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


Descriptive Summary
Repository	George Mason University. Special Collections Research Center
Creator	Henry H. Douglas
Title	Pioneer America Society records
Date	1964-1980
Physical Characteristics	7 linear feet (13 boxes)
Abstract	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.
Collection number	C0011
Language	English

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. In 2014 the Society's board approved a new name change, and it is now known as the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture. Their website is available here.

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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.

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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)

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Restrictions

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.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center 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.

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Index Terms

Persons:

Douglas, Henry H.

Corporate Names:

Pioneer America Society.

Subjects:

Historic Preservation--Virginia.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Pioneer America Society records, C0011, Special Collections Research Center, 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 Research Center Staff. In 2008, the collection was re-processed by Beth Jante and Sean Tennant, Special Collections Research Center Staff. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in November 2020.

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Contents List


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	Folder
1	1	Calendar, 1969-1970

	2	History, 1969

	3	Interest Sheets, n.d.

	4	Members and Membership, 1969-1975

	5	Minutes, 1969-1970

	6	Newsletter, 1969-1970

	7	Newspaper Clippings, 1969-1970

	8	Notice of Dissolution, 1979

	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	Folder
2	1	Bagdon, Vincent J., 1969

	2	Bartlett, Fred, 1974

	3	Bernstein, Joel, 1968

	4	Bloom, John Porter, 1972, 1976
			Photograph "The office of the Tombstone Prospector, a newspaper started in 1887."
	5	Boss, Edward, 1975

	6	Brabner-Smith, John, 1977

	7	Brandt, Lawrence, 1973
			Photographs (9) "The Rockbridge Mill, Missouri", "The Hodgson Mill, Missouri"
	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"
	9	Briggs, Lee, 1972
			Photographs (4) "Order for Morning Prayer, The Book of Common Prayer, 1754 Folio Edition", "Harold J. Spelman"
	10	Bucher, Robert, 1968-1969

	11	Burton, Tommye S., n.d.
			Photographs (2) "The McCormack House, Prince William/Haymarket, Virginia"
	12	Butler, Benjamin and Natalie, 1968-1973

	13	Bye, Ranulph, 1968-1973

	14	Byrd, R.L., 1973, 1975

	15	Cabell, Earle, 1968

	16	Candee, Richard, 1968

	17	Capron, John D., 1968-1977

	18	Carner, Clara Hill, 1974

	19	Cartwell, n.d.

	20	Cavender, Anthony P., 1974

	21	Childs, Patricia; (Moore's Store), 1972-1973

	22	Chitwood, W.R., 1974-1975

	23	Clements, William M., 1972

	24	Conner, E.R., 1975

	25	Conner, Prairie, 1974

	26	Couture, Richard; "James River Canal," 1973

	27	Cozzens, Arthur B., 1971
			Photographs (3) "Carl Hamman, gunsmith, Steelville, Missouri"
	28	Dawson, Roger R., 1968-1970
			Photographs (9) "Colonial Antiques advertisement", "Old Leesburg-Alexandria Turnpike"
	29	Day, Craig, 1977

	30	Deeley, Mary Jane, n.d.
			Sketches (3) "Truro Church, Fairfax, Virginia", "Fairfax Court House, Fairfax, Virginia", "St. Mary's Church, Fairfax Station, Virginia"
	31	Denmen, Clayton C., 1972

	32	Dickey, John M., 1973

Box	Folder
3	1	Doerken, Bill, 1975

	2	"Echoes," 1970

	3	Elvin, Jane, 1973
			Photographs (7) "The Fairfax Herald"
	4	Emerson, Charles, 1968-1977
			Postcards (8) "Greetings from San Francisco, California", Photographs (2) "Charles Emerson"
	5	Friis, Herman, 1971

	6	Games, Marshall, n.d.

	7	Gamble, Bob, 1973
			Contact Sheet "Aldie, Virginia. Houses"
	8	Givens, David, 1973

	9	Glassie, Henry, 1968-1973

	10	Godfrey, Arthur, 1974

	11	Goodwyn, Frank, 1973

	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"
	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"
	14	Griffith, James S., 1971

	15	Gritzner, Charles F., 1972-1977

	16	Grotewold, Andreas, 1976

	17	Gumb, Dana, 1971, 1974

Box	Folder
4	1	Gunter, Charles, 1972-1976

	2	Hahn, Tom, 1970-1975
			Photographs (19) "Rappahannock River Survey"
	3	Hart, John Fraser, 1971, 1974

	4	Harwood, Herbert, 1968-1970

	5	Hatch, Winslow, 1977

	6	Heller, Homer, 1973

	7	Hirst, Omer, 1970, 1973

	8	Hodge, Robert, 1972

	9	Hoyt, William, 1969-1974
			Photographs (4) "Dogtown Common"
	10	Hulan, Dick, 1974
			Map "Kentucky"
	11	Hutton, Mary K., 1969

	12	Innes, Frank C., 1973

	13	Jeffers, Jack, 1973
			Photographs (2) "Old Blue Ridge Corn Crib", "Amish Man From the Blue Ridge"
	14	Jones, Robert S., 1976

	15	Jordan, Terry, 1973-1976

	16	Kauffman, Henry J., 1973

	17	Kegley, George, 1969

	18	Kibbee, Lew, 1971

	19	Kiessling, Alice, 1974

	20	Kniffen, Fred, 1968-1975

	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"
	22	Kury, Theodore, 1968-1972

	23	Labert, Darwin, n.d.

	24	Lay, Edward, 1974

Box	Folder
5	1	Leigh, Hassell, n.d.

	2	Leitch, Martha, 1974

	3	Lewis, John, 1970-1977

	4	Lewis Pierce, 1974-1975

	5	Lewis, Vicki, n.d.

	6	MacCord, Lewis, 1971

	7	Markwood, Louis, 1974-1975

	8	Marshall, Howard W., 1970-1977

	9	McAtee, Robert, 1970

	10	McKenna, Patrick, 1973

	11	McTernan, Doug, 1974
			Photographs (6) "Farm, Fincastle, Virginia" Map "Fincastle, Virginia"
	12	Millan, Lewis, 1968

	13	Milspaw, Yvonne, 1976

	14	Miscellaneous, 1967-1968

	15	Miscellaneous, 1969

	16	Miscellaneous, 1970

	17	Miscellaneous, 1971

	18	Miscellaneous, 1972

	19	Miscellaneous, 1972

Box	Folder
6	1	Miscellaneous, 1972

	2	Miscellaneous, 1973

	3	Miscellaneous, 1973

	4	Miscellaneous, 1974

	5	Miscellaneous, 1974

	6	Miscellaneous, 1975

	7	Miscellaneous, 1977

Box	Folder
7	1	Montell, Lynwood, 1975

	2	Moore, John H., 1975
			Photographs (2) "Fitzhugh Plantation House, Valleybrook, Virginia"
	3	Morton, W. Brown III, 1970

	4	National Geographic Magazine, 1973

	5	Netherton, Ross, 1969, 1973

	6	Nett, Charles, n.d.
			Photographs (2) "Native Americans, Souix Tribe", Sketch "Log Cabin"
	7	Newton, Milton, 1976

	8	Noble, Allen, 1977-1978

	9	Nolan, Mary Lee, 1972-1975

	10	Norman, Jane, 1975

	11	Odiseos, Phyllis, 1976

	12	Painter, Fred, 1973

	13	Peake Family, 1973

	14	Pennington, Robert, 1967

	15	Pennino, Martha, 1972

	16	Perdue, Charles, 1974

	17	Rafferty, Milton, 1972

	18	Richards, Tom, 1973

	19	Richardson, Herb, 1976

	20	Roberts, Warren, 1972

	21	Rogers, Lane, 1973

	22	Rose, Thomas, 1972

	23	Rosenberger, Francis, 1971

	24	Scheel, Gene, 1973-1975

	25	Schwartz, Stuart, 1974

	26	Seme, Joe, 1975
			Drawings (6) "Winter at the Mill", Photograph "The Chapman-Beverly Mill, Virginia", Negative "The Chapman-Beverly Mill, Virginia"
	27	Smith, Larry, 1975-1976

	28	Sprouse, Edith, 1975

	29	Stansfield, Charles, 1975-1976

	30	Steadman, Melvin, 1968-1974

	31	Stuntz, Mayo, 1970

Box	Folder
8	1	Taylor, R. Stephen, 1973

	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"
	3	Tilp, Frederick, 1973
			Map "Charles County, Maryland"
	4	Tishler, William, 1976

	5	Trout, William, 1973-1974
			Photographs (2) "The Work on the Rappahannock Canal", "Rappahannock Navigation, Lock 7", Maps (2) "Rappahannock Navigation"
	6	University of Virginia, 1972-1973

	7	Utley, Robert, n.d.

	8	Viorst, Milton, 1973

	9	Vogt, Peter, 1969
			Photograph "Artistic Lighting Effect"
	10	Wacker, Peter, 1968-1973

	11	Walls, Aileen, 1975

	12	Walsh, Anthony, 1975

	13	Watkins, Malcolm, 1968-1973
			Photographs (4) "Silverware", "China Plate", "Flask", "Marlboro Town Excavations"
	14	White, Elizabeth, 1968-1969

	15	Wiley, John, n.d.
			Negative "1908 Cadillac"
	16	Wilfong, James, 1973

	17	Wilhelm, Gene, 1968-1973

	18	Wilhelm, Hubert, 1972-1975

	19	Wilkinson, Joyce, 1968-1969
			Photograph "After A Raid on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad"
	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"
	21	Williams, Lyle, 1969

Box	Folder
9	1	Wills, Mary Alice, 1972-1975
			Photographs (2)"Possum-Nose Confederate River Battery", "Map of the Potomac", Map "Map of the Potomac River"
	2	Wilson, Eugene, 1969

	3	Wrenn, Tony P., 1970-1974

	4	Wright, Russell, 1972

	5	Wyrick, Charles L., 1972

	6	Yeager, Randolph, 1972-1973

	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	Folder
9	8	American Association for State and Local History Award, 1973-1974

	9	Annual Meetings, 1969-1975

	10	Annual Meeting, 1978

	11	Barrett, William - Invoice, 1971

	12	Bylaws, 1972

	13	Charter Members, n.d.

	14	Compliments, 1973-1976

	15	Coordinates, 1968

Box	Folder
10	1	Council on Abandoned Military Posts, 1974

	2	"Echoes" - complimentary copies, n.d.

	3	Finances, 1973-1976

	4	Invoices - "Echoes," 1971-1974

	5	Invoices - envelopes, letterheads, 1967-1975

	6	Invoices - newsletters, n.d.

	7	Japan Foundation Fellowship, 1973

	8	Logo Letterheads, n.d.

	9	Members, 1970-1976

	10	Obituaries, 1976

	11	Old Stone House, Washington D.C., n.d.

	12	Press Releases, n.d.

	13	Programs, 1971-1972, 1978

	14	Publicity, 1975

	15	"Rails to the Blueridge" 1969-1970

	16	Speeches, 1972

	17	Survey Sheets, n.d.

	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	Folder
11	1	Brochures - Final Drafts, 1970, 1975

	2	Brochures - Rough Drafts, 1967-1975

	3	"Caves of Virginia" (Douglas, Henry, H.), 1964

	4	"Echoes of History," 1968

	5	"Echoes of History," 1969

	6	"Echoes of History," 1970-1971

	7	"Echoes of History," 1972

	8	"Echoes of History," 1973

	9	"Echoes of History," 1974

	10	"Echoes of History," 1975

	11	"Echoes of History," 1976

	12	Flyers, 1972, 1980

	13	"Great American Hike" (Garvey, Ed), 1974

Box	Folder
12	1	"Headquarters Heliogram," 1972, 1973

	2	"Headquarters Heliogram," 1974

	3	"Headquarters Heliogram," 1975

	4	"Headquarters Heliogram," 1976

	5	"Headquarters Heliogram," 1977

	6	Newsletters, 1967, 1970, 1974

	7	"Periodical," 1970, 1972

	8	"Periodical," 1973-1974

	9	"Periodical," 1975-1977

Series 5: Oversize 1970s (1 box)

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

Oversize

Printed Material Page Proofs, 1970s

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