Collections : [Thomas Balch Library]

The Waterford Elementary School, 1959-1960 collection consists of three items. One is a sepia-toned 8.5" x 6.5" photograph of individual second and third graders students in 1959-1960. The other items include a list of students' names on this photograph and an undated graduation program, probably from seventh grade graduation in 1965.

This collection consists of 113 color slides, taken from 1974 to 1987. Images focus on the Leesburg historic district and include the Aldie Mill.

This collection is made up of the administrative papers of the Home Interest Club. Records include correspondence, financial records, meeting agendas and minutes, as well as some of the notes for presentations made by members at the monthly meetings. Presentations made by Rachel Hoge Branch (1875-1944), one of the founding members, have been photocopied and collected in a bound volume by her son. The volume, included here, is titled Papers from Overlea. There are handwritten recipes contributed by the membership, some of them dating to the founding of the club. The recipes have been arranged thematically in preparation for the production of a cookbook in 2003, a copy of which is also included in the collection. Also of note in the collection are yearbooks, which contain the names of the officers for the year, a list of meetings, and brief descriptions of the meeting presentations. It was common for the yearbooks to be bound in scraps of wallpaper. The collection includes a small set of photographs, and a walnut button box that was used in the election of new members to the club.

The George R. Head collection consists of materials created or collected by Captain George R. Head (1822-1894) of Leesburg, Virginia. The collection includes family correspondence and papers, military correspondence and records, publications, currency and ephemera. The collection also contains artifacts including a canteen, haversack, holster, belt and buckles used by Head during the American Civil War. A 2005 inventory of documents, typed transcriptions of selected letters and documents in the collection, and research related to George R. Head's confederate military service accompanies the collection.

This collection contains the records of the Loudoun County Extension Homemakers Club. It includes minutes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, newsletters, correspondence, agendas, event pamphlets, recipes, attendance, speeches, information on club activities, as well as information on the history of the club.

The collection records Hanno Weber and Associates work as architect, designer, and construction project manager of the Town of Leesburg Municipal Government Center. Included are documents such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, and reports; architectural drawings and sketches; photographs; and material samples.

The Wilbur C. Hall Papers consist primarily of materials relating to Wilbur Hall's interest in the history of early America, Virginia, and Loudoun County. There is little material pertaining to his work as an attorney in Leesburg, his career in government, or his personal and family life.

The collection consists of administrative records of the Loudoun County Historical Society. Included are the Society's original founding documents: the Constitution, Mission Statement and By-Laws as well as Minutes of Board of Directors and General Membership meetings 1956 to 1976. General Correspondence files covering both internal and external correspondence are arranged chronologically. Letters from prominent individuals such as Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) appear in these files. Additional correspondence files include the letters, memoranda, and marketing efforts specifically pertaining to the publication of The Bulletin. Some original, published or unpublished, manuscripts submitted for The Bulletin are available.

Loudoun's Quilt of Faith, an inter-faith oral history project begun in 2008, explores the importance of religion in the lives of Loudoun County residents. The collection includes digital and print photographs, digitized interviews, and church brochures.