George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library, MS2FL 4400 University Dr. Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Business Number: 703-993-2220 Fax Number: 703-993-8911 speccoll@gmu.edu URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu
Emily Martin
Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0175
Title
Reston Museum collection 1962-2006
Quantity
6 Linear Feet, (12 boxes)
Creator
Reston Museum
Location
R43, C4, S3-S4
OS R5, C4, S5
Language
English
Abstract
The Reston Museum collection is a collection of papers and images pertaining to the development of Reston, Virginia. The collection
contains correspondence, reports, paperwork about the creation of Reston and papers from the Federal government. There also
pamphlets from different housing developments in Reston and publications with articles about Reston from different magazines
and newspapers. There are maps of Reston with slides and photographs. The collection is divided into eight series and is dated
from 1962 to 2006.
Reston is a planned community in Northern Virginia. Robert E. Simon, Jr. was the founder of Reston, he purchased the land
with the proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1961. Construction began in 1963 with the building of
Lake Anne.
The Reston Museum opened in 1997 by the Reston Historic Trust. It is run by volunteers and located in the Lake Anne Village
Historic District. The museum has permanent exhibits devoted to community life in Reston and rotating exhibits of works from
students of all ages in Reston.
The Reston Museum Collection is a collection of papers and images pertaining to the development of Reston, Virginia. The collection
contains correspondence, reports, paperwork about the creation of Reston and papers from the Federal government. There also
pamphlets from different housing developments in Reston and publications with articles about Reston from different magazines
and newspapers. There are maps of Reston with slides and photographs.
Series one is titled correspondence. The series contains mostly memorandums from different groups in Reston, including the
Reston Association, Gulf Reston Incorporated and personnel correspondence. The series is dated from 1962 to 1984 and contained
in boxes 1-3.
Series two is titled reports and plans. The series is comprised of reports about on going projects and construction in Reston.
There are also geological surveys, statistics and financial information pertaining Reston's growth. The series is dated from
1962 to 2000 and contained in boxes 3-7.
Series three is titled pamphlets. The series has brochures and pamphlets from different housing developments and neighborhoods
in Reston. There are also brochures about different community projects and buildings in development. The series is dated from
1964 to 2004 and contained in boxes 7-8.
Series four is titled publications. The series contains different magazines and newspaper articles written about Reston and
articles that were published in Reston publications. Some of the publications include Newsweek, The Restonian, The Washingtonian
and The Reston Letter. The series is dated from 1963 to 2005 and contained in boxes 8-9.
Series five is titled images. This a small series that contains slides and photographs. The slides are a variety of photos
of a Reston Town Center model and the photographs incorporated the early years in Reston. The series is dated from 1960s-1980s
and is contained in box 9.
Series six is titled maps. The series has a collection of maps from Reston. They include preliminary plans and master plan
for Reston among others. The series is dated from 1970 to 1989 and is contained box 10.
Series seven is titled general information. This series covers a variety of information pertaining to Reston. Included in
the series are notebooks documenting the attendance and costs of the museum, profiles and association minutes. The series
is dated from 1968 to 2006 and is contained in boxes 10-11.
Series eight is titled oversize. This a small series that contains an award for the bicentennial committee in Reston and a
brochure. The series is dated from 1980 to 1991 and contained in box 12.
Missing Title
Series 1: Correspondence, 1962-1984 (Boxes 1-3)
Series 2: Reports and Plans, 1962-2000 (Boxes 3-7)
Series 3: Pamphlets, 1964-2004 (Boxes 7-8)
Series 4: Publications, 1963-2005 (Boxes 8-9)
Series 5: Images, 1960s-1980s (Boxes 9)
Series 6: Maps, 1970-1989 (Boxes 10)
Series 7: General Information, 1968-2006 (Boxes 10-11)
Series 8: Oversize, 1980-1991 (Boxes 12)
Special Collections and Archives holds many other collections on the history and development of Reston, Virginia, as well
as other collections that document United States and international planned communities.
The series contains mostly memorandums from different groups in Reston, including the Reston Association, Gulf Reston Incorporated
and personnel correspondence.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Correspondence to Reston Residents
1960s
Scope and Contents note
3.12
1.
Letter: Robert Simon to Reston Staff
March 16, 1966
Scope and Contents note
2.
Press Release: Gulf Oil Corporation
September 1, 1967
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Housing Questionnaires and Memorandums
1969-1971
Scope and Contents note
1.05
1.
Letter: John W. Guinee to William A Radlinski
February 16, 1971
Scope and Contents note
2.
Letter: Lewis L. Douglas to William T. Pecora
January 26, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Memorandum: Gulf Investment in Reston
1967
Scope and Contents note
1.23
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
New Headquarters Building Memorandums
1971
Scope and Contents note
1.06
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Personnel: Correspondence and Statistics
1960s-1970s
Scope and Contents note
3.09
1.
Table: U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey, "Personnel Distribution by Geogrpahic Location of Residence and
Salary"
May 1971
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Personnel: Correspondence and Statistics
1971
Scope and Contents note
3.10
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Planning Memoranda on Reston Report to Simon Enterprises
1962
Scope and Contents note
5.12
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Reston Community Association: Memorandums
1967-1969
Scope and Contents note
3.1
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Reston Community Association: Memorandums
1969
Scope and Contents note
3.3
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Reston Community Association: Memorandums
1969
Scope and Contents note
3.2
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Reston Community Association: Development Memorandums
1979
Scope and Contents note
3.5
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
Reston Community Association
1973
Scope and Contents note
3.6
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Reston Community Association: Memorandum
1971
Scope and Contents note
2.1
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Reston Community Association: Board Memorandum
1976
Scope and Contents note
1.6
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
1984
Scope and Contents note
1.1
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
1980-1983
Scope and Contents note
1.4
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
1975
Scope and Contents note
1.3
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
Reston Home Owners Association: Memorandums
1976-1978
Scope and Contents note
1.2
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Reston Second Home Owners Association: Memorandums
1966
Scope and Contents note
2.3
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Seminar on New Communities: Reston, Virginia
1971
Scope and Contents note
3.14
1.
Letter: Royce Hanson to Karl J. Ingebritsen
May 18, 1971
Scope and Contents note
2.
Paper: Karl J. Ingebritsen, "Some Thoughts on the Dilemmas of Private Government"
The series is comprised of reports about on going projects and construction in Reston. There are also geological surveys,
statistics and financial information pertaining Reston's growth.
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
A Comprehensive Plan for the Difficult Run Watershed
1966
Scope and Contents note
3.06
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Adoption of Amendment to Chapter 30 of the 1961 Code of the County of Fairfax, Virginia as Amended
1962
Scope and Contents note
3.11
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Articles of Incorporation of Homeownership
1967
Scope and Contents note
1.09
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
Articles of Incorporation, Reston Second Homeowners Association
1969
Scope and Contents note
2.10
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
By-Laws of Reston Homeownership
1970
Scope and Contents note
1.10
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
Congressional Record, Processing and Debates of the 87th Congress, Second Session
1962
Scope and Contents note
1.20
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
Cooperatives Forecasting Summary Report
1976
Scope and Contents note
5.06
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
Deed of Dedication Reston, Section One
1964-1966
Scope and Contents note
1.08
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
Density Control Under the Residential Planned Community Chapter of the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance
1970
Scope and Contents note
1.35
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12
Digest of Articles and By-Laws of a Cluster Association
1967
Scope and Contents note
1.07
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13
Economic Study of the Reston Golf and Health Club
1969
Scope and Contents note
4.27
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 14
Final Density Tabulation
1999-2000
Scope and Contents note
9.06
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 15
Geological Survey on Reston
1969
Scope and Contents note
1.04
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 16
Gulf Reston, Incorporated Valuation of Assets at September 28, 1967
1968
Scope and Contents note
2.04
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
Human Resources Visits to Other Agencies
1967-1971
Scope and Contents note
2.15
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Land Planning and Land Development and Community Planning
1960s
Scope and Contents note
5.09
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Major Streets and Highways Plan, Fairfax County Virginia
1965
Scope and Contents note
3.05
1.
Plan: Fairfax County Planning Office, "Major Streets and Highways Plan"
April 1985
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Market Research Analysis-Reston, Virginia
1969
Scope and Contents note
4.20
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
Market Analysis, Consumer Research and Recommendation for Housing Land Sales at Reston, Virginia-Executive Report
1979
Scope and Contents note
4.24
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Offer of Sales and Donation of Land to the United States of America
1966
Scope and Contents note
3.02
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Preliminary Plan for Round Hill at Reston, Virginia
1968
Scope and Contents note
2.08
1.
Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Preliminary Plan for Round Hill at Reston, Virginia"
September 1, 1968
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Preliminary Report-Technical College at Reston, Virginia
1968
Scope and Contents note
2.09
1.
Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Preliminary Report: technical College At Reston, Virginia"
June 7, 1968
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
Protective Covenants and Restrictions of Deed of Dedication, Reston Homeowners Association
1970
Scope and Contents note
2.12
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
'Reston' a Planned Community
1967
Scope and Contents note
1.01
1.
Paper: G. W. Saunders, " 'Reston' - A Planned Community"
September 24, 1962
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
Reston Committee (Y2K)
2000
Scope and Contents note
1.36
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
Reston Community Association: Fairfax Water Treatment Plant Documents
1975
Scope and Contents note
2.7
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13
Reston Community Association: Board of Directors Meetings, Reports and By-laws
1970
Scope and Contents note
2.8
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 14
Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
1978
Scope and Contents note
4.3
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 15
Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
1978
Scope and Contents note
4.4
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
1978
Scope and Contents note
4.2
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
Reston Community Association: Development Plans, Zoning Plans and Site Plans/Memorandums
1978
Scope and Contents note
4.1
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
Reston First Home Owners Association
1966
Scope and Contents note
7.02
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
Reston Low Income Housing Demonstration Program
1969
Scope and Contents note
6.02
1.
Report: Norman Rowland, "Reston Low Income Housing Demonstration Program"
April 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
Reston Master plan Report, Fairfax County
1968
Scope and Contents note
4.25
1.
Report: Simon Enterprises, "Reston Master Plan Report"
March 10, 1962
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
Reston Quarterly Fact Sheet
1970
Scope and Contents note
4.03
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
Reston Town Center Concept Plan and Program
1974
Scope and Contents note
5.08
1.
Report: David Crane and Partners, "Reston Town Center: Concept Plan and Program"
November 1, 1974
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
Reston Transportation Study
1970
Scope and Contents note
5.07
1.
Report: Alan M. Voorhees and Associates, Inc. "Reston Transportation Study"
June 1970
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
Reston, Virginia-Future Home of the U.S. Geological Survey
1970s
Scope and Contents note
4.13
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
School Construction System Development (SCSD): The Project and the School
1967
Scope and Contents note
5.05
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
Social Planning and Programs for Reston, Virginia
1967
Scope and Contents note
5.04
1.
Report: Reston Virginia Foundation for Community Programs, " Social Planning and Programs for Reston Virginia"
March 1967
Scope and Contents note
2.
Report: Reston Virginia Foundation for Community Programs, " Social Planning and Programs for Reston Virginia"
March 1967
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
Statutory Land Trusts an Unused Method of Holding Real Property in Virginia
1979
Scope and Contents note
5.10
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
Status of Construction and Occupancy
1976
Scope and Contents note
9.07
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia
1970s
Scope and Contents note
2.07
1.
Report: National Audubon Society, "Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia"
June 24, 1968
Scope and Contents note
2.
Report: National Audubon Society, "Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia"
June 24, 1968
Scope and Contents note
3.
Report: National Audubon Society, "Survey and Nature Center Plan for Reston, Virginia"
June 24, 1968
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
Technical College-Reston, Virginia (Report on Feasibility of Establishing a Technical College in Reston)
1968
Scope and Contents note
3.04
1.
Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Technical College Reston, Virginia"
July 1, 1968
Scope and Contents note
2.
Plan: Dan Coleman Associates, "Technical College Reston, Virginia"
July 1, 1968
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
1967-1968
Scope and Contents note
4.19
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
The Reston Center for Industry and Government Declaration of Protective Covenants and Restrictions
1965
Scope and Contents note
4.23
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 8
Total Density Tabulations
1982-1990
Scope and Contents note
9.08
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 9
Town Center Study Reston, Virginia
1971-1972
Scope and Contents note
3.13
1.
Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
1972
Scope and Contents note
2.
Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
1972
Scope and Contents note
3.
Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
1972
Scope and Contents note
4.
Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
1972
Scope and Contents note
5.
Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
1972
Scope and Contents note
6.
Report: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Town Center Study, Reston, Va."
1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 10
Transportation-Washington Metropolitan Area
1965
Scope and Contents note
2.05
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 11
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
The series has brochures and pamphlets from different housing developments and neighborhoods in Reston. There are also brochures
about different community projects and buildings in development.
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
A Guide to Reston Virginia
1960s
Scope and Contents note
4.02
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
A New Community at Novi
1969
Scope and Contents note
2.02
1.
Report: Center for Community Change, "A New Community at NOVI"
June 1969
Scope and Contents note
2.
Report: Center for Community Change, "A New Community at NOVI: Appendix: Federal Aid for New Communities"
June 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
Arts in Virginia
1967
Scope and Contents note
6.08
1.
Article: Wolf Von Eckardt, "Planning for 'Publick Concerns'," Arts in Virginia, volume 7, number 2
The series contains different magazines and newspaper articles written about Reston and articles that were published in Reston
publications. Some of the publications include Newsweek, The Restonian, The Washingtonian and The Reston Letter.
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 12
Business Week
1966
Scope and Contents note
1.25
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 13
Fairfax County Virginia-Economic Overview
1976
Scope and Contents note
4.12
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 14
Fairfax Prospectus-Volume 10, Number 4
1979
Scope and Contents note
4.15
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 15
Industrial Property Guide-Reston Supplement
1964
Scope and Contents note
4.07
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 16
Magazines (A-Z Program Guide, Chamber of Commerce Guide and Reston Resource)
2004-2005
Scope and Contents note
1.28
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 17
Newspaper Clippings (Bronze Simon Statue Stole form Lake Anne)
2004
Scope and Contents note
1.29
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 18
Newsweek-New Town: Shape of Utopia?
1964
Scope and Contents note
1.15
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 19
Real Estate (Articles on Reston, Virginia)
1986
Scope and Contents note
3.03
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 20
"Reston: A New Town for a New Kind of Life" By Ed Crimsley
1966
Scope and Contents note
4.08
1.
Article: Ed Grimsley, "Reston: a new town for a new kind of life," The Commonwealth: The Magazine of Virginia,
May 1966
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 21
Reston Community Association News-Volume 1, Number 5
1974
Scope and Contents note
2.6
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 22
"Reston Counts 1000 Residents and Now Looks Like New Town" By John B. Willmann
1966
Scope and Contents note
4.01
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 23
"Reston: New Town in the Old Dominion" By Nan Netherton
1983
Scope and Contents note
4.21
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
Restonian: A New Magazine of New Ways to Live
1968
Scope and Contents note
5.15
1.
Article: Fred Flaxman, "Can A New Town Be Democratic?"; the Restonian Magazine,
October 1975
Scope and Contents note
2.
Article: Robert E. Simon, Jr., "Genesis of Reston",
October 1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
Reston: The Evolution of an American Original
2001
Scope and Contents note
9.01
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
The Fairfax County News-Volume 1, Number 1
1977
Scope and Contents note
4.14
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
"The Life and Times of Reston, Virginia" By the Reston Regional Library
2000s
Scope and Contents note
1.8
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5
The Orange Disc
1968
Scope and Contents note
6.04
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 6
The Orange Disc
1970
Scope and Contents note
6.03
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 7
The Reston Connection
1980s
Scope and Contents note
6.9
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 8
The Reston Connection
1980s
Scope and Contents note
6.10
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 9
"The Reston Express Bus" By Henry Bain
1969
Scope and Contents note
4.04
1.
Report: Henry Bain, "The Reston Express Bus",
August 1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 10
The Reston Industry Landsales Newsletter-Volume 1-3
1970s
Scope and Contents note
4.16
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 11
The Reston Letter
1963-1966
Scope and Contents note
4.10
1.
Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 1 No. 2,
May 1963
Scope and Contents note
2.
Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 2 No. 1,
May 1964
Scope and Contents note
3.
Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 4 No. 1,
May 21, 1966
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 12
The Reston Letter
1963
Scope and Contents note
1.14
1.
Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 1 No. 1,
February 1963
Scope and Contents note
2.
Newsletter: Reston Letter, Vol. 1 No. 3,
September 1963
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 13
The Reston Residential Land Sales Newsletter-Volume 3, Number 3
This a small series that contains slides and photographs. The slides are a variety of photos of a Reston Town Center model
and the photographs incorporated the early years in Reston.
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 18
Memories of Early Reston Years
1960s
Scope and Contents note
5.11
1.
Memo: Vernon J. Walker to Second Homeowners Planning and Budget Committee,
October 2, 1967
Scope and Contents note
2.
Photo: William A. Graham, Untitled,
undated
Scope and Contents note
3.
Photo: Anonymous, "Vernon Walker",
undated
Scope and Contents note
4.
Photo: Anonymous, "Vernon Walker",
undated
Scope and Contents note
10.
Advertisement: Reston Land Corporation, "Reston Advertisements",
This series covers a variety of information pertaining to Reston. Included in the series are notebooks documenting the attendance
and costs of the museum, profiles and association minutes.
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 7
Commemorative Brick Profiles First and Second Installation
2001
Scope and Contents note
4.5
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 8
Commemorative Brick Profiles First and Second Installation
2001
Scope and Contents note
4.6
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 9
First Annual Columbia Conference Community Governance
1972
Scope and Contents note
6.07
1.
Booklet: Columbia Conference Committee, "First Annual Columbia Conference on Community Goverance",
March 1972
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 10
Fourth Interview-GWS and VPI Representative
1970s
Scope and Contents note
3.08
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 11
Hilton Portfolio
1990s
Scope and Contents note
4.7
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 12
News from Reston Museum Winter Program and Walks
2006
Scope and Contents note
9.09
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 13
Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
1997
Scope and Contents note
2.9
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 14
Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
1998
Scope and Contents note
2.10
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 1
Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
1998
Scope and Contents note
2.11
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 2
Notebook (Attendance and Costs)
1999
Scope and Contents note
2.12
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 3
Reston Citizens Association-Records for Museum
2000
Scope and Contents note
3.4
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 4
Reston Community Association: Agendas, Minutes and Lists
1968
Scope and Contents note
2.4
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 5
Reston Community Association: Government Lists and Board Meetings