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Consult repository for information
Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning Heritage Resources Branch Slide Collection, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library
The Heritage Resources Branch transferred this slide collection to the Virginia Room in April 2005.
Kimberly Coss and Chris Barbuschak, April 2019
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2019
In the early 1970s, at the urging of the Fairfax County History Commission, the Board of Supervisors hired professional staff to focus on preserving, researching, and documenting the county’s historical resources. Staff worked within the Division of Planning, which was later renamed the Office of Comprehensive Planning. In 1984, the county’s archaeological, historical and architectural resources staff were consolidated into the Heritage Resources Branch within the Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning. The County Executive dismantled the Heritage Resources Branch during the County Budget for FY 1996. The archaeology department staff transferred to the Fairfax County Park Authority; the historic buildings survey, architectural review, and historic district zoning staff were reassigned within the Office of Comprehensive Planning; and the historical research and publications program was completely eliminated. The changes took effect on July 1, 1996. As of 2019, the Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning is known as the Department of Planning and Zoning.
The Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning Heritage Resources Branch Slide Collection consists of 940 slides depicting mostly historic Fairfax County structures spanning the years 1967-1993. Staff at the Fairfax County Heritage Resources Department photographed sites in Accotink, Alexandria, Annandale, Burke, Centreville, Chantilly, Clifton, Dranesville, Dulles, Fairfax, Fairfax Station, Falls Church, Floris, Fort Belvoir, Great Falls, Groveton, Gum Springs, Herndon, Idylwood, Langley, Lewinsville, Lorton, McLean, Mount Vernon, Newington, Reston, Seven Corners, Tysons Corner, and Vienna. Some slides in this collection are duplicated slides which pre-date 1967. Images of historical documents and historic portraits are also included. The original order, accession numbers, and handwritten descriptions on the slides were maintained as close as possible while processing and indexing this collection.
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