Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club Scrapbook Collection must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation note

Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club Scrapbook Collection, C0234, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Women's Club of Greater Reston on April 4, 2013.

Processing Information

Processing and EAD markup completed in November 2013 by Kerry Mitchell.

Historical note

The Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club was founded in 1969 as a women's social organization. The Club's purpose is to extend a friendly, helping hand, to offer the opportunity to make new friends, find camaraderie, and enjoy a variety of creative, social, and recreational activities from September through June. The club currently meets under the name Women's Club of Greater Reston.

Scope and Content

12 scrapbooks that contain newsclippings and photographs of the activities of the Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club. The collection is dated from 1974 to 2010 and is contained in 7 boxes.

The collection consists of scrapbooks from the Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club. Included in the scrapbooks are photographs, newsclippings, programs and other items from different years in the Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club's history.

Arrangement

Organized in one series chronologically.

Related Material

The Special Collections and Archives also holds the Planned Community Archives and other personal papers and organizational records that document Reston, Virginia, and other planned communities.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club (Reston, Va.)

Geographical Names:

• Reston (Va.)

Document Types:

• Scrapbooks.