Guide to the Vincent Callahan Collection 1962-2008 C0299 Vincent Callahan

Guide to the Vincent Callahan Collection 1962-2008 C0299

Vincent Callahan


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Fairfax, Virginia 22030
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Finding aid prepared by Zac Greenfield

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0299
Title
Vincent Callahan collection 1962-2008
URL:
http://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/callahan.html
Quantity
3 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note
(8 boxes)
Creator
Callahan, Vincent F., Jr., 1931-2014
Language
English .
Abstract
This is a collection of newspapers and articles collected by Vincent Callahan pertaining to his long career and political activities.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from [collection title] must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Vincent Callahan Collection, #C0299, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Yvonne Callahan on November 15, 2016.

Processing Information

Processing completed by Zac Greenfield in June 2017. EAD markup completed by Zac Greenfield in June 2017.


Biographical Note

Vincent F. Callahan Jr. was a Republican party member from Northern Virginia that represented Fairfax County in the state legislature. He served for 40 years before retiring in 2008 until he passed away as a result of complications from West Nile virus. Callahan was first elected in 1967 as one of only 14 Republicans out of 100 representatives, with the Republicans becoming a majority by the time of his retirement. In 1972 he was elected to the Appropriations Committee, where he would eventually become the first Republican to head the committee in many years.

Many of his accomplishments benefitted his native Northern Virginia, as he worked to make sure the region was not only not forgotten but expanded upon. He is credited for the expansion of the Dulles Corridor as well as the funding of the Wolf Trap Center. He was also influential in the growing George Mason University.

He did not always see eye-to-eye with the conservative direction the party was moving in as the decades went, preferring to be a moderate and work to compromise with both sides whenever possible. This led to his being well liked on the floor of the Virginia House.

Scope and Content

The Vincent F. Callahan Jr. collection consists primarily of local newpaper clippings, magazine clippings, photographs, and various invitations and awards that Callahan collected over the course of his political career. The content ranges from the late 1960s to the mid-2000s when Callahan retired. The materials in the collection pertain almost entirely to local Northern Virginia news and events that he was directly involved in. Topics range from Callahan's campaigns to get elected and re-elected, tax issues across the state, events in Northern Virginia and across the state, projects he has helped secure funding for, and invitations to political events. While the majority of the material was not created by Callahan, included also are several writings of his that were submitted to papers or were part of his newsletters. These range from the "Callahan and the Capital" newsletter to the "House Call" column run in the McLean Providence Journal, as well as responses he made to his opponents in papers. Over the course of his political career Callahan had opportunities to travel internationally and locally for major events, attending the inaugurations of President Nixon and many other events that shaped local and national history that have appearances in this collection. One box consists of many newspaper clippings sorted into scrapbooks put together by the Callahan family. The remaining boxes are loose clippings and other materials sorted into folders organized by publication. Some parts of the collection, such as The Washington Post and the Washington Times, were not kept due to the ease of access online.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Related Material

This Special Collections Research Center also holds the papers of other Virginia state legislators, including Dorothy McDiarmid and Armistead Boothe.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Holton, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood), 1923-
  • Newspapers
  • Scrapbooks
  • Virginia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
  • Virginia, Northern -- Politics and government

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Callahan, Vincent F., Jr., 1931-2014
  • Holton, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood), 1923-

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Virginia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
  • Virginia, Northern -- Politics and government

Container List

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Arlington Catholic Herald and News
1970s, 1996-2006
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Assorted Invitations
circa 1960s-1980s
Scope and Contents note

Events and Galas Callahan was invited to at different times

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Assorted Papers
1971-2003
Scope and Contents note

AP articles and unmarked clippings

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Awards and Honors Received
circa 1960s-80s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
The Bee
1988
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Business Journals
1986, 1998-2003
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Callahan at the Capital
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Campaign Materials
1960s-2000s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Capitol Reports
1996-2001
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Christmas Cards
circa1960s-80s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
The Fairfax Journal (2 of 6)
1980-84
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
The Connection (1 of 2)
1989-99
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
The Connection (2 of 2)
2000-07
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
The Daily Progress
1983-87, 2001-02
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Daily Press
2001-06
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Evening Star and Daily News
1969-1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
The Free-Lance Star
1984, 2003-07
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
The Fairfax Journal (1 of 6)
1969-79
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
The Fairfax Journal (2 of 6)
1980-1984
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
The Fairfax Journal (3 of 6)
1985-89
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
The Fairfax Journal (4 of 6)
1990-95
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
The Fairfax Journal (5 of 6)
1996-99
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
The Fairfax Journal (6 of 6)
2000-04
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
The Fairfax Star
1976-81
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
The Gazette
1974-89, 1994-2002
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9
The Globe
1969-79
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10
Herndon Newspapers
1971-77, 1994-2002
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11
Human Events
1976
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12
Presidential Inaugurations
1969-73
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
Virginia Governor Inaugurations
1970-86
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
The Local Star
1980
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Magazine Cuttings
1970s-80s, 2000-05
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
The Marketplace
1973-76
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
McLean News
1974-75
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
The McLean Providence Journal (1 of 6)
1969-74
Scope and Contents note

Newspaper went through multiple name changes: McLean Providence Journal, Providence Journal and Fairfax Herald, Great Falls Current, Times Community Newspapers, McLean Times

Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
The McLean Providence Journal (2 of 6)
1975-79
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
The McLean Providence Journal (3 of 6)
1980-89
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
The McLean Providence Journal (4 of 6)
1990-94
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
The McLean Providence Journal (5 of 6)
1995-99
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
The McLean Providence Journal (6 of 6)
2000-06
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
News-Advertiser
1981-83
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12
Newsletters
1982-99
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13
Northern Virginia Daily
1999
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 14
Northern Virginia Sun (1 of 8)
1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
Northern VA Sun (2 of 8)
1971-75
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Northern VA Sun (3 of 8)
1976-79
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Northern VA Sun (4 of 8)
1980-85
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Northern VA Sun (5 of 8)
1986-89
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
Northern VA Sun (6 of 8) "House Call"
1986-89
Scope and Contents note

Regular column written by Callahan

Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Northern VA Sun (7 of 8)
1990-99
Scope and Contents note

Name change to "The Sun Gazette"

Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Northern VA Sun (8 of 8)
2000-07
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Photos
circa 1960s-1970s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
The Progress-Index
1988, 97, 2002
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
Redistricting
1991
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
Republican Caucus
1969-85
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
Republican News Publications
1960s-1980s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13
The Reston Times
1974-81
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 14
Richmond News Leader
1969-91
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
Richmond Times-Dispatch (1 of 2)
1969-1999
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
Richmond Times-Dispatch (2 of 2)
2000-07
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
Roanoke Times
1969-73, 1985
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
Springfield Independent
1969
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
The Sound
1969-79, 86
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
Washington Daily News
1969-72
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
Washington Examiner
2006-07
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
Washington Jewish Week
1987
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
Washington Star
1975-81
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
Washington Star-News
1973-75
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 11
Winchester Star
1993, 2000
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 12
Virginia Delegate
1975
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 13
Virginia Pilot/Ledger Star
1970s-1990s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 14
Virginia Sentinel
1969-74
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 15
Virginia Times
2005
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 16
Warner 2008
2008
Scope and Contents note

Mark Warner's 2008 Campaign

Mixed Materials box: 6 folder:
1 Scrapbook
1964-65
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder:
3 Scrapbooks
1965-68
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder:
3 Scrapbooks
1962-69
Scope and Contents note