Guide to the Ruth Preston Rose Northern Virginia history collection, circa 1970-1999

Ruth Preston Rose Northern Virginia history C0102

Biographical Information

Ruth Preston Rose is a Northern Virginia historian. Ms. Rose is the author of several published articles and co-author of several books with Nan Netherton on Virginia. She has been President of the Arlington Historical Society and President and member of the Board of Directors of Northern Virginia Association for History. She has also served as a docent at the National Archives, Arlington House, Robert E. Lee Boyhood Home and Ball-Sellers House. She holds a Master of Arts from George Mason University and lives in Arlington, Virginia.

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Scope and Content

Collection contains individual issues of local history newsletters, such as the Fireside Sentinel and Alexandria Chronicle, and newspaper and magazine article clippings on the history of various Northern Virginia subjects.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center also hold many other collections on Northern Virginia history including the Northern Virginia Oral History Project collection.

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Index Terms

Geographical Names:

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Ruth Preston Rose Northern Virginia history collection, Collection #C0102, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Ruth Preston Rose in 2003.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009.

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