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The Gum Springs, Virginia Collection, 1915-1991 .5 linear feet

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The Gum Springs, Virginia Collection consists of .5 linear feet and spans the years 1915-1991 and consists of correspondence, a book manuscript, consulting reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, oral interview, blue prints, and cost estimates. Subjects covered are freedman; African-American community life; Gum Springs black history museum study including related community meetings; and the War on Poverty.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

The Robert E. Lee High School Collection, c.1959-1960 5.0 linear feet

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The Robert E. Lee High School Collection consists of a Lee High School varsity letter jacket and a student jacket dating from c. 1959-1960. Both were worn by William E. Dakin, Jr. who attended Lee High School from 1958-1963, and was a member of the first graduation class that attended the full five years of 8th through 12th grades at the school.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

The Ticket Stub Collection, 1929-2015 0.25 linear feet

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The Ticket Stub Collection consists of 0.25 linear feet and spans the years 1929-2015 and consists of ticket stubs for local Fairfax County, Virginia businesses.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

The Virginia Room Election Files, 1950-2015 24.0 linear feet

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The Virginia Room Election Files contain over 950 files of information on the various elections that Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, Vienna, Herndon, and Clifton residents have voted on from 1950 to the present. Coverage is sporadic through the 1950s but files become more consistent beginning in the 1960s. Included are newspaper articles; candidate brochures/pamphlets/booklets/mission statements, etc.; business cards; fans; door tags; stickers; letters and bumper stickers.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

The Virginia Room Non-Fairfax County Files, Undated 2.0 linear feet

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The Virginia Room Non-Fairfax County Files consist of over 150 files on non-Fairfax County historical sites and topics. Subjects include Prince William County, Manassas City, Loudoun County, District of Columbia, Arlington, and Alexandria. The files contain newspaper clippings, reports, brochures, photocopies, and articles.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

The Virginia Room Vertical and Historic Landmark Files, Undated 40.0 linear feet

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The Virginia Room Vertical and Historic Landmark Files consist of over 2,000 files on Fairfax County historical landmarks, communities, buildings, neighborhoods, churches, schools, and general county topics. The files contain newspaper clippings, reports, brochures, photocopies, correspondence, ephemera, and articles.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Collection, 1914-2000 2.25 linear feet

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The Washington & Old Dominion Collection consists of 2.25 linear feet and spans the years 1914-2000 and consists of tickets, brochures, train schedules, magazines, copies of right-of-way maps, a small metal W&OD Trail boundary sign, and a CD-ROM containing scans of 1911 right-of-way maps.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

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