG 26, Campaign Literature  may contain more publicity materials featuring Bozman during each election, plus many of the materials of her opposing candidates.  RG 94 Arlingtonians for a Better County  or  RG 31 Miscellaneous Records of Non-Partisan Political Organizations , which includes more records from the ABC may shed light on Bozman's political campaigns, since she was endorsed by the ABC in all elections. \n","Additionally, researchers may find the collections of some of the groups Bozman was active in helpful, such as  RG 44 League of Women Voters ,  RG 54 Arlington Symphony  (partially-processed as of 2018),  RG 130 Arlington County Planning Commission , and  RG 336 Committee of 100  (unprocessed as of 2018).  \n","Lastly, a number of collections can help researchers uncover more about Bozman's career on the County Board, including  RG 58 Arlington County Government Publications  and  RG 172 Arlington County Board  (in-process as of 2018). Collections related to issues Bozman testified on and worked toward as a County Board Member, such as  RG 37 Metropolitan Washington Airports ,  RG 39 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , or  RG 43 I-66 , may be of use. \n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection spans approximately three linear feet and contains materials covering the dates 1960-2003. The bulk of the materials date from the late 1970s to early 1990s. The documents and photographs within the collection offer a glimpse of Bozman's incredibly active civic life in Arlington County. A vast majority of the materials cover Bozman's six campaigns for the Arlington County Board, which include campaign binders that contain campaign literature, precinct operations information, letters to voters, press schedules, opposition research, speeches, and the like. The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. Lastly, the collection contains a small number of photographs that all primarily depict Bozman at events as a County Board member, though some after retirement depict her on vacation with her husband or at other community events.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection spans approximately three linear feet and contains materials covering the dates 1960-2003. The bulk of the materials date from the late 1970s to early 1990s. The documents and photographs within the collection offer a glimpse of Bozman's incredibly active civic life in Arlington County. A vast majority of the materials cover Bozman's six campaigns for the Arlington County Board, which include campaign binders that contain campaign literature, precinct operations information, letters to voters, press schedules, opposition research, speeches, and the like. The collection also features a large collection of press clippings from newspapers and various newsletters in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that detail Bozman's duties and public life as an Arlington County Board member. There are smaller collections of Bozman's speeches (given before, during, and after her service on the County Board), a selection of her working papers as a County Board member and prior service on the Community Relations Committee, and correspondence. Lastly, the collection contains a small number of photographs that all primarily depict Bozman at events as a County Board member, though some after retirement depict her on vacation with her husband or at other community events.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"names_ssim":["Bozman, Ellen M., 1925-2009"],"persname_ssim":["Bozman, Ellen M., 1925-2009"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":155,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:29:52Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viar_ViAr00333"}},{"id":"viar_ViAr00103","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Freedman's Village and Reconstruction Collection, \n1857-1996","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viar_ViAr00103#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eRecord Group 103 consists chiefly of copies and transcripts of materials collected by teacher Roberta (Bobbi) Schildt in the course of her research on Reconstruction and specifically Freedman's Village, in Arlington, Virginia. 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