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Mr. Herman Schmidt, a Washington investor and the owner of a 122-acre tract, filed a Deed of Declaration naming the tract Holmes Run Acres. Among other restrictions was one that no dwelling selling for less than $3,000 was to be built.","The community was developed and houses were constructed by three builders: the Luria brothers, (Gerald and Eli), Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor. The Luria brothers built approximately 160 units west of Executive Avenue, Gaddy built approximately 127 units east of Executive Avenue and Bodor built the last 13 units at the connection of Surrey Lane and Gallows Road.","Development began in 1950. The Luria project of approximately 160 homes featured lots ranging in size from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and a choice of either a one level house of 902 square feet or a two-level house of approximately twice the area. Carports were an option available for those models without a garage. The price for a one level house was $13,750. Prices for the two-level homes were $16,900 or $17,450, depending on the model.","Construction of all the Gaddy houses east of Executive Avenue was complete in 1955. Surrey Lane, Sherwood Court and Little John Court were filling up then but Surrey was not finished through to Gallows Road. In 1957, there were 326 homes in Holmes Run Acres. Andre Bodor purchased the remaining 13 lots from Gaddy to build homes on upper Surrey. He was to complete Surrey Lane through to Gallows.","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA) was founded in 1952. The Holmes Run Acres swimming pool opened in the summer of 1954. Construction of the first phase of Luria Park was completed in 1955. Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.","For more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.","Presidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\n\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\n1953: Charles Burbach\n1954: Martha Powell\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\n1962-1963: Don Patch\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\n1972-1973: George Lawson\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\n1979-1980: David Sayre\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\n1988-1989: David Howe\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\n1990-1992: David Parker\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\n2021-2022: Matt Harris","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.","Series 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2","Sub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.","Sub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Series 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3","This series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.","Series 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6","Sub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage.","Sub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.","Sub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.","Sub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.","Sub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.","Series 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24","Sub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.","Sub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Sub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.","Sub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.","Sub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr.","Series 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12","This series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.","Series 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13","In 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.","Series 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17","In March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register.","Series 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19","Series 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18","This series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card.","Series 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19","This series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book.","Series 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22","This series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses.","Series 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23","This series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. 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Mr. Herman Schmidt, a Washington investor and the owner of a 122-acre tract, filed a Deed of Declaration naming the tract Holmes Run Acres. Among other restrictions was one that no dwelling selling for less than $3,000 was to be built.","The community was developed and houses were constructed by three builders: the Luria brothers, (Gerald and Eli), Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor. The Luria brothers built approximately 160 units west of Executive Avenue, Gaddy built approximately 127 units east of Executive Avenue and Bodor built the last 13 units at the connection of Surrey Lane and Gallows Road.","Development began in 1950. The Luria project of approximately 160 homes featured lots ranging in size from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and a choice of either a one level house of 902 square feet or a two-level house of approximately twice the area. Carports were an option available for those models without a garage. The price for a one level house was $13,750. Prices for the two-level homes were $16,900 or $17,450, depending on the model.","Construction of all the Gaddy houses east of Executive Avenue was complete in 1955. Surrey Lane, Sherwood Court and Little John Court were filling up then but Surrey was not finished through to Gallows Road. In 1957, there were 326 homes in Holmes Run Acres. Andre Bodor purchased the remaining 13 lots from Gaddy to build homes on upper Surrey. He was to complete Surrey Lane through to Gallows.","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA) was founded in 1952. The Holmes Run Acres swimming pool opened in the summer of 1954. Construction of the first phase of Luria Park was completed in 1955. Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.","For more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.","Presidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\n\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\n1953: Charles Burbach\n1954: Martha Powell\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\n1962-1963: Don Patch\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\n1972-1973: George Lawson\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\n1979-1980: David Sayre\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\n1988-1989: David Howe\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\n1990-1992: David Parker\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\n2021-2022: Matt Harris"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included are two undated newspaper advertisements from when Holmes Run Acres was originally on the market.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: Oversize Materials, 1951-2011, Boxes 23-24 and Oversize Drawer\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize items including poster boards, certificates, newspapers, a scrapbook, original architectural drawings, and a Virginia General Assembly resolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.","Series 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2","Sub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.","Sub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Series 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3","This series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.","Series 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6","Sub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage.","Sub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.","Sub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.","Sub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.","Sub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.","Series 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24","Sub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.","Sub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Sub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.","Sub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.","Sub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr.","Series 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12","This series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.","Series 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13","In 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.","Series 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17","In March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register.","Series 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19","Series 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18","This series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card.","Series 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19","This series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book.","Series 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22","This series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses.","Series 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23","This series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included are two undated newspaper advertisements from when Holmes Run Acres was originally on the market.","Series 11: Oversize Materials, 1951-2011, Boxes 23-24 and Oversize Drawer","This series contains oversize items including poster boards, certificates, newspapers, a scrapbook, original architectural drawings, and a Virginia General Assembly resolution."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). 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She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area.","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures.","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987).","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files.","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series.","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career.","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.","School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. 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She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. 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Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. 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The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEvery aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Election Files, 1971-1991\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eM. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area.","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures.","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987).","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files.","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series.","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career.","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n\n"],"abstract_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia."],"corpname_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. (1929-2012)"],"persname_ssim":["Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. 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To carry out this function, the Information Office prepared and published regular annual and monthly reports, citizens handbooks, pamphlets, brochures, code sections, ordinances, departmental reports, and the Weekly Agenda newsletter. The division also wrote press releases and provided photographic needs for the county’s departments.","The Division of Information was originally based at the Fairfax Courthouse and supplemented in the 1960s by three substations in Groveton, McLean and Annandale. These substations also sold county auto tags, dog tags, maps, and studies to the public. In 1968, Elliot G. Shaw, Jr., the Director of Information Services, created the official flag for Fairfax County. The Board of Supervisors adopted the flag in June 1968, and it continues to be in county-wide use today.","In the fall of 1968, the Division of Information was reorganized and reconstituted as the Division of Public Affairs. The Board of Supervisors directed that the reorganized division assist county government officials with communication issues; make available a maximum amount of county government information and activities to the news media; create publications with essential information for citizens; respond to informational requests; and stimulate public interest in county government. Presently known as the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), the division is based in the Fairfax County Government Center and continues to be the hub for the county’s media operations.","The Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. Formats include 4x5 sheet film; 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; slides, contact sheets; photographic prints; and CD-ROMs. Throughout the division’s history, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) built a photo archive documenting county government events, meetings, ceremonies, people, places, and buildings. These images were used for a variety of purposes including publication in county newsletters, reports, and news releases. Beginning in the 1970s, the OPA began photographing presentations at every Board of Supervisors meeting. These included certificate and award presentations, proclamations, and other ceremonial happenings. The bulk of this collection consists of images from board presentations. Subjects include the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, county agencies, employees, buildings, and events.","Series 1: Negatives 1964-1971, Boxes 1-2","The Fairfax County Division of Information originally used 4x5 sheet film to carry out their photographic work. Each negative in this series was originally placed into envelopes with handwritten descriptions, arranged alphabetically by subject, and housed in a small cardboard tray box. The negatives have since been rehoused into acid-free envelopes and their original alphabetical order has been maintained. The Division of Information featured many of these images in the Fairfax County Annual Reports; the Weekly Agenda; and the Fairfax County Courier employee newspaper. In some instances, clippings from these publications accompany the negative.","Series 2: Negatives, 1971-1973, Boxes 3-4","This series contains 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; and contact sheets from 1971-1973. During those years, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) maintained their negatives in plastic sleeves in two binders labeled “Photo File A-Z”. They were organized alphabetically by topic and that order has been maintained. Occasionally negatives are accompanied by news clippings pasted on paper that feature its image.","Series 3: Negatives, 1974-1978, Box 5","This series contains the OPA’s negatives from 1974-1978. Beginning in 1974, the OPA solely used 35mm negative film. They also changed their photo archiving methods by placing negatives into letter-sized envelopes and arranged them chronologically with handwritten descriptions. Almost all of the 1974 negatives are missing and presumed lost. Beginning on August 31, 1976, the OPA started including strips of contact sheets in their negative envelopes. The negatives and accompanying contact sheet strips have since been rehoused into PrintFile archival preservers. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 4: Negatives, 1979-1980, Box 6","The OPA had a different method for archiving their 35mm negatives for 1979 which is contained in this series. Instead of using letter-sized envelopes, the division housed their negatives in plastic pages and alphabetically arranged them by subject in a binder labeled “Photo File 1/79-12/79”.  Contact sheets accompany some of the negatives. Most of the negatives are undated but presumed to be from 1979 while others are labeled 1980. The original alphabetical order is maintained.","Series 5: Negatives, 1980-1986, Boxes 7-9","In 1980, the OPA reverted to chronologically organizing their negatives in letter-sized envelopes, a process they continued through 1986. Those negatives are contained in this series. In September 1983, the OPA began including typed-detailed pages of whom was depicted in board presentation images. Due to these expanded details, multiple descriptions will be found for the same dated set of negatives in the container list. Occasionally, photographs accompany the negatives in this series. The negatives have since been rehoused into PrintFile negative preservers, but the original chronological order is maintained.","Series 6: Photographs and Negatives, 1987-2006, Boxes 10-31","From 1987-2006, the OPA chronologically rehoused their 35mm negatives and accompanying print photographs into plastic pages which are found in this series. Interdepartmental memos, event programs and documents are also occasionally included. From 1993-2002, the OPA started featuring the name of the supervisor giving a presentation to the photographed subject in parentheses in their descriptions. Negatives and prints from January-April 1995 are missing and presumed lost. Beginning with the October 28, 2002 board meeting, the OPA started including CD-ROMs of digital images with the negatives and photographs. In 2006, the OPA discontinued using film altogether and images are contained on CD-ROMs and contact sheets. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 7: CD-ROMs, 2001-2008, Boxes 32-33","This series include CD-ROMs containing digital photos. Included are photos from 2007 board meeting presentations, dedications, ceremonies, and other images used for the Courier newsletter. Occasionally contact sheet printouts are included with the CD-ROMs. Digital files have been described in the container list as they were saved onto the CD-ROMs. The series is arranged chronologically.","Series 8: Original Indexes, 1971-1993, Box 34","This series contains original indexes created by the OPA for their photo archive. The OPA created a subject index on paper for their 1964-1971 negatives. For 1975-1977 negatives, they used a card index system. From 1987-1993, the OPA simply used a paper index to track images they captured in chronological order.","Series 9: Slides, 1964-1998, Boxes 35-37","This series contains color slide film. Unlike the bulk of this collection, the slides were not individually indexed and identified by the OPA. Most of the slides were grouped together alphabetically by subject in two binders, while other slides were mixed together and stored loosely in a bankers box. Many of the slides were used in public presentations conducted by the OPA, especially for bond referendum presentations. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject, and the slides are in PrintFile slide preservers.","Series 10: Photographs, 1963-2009, Boxes 38-41","The OPA maintained a separate collection of photographic prints organized by subject which are featured in this series. When the collection was originally donated to the Virginia Room, there were many loose photographs that did not have a subject file associated with them. Those loose photos were added to the already-existing file system. In some instances, photographs were removed from their main subject folder and given a new sub-folder to further expand the index and create better access. In some instances, negatives, contact sheets, and news releases can be found in these folders. The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.","Series 11: Office of Public Affairs Employee Magnetic Photo Albums, c. 1970s-2000, Boxes 42-44","The OPA staff created and maintained their own magnetic photo albums. These albums include photos of OPA employees, picnics, holiday events, going away parties, baby showers, parties, retirements, bowling events, Board of Supervisor members, County Executives, Celebrate Fairfax, and the Bull Run Jamboree with Wolfman Jack.","The Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. 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The Board of Supervisors directed that the reorganized division assist county government officials with communication issues; make available a maximum amount of county government information and activities to the news media; create publications with essential information for citizens; respond to informational requests; and stimulate public interest in county government. Presently known as the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), the division is based in the Fairfax County Government Center and continues to be the hub for the county’s media operations."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. Formats include 4x5 sheet film; 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; slides, contact sheets; photographic prints; and CD-ROMs. Throughout the division’s history, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) built a photo archive documenting county government events, meetings, ceremonies, people, places, and buildings. These images were used for a variety of purposes including publication in county newsletters, reports, and news releases. Beginning in the 1970s, the OPA began photographing presentations at every Board of Supervisors meeting. These included certificate and award presentations, proclamations, and other ceremonial happenings. The bulk of this collection consists of images from board presentations. Subjects include the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, county agencies, employees, buildings, and events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Negatives 1964-1971, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Fairfax County Division of Information originally used 4x5 sheet film to carry out their photographic work. Each negative in this series was originally placed into envelopes with handwritten descriptions, arranged alphabetically by subject, and housed in a small cardboard tray box. The negatives have since been rehoused into acid-free envelopes and their original alphabetical order has been maintained. The Division of Information featured many of these images in the Fairfax County Annual Reports; the Weekly Agenda; and the Fairfax County Courier employee newspaper. In some instances, clippings from these publications accompany the negative. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: Negatives, 1971-1973, Boxes 3-4\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; and contact sheets from 1971-1973. During those years, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) maintained their negatives in plastic sleeves in two binders labeled “Photo File A-Z”. They were organized alphabetically by topic and that order has been maintained. Occasionally negatives are accompanied by news clippings pasted on paper that feature its image. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: Negatives, 1974-1978, Box 5 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the OPA’s negatives from 1974-1978. Beginning in 1974, the OPA solely used 35mm negative film. They also changed their photo archiving methods by placing negatives into letter-sized envelopes and arranged them chronologically with handwritten descriptions. Almost all of the 1974 negatives are missing and presumed lost. Beginning on August 31, 1976, the OPA started including strips of contact sheets in their negative envelopes. The negatives and accompanying contact sheet strips have since been rehoused into PrintFile archival preservers. The original chronological order is maintained. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Negatives, 1979-1980, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe OPA had a different method for archiving their 35mm negatives for 1979 which is contained in this series. Instead of using letter-sized envelopes, the division housed their negatives in plastic pages and alphabetically arranged them by subject in a binder labeled “Photo File 1/79-12/79”.  Contact sheets accompany some of the negatives. 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The negatives have since been rehoused into PrintFile negative preservers, but the original chronological order is maintained. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Photographs and Negatives, 1987-2006, Boxes 10-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1987-2006, the OPA chronologically rehoused their 35mm negatives and accompanying print photographs into plastic pages which are found in this series. Interdepartmental memos, event programs and documents are also occasionally included. From 1993-2002, the OPA started featuring the name of the supervisor giving a presentation to the photographed subject in parentheses in their descriptions. Negatives and prints from January-April 1995 are missing and presumed lost. Beginning with the October 28, 2002 board meeting, the OPA started including CD-ROMs of digital images with the negatives and photographs. In 2006, the OPA discontinued using film altogether and images are contained on CD-ROMs and contact sheets. The original chronological order is maintained. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: CD-ROMs, 2001-2008, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series include CD-ROMs containing digital photos. Included are photos from 2007 board meeting presentations, dedications, ceremonies, and other images used for the Courier newsletter. Occasionally contact sheet printouts are included with the CD-ROMs. Digital files have been described in the container list as they were saved onto the CD-ROMs. The series is arranged chronologically. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Original Indexes, 1971-1993, Box 34\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains original indexes created by the OPA for their photo archive. The OPA created a subject index on paper for their 1964-1971 negatives. For 1975-1977 negatives, they used a card index system. From 1987-1993, the OPA simply used a paper index to track images they captured in chronological order.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Slides, 1964-1998, Boxes 35-37\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains color slide film. Unlike the bulk of this collection, the slides were not individually indexed and identified by the OPA. Most of the slides were grouped together alphabetically by subject in two binders, while other slides were mixed together and stored loosely in a bankers box. Many of the slides were used in public presentations conducted by the OPA, especially for bond referendum presentations. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject, and the slides are in PrintFile slide preservers. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Photographs, 1963-2009, Boxes 38-41\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe OPA maintained a separate collection of photographic prints organized by subject which are featured in this series. When the collection was originally donated to the Virginia Room, there were many loose photographs that did not have a subject file associated with them. Those loose photos were added to the already-existing file system. In some instances, photographs were removed from their main subject folder and given a new sub-folder to further expand the index and create better access. In some instances, negatives, contact sheets, and news releases can be found in these folders. The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: Office of Public Affairs Employee Magnetic Photo Albums, c. 1970s-2000, Boxes 42-44\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe OPA staff created and maintained their own magnetic photo albums. These albums include photos of OPA employees, picnics, holiday events, going away parties, baby showers, parties, retirements, bowling events, Board of Supervisor members, County Executives, Celebrate Fairfax, and the Bull Run Jamboree with Wolfman Jack.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. Formats include 4x5 sheet film; 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; slides, contact sheets; photographic prints; and CD-ROMs. Throughout the division’s history, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) built a photo archive documenting county government events, meetings, ceremonies, people, places, and buildings. These images were used for a variety of purposes including publication in county newsletters, reports, and news releases. Beginning in the 1970s, the OPA began photographing presentations at every Board of Supervisors meeting. These included certificate and award presentations, proclamations, and other ceremonial happenings. The bulk of this collection consists of images from board presentations. Subjects include the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, county agencies, employees, buildings, and events.","Series 1: Negatives 1964-1971, Boxes 1-2","The Fairfax County Division of Information originally used 4x5 sheet film to carry out their photographic work. Each negative in this series was originally placed into envelopes with handwritten descriptions, arranged alphabetically by subject, and housed in a small cardboard tray box. The negatives have since been rehoused into acid-free envelopes and their original alphabetical order has been maintained. The Division of Information featured many of these images in the Fairfax County Annual Reports; the Weekly Agenda; and the Fairfax County Courier employee newspaper. In some instances, clippings from these publications accompany the negative.","Series 2: Negatives, 1971-1973, Boxes 3-4","This series contains 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; and contact sheets from 1971-1973. During those years, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) maintained their negatives in plastic sleeves in two binders labeled “Photo File A-Z”. They were organized alphabetically by topic and that order has been maintained. Occasionally negatives are accompanied by news clippings pasted on paper that feature its image.","Series 3: Negatives, 1974-1978, Box 5","This series contains the OPA’s negatives from 1974-1978. Beginning in 1974, the OPA solely used 35mm negative film. They also changed their photo archiving methods by placing negatives into letter-sized envelopes and arranged them chronologically with handwritten descriptions. Almost all of the 1974 negatives are missing and presumed lost. Beginning on August 31, 1976, the OPA started including strips of contact sheets in their negative envelopes. The negatives and accompanying contact sheet strips have since been rehoused into PrintFile archival preservers. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 4: Negatives, 1979-1980, Box 6","The OPA had a different method for archiving their 35mm negatives for 1979 which is contained in this series. Instead of using letter-sized envelopes, the division housed their negatives in plastic pages and alphabetically arranged them by subject in a binder labeled “Photo File 1/79-12/79”.  Contact sheets accompany some of the negatives. Most of the negatives are undated but presumed to be from 1979 while others are labeled 1980. The original alphabetical order is maintained.","Series 5: Negatives, 1980-1986, Boxes 7-9","In 1980, the OPA reverted to chronologically organizing their negatives in letter-sized envelopes, a process they continued through 1986. Those negatives are contained in this series. In September 1983, the OPA began including typed-detailed pages of whom was depicted in board presentation images. Due to these expanded details, multiple descriptions will be found for the same dated set of negatives in the container list. Occasionally, photographs accompany the negatives in this series. The negatives have since been rehoused into PrintFile negative preservers, but the original chronological order is maintained.","Series 6: Photographs and Negatives, 1987-2006, Boxes 10-31","From 1987-2006, the OPA chronologically rehoused their 35mm negatives and accompanying print photographs into plastic pages which are found in this series. Interdepartmental memos, event programs and documents are also occasionally included. From 1993-2002, the OPA started featuring the name of the supervisor giving a presentation to the photographed subject in parentheses in their descriptions. Negatives and prints from January-April 1995 are missing and presumed lost. Beginning with the October 28, 2002 board meeting, the OPA started including CD-ROMs of digital images with the negatives and photographs. In 2006, the OPA discontinued using film altogether and images are contained on CD-ROMs and contact sheets. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 7: CD-ROMs, 2001-2008, Boxes 32-33","This series include CD-ROMs containing digital photos. Included are photos from 2007 board meeting presentations, dedications, ceremonies, and other images used for the Courier newsletter. Occasionally contact sheet printouts are included with the CD-ROMs. Digital files have been described in the container list as they were saved onto the CD-ROMs. The series is arranged chronologically.","Series 8: Original Indexes, 1971-1993, Box 34","This series contains original indexes created by the OPA for their photo archive. The OPA created a subject index on paper for their 1964-1971 negatives. For 1975-1977 negatives, they used a card index system. From 1987-1993, the OPA simply used a paper index to track images they captured in chronological order.","Series 9: Slides, 1964-1998, Boxes 35-37","This series contains color slide film. Unlike the bulk of this collection, the slides were not individually indexed and identified by the OPA. Most of the slides were grouped together alphabetically by subject in two binders, while other slides were mixed together and stored loosely in a bankers box. Many of the slides were used in public presentations conducted by the OPA, especially for bond referendum presentations. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject, and the slides are in PrintFile slide preservers.","Series 10: Photographs, 1963-2009, Boxes 38-41","The OPA maintained a separate collection of photographic prints organized by subject which are featured in this series. When the collection was originally donated to the Virginia Room, there were many loose photographs that did not have a subject file associated with them. Those loose photos were added to the already-existing file system. In some instances, photographs were removed from their main subject folder and given a new sub-folder to further expand the index and create better access. In some instances, negatives, contact sheets, and news releases can be found in these folders. The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.","Series 11: Office of Public Affairs Employee Magnetic Photo Albums, c. 1970s-2000, Boxes 42-44","The OPA staff created and maintained their own magnetic photo albums. These albums include photos of OPA employees, picnics, holiday events, going away parties, baby showers, parties, retirements, bowling events, Board of Supervisor members, County Executives, Celebrate Fairfax, and the Bull Run Jamboree with Wolfman Jack."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. 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Board of Supervisors","Fairfax County (Va.) - Annexation","Fairfax County (Va.) - Civic Associations","Fairfax County (Va.) - Government and Politics","Fairfax County (Va.) - Land use and planning","Fairfax County (Va.) - Roads","Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors.","Fairfax County Parkway (Va.) - History","Falls Church (Va.) - Annexation","Georgetown Pike","Great Falls (Va.) - History","Herndon (Va.) - History","Langley (Va.) - History","Lewinsville (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Government and Politics","McLean (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Parks","McLean Citizens Association - History","McLean Citizens Foundation - History","McLean Community Center - History","McLean Community Foundation - History","McLean Planning District PLUS Task Force","Pimmit Hills (Va.) - History","Potomac View Secondary School (Proposed) (Va.) - History","Roads - Virginia - Fairfax County","Tysons (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons I) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons II) - History","United States. Central Intelligence Agency - History","Washington Dulles International Airport","Washington National Airport","Lilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area.","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures.","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987).","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files.","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series.","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career.","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.","School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. 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It was officially donated by Pierce and Kohlenberger in March 2019."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Chesterbrook (Va.) - History","Coalition to Save Evans Farm","Dranesville (Va.) - History","Dulles Toll Road","Evans Farm Inn (McLean, Va.) - History","Fairfax County (Va.). Board of Supervisors","Fairfax County (Va.) - Annexation","Fairfax County (Va.) - Civic Associations","Fairfax County (Va.) - Government and Politics","Fairfax County (Va.) - Land use and planning","Fairfax County (Va.) - Roads","Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors.","Fairfax County Parkway (Va.) - History","Falls Church (Va.) - Annexation","Georgetown Pike","Great Falls (Va.) - History","Herndon (Va.) - History","Langley (Va.) - History","Lewinsville (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Government and Politics","McLean (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Parks","McLean Citizens Association - History","McLean Citizens Foundation - History","McLean Community Center - History","McLean Community Foundation - History","McLean Planning District PLUS Task Force","Pimmit Hills (Va.) - History","Potomac View Secondary School (Proposed) (Va.) - History","Roads - Virginia - Fairfax County","Tysons (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons I) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons II) - History","United States. Central Intelligence Agency - History","Washington Dulles International Airport","Washington National Airport"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Chesterbrook (Va.) - History","Coalition to Save Evans Farm","Dranesville (Va.) - History","Dulles Toll Road","Evans Farm Inn (McLean, Va.) - History","Fairfax County (Va.). Board of Supervisors","Fairfax County (Va.) - Annexation","Fairfax County (Va.) - Civic Associations","Fairfax County (Va.) - Government and Politics","Fairfax County (Va.) - Land use and planning","Fairfax County (Va.) - Roads","Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors.","Fairfax County Parkway (Va.) - History","Falls Church (Va.) - Annexation","Georgetown Pike","Great Falls (Va.) - History","Herndon (Va.) - History","Langley (Va.) - History","Lewinsville (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Government and Politics","McLean (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Parks","McLean Citizens Association - History","McLean Citizens Foundation - History","McLean Community Center - History","McLean Community Foundation - History","McLean Planning District PLUS Task Force","Pimmit Hills (Va.) - History","Potomac View Secondary School (Proposed) (Va.) - History","Roads - Virginia - Fairfax County","Tysons (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons I) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons II) - History","United States. Central Intelligence Agency - History","Washington Dulles International Airport","Washington National Airport"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["51 linear feet"],"extent_tesim":["51 linear feet"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRichards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical and Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhen placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEvery aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Election Files, 1971-1991\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eM. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area.","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures.","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987).","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files.","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series.","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career.","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n\n"],"abstract_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia."],"corpname_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["School and Civic League of McLean (Va.)","Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. (Til) (1930-)","Hodges, McCloud B., Jr. (1919-2003)","Lambert, Jefferson (Jay) Hamilton (1940-)","Milliken, John G. (1945-)","Moore, Audrey Campbell (1928-2018)","Richards, Lilla Dunovant McCutchen (1939-)","Shacochis, John (1915-2004)","Thoburn, Robert L. (1929-2012)"],"persname_ssim":["Buckley, Lynda Van Devanter (1947-2002)","Clark, Conrad","Duval, Clive L., II (1920-)","Gray, Theodore L. (1922-2020)","Hazel, John T. 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To carry out this function, the Information Office prepared and published regular annual and monthly reports, citizens handbooks, pamphlets, brochures, code sections, ordinances, departmental reports, and the Weekly Agenda newsletter. The division also wrote press releases and provided photographic needs for the county’s departments.","The Division of Information was originally based at the Fairfax Courthouse and supplemented in the 1960s by three substations in Groveton, McLean and Annandale. These substations also sold county auto tags, dog tags, maps, and studies to the public. In 1968, Elliot G. Shaw, Jr., the Director of Information Services, created the official flag for Fairfax County. The Board of Supervisors adopted the flag in June 1968, and it continues to be in county-wide use today.","In the fall of 1968, the Division of Information was reorganized and reconstituted as the Division of Public Affairs. The Board of Supervisors directed that the reorganized division assist county government officials with communication issues; make available a maximum amount of county government information and activities to the news media; create publications with essential information for citizens; respond to informational requests; and stimulate public interest in county government. Presently known as the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), the division is based in the Fairfax County Government Center and continues to be the hub for the county’s media operations.","The Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. Formats include 4x5 sheet film; 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; slides, contact sheets; photographic prints; and CD-ROMs. Throughout the division’s history, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) built a photo archive documenting county government events, meetings, ceremonies, people, places, and buildings. These images were used for a variety of purposes including publication in county newsletters, reports, and news releases. Beginning in the 1970s, the OPA began photographing presentations at every Board of Supervisors meeting. These included certificate and award presentations, proclamations, and other ceremonial happenings. The bulk of this collection consists of images from board presentations. Subjects include the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, county agencies, employees, buildings, and events.","Series 1: Negatives 1964-1971, Boxes 1-2","The Fairfax County Division of Information originally used 4x5 sheet film to carry out their photographic work. Each negative in this series was originally placed into envelopes with handwritten descriptions, arranged alphabetically by subject, and housed in a small cardboard tray box. The negatives have since been rehoused into acid-free envelopes and their original alphabetical order has been maintained. The Division of Information featured many of these images in the Fairfax County Annual Reports; the Weekly Agenda; and the Fairfax County Courier employee newspaper. In some instances, clippings from these publications accompany the negative.","Series 2: Negatives, 1971-1973, Boxes 3-4","This series contains 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; and contact sheets from 1971-1973. During those years, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) maintained their negatives in plastic sleeves in two binders labeled “Photo File A-Z”. They were organized alphabetically by topic and that order has been maintained. Occasionally negatives are accompanied by news clippings pasted on paper that feature its image.","Series 3: Negatives, 1974-1978, Box 5","This series contains the OPA’s negatives from 1974-1978. Beginning in 1974, the OPA solely used 35mm negative film. They also changed their photo archiving methods by placing negatives into letter-sized envelopes and arranged them chronologically with handwritten descriptions. Almost all of the 1974 negatives are missing and presumed lost. Beginning on August 31, 1976, the OPA started including strips of contact sheets in their negative envelopes. The negatives and accompanying contact sheet strips have since been rehoused into PrintFile archival preservers. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 4: Negatives, 1979-1980, Box 6","The OPA had a different method for archiving their 35mm negatives for 1979 which is contained in this series. Instead of using letter-sized envelopes, the division housed their negatives in plastic pages and alphabetically arranged them by subject in a binder labeled “Photo File 1/79-12/79”.  Contact sheets accompany some of the negatives. Most of the negatives are undated but presumed to be from 1979 while others are labeled 1980. The original alphabetical order is maintained.","Series 5: Negatives, 1980-1986, Boxes 7-9","In 1980, the OPA reverted to chronologically organizing their negatives in letter-sized envelopes, a process they continued through 1986. Those negatives are contained in this series. In September 1983, the OPA began including typed-detailed pages of whom was depicted in board presentation images. Due to these expanded details, multiple descriptions will be found for the same dated set of negatives in the container list. Occasionally, photographs accompany the negatives in this series. The negatives have since been rehoused into PrintFile negative preservers, but the original chronological order is maintained.","Series 6: Photographs and Negatives, 1987-2006, Boxes 10-31","From 1987-2006, the OPA chronologically rehoused their 35mm negatives and accompanying print photographs into plastic pages which are found in this series. Interdepartmental memos, event programs and documents are also occasionally included. From 1993-2002, the OPA started featuring the name of the supervisor giving a presentation to the photographed subject in parentheses in their descriptions. Negatives and prints from January-April 1995 are missing and presumed lost. Beginning with the October 28, 2002 board meeting, the OPA started including CD-ROMs of digital images with the negatives and photographs. In 2006, the OPA discontinued using film altogether and images are contained on CD-ROMs and contact sheets. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 7: CD-ROMs, 2001-2008, Boxes 32-33","This series include CD-ROMs containing digital photos. Included are photos from 2007 board meeting presentations, dedications, ceremonies, and other images used for the Courier newsletter. Occasionally contact sheet printouts are included with the CD-ROMs. Digital files have been described in the container list as they were saved onto the CD-ROMs. The series is arranged chronologically.","Series 8: Original Indexes, 1971-1993, Box 34","This series contains original indexes created by the OPA for their photo archive. The OPA created a subject index on paper for their 1964-1971 negatives. For 1975-1977 negatives, they used a card index system. From 1987-1993, the OPA simply used a paper index to track images they captured in chronological order.","Series 9: Slides, 1964-1998, Boxes 35-37","This series contains color slide film. Unlike the bulk of this collection, the slides were not individually indexed and identified by the OPA. Most of the slides were grouped together alphabetically by subject in two binders, while other slides were mixed together and stored loosely in a bankers box. Many of the slides were used in public presentations conducted by the OPA, especially for bond referendum presentations. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject, and the slides are in PrintFile slide preservers.","Series 10: Photographs, 1963-2009, Boxes 38-41","The OPA maintained a separate collection of photographic prints organized by subject which are featured in this series. When the collection was originally donated to the Virginia Room, there were many loose photographs that did not have a subject file associated with them. Those loose photos were added to the already-existing file system. In some instances, photographs were removed from their main subject folder and given a new sub-folder to further expand the index and create better access. In some instances, negatives, contact sheets, and news releases can be found in these folders. The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.","Series 11: Office of Public Affairs Employee Magnetic Photo Albums, c. 1970s-2000, Boxes 42-44","The OPA staff created and maintained their own magnetic photo albums. These albums include photos of OPA employees, picnics, holiday events, going away parties, baby showers, parties, retirements, bowling events, Board of Supervisor members, County Executives, Celebrate Fairfax, and the Bull Run Jamboree with Wolfman Jack.","The Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. 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Formats include 4x5 sheet film; 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; slides, contact sheets; photographic prints; and CD-ROMs. Throughout the division’s history, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) built a photo archive documenting county government events, meetings, ceremonies, people, places, and buildings. These images were used for a variety of purposes including publication in county newsletters, reports, and news releases. Beginning in the 1970s, the OPA began photographing presentations at every Board of Supervisors meeting. These included certificate and award presentations, proclamations, and other ceremonial happenings. The bulk of this collection consists of images from board presentations. Subjects include the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, county agencies, employees, buildings, and events.","Series 1: Negatives 1964-1971, Boxes 1-2","The Fairfax County Division of Information originally used 4x5 sheet film to carry out their photographic work. Each negative in this series was originally placed into envelopes with handwritten descriptions, arranged alphabetically by subject, and housed in a small cardboard tray box. The negatives have since been rehoused into acid-free envelopes and their original alphabetical order has been maintained. The Division of Information featured many of these images in the Fairfax County Annual Reports; the Weekly Agenda; and the Fairfax County Courier employee newspaper. In some instances, clippings from these publications accompany the negative.","Series 2: Negatives, 1971-1973, Boxes 3-4","This series contains 35mm negative film; 120 negative film; and contact sheets from 1971-1973. During those years, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) maintained their negatives in plastic sleeves in two binders labeled “Photo File A-Z”. They were organized alphabetically by topic and that order has been maintained. Occasionally negatives are accompanied by news clippings pasted on paper that feature its image.","Series 3: Negatives, 1974-1978, Box 5","This series contains the OPA’s negatives from 1974-1978. Beginning in 1974, the OPA solely used 35mm negative film. They also changed their photo archiving methods by placing negatives into letter-sized envelopes and arranged them chronologically with handwritten descriptions. Almost all of the 1974 negatives are missing and presumed lost. Beginning on August 31, 1976, the OPA started including strips of contact sheets in their negative envelopes. The negatives and accompanying contact sheet strips have since been rehoused into PrintFile archival preservers. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 4: Negatives, 1979-1980, Box 6","The OPA had a different method for archiving their 35mm negatives for 1979 which is contained in this series. Instead of using letter-sized envelopes, the division housed their negatives in plastic pages and alphabetically arranged them by subject in a binder labeled “Photo File 1/79-12/79”.  Contact sheets accompany some of the negatives. Most of the negatives are undated but presumed to be from 1979 while others are labeled 1980. The original alphabetical order is maintained.","Series 5: Negatives, 1980-1986, Boxes 7-9","In 1980, the OPA reverted to chronologically organizing their negatives in letter-sized envelopes, a process they continued through 1986. Those negatives are contained in this series. In September 1983, the OPA began including typed-detailed pages of whom was depicted in board presentation images. Due to these expanded details, multiple descriptions will be found for the same dated set of negatives in the container list. Occasionally, photographs accompany the negatives in this series. The negatives have since been rehoused into PrintFile negative preservers, but the original chronological order is maintained.","Series 6: Photographs and Negatives, 1987-2006, Boxes 10-31","From 1987-2006, the OPA chronologically rehoused their 35mm negatives and accompanying print photographs into plastic pages which are found in this series. Interdepartmental memos, event programs and documents are also occasionally included. From 1993-2002, the OPA started featuring the name of the supervisor giving a presentation to the photographed subject in parentheses in their descriptions. Negatives and prints from January-April 1995 are missing and presumed lost. Beginning with the October 28, 2002 board meeting, the OPA started including CD-ROMs of digital images with the negatives and photographs. In 2006, the OPA discontinued using film altogether and images are contained on CD-ROMs and contact sheets. The original chronological order is maintained.","Series 7: CD-ROMs, 2001-2008, Boxes 32-33","This series include CD-ROMs containing digital photos. Included are photos from 2007 board meeting presentations, dedications, ceremonies, and other images used for the Courier newsletter. Occasionally contact sheet printouts are included with the CD-ROMs. Digital files have been described in the container list as they were saved onto the CD-ROMs. The series is arranged chronologically.","Series 8: Original Indexes, 1971-1993, Box 34","This series contains original indexes created by the OPA for their photo archive. The OPA created a subject index on paper for their 1964-1971 negatives. For 1975-1977 negatives, they used a card index system. From 1987-1993, the OPA simply used a paper index to track images they captured in chronological order.","Series 9: Slides, 1964-1998, Boxes 35-37","This series contains color slide film. Unlike the bulk of this collection, the slides were not individually indexed and identified by the OPA. Most of the slides were grouped together alphabetically by subject in two binders, while other slides were mixed together and stored loosely in a bankers box. Many of the slides were used in public presentations conducted by the OPA, especially for bond referendum presentations. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject, and the slides are in PrintFile slide preservers.","Series 10: Photographs, 1963-2009, Boxes 38-41","The OPA maintained a separate collection of photographic prints organized by subject which are featured in this series. When the collection was originally donated to the Virginia Room, there were many loose photographs that did not have a subject file associated with them. Those loose photos were added to the already-existing file system. In some instances, photographs were removed from their main subject folder and given a new sub-folder to further expand the index and create better access. In some instances, negatives, contact sheets, and news releases can be found in these folders. The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.","Series 11: Office of Public Affairs Employee Magnetic Photo Albums, c. 1970s-2000, Boxes 42-44","The OPA staff created and maintained their own magnetic photo albums. These albums include photos of OPA employees, picnics, holiday events, going away parties, baby showers, parties, retirements, bowling events, Board of Supervisor members, County Executives, Celebrate Fairfax, and the Bull Run Jamboree with Wolfman Jack."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection consists of 44 boxes containing millions of images spanning the years 1962-2009. 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Mr. Herman Schmidt, a Washington investor and the owner of a 122-acre tract, filed a Deed of Declaration naming the tract Holmes Run Acres. Among other restrictions was one that no dwelling selling for less than $3,000 was to be built.","The community was developed and houses were constructed by three builders: the Luria brothers, (Gerald and Eli), Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor. The Luria brothers built approximately 160 units west of Executive Avenue, Gaddy built approximately 127 units east of Executive Avenue and Bodor built the last 13 units at the connection of Surrey Lane and Gallows Road.","Development began in 1950. The Luria project of approximately 160 homes featured lots ranging in size from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and a choice of either a one level house of 902 square feet or a two-level house of approximately twice the area. Carports were an option available for those models without a garage. The price for a one level house was $13,750. Prices for the two-level homes were $16,900 or $17,450, depending on the model.","Construction of all the Gaddy houses east of Executive Avenue was complete in 1955. Surrey Lane, Sherwood Court and Little John Court were filling up then but Surrey was not finished through to Gallows Road. In 1957, there were 326 homes in Holmes Run Acres. Andre Bodor purchased the remaining 13 lots from Gaddy to build homes on upper Surrey. He was to complete Surrey Lane through to Gallows.","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA) was founded in 1952. The Holmes Run Acres swimming pool opened in the summer of 1954. Construction of the first phase of Luria Park was completed in 1955. Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.","For more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.","Presidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\n\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\n1953: Charles Burbach\n1954: Martha Powell\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\n1962-1963: Don Patch\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\n1972-1973: George Lawson\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\n1979-1980: David Sayre\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\n1988-1989: David Howe\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\n1990-1992: David Parker\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\n2021-2022: Matt Harris","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.","Series 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2","Sub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.","Sub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Series 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3","This series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.","Series 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6","Sub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage.","Sub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.","Sub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.","Sub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.","Sub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.","Series 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24","Sub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.","Sub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Sub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.","Sub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.","Sub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr.","Series 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12","This series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.","Series 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13","In 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.","Series 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17","In March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register.","Series 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19","Series 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18","This series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card.","Series 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19","This series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book.","Series 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22","This series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses.","Series 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23","This series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. 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Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003e\nPresidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/emph\u003e\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1953: Charles Burbach\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1954: Martha Powell\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1962-1963: Don Patch\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1972-1973: George Lawson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1979-1980: David Sayre\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1988-1989: David Howe\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1990-1992: David Parker\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2021-2022: Matt Harris\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical and Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Holmes Run Acres began in 1945. Mr. Herman Schmidt, a Washington investor and the owner of a 122-acre tract, filed a Deed of Declaration naming the tract Holmes Run Acres. Among other restrictions was one that no dwelling selling for less than $3,000 was to be built.","The community was developed and houses were constructed by three builders: the Luria brothers, (Gerald and Eli), Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor. The Luria brothers built approximately 160 units west of Executive Avenue, Gaddy built approximately 127 units east of Executive Avenue and Bodor built the last 13 units at the connection of Surrey Lane and Gallows Road.","Development began in 1950. The Luria project of approximately 160 homes featured lots ranging in size from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and a choice of either a one level house of 902 square feet or a two-level house of approximately twice the area. Carports were an option available for those models without a garage. The price for a one level house was $13,750. Prices for the two-level homes were $16,900 or $17,450, depending on the model.","Construction of all the Gaddy houses east of Executive Avenue was complete in 1955. Surrey Lane, Sherwood Court and Little John Court were filling up then but Surrey was not finished through to Gallows Road. In 1957, there were 326 homes in Holmes Run Acres. Andre Bodor purchased the remaining 13 lots from Gaddy to build homes on upper Surrey. He was to complete Surrey Lane through to Gallows.","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA) was founded in 1952. The Holmes Run Acres swimming pool opened in the summer of 1954. Construction of the first phase of Luria Park was completed in 1955. Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.","For more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.","Presidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\n\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\n1953: Charles Burbach\n1954: Martha Powell\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\n1962-1963: Don Patch\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\n1972-1973: George Lawson\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\n1979-1980: David Sayre\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\n1988-1989: David Howe\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\n1990-1992: David Parker\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\n2021-2022: Matt Harris"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included are two undated newspaper advertisements from when Holmes Run Acres was originally on the market.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: Oversize Materials, 1951-2011, Boxes 23-24 and Oversize Drawer\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize items including poster boards, certificates, newspapers, a scrapbook, original architectural drawings, and a Virginia General Assembly resolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.","Series 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2","Sub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.","Sub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Series 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3","This series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.","Series 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6","Sub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage.","Sub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.","Sub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.","Sub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.","Sub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.","Series 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24","Sub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.","Sub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Sub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.","Sub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.","Sub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr.","Series 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12","This series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.","Series 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13","In 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.","Series 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17","In March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register.","Series 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19","Series 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18","This series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card.","Series 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19","This series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book.","Series 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22","This series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses.","Series 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23","This series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included are two undated newspaper advertisements from when Holmes Run Acres was originally on the market.","Series 11: Oversize Materials, 1951-2011, Boxes 23-24 and Oversize Drawer","This series contains oversize items including poster boards, certificates, newspapers, a scrapbook, original architectural drawings, and a Virginia General Assembly resolution."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n\n"],"abstract_tesim":["The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). 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Board of Supervisors.","Fairfax County Parkway (Va.) - History","Falls Church (Va.) - Annexation","Georgetown Pike","Great Falls (Va.) - History","Herndon (Va.) - History","Langley (Va.) - History","Lewinsville (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Government and Politics","McLean (Va.) - History","McLean (Va.) - Parks","McLean Citizens Association - History","McLean Citizens Foundation - History","McLean Community Center - History","McLean Community Foundation - History","McLean Planning District PLUS Task Force","Pimmit Hills (Va.) - History","Potomac View Secondary School (Proposed) (Va.) - History","Roads - Virginia - Fairfax County","Tysons (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner (Va.) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons I) - History","Tysons Corner Center (Tysons II) - History","United States. Central Intelligence Agency - History","Washington Dulles International Airport","Washington National Airport","Lilla Dunovant McCutchen Richards was born in Washington, D. C., on March 17, 1939. She was the daughter of James M. McCutchen, an electrical engineer, and Emily Dunovant, natives of South Carolina. Lilla grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, after her family moved there in the early 1940s and was educated in Arlington County Public Schools. She received a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. During her childhood, she spent the school year in Northern Virginia and parts of the summers in South Carolina.","Lilla married Stanley I. Richards on July 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1965-1971, the Richards lived in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1971 moved to nearby McLean. She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. Her term ended in 1991, but Richards remained active in civic affairs from many years thereafter into the early twenty-first century. She died on September 22, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.","The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area.","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures.","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987).","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files.","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series.","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career.","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. 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She became involved in civic-association activities while simultaneously working as an editor for the Federal government. Her keen interest in civic affairs lead to her departure from the government position in 1973 and an increasingly deep involvement in local politics.","Richards was involved with the McLean Citizens Association for over 40 years, serving as its president (1977-1978). She served as the second vice president, first vice president, and then president of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations between 1979 and 1982. Richards also served as a member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.","In 1987, she was elected as a Democrat to serve on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as the member for the Dranesville District encompassing McLean, Tysons Corner, Lewinsville, Great Falls, and other communities in northern and northeastern Fairfax County bordering the Potomac River. 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The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhen placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27 \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEvery aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Election Files, 1971-1991\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eM. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the collection concentrates on the 1970s to the 1990s, however, and focuses on every type of development issue that has challenged the McLean community during a period of rapid and intense population growth. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, public documents and reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials relating to the growth and development of the McLean, Virginia, area.","When placed in the library for processing, the collection had been loosely arranged into broad subject areas. During the rearrangement of the papers in the 42 banker boxes, many stray items were found scattered throughout requiring considerable sorting. It should also be noted that some papers from McLean Citizens Association past-presidents Conrad Clark and Theodore Gray were incorporated into the collection when donated. Researchers should note that there were some undated papers in the collection.During the sorting process into chronological order of many sections, undated papers were left with the previous dated document as a general date indicator. Every effort was made to date materials from internal information or context in their original order, but some materials defied assignment of year of creation.","Researchers would do well to search this guide for terms of interest because many topics are scattered throughout the collection and could not be gathered into one location. The collection now maintains a considerable amount of the original order of the materials therein, but many files and papers were relocated to represent specific topics when possible. Any one document could contain multiple subjects, especially government documents and MCA or MCF publications, minutes, and associated papers.","Series 1: Biographical Files, 1968-2016, Boxes 1-3 and Oversize","This series contains biographical files on Lilla Richards, her personal calendars, material on the proposed “McLean Room” at the Dolly Madison Library, newspaper clippings on Northern Virginia debutant activities and events, and the original box inventories of the 42 banker boxes that arrived in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in September 2015. Also, a caricature of Lilla Richards and some humorous bumper stickers not specifically related to McLean or Fairfax County are included.","Series 2: McLean Citizens Association Administrative and Subject Files, 1914-2010, Boxes 4-17","A large collection of material relating to Lilla Richards’ long-time involvement with the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) constitutes this series. Every aspect of the organization’s activities and policies is covered. MCA has been an informal “town government” for McLean and has had a significant impact on the area’s development through most of the twentieth century. The history of MCA from its formation in 1914 into the early twenty-first century is represented by Richards’ notes, correspondence, copies of MCA newsletters and committee reports, and countless newspaper clippings and related items detailing many subjects such as transportation, zoning, schools, trees, subdivision names, Tysons Corner, McLean’s Central Business District, the McLean Community Center, taxation, politics, and civic awards.","Series 3: McLean Citizens Foundation Administrative Records, 1975-2014, Boxes 18-27","Every aspect of the work of the McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF) is detailed in these files. The organization was created in 1978 to manage money raised by the MCA to support numerous civic improvement projects in McLean. These include grants for parks, such as the McLean Central Park; schools; the McLean Community Center; Little League fields; and the Claude Moore Farm at Turkey Run. Grant papers, foundation minutes and reports, bylaws, and brochures populate the files in this series. In 2009, the organization’s name became the McLean Community Foundation.","Series 4: Evans Farm Controversy Files, 1969-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), Boxes 28-31","For decades, the Evans Farm Inn and its surrounding grounds provided a park-like atmosphere for local residents to have a meal and let their children feed ducks. It was a very popular location but started to decline in the 1990s. Following the death of the original owner, Bayard D. Evans, in 1980, the family eventually decided to sell the property in the late 1990s. This created a firestorm of opposition from the surrounding community that resulted in a court case that failed to prevent the sale. This series contains a large quantity of material on these efforts to stop the transaction. Lilla Richards was involved in these efforts. Materials include notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper stickers, donor lists, and zoning materials. The donation records in Boxes 30 and 31 are restricted due to containing personal checks and signatures.","Series 5: McLean Planning Committee Files, 1967-2001, Boxes 32-33","This series contains Richards’ collection of clippings, correspondence, committee reports, and related materials that detail the workings of the McLean Planning Committee (MCP). The committee focused largely on the long struggle to plan and remake the McLean Central Business District.","Series 6: Fairfax County Planning Files, 1957-2013","Sub-Series 6-1: PLUS Plan, 1970-2001, Boxes 33-40\nThis sub-series contains extensive material on the Fairfax County PLUS Plan of the 1970s that sought to create a master county zoning plan. Richards was heavily involved in land use planning in Dranesville District and Fairfax County as a whole. Included are notes, studies, reports, news articles, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-2: McLean Planning District, 1963-2002, Boxes 40-46\nThis sub-series contains files on the McLean Central Business District and plans and studies for its redevelopment. Included are reports, studies, notes, news articles and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-3: Dranesville District Rezoning Applications, 1957-2002, Boxes 47-53\nThis sub-series contains individual rezoning, and other development applications in Dranesville District. These files include reports of the Department of Planning and Zoning, correspondence with Fairfax County, developers, and residents, architectural drawings and plats, meeting materials, newspaper clippings, and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-4: McLean Subdivisions, 1970-2013, Boxes 53-54\nRichards maintained information on McLean-area subdivisions throughout her career. Included in this sub-series are correspondence, notes, news articles, plat maps and other documents.","Sub-Series 6-5: Tysons Corner, 1962-2006, Boxes 55-59\nThis sub-series contains Richards’ files concerning the development of Tysons Corner. Included are studies, newspaper articles, maps, and other related documents.","Series 7: Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Files, 1957-2005, Boxes 60-78","Lilla Richards was deeply involved in transportation planning efforts during the 1970s-1990s. This series reflects this involvement and provides insight into the role of local residents, and Richards herself specifically, in trying to grapple with the constant changing of an older and increasingly heavily populated suburb of the Nation’s Capital. Transportation planning included interstate highways, such as I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-66; the Dulles Access and Toll Roads; Metro; DART, and Dulles International Airport. The intensity of the transportation development in Fairfax County in the late twentieth century is the main focus of this series.","Series 8: Election Files, 1971-1991","Sub-Series 8-1: Local Election and Political Topics, 1971-1991, Boxes 79-81\nRichards was involved in elections from the local civic association level to the county-wide and state level. She was elected the president of the McLean Citizens Association and other groups. Included here are her files on local elections and associated political topics. As a politician, Richards maintained information on her allies and opponents, and so this series contains files on John T. (Til) Hazel, J. Hamilton Lambert, Audrey Moore, John Shacochis, and Robert T. Thoburn.","Sub-Series 8-2: Lilla Richards 1987 and 1991 Campaigns, 1987-1991, Boxes 81-83\nIn 1988, Richards ran for Dranesville District Supervisor and won. She lost her re-election bid in 1991 and did not pursue elected office after that. This series includes files containing research, campaign issues, financial information, and newspaper articles relating to her campaigns. Included is a copy of her campaign newsletter, The Richards Record, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987).","Series 9: Organizations Files, 1973-2016, Boxes 83-85","During her involvement with local civic association activities and community, county, and state politics, Richards maintained files on various organizations. The contents of this series vary in size depending on the topic of contact and how Richards needed to handle it. Files mostly contain newspaper articles, newsletters, and correspondence. The Fairfax County Committee of 100 is well represented in this material with thirteen files.","Series 10: Dranesville District Supervisor Correspondence, 1988-1991, Boxes 86-89","Memorandum, correspondence and accompanying documents to and from Richards while Dranesville District Supervisor are included in this series.","Series 11: McCloud Brandon Hodges, Jr Scrapbooks on Arlington and Fairfax Counties, 1958-1969, Boxes 90-92","M. B. Hodges, of Arlington, Va., created scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Arlington and Fairfax County development issues, land use, taxation, planning, transportation, roads, and more. These scrapbooks are not indexed, but they are mostly in chronological order. Hodges gifted these to Lilla Richards at some point in her career.","Series 12: Poster Boards, 1980-1997, Oversize Drawers","For presentations at various events, Lilla Richards and her staff created story boards of clippings and photographs on numerous local development and planning subjects. They are contained in oversize drawers."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. The earliest materials cover the development of organizations and institutions in the area of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, Lewinsville, and adjoining areas of northern and northeastern Fairfax County, Virginia.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n\n"],"abstract_tesim":["The Lilla Richards Collection consists of 51 linear feet and 92 manuscript boxes and spans 1914-2016. 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Its members are civic associations and homeowner associations who pay annual dues. It is non-partisan, volunteer, and non-profit. The federation has a board of directors made up of the following: its nine officers; its committee leadership (budget and finance; citizen association services; human services; education; environment; land use; legislation; resolutions; and transportation), and its district leadership (representatives and council chairmen from the following eight districts: Braddock; Hunter Mill; Lee: Mason: Mount Vernon; Providence; Springfield; and Sully). The Federation sets legislative priorities, such as tree preservation and open space conservation, and comments at public hearings, through written statements, in task forces and commissions, and through the media. It hosts public policy and public affairs programs in addition to monthly general membership programs, a Public Safety Town Meeting, and multi-faceted all-day Saturday programs. Federation members liaise with and represent the Federation with other organizations in Fairfax County such as the Airports Advisory Committee and the Citizen Corps Council.","Jean R. Packard was born in Ohio on April 15, 1923. After the outbreak of World War II, she joined the Women’s Army Corps. She earned a journalism degree from the University of Montana, Missoula in 1948 and edited three weekly newspapers in Southwestern Ohio from 1955 to 1957. From 1958 to 1970, she worked for the National School of Forestry and Conservation and wrote editorials for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources from 1965 to 1972.","Packard’s first leadership role in Fairfax County was as president of the Lee Forest Civic Association in the 1950s. She became active in the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations in 1962 and served as its president, first and second vice president, corresponding secretary, and bulletin editor. The Federation honored Packard as Fairfax County Citizen of the Year for 1985 at its 36th annual award dinner. In subsequent years, Packard served as the Federation’s awards committee chairperson.","Packard was involved in the Federation in addition to being a long-time public servant and advocate for environmental issues. Elected in 1972 to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, she held the position as chairwoman until 1975. She later served on the boards of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and Soil and Water Conservation Board, the latter as an appointee of Governor Mark Warner. She was chair of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (the organization renamed its life-time achievement award in her honor). She was a national board member of the Sierra Club.","Packard fought rapid development in Fairfax County by working to protect water supplies and slow down the expansion of sewer service until treatment plants could handle the increased volume. She helped to downzone and protect the Occoquan watershed. Her critics accused her of blocking all growth; she countered that she favored “controlled growth,” as opposed to no growth.","The Jean R. Packard Occoquan Center in Occoquan Regional Park is named in honor of her and The Fred Packard Center in Annandale, Virginia is named after Jean’s husband. Fred Packard served as a director of both the Fairfax County Park Authority and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Jean Packard died at age 91 on October 21, 2014.","Series 1: Administration, 1995-2001, Box 1","This series contains material relating to the administration of the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations including legislative priorities and governance documents.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1983-2003, Box 1","This series contains correspondence from the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations (the Federation), sent between 1983 and 2003. These include memos, letters, and email from the Federation about policy positions on subjects such as the transfer of National and Washington Dulles airports to local authority (as the airports were called in 1985), changes for I-66 car pool requirements, and campaign finance; invitations to speak at events sponsored by the Federation; and event logistics for candidate debates and annual dinners, among other public programs hosted by the Federation. Some of the more prominent recipients of correspondence from the Federation included Senator Paul S. Trible, Jr. (multiple in 1985, 1987), Senator John W. Warner (multiple in 1985, 1987, 1996), Congressman Frank R. Wolf (multiple in 1985, 1988), Congressman Stanford R. Parris (multiple in 1985, 1988), Congressman Tom Davis (in 2001), Virginia Governor Mark Warner (multiple in 1996 and 2002), Virginia Governor James Gilmore III (in 1999), Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder (in 1992), Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles (in 1989), Lieutenant Governor Timothy M. Kaine (in 2002), Washington Post publisher Donald E. Graham (in 1985), Chairman of the Federal Communications Commissioner Reed Hundt (in 1994), and a plethora of Fairfax County officials and Virginia state senators and delegates. The correspondence was sent in the name of the Federation president or corresponding secretary. In some cases, there are responses back to the Federation, such as 1989 letters from Senator John W. Warner, from Virginia State Senator Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., and from Virginia Delegate Dorothy S. 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She became active in the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations in 1962 and served as its president, first and second vice president, corresponding secretary, and bulletin editor. The Federation honored Packard as Fairfax County Citizen of the Year for 1985 at its 36th annual award dinner. In subsequent years, Packard served as the Federation’s awards committee chairperson.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePackard was involved in the Federation in addition to being a long-time public servant and advocate for environmental issues. Elected in 1972 to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, she held the position as chairwoman until 1975. She later served on the boards of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and Soil and Water Conservation Board, the latter as an appointee of Governor Mark Warner. She was chair of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (the organization renamed its life-time achievement award in her honor). She was a national board member of the Sierra Club.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePackard fought rapid development in Fairfax County by working to protect water supplies and slow down the expansion of sewer service until treatment plants could handle the increased volume. She helped to downzone and protect the Occoquan watershed. Her critics accused her of blocking all growth; she countered that she favored “controlled growth,” as opposed to no growth.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Jean R. Packard Occoquan Center in Occoquan Regional Park is named in honor of her and The Fred Packard Center in Annandale, Virginia is named after Jean’s husband. Fred Packard served as a director of both the Fairfax County Park Authority and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. 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The Federation sets legislative priorities, such as tree preservation and open space conservation, and comments at public hearings, through written statements, in task forces and commissions, and through the media. It hosts public policy and public affairs programs in addition to monthly general membership programs, a Public Safety Town Meeting, and multi-faceted all-day Saturday programs. Federation members liaise with and represent the Federation with other organizations in Fairfax County such as the Airports Advisory Committee and the Citizen Corps Council.","Jean R. Packard was born in Ohio on April 15, 1923. After the outbreak of World War II, she joined the Women’s Army Corps. She earned a journalism degree from the University of Montana, Missoula in 1948 and edited three weekly newspapers in Southwestern Ohio from 1955 to 1957. From 1958 to 1970, she worked for the National School of Forestry and Conservation and wrote editorials for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources from 1965 to 1972.","Packard’s first leadership role in Fairfax County was as president of the Lee Forest Civic Association in the 1950s. She became active in the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations in 1962 and served as its president, first and second vice president, corresponding secretary, and bulletin editor. The Federation honored Packard as Fairfax County Citizen of the Year for 1985 at its 36th annual award dinner. In subsequent years, Packard served as the Federation’s awards committee chairperson.","Packard was involved in the Federation in addition to being a long-time public servant and advocate for environmental issues. Elected in 1972 to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, she held the position as chairwoman until 1975. She later served on the boards of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and Soil and Water Conservation Board, the latter as an appointee of Governor Mark Warner. She was chair of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (the organization renamed its life-time achievement award in her honor). She was a national board member of the Sierra Club.","Packard fought rapid development in Fairfax County by working to protect water supplies and slow down the expansion of sewer service until treatment plants could handle the increased volume. She helped to downzone and protect the Occoquan watershed. Her critics accused her of blocking all growth; she countered that she favored “controlled growth,” as opposed to no growth.","The Jean R. Packard Occoquan Center in Occoquan Regional Park is named in honor of her and The Fred Packard Center in Annandale, Virginia is named after Jean’s husband. 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These include memos, letters, and email from the Federation about policy positions on subjects such as the transfer of National and Washington Dulles airports to local authority (as the airports were called in 1985), changes for I-66 car pool requirements, and campaign finance; invitations to speak at events sponsored by the Federation; and event logistics for candidate debates and annual dinners, among other public programs hosted by the Federation. Some of the more prominent recipients of correspondence from the Federation included Senator Paul S. Trible, Jr. (multiple in 1985, 1987), Senator John W. Warner (multiple in 1985, 1987, 1996), Congressman Frank R. Wolf (multiple in 1985, 1988), Congressman Stanford R. Parris (multiple in 1985, 1988), Congressman Tom Davis (in 2001), Virginia Governor Mark Warner (multiple in 1996 and 2002), Virginia Governor James Gilmore III (in 1999), Virginia Governor L. 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Mr. Herman Schmidt, a Washington investor and the owner of a 122-acre tract, filed a Deed of Declaration naming the tract Holmes Run Acres. Among other restrictions was one that no dwelling selling for less than $3,000 was to be built.","The community was developed and houses were constructed by three builders: the Luria brothers, (Gerald and Eli), Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor. The Luria brothers built approximately 160 units west of Executive Avenue, Gaddy built approximately 127 units east of Executive Avenue and Bodor built the last 13 units at the connection of Surrey Lane and Gallows Road.","Development began in 1950. The Luria project of approximately 160 homes featured lots ranging in size from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and a choice of either a one level house of 902 square feet or a two-level house of approximately twice the area. Carports were an option available for those models without a garage. The price for a one level house was $13,750. Prices for the two-level homes were $16,900 or $17,450, depending on the model.","Construction of all the Gaddy houses east of Executive Avenue was complete in 1955. Surrey Lane, Sherwood Court and Little John Court were filling up then but Surrey was not finished through to Gallows Road. In 1957, there were 326 homes in Holmes Run Acres. Andre Bodor purchased the remaining 13 lots from Gaddy to build homes on upper Surrey. He was to complete Surrey Lane through to Gallows.","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA) was founded in 1952. The Holmes Run Acres swimming pool opened in the summer of 1954. Construction of the first phase of Luria Park was completed in 1955. Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.","For more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.","Presidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\n\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\n1953: Charles Burbach\n1954: Martha Powell\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\n1962-1963: Don Patch\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\n1972-1973: George Lawson\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\n1979-1980: David Sayre\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\n1988-1989: David Howe\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\n1990-1992: David Parker\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\n2021-2022: Matt Harris","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.","Series 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2","Sub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.","Sub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Series 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3","This series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.","Series 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6","Sub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage.","Sub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.","Sub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.","Sub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.","Sub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.","Series 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24","Sub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.","Sub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Sub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.","Sub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.","Sub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr.","Series 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12","This series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.","Series 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13","In 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.","Series 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17","In March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register.","Series 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19","Series 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18","This series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card.","Series 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19","This series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book.","Series 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22","This series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses.","Series 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23","This series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included are two undated newspaper advertisements from when Holmes Run Acres was originally on the market.","Series 11: Oversize Materials, 1951-2011, Boxes 23-24 and Oversize Drawer","This series contains oversize items including poster boards, certificates, newspapers, a scrapbook, original architectural drawings, and a Virginia General Assembly resolution.","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications.","Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (Fairfax County, Va.)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection, 1951-2021"],"collection_ssim":["The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection, 1951-2021"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 05-77"],"unitid_tesim":["MSS 05-77"],"repository_ssm":["Fairfax County Public Library"],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax County Public Library"],"creator_ssm":["Holmes Run Acres Civic Association"],"creator_ssim":["Holmes Run Acres Civic Association"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (Fairfax County, Va.)"],"creators_ssim":["Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (Fairfax County, Va.)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Donated by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association in May 2021."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Citizens' associations -- Virginia -- Fairfax County","Fairfax County (Va.) -- History","Falls Church (Va.) -- History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Citizens' associations -- Virginia -- Fairfax County","Fairfax County (Va.) -- History","Falls Church (Va.) -- History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["14.5 linear feet"],"extent_tesim":["14.5 linear feet"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHolmes Run Acres began in 1945. Mr. Herman Schmidt, a Washington investor and the owner of a 122-acre tract, filed a Deed of Declaration naming the tract Holmes Run Acres. Among other restrictions was one that no dwelling selling for less than $3,000 was to be built.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe community was developed and houses were constructed by three builders: the Luria brothers, (Gerald and Eli), Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor. The Luria brothers built approximately 160 units west of Executive Avenue, Gaddy built approximately 127 units east of Executive Avenue and Bodor built the last 13 units at the connection of Surrey Lane and Gallows Road.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDevelopment began in 1950. The Luria project of approximately 160 homes featured lots ranging in size from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and a choice of either a one level house of 902 square feet or a two-level house of approximately twice the area. Carports were an option available for those models without a garage. The price for a one level house was $13,750. Prices for the two-level homes were $16,900 or $17,450, depending on the model.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eConstruction of all the Gaddy houses east of Executive Avenue was complete in 1955. Surrey Lane, Sherwood Court and Little John Court were filling up then but Surrey was not finished through to Gallows Road. In 1957, there were 326 homes in Holmes Run Acres. Andre Bodor purchased the remaining 13 lots from Gaddy to build homes on upper Surrey. He was to complete Surrey Lane through to Gallows.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA) was founded in 1952. The Holmes Run Acres swimming pool opened in the summer of 1954. Construction of the first phase of Luria Park was completed in 1955. Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003e\nPresidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/emph\u003e\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1953: Charles Burbach\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1954: Martha Powell\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1962-1963: Don Patch\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1972-1973: George Lawson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1979-1980: David Sayre\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1988-1989: David Howe\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1990-1992: David Parker\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2021-2022: Matt Harris\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical and Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Holmes Run Acres began in 1945. Mr. Herman Schmidt, a Washington investor and the owner of a 122-acre tract, filed a Deed of Declaration naming the tract Holmes Run Acres. Among other restrictions was one that no dwelling selling for less than $3,000 was to be built.","The community was developed and houses were constructed by three builders: the Luria brothers, (Gerald and Eli), Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor. The Luria brothers built approximately 160 units west of Executive Avenue, Gaddy built approximately 127 units east of Executive Avenue and Bodor built the last 13 units at the connection of Surrey Lane and Gallows Road.","Development began in 1950. The Luria project of approximately 160 homes featured lots ranging in size from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and a choice of either a one level house of 902 square feet or a two-level house of approximately twice the area. Carports were an option available for those models without a garage. The price for a one level house was $13,750. Prices for the two-level homes were $16,900 or $17,450, depending on the model.","Construction of all the Gaddy houses east of Executive Avenue was complete in 1955. Surrey Lane, Sherwood Court and Little John Court were filling up then but Surrey was not finished through to Gallows Road. In 1957, there were 326 homes in Holmes Run Acres. Andre Bodor purchased the remaining 13 lots from Gaddy to build homes on upper Surrey. He was to complete Surrey Lane through to Gallows.","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA) was founded in 1952. The Holmes Run Acres swimming pool opened in the summer of 1954. Construction of the first phase of Luria Park was completed in 1955. Luria Park is the hub of the two spokes of Holmes Run Acres, connecting the area east of Executive Avenue developed and built by the Luria brothers through to Hartwell Court on the west side developed by Gaddy Construction Company and Andre Bodor.","For more details on the history of Holmes Run Acres see the 1976, 1991 and 2001, versions of Holmes Run Acres: The Story of a Community. These publications discuss in detail the history of Holmes Run Acres, its activities and significant events and some of the people who have lived here, past and present. (This history note primarily comes from the Holmes Run Acres website by Sherri Thompson-Brusca and Mitch Toda)","The Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Archives were started by Florence Strickler, who created the first scrapbook to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HRA in 1961. Following Strickler, Vivian Smith was the HRA Historian and Archivist. Through the guiding hands of Smith, the archives grew and more scrapbooks, documents, and photo albums were gathered. Of particular interest in this collection are the subject notebooks that Smith gathered to cover specific topics of importance to HRA. After being stored at the Smith home for many years, the archives were first transferred to the home of Sherri Thompson-Brusca and then finally to the home of Mitch Toda. HRACA donated the archives to Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room in May 2021.","Presidents: Holmes Run Acres Civic Association:\n\n1952-1953: L. H. LaFaver\n1953: Charles Burbach\n1954: Martha Powell\n1954-1955: Jim Wright\n1955-1956: Paul A. Putnam\n1956-1957: C. K. Lyman\n1957-1958: Joe Cragwall\n1958-1959: Ralph Wanderer\n1959-1960: Henry Lowenstern\n1960-1961: Eleanor Godfrey\n1961-1962: Ed O’Flaherty\n1962-1963: Don Patch\n1963-1964: Don Bozarth\n1964-1965: Pete Peterson\n1965-1966: Lee Skillman\n1966-1967: Walt Stine\n1967-1969: Jim Carscadden\n1969-1971: Jim Freehof\n1971-1972 Arvydas Barzdukas\n1972-1973: George Lawson\n1973-1975: Keith Gardiner\n1975-1976: Scott Steele\n1976-1977: Ed Zimmerman\n1977-1978: Pete Peterson\n1978-1979: Frank Spielberg\n1979-1980: David Sayre\n1980-1981: Larry Rosenberg\n1981-1983: Deedee Kaman\n1983-1984: Louise Sayre\n1984-1985: Scott Steele\n1985-1986: Larry Wolford\n1986-1987: Pam Allen\n1987-1988: Donald McCarthy\n1988-1989: David Howe\n1989-1990: Phil Waggener\n1990-1992: David Parker\n1993-1994: Kim Petersen\n1994-1995: Jim Davey\n1995-1996: Jim Gasson\n1996-1997: Fernando Gaitán\n1997-1998: Norm Atkins\n1998-2000: Catherine Johnston\n2000-2002: Keith Peterson, Jr.\n2002-2003: Bob Harris\n2003-2004: Vicki Hancock\n2004-2006: Catherine Johnston\n2006-2007: Brenda Mantz\n2007-2009: Ann Johnson\n2009-2012: Catherine Fort\n2012-2015: Erik Ulmen\n2015-2017: Chris Verhoff\n2017-2019: Edith MacArthur\n2019-2021: Mitch Toda\n2021-2022: Matt Harris"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"boldunderline\"\u003eSeries 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. 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Documented are the history of the founding of the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association, its members, the various programs and events it organized, the problems and issues that were of importance to the neighborhood, its anniversary celebrations, its architecture, and its publications. Of note are the materials related to the creation of Luria Park by HRA neighbors, the Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (the pool), and the efforts to get HRA listed on the National Historic Register of Places. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, cards, publications, directories, election ballots, surveys, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, architectural drawings, floor plans, scrapbooks, color photographs, color negatives, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white negatives, presentation boards, video recordings, VHS tapes, audiocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, and awards.","Series 1: Administrative, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2","Sub-series 1-1: General, 1951-2021, Boxes 1-2\nThis series is comprised of general subject files maintained by the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association. Included are by-laws, surveys, lists, forms, notes, letterhead, flyers, histories, certificates, reports, correspondence, and a plaque.","Sub-series 1-2: Neighborhood Issues, 1976-2016, Box 2\nThis series contains correspondence, notes, studies, and other papers relating to issues encountered in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Series 2: Architecture, 1951-2016, Boxes 2-3","This series contains materials regarding the architecture of Holmes Run Acres. Included are brochures, manuals, drawings, floor plans, certificates, magazines, and news clippings and articles.","Series 3: Activities, 1956-2016, Boxes 3-6","Sub-series 3-1: Anniversaries, 1961-2011, Boxes 3-6\nHolmes Run Acres held their first anniversary celebration in 1961, ten years after the completion of the first homes. The neighborhood has since held subsequent anniversary events. Included here are relevant anniversary celebration materials featuring notes, correspondence, publications, photographs, negatives, albums, VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs. Some items in this sub-series have some water damage.","Sub-series 3-2: Day in the Park, 1993-2013, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres residents have held neighborhood gatherings in Luria Park ever since the Luria Brothers donated the parcel to the Fairfax County Park Authority. At the time of the donation, residents assisted the Park Authority with turning what was a dump site into the first neighborhood park in Fairfax County. Holmes Run Acres’ 10th anniversary celebration in 1961 featured numerous events in the park. The first Concert in the Park occurred in 1968 which became an annual “Day in the Park” event featuring live music. This series contains flyers, notes, statistics, photographs, correspondence, and other papers related to the Day in the Park event.","Sub-series 3-3: House and Garden Tour, 2009-2013, Box 6\nThe Holmes Run Acres House and Garden Tour is another neighborhood tradition held each spring. The annual tour offers glimpses inside a changing itinerary of private houses in the neighborhood. Included in this series are a tour program, flyer, and photographs.","Sub-series 3-4: International Dinner, 1999-2011, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres held international dinners dating back to at least the 1960s where families provided main dishes, salads, and deserts from various cultures. In March 1999, the annual event was first paired with an HRACA silent auction. Included in this series are flyers, notes, auction programs, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-5: Oktoberfest, 2014, Box 6\nIn the 2000s, the neighborhood first held an annual Oktoberfest in Luria Park featuring food and entertainment. Included in this series is an undated Oktoberfest flyer and email correspondence concerning the event from 2014.","Sub-series 3-6: Open Holmes, 1978-2016, Box 6\nHolmes Run Acres has always lacked a clubhouse, and in 1978 residents proposed having informal get-togethers in the house of a volunteer homeowner. The first “Open Holmes” event occurred on January 12, 1979, in Dave and Vivian Smith’s residence with 32 people attending. This series contains papers documenting the history of Open Holmes events including notes, flyers, schedules, and correspondence.","Sub-series 3-7: Various Activities, 1956-2001, Box 6\nThis series contains flyers, sign-up sheets, and correspondence from various events held in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood over the years. Included are materials for the 1st Hobby Show, Area 6 Block Party, Community Yard Sale, Flowering Tree Planting Project, Ice Skating Party, Needy Family Christmas Project, and the Annual Food and Clothing Drive.","Series 4: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-9 and 23-24","Sub-series 4-1: Scrapbooks, 1950s-2016, Boxes 6-7 and 23-24\nThis series contains multiple scrapbooks that document the history and development of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included in the scrapbooks are flyers, notes, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and other papers.","Sub-series 4-2: Photographs, 1950s-2002, Boxes 7-8 and 23\nThis series contains photographs and negatives documenting a variety of events and activities occurring in the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood.","Sub-series 4-3: Videotapes (VHS), 2001, Box 8\nThis series contains two VHS tapes from 2001 documenting 50th anniversary activities including the Holmes Run Acres House Tour, Day in the Park, and other events.","Sub-series 4-4: Audiocassettes, 1971, Box 9\nThis series contains one audiocassette tape from 1971 which is a recording of entertainment at Holmes Run Acres’ 20th anniversary celebration event.","Sub-series 4-5: Compact Discs (CDs), 2001-2012, Box 9\nThis series contains two CD-ROM discs. The 50th anniversary disc features covers of old Holmes Runners and Holmes Run directories, photos from 50th anniversary events, a snapshot of the MediaStudio Holmes Run Acres website and other digital items. The other disc contains a video celebrating the life of Holmes Run Acres resident Sarah Lahr.","Series 5: Special Interest/Subject Files, 1952-2018, Boxes 9-12","This series contains HRACA subject files which include brochures, fliers, notices, forms, photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, and correspondence.","Series 6: Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association (otherwise known as the Holmes Run Pool), 1955-2014, Boxes 12-13","In 1953, Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association, Inc. was formed to develop, operate and maintain recreational facilities in Holmes Run Acres, specifically a community swimming pool. The pool officially opened on September 5, 1953, and formerly opened on May 29, 1954. Included in this series are by-laws, certificates of incorporation, memorandums of agreement, a procedure manual, histories, photographs, negatives, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, newsletters, and other documents relating to the swimming pool.","Series 7: National Register of Historic Places, 2002-2007, Boxes 13-17","In March 2007, Holmes Run Acres was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Materials in this series consist of research, correspondence, survey forms, notes, maps, and the nominations submitted to get the neighborhood listed on the register.","Series 8: Publications, 1952-2012, Boxes 18-19","Series 8-1: The Holmes Runner, 1952-2012, Box 18","This series contains various issues from HRACA’s newsletter, The Holmes Runner which was first published in August 1952. Also included are lists of editors and articles, and a Christmas card.","Series 8-2: General Publications, 1961-2011, Boxes 18-19","This series contains an assortment of HRACA-related publications including cookbooks, histories of the community, anniversary booklets, a report, and a coloring book.","Series 9: Directories, 1954-2021, Boxes 19-22","This series contains directories for Holmes Run Acres beginning with the second directory published in January 1954 and ending with the 2020-2021 directory. Directories contain street addresses and telephone numbers of residents, and advertisements for local businesses.","Series 10: Clippings and Articles, 1951-2020, Boxes 22-23","This series contains articles, news clippings, printouts, and photocopies from newspapers, magazines, and websites that reported on the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Included are two undated newspaper advertisements from when Holmes Run Acres was originally on the market.","Series 11: Oversize Materials, 1951-2011, Boxes 23-24 and Oversize Drawer","This series contains oversize items including poster boards, certificates, newspapers, a scrapbook, original architectural drawings, and a Virginia General Assembly resolution."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\" encodinganalog=\"520$a\"\u003e\nThe Holmes Run Acres Civic Association Collection consists of 14.5 linear feet and spans the years 1951-2021. This collection contains materials that document the history of the Holmes Run Acres (HRA) neighborhood in Falls Church, Virginia as well as the Holmes Run Acres Civic Association (HRACA). 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