A new revised finding aid for the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area is now available. The records contain materials from the LWVFA’s activities from 1948-2008, including studies, information on political issues, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. The collection also contains memorabilia, such as the item below.
March is Women’s History Month, so my blog posts for this month will highlight SC&A’s collections that feature outstanding achievements by women. The Martha Pennino Papers document Pennino’s community activism and political career in Northern Virginia. The collection, featuring photographs, working papers, newspaper clips, and memorabilia, shows why Martha was affectionately known as “Mother Martha.” […]
Nearly everyone over the age of 40 who grew up in the Washington, D.C. area must recall either eating at or driving by a Hot Shoppes restaurant. The brainchild of J. Willard Marriott, Hot Shoppes featured family-style comfort food, such as burgers, meatloaf, steaks, soups, fries, milkshakes, and numerous desserts. Before becoming a hotel baron, […]
Special Collections and Archives staff recently completed the processing of the Leonard H. Clark collection. The collection largely consists of documents, photographs, and memorabilia from Clark’s time in the United States Air Force during World War II.
SC&A has recently installed a new exhibit entitled Hidden Treaures in Special Collections & Archives, which features unusual, unique or otherwise unconventional archival items. The items selected for this exhibit are non-textual and intended to be visually appealing.
