Guide to the Pioneer America Society records, 1964-1980 #C0011

Guide to the Pioneer America Society records, 1964-1980

A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives
Accession Number C0011

George Mason University Libraries

Processed by: Special Collections and Archives Staff

Repository

George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives

Collection number

C0011

Title

Pioneer America Society records 1964-1980

Physical Characteristics

7 linear feet (13 boxes)

Creator

Henry H. Douglas

Language

English

Abstract

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Pioneer America Society records must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Pioneer America Society records, C0011, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by the Estate of Henry H. Douglas (David F. MacGhee, Executor) in 1989.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 1989 by Special Collections and Archives Staff. In 2008, the collection was re-processed by Beth Jante and Sean Tennant, Special Collections and Archives Staff.

Historical Information

The Pioneer America Society (PAS) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sites that represent North American history and material culture. Organized in 1967 by Henry H. Douglas, a resident of Falls Church, Virginia, the Society documents and interprets architecture and artifacts in addition to encouraging education, research, and preservation.

Scope and Content

The Pioneer America Society Collection (PAS) contains material related to the activities of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the PAS from 1967 to 1980. Additionally, the collection includes the publications and findings of the Chapter during that time period, including photographs and maps. The collection is divided into five series for easy use and research. The five series are: Northern Virginia Chapter Business from 1969 to 1979, Correspondence from 1967 to 1978, arranged alphabetically, Subject Files from 1967 to 1978, Printed Material from 1964 to 1980, and Oversize materials from the 1970s.

The first series, Northern Virginia Chapter Business, covers the period from 1969 to 1979. This series is composed of materials pertaining to the activities of the Northern Virginia Chapter and includes the Chapter history, membership, interest sheets, and newspaper clippings. Also included in this series are the Chapter minutes and the notice of dissolution for the Chapter.

The second series, Correspondence, covers the period from 1967 to 1978. This series includes a collection of the correspondence between the Northern Virginia Chapter and its members, arranged alphabetically. This series also includes photographs and drawings from the Chapters members, as well as maps and newspaper clippings. These documents record the findings and investigations of the Chapters' members and provide information about the history of the region.

The third series, Subject Files, covers the time between 1967 and 1978. This series includes information about the Northern Virginia Chapters' bylaws, invoices, and charter members. Also included in this collection is information about the Chapters' annual meetings and the American Association for State and Local History Award. This series chronicles the history of the Northern Virginia Chapter and its activities in the 1960s and 1970s.

The fourth series, Printed Material, ranges from 1964 to 1980. The series contains the publications of the Northern Virginia Chapter and includes the Chapter newsletters and brochures. Additionally, the series includes the publications "Echoes of History" and "Headquarters Heliogram," which contain articles from the Chapters' members and detail their findings and history of the region.

The fifth series contains oversized items from the 1970s, including unidentified newsletters and other publications from the Northern Virginia Chapter.

Arrangement

Organized into five series:

Series 1: Northern Virginia Chapter Business, 1969-1979 (Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, 1967-1978 (Boxes 2-9) Series 3: Subject Files, 1967-1978 (Boxes 9-10) Series 4: Printed Material, 1964-1980 (Boxes 11-12) Series 5: Oversize, 1970s (Box 13)

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds other collections of organizations and personal papers that document planning in Northern Virginia. Many of these collection are related to the Planned Community Archives.

Index Terms

Persons:

Douglas, Henry H.

Corporate Names:

Pioneer America Society.

Subjects:

Historic Preservation--Virginia.

Series 1: Northern Virginia Chapter Business 1969-1979

(1 box)

The first series, Northern Virginia Chapter Business, covers the period of 1969 to 1979. This series includes the Chapter history, membership, newspaper clippings, progress sheets, and a notice of dissolution.

Box 1 Folder 1
Calendar, 1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 2
History, 1969
Box 1 Folder 3
Interest Sheets, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 4
Members and Membership, 1969-1975
Box 1 Folder 5
Minutes, 1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 6
Newsletter, 1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 7
Newspaper Clippings, 1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 8
Notice of Dissolution, 1979
Box 1 Folder 9
Progress Sheets, n.d.

Series 2: Correspondence 1967-1978

(7.5 boxes)

The second series is a collection of correspondence between the Chapter and its members from 1967 to 1978. The series is organized alphabetically and contains letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, and drawings.

Box 2 Folder 1
Bagdon, Vincent J., 1969
Box 2 Folder 2
Bartlett, Fred, 1974
Box 2 Folder 3
Bernstein, Joel, 1968
Box 2 Folder 4
Bloom, John Potter, 1972, 1976

Photograph "The office of the Tombstone Prospector, a newspaper started in 1887."
Box 2 Folder 5
Boss, Edward, 1975
Box 2 Folder 6
Brabner-Smith, John, 1977
Box 2 Folder 7
Brandt, Lawrence, 1973

Photographs (9) "The Rockbridge Mill, Missouri", "The Hodgson Mill, Missouri"
Box 2 Folder 8
Briggs, Ferol, 1974

Photographs (17) "Tomahawk Mill, Bedford County, Virginia", "Muddy Creek Mill, Tamworth, Cumberland County, Virginia", "Solitude Mill, Fluvanna County, Virginia", "Woodson's Mill, Nelson County, Virginia", "Spicer's Mill, Orange County, Virginia", "Aldie Mill, Loudoun County, Virginia", "The Burwell-Morgan Mill, Clarke County, Virginia", "The Tide Mill at Poplar Grove, Mathews County, Virginia", "Trenton Mills, Cumberland County, Virginia", "Cow Creek Mill, Gloucester County, Virginia", "Byrd Mill, Louisa County, Virginia", "Merrie Mill, Albemarle County, Virginia", "Walker Mill, Albemarle County, Virginia", "Jefferson Mill, Albemarle County, Virginia", "Graves' Mill, Madison County, Virginia", "Repton Mill, Madison County, Virginia"
Box 2 Folder 9
Briggs, Lee, 1972

Photographs (4) "Order for Morning Prayer, The Book of Common Prayer, 1754 Folio Edition", "Harold J. Spelman"
Box 2 Folder 10
Bucher, Robert, 1968-1969
Box 2 Folder 11
Burton, Tommye S., n.d.

Photographs (2) "The McCormack House, Prince William/Haymarket, Virginia"
Box 2 Folder 12
Butler, Benjamin and Natalie, 1968-1973
Box 2 Folder 13
Bye, Ranulph, 1968-1973
Box 2 Folder 14
Byrd, R.L., 1973, 1975
Box 2 Folder 15
Cabell, Earle, 1968
Box 2 Folder 16
Candee, Richard, 1968
Box 2 Folder 17
Capron, John D., 1968-1977
Box 2 Folder 18
Carner, Clara Hill, 1974
Box 2 Folder 19
Cartwell, n.d.
Box 2 Folder 20
Cavender, Anthony P., 1974
Box 2 Folder 21
Childs, Patricia; (Moore's Store), 1972-1973
Box 2 Folder 22
Chitwood, W.R., 1974-1975
Box 2 Folder 23
Clements, William M., 1972
Box 2 Folder 24
Conner, E.R., 1975
Box 2 Folder 25
Conner, Prairie, 1974
Box 2 Folder 26
Couture, Richard; "James River Canal," 1973
Box 2 Folder 27
Cozzens, Arthur B., 1971

Photographs (3) "Carl Hamman, gunsmith, Steelville, Missouri"
Box 2 Folder 28
Dawson, Roger R., 1968-1970

Photographs (9) "Colonial Antiques advertisement", "Old Leesburg-Alexandria Turnpike"
Box 2 Folder 29
Day, Craig, 1977
Box 2 Folder 30
Deeley, Mary Jane, n.d.

Sketches (3) "Truro Church, Fairfax, Virginia", "Fairfax Court House, Fairfax, Virginia", "St. Mary's Church, Fairfax Station, Virginia"
Box 2 Folder 31
Denmen, Clayton C., 1972
Box 2 Folder 32
Dickey, John M., 1973
Box 3 Folder 1
Doerken, Bill, 1975
Box 3 Folder 2
"Echoes," 1970
Box 3 Folder 3
Elvin, Jane, 1973

Photographs (7) "The Fairfax Herald"
Box 3 Folder 4
Emerson, Charles, 1968-1977

Postcards (8) "Greetings from San Francisco, California", Photographs (2) "Charles Emerson"
Box 3 Folder 5
Friis, Herman, 1971
Box 3 Folder 6
Games, Marshall, n.d.
Box 3 Folder 7
Gamble, Bob, 1973

Contact Sheet "Aldie, Virginia. Houses"
Box 3 Folder 8
Givens, David, 1973
Box 3 Folder 9
Glassie, Henry, 1968-1973
Box 3 Folder 10
Godfrey, Arthur, 1974
Box 3 Folder 11
Goodwyn, Frank, 1973
Box 3 Folder 12
Gott, John K., 1968-1973

Photographs (3) "E.S. Renalds and Company's Store, Marshall, Virginia", "H.L. Groome, Station Agent, Marshall, Virginia", "Southern Railroad Depot, Marshall, Virginia" Maps (2) "Fauquier County, Virginia"
Box 3 Folder 13
Greguras, Fred, 1971

Negatives (45) "Varina, Virginia", "Mt. Vernon, Virginia", "St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia", Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia", "Rockledge, Occoquan, Virginia", "Stagecoach Inn, Dumphries, Virginia" Photograph "Varina, Virginia"
Box 3 Folder 14
Griffith, James S., 1971
Box 3 Folder 15
Gritzner, Charles F., 1972-1977
Box 3 Folder 16
Grotewold, Andreas, 1976
Box 3 Folder 17
Gumb, Dana, 1971, 1974
Box 4 Folder 1
Gunter, Charles, 1972-1976
Box 4 Folder 2
Hahn, Tom, 1970-1975

Photographs (19) "Rappahannock River Survey"
Box 4 Folder 3
Hart, John Fraser, 1971, 1974
Box 4 Folder 4
Harwood, Herbert, 1968-1970
Box 4 Folder 5
Hatch, Winslow, 1977
Box 4 Folder 6
Heller, Homer, 1973
Box 4 Folder 7
Hirst, Omer, 1970, 1973
Box 4 Folder 8
Hodge, Robert, 1972
Box 4 Folder 9
Hoyt, William, 1969-1974

Photographs (4) "Dogtown Common"
Box 4 Folder 10
Hulan, Dick, 1974

Map "Kentucky"
Box 4 Folder 11
Hutton, Mary K., 1969
Box 4 Folder 12
Innes, Frank C., 1973
Box 4 Folder 13
Jeffers, Jack, 1973

Photographs (2) "Old Blue Ridge Corn Crib", "Amish Man From the Blue Ridge"
Box 4 Folder 14
Jones, Robert S., 1976
Box 4 Folder 15
Jordan, Terry, 1973-1976
Box 4 Folder 16
Kauffman, Henry J., 1973
Box 4 Folder 17
Kegley, George, 1969
Box 4 Folder 18
Kibbee, Lew, 1971
Box 4 Folder 19
Kiessling, Alice, 1974
Box 4 Folder 20
Kniffen, Fred, 1968-1975
Box 4 Folder 21
Krause, Frank, 1969

Photographs (6) "Murtaugh House, Manassas, Virginia", "Old Sudley Road", "Sudley Spring, Virginia", "Sudley Mansion, Fairfax, Virginia", "Sudley Sulphur Spring House, Manassas, Virginia"
Box 4 Folder 22
Kury, Theodore, 1968-1972
Box 4 Folder 23
Labert, Darwin, n.d.
Box 4 Folder 24
Lay, Edward, 1974
Box 5 Folder 1
Leigh, Hassell, n.d.
Box 5 Folder 2
Leitch, Martha, 1974
Box 5 Folder 3
Lewis, John, 1970-1977
Box 5 Folder 4
Lewis Pierce, 1974-1975
Box 5 Folder 5
Lewis, Vicki, n.d.
Box 5 Folder 6
MacCord, Lewis, 1971
Box 5 Folder 7
Markwood, Louis, 1974-1975
Box 5 Folder 8
Marshall, Howard W., 1970-1977
Box 5 Folder 9
McAtee, Robert, 1970
Box 5 Folder 10
McKenna, Patrick, 1973
Box 5 Folder 11
McTernan, Doug, 1974

Photographs (6) "Farm, Fincastle, Virginia" Map "Fincastle, Virginia"
Box 5 Folder 12
Millan, Lewis, 1968
Box 5 Folder 13
Milspaw, Yvonne, 1976
Box 5 Folder 14
Miscellaneous, 1967-1968
Box 5 Folder 15
Miscellaneous, 1969
Box 5 Folder 16
Miscellaneous, 1970
Box 5 Folder 17
Miscellaneous, 1971
Box 5 Folder 18
Miscellaneous, 1972
Box 5 Folder 19
Miscellaneous, 1972
Box 6 Folder 1
Miscellaneous, 1972
Box 6 Folder 2
Miscellaneous, 1973
Box 6 Folder 3
Miscellaneous, 1973
Box 6 Folder 4
Miscellaneous, 1974
Box 6 Folder 5
Miscellaneous, 1974
Box 6 Folder 6
Miscellaneous, 1975
Box 6 Folder 7
Miscellaneous, 1977
Box 7 Folder 1
Montell, Lynwood, 1975
Box 7 Folder 2
Moore, John H., 1975

Photographs (2) "Fitzhugh Plantation House, Valleybrook, Virginia"
Box 7 Folder 3
Morton, W. Brown III, 1970
Box 7 Folder 4
National Geographic Magazine, 1973
Box 7 Folder 5
Netherton, Ross, 1969, 1973
Box 7 Folder 6
Nett, Charles, n.d.

Photographs (2) "Native Americans, Souix Tribe", Sketch "Log Cabin"
Box 7 Folder 7
Newton, Milton, 1976
Box 7 Folder 8
Noble, Allen, 1977-1978
Box 7 Folder 9
Nolan, Mary Lee, 1972-1975
Box 7 Folder 10
Norman, Jane, 1975
Box 7 Folder 11
Odiseos, Phyllis, 1976
Box 7 Folder 12
Painter, Fred, 1973
Box 7 Folder 13
Peake Family, 1973
Box 7 Folder 14
Pennington, Robert, 1967
Box 7 Folder 15
Pennino, Martha, 1972
Box 7 Folder 16
Perdue, Charles, 1974
Box 7 Folder 17
Rafferty, Milton, 1972
Box 7 Folder 18
Richards, Tom, 1973
Box 7 Folder 19
Richardson, Herb, 1976
Box 7 Folder 20
Roberts, Warren, 1972
Box 7 Folder 21
Rogers, Lane, 1973
Box 7 Folder 22
Rose, Thomas, 1972
Box 7 Folder 23
Rosenberger, Francis, 1971
Box 7 Folder 24
Scheel, Gene, 1973-1975
Box 7 Folder 25
Schwartz, Stuart, 1974
Box 7 Folder 26
Seme, Joe, 1975

Drawings (6) "Winter at the Mill", Photograph "The Chapman-Beverly Mill, Virginia", Negative "The Chapman-Beverly Mill, Virginia"
Box 7 Folder 27
Smith, Larry, 1975-1976
Box 7 Folder 28
Sprouse, Edith, 1975
Box 7 Folder 29
Stansfield, Charles, 1975-1976
Box 7 Folder 30
Steadman, Melvin, 1968-1974
Box 7 Folder 31
Stuntz, Mayo, 1970
Box 8 Folder 1
Taylor, R. Stephen, 1973
Box 8 Folder 2
Thompson, n.d.

Photographs (6) "Reverend Lawson Turner Thompson", "Garage and Dairy, Fairfax, Virginia", "Halman School, Fairfax, Virginia", "Grave Markers, Fairfax, Virginia", Negative "Halman School, Fairfax, Virginia"
Box 8 Folder 3
Tilp, Frederick, 1973

Map "Charles County, Maryland"
Box 8 Folder 4
Tishler, William, 1976
Box 8 Folder 5
Trout, William, 1973-1974

Photographs (2) "The Work on the Rappahannock Canal", "Rappahannock Navigation, Lock 7", Maps (2) "Rappahannock Navigation"
Box 8 Folder 6
University of Virginia, 1972-1973
Box 8 Folder 7
Utley, Robert, n.d.
Box 8 Folder 8
Viorst, Milton, 1973
Box 8 Folder 9
Vogt, Peter, 1969

Photograph "Artistic Lighting Effect"
Box 8 Folder 10
Wacker, Peter, 1968-1973
Box 8 Folder 11
Walls, Aileen, 1975
Box 8 Folder 12
Walsh, Anthony, 1975
Box 8 Folder 13
Watkins, Malcolm, 1968-1973

Photographs (4) "Silverware", "China Plate", "Flask", "Marlboro Town Excavations"
Box 8 Folder 14
White, Elizabeth, 1968-1969
Box 8 Folder 15
Wiley, John, n.d.

Negative "1908 Cadillac"
Box 8 Folder 16
Wilfong, James, 1973
Box 8 Folder 17
Wilhelm, Gene, 1968-1973
Box 8 Folder 18
Wilhelm, Hubert, 1972-1975
Box 8 Folder 19
Wilkinson, Joyce, 1968-1969

Photograph "After A Raid on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad"
Box 8 Folder 20
Williams, Ames, 1968

Maps (2) "Four Mile Run Railroad Map", "District of Columbia", Photographs (6)"Provost Marshall's Office, Alexandria, Virginia", "Sketch of the 71st NY in Alexandria", "Sketch of Alexandria Episcopal Seminary", "Alexandria Oath of Allegiance", "Sketch of Sutler's Cart, Manassas, Virginia"
Box 8 Folder 21
Williams, Lyle, 1969
Box 9 Folder 1
Wills, Mary Alice, 1972-1975

Photographs (2)"Possum-Nose Confederate River Battery", "Map of the Potomac", Map "Map of the Potomac River"
Box 9 Folder 2
Wilson, Eugene, 1969
Box 9 Folder 3
Wrenn, Tony P., 1970-1974
Box 9 Folder 4
Wright, Russell, 1972
Box 9 Folder 5
Wyrick, Charles L., 1972
Box 9 Folder 6
Yeager, Randolph, 1972-1973
Box 9 Folder 7
Zelinksi, Wilbur, 1973-1974

Series 3: Subject Files 1967-1978

(1.5 boxes)

The third series contains subject files from 1967 to 1978. This series includes information on the Chapter's annual meetings, bylaws, charter members, invoices, survey sheets, and the American Association for State and Local History Award.

Box 9 Folder 8
American Association for State and Local History Award, 1973-1974
Box 9 Folder 9
Annual Meetings, 1969-1975
Box 9 Folder 10
Annual Meeting, 1978
Box 9 Folder 11
Barrett, William - Invoice, 1971
Box 9 Folder 12
Bylaws, 1972
Box 9 Folder 13
Charter Members, n.d.
Box 9 Folder 14
Compliments, 1973-1976
Box 9 Folder 15
Coordinates, 1968
Box 10 Folder 1
Council on Abandoned Military Posts, 1974
Box 10 Folder 2
"Echoes" - complimentary copies, n.d.
Box 10 Folder 3
Finances, 1973-1976
Box 10 Folder 4
Invoices - "Echoes," 1971-1974
Box 10 Folder 5
Invoices - envelopes, letterheads, 1967-1975
Box 10 Folder 6
Invoices - newsletters, n.d.
Box 10 Folder 7
Japan Foundation Fellowship, 1973
Box 10 Folder 8
Logo Letterheads, n.d.
Box 10 Folder 9
Members, 1970-1976
Box 10 Folder 10
Obituaries, 1976
Box 10 Folder 11
Old Stone House, Washington D.C., n.d.
Box 10 Folder 12
Press Releases, n.d.
Box 10 Folder 13
Programs, 1971-1972, 1978
Box 10 Folder 14
Publicity, 1975
Box 10 Folder 15
"Rails to the Blueridge" 1969-1970
Box 10 Folder 16
Speeches, 1972
Box 10 Folder 17
Survey Sheets, n.d.
Box 10 Folder 18
"West Virginia Hillbilly" Receipt, 1977

Series 4: Printed Material 1964-1980

(2 boxes)

The fourth series contains printed materials from the Northern Virginia Chapter. This series includes newsletters, the Chapter's "Echoes of History" and "Headquarters Heliogram" publications, and rough and final drafts of brochures.

Box 11 Folder 1
Brochures - Final Drafts, 1970, 1975
Box 11 Folder 2
Brochures - Rough Drafts, 1967-1975
Box 11 Folder 3
"Caves of Virginia" (Douglas, Henry, H.), 1964
Box 11 Folder 4
"Echoes of History," 1968
Box 11 Folder 5
"Echoes of History," 1969
Box 11 Folder 6
"Echoes of History," 1970-1971
Box 11 Folder 7
"Echoes of History," 1972
Box 11 Folder 8
"Echoes of History," 1973
Box 11 Folder 9
"Echoes of History," 1974
Box 11 Folder 10
"Echoes of History," 1975
Box 11 Folder 11
"Echoes of History," 1976
Box 11 Folder 12
Flyers, 1972, 1980
Box 11 Folder 13
"Great American Hike" (Garvey, Ed), 1974
Box 12 Folder 1
"Headquarters Heliogram," 1972, 1973
Box 12 Folder 2
"Headquarters Heliogram," 1974
Box 12 Folder 3
"Headquarters Heliogram," 1975
Box 12 Folder 4
"Headquarters Heliogram," 1976
Box 12 Folder 5
"Headquarters Heliogram," 1977
Box 12 Folder 6
Newsletters, 1967, 1970, 1974
Box 12 Folder 7
"Periodical," 1970, 1972
Box 12 Folder 8
"Periodical," 1973-1974
Box 12 Folder 9
"Periodical," 1975-1977

Series 5: Oversize 1970s

(1 box)

Unidentified newsletters and other publications with proofs and negatives on page layouts.

Oversize 13 Folder
Printed Material Page Proofs, 1970s