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Home > Center for Local History > Reference Collection at the CLH

Reference Collection at the CLH

Open By Appointment

The Center for Local History's Reference Collection includes a wide range of valuable print and digital materials from different perspectives.

All items are available for public use by appointment.

The Center for Local History: Where Stories Live

The Reference Collection Includes

  • Archival Records
  • Rare Books
  • Newspapers
  • Photographs
  • Online Databases
  • Subject Files
  • Old County Directories including County, telephone and real estate directories

 

  • Genealogical Materials
    • Census (local microfilm reels)
    • Family Histories (local)
    • Court Records (local)
    • PERSI (Periodical Source Index)
  • Oral Histories - Interviews with knowledgeable residents, community activists, county officials, etc.
  • Property Atlases
  •  Maps
    • Arlington area maps from 1600s to present
    • Topographic maps
    • Sanborn Insurance Maps of Arlington County
    • Regional and state maps

 

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