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Thomas Balch Library

Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
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One of the library’s missions is collecting and preserving printed, manuscript, photographic, cartographic and genealogical documentation of Leesburg, Loudoun County and the surrounding region. The library actively seeks and welcomes donations of original business records, diaries, correspondence and photographs documenting life, culture, and history of Leesburg and Loudoun County. Library collections include over thirty-two thousand books and periodicals, maps, visual collections, newspapers, government records, and manuscripts. The library offers lectures on history and genealogy, classes, and exhibits. Group tours and orientations are available on request and books about local history are available for purchase on-site. Please contact us to find out more about donating to the library, joining our mailing list, or scheduling a tour.
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Thomas Balch Library is a history and genealogy library owned and operated by the Town of Leesburg. Collections focus on Loudoun County, regional and Virginia history, genealogy, military history with special emphasis on the American Civil War, and ethnic history. It is designated as an Underground Railroad research site.
POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195
Start Over Repository Thomas Balch Library Collection Boy Scout Troop 1168 Records 1965-1980
Thomas Balch Library

Boy Scout Troop 1168 Records 1965-1980

This collection contains the administrative records of Boy Scout Troop 1168. Included are troop rosters, record books, charters, applications for merit badges and advancement, as well information about camps. Photographs document activities of the troop, including Camps Goshen and Marriott, Swim-o-rees, and Hike-o-rees. There are 114 photographs in a wide variety of sizes. The large format photographs are housed in a folder with the manuscript collection. Other, small format, photographs are sleeved and housed in a separate box. There are four banners, three of which are made of tanned animal hides, a plaque from Camp Marriott, and three trophies. There is also a folder of material about Willie Davis, a committee chairman of Troop 1168. Davis died in 1970 and the troop named its meeting room in his honor.
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