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Jack F. Marshall Collection, MS 764, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
John F. (Jack) Marshall donated this collection in September of 2024.
Jack Marshall was a retired cultural anthropologist who lived in Charlottesville since 1988. He was the president of Advocates for Sustainable Albemarle Population, a non-profit organization founded to study population growth (2002-2022). He served as chair of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority and the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (1996-2000) and was President of Citizens for Albemarle, Inc. an organization founded in 1971 to protect the local environment. He was also been member of the Board of Citizens of Albemarle, and other organizations in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. He died February 18, 2026. [See: cvillpedia.org/Jack Marshall]
This collection contains documents, correspondence, reports, studies, news-clippings, related to population growth in Albemarle County and Charlottesville. There are documents from various organizations:
- Citizens of Albemarle, organization created in 1971 (see ACHS: PA-178 C.3)
- The Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council created in 1994 by the Thomas Jefferson Planning Commission
- Advocates for Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) that was created as a non-profit organization in 2002. Included are documents related to a project called Optimal Sustainable Population Size Project (OSPS) "to initiate research that can help estimate the biological carrying capacity and the socio-economic optimal size of this community..."
It is arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
Box 1
f.1: Provenance
f. 2: Citizens for Albemarle - Property rights, growth, philosophies, 1992
f. 3: Citizens for Albemarle - Albert A. Bartlett Conference: "Growth; Why it Must it Stop?," 1996
f. 4: Citizens for Albemarle - County history, 1990, 2007
f. 5: Citizens for Albemarle - Growth Development in Albemarle County, 1991-1995
f. 6-7: Citizens for Albemarle - Population Policy Committee; Workshop on Local Population Management and Myths of Local Population, 1997-1998 (2 folders)
f. 8: Citizens for Albemarle - transportation, roads, bridges, bikes miscellaneous news-clippings, 1991, 1996
f. 9: Citizens for Albemarle - Zoning and tax breaks, 1991- 1992
f. 10-11: Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council Population, Human Resources, Waste - working groups, memoranda, 1995-1996 (2 folders)
Box 2
- Trends for Indicators of Sustainability. The First Draft of a Report by: The Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council, April 21, 1997 (2 vols.)
f. 1: Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council - memoranda, agenda, The Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council 1998 Sustainability Accords and Vision of Sustainability, 1998
- Sustainable Communities From Vision to Action, Claremont University, 1998
- Sustainable Communities Guide for Grassroots Activists, n.d.
f. 2: Growth Build-Out Maps, 1996
f. 3: Four Maps of Albemarle County prepared by the The Piedmont Environmental Council, 2001
f. 4: ASAP [Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population] - Annual Conference: "The Myth of Endless Growth: Our Region's Future at Risk," September 28, 2002
f. 5: ASAP Annual Conference: "Beyond the Myths of Growth," September 13, 2003
f. 6: ASAP 3rd Annual Conference: "So What Can We Do to Keep This the Best Place to Live?," 2004
f. 7: ASAP - news-clippings
Box 3:
f. 1: ASAP [Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population] - Appeal for Major Support, September 2005
f. 2: ASAP: Air Quality in the Albemarle/Charlottesville Area, 2007-2010
f. 3: [ASAP] - COLCOM Foundation Grant, 2007- 2009
f. 4: [ASAP] - "Achieving a Sustainable Population at the Local Level: A Critical Look at ASAP's Strategies and Tactics," October 5, 2009
f. 5: [ASAP] - "Population Strategy Meeting IV Agenda and Timeline," October 4, 2010
f. 6: ASAP - Planning and foundation of ASAP, 2001-2002
f. 7: ASAP Outreach Project - press releases, grant applications, notes, report, memoranda, 2008-2010
f. 8: ASAP Outreach Meeting: "Our Community's Sustainability and Carrying Capacity," March 5, 2010
f. 9: ASAP Population Strategy Meeting, October 2, 2007
f. 10: ASAP Southeast Climate Funders Meeting, WestWind Foundation, Charlottesville, VA, November 2007
f. 11: ASAP/CFA/PEC Surveys, 2004-2005
f. 12: County Migration Profile for Albemarle VA Based on Returns for Tax Years, 2005-2006. Demographics and Workforce Section, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, UVA, 2006
f. 13; [ASAP]: Climate Change, [2012]
Box 4
f. 1: Optimal Sustainable Population Size Project (OSPS) - Budget, 2007-2008
f. 2: OSPS - Ecosystems Services, 2009
f. 3: OSPS - Economic Costs, 1984-2013. Fiscal Impact of Growth in Albemarle County. Includes: "The Study Report. Counting Costs and Benefits of Growth," December 2012
f. 4: OSPS - Environmental Footprint, 2007-2008
f. 5: OSPS Finances - Albemarle County, 2006-2008; Charlottesville, 2007
f. 6: [OSPS] - Groundwater and water supply, 2003-2009
f. 7: OSPS - Reviews of Surveys, 2002, 2010-2012. Includes: "Albemarle County 2002 Citizen Survey Report of Results," April 2002
f. 8: Council on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, 1997 re: "Intellectual freedom and parental responsibility: selecting books for our public school libraries," 1997
f. 9: Brochures