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Sandra Bullock and Shirley MacLaine were both cheerleaders, and Warren Beatty played football at Washington-Lee. Katie Couric was a cheerleader at Yorktown. Want to see their high school photos? The Virginia Room's archive contains copies of many Arlington high school yearbooks--but not all of them.
Help us complete our archive - if you have an Arlington high school yearbook from any year between 1951 and 2010, consider donating it to the Virginia Room.
As of November 2011, we are missing the following yearbooks:
Walk-in donations are happily accepted. For more information, call 703-228-5966 or email the Virginia Room.
- Cfp: The History Of American Bestsellers (collection)
CFP: The History of American Bestsellers (collection) Deadline: February 15, 2008 Following a successful first call for papers, we invite further chapter proposals for an edited volume dedicated to the history of American bestsellers. We are now interested...
- Become An Arlington History Expert This September
General Land Use Plan MapSeptember is full of opportunities to learn more about Arlington's fascinating history: Monday, Sept. 12 - Ed Bearss: The Role of Northern VA in the Civil War. Bearss, a resident of Arlington, is the retired chief historian...
- When Arlington Did The Right Thing
"The time is always right to do the right thing." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On August 28, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial will be formally dedicated in Washington D.C. Located...
- Summer Family Movies
We've got a full schedule of fun, free family films at Shirlington and Westover this summer! Get the complete Library film schedule. Shirlington Branch Library, Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Jun 24: Tangled - rated PG, 100 minutes [2010]July 1: How...
- The Arlington Years: Former Library Director Lelia Saunders Has Died
The Arlington Years Thoughts from County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane Kresh Sad news today about someone who played a key role in shaping the Library as we know it: Lelia B. Saunders Former Arlington (Virginia) Public Library Director...
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Don't Let Old Yearbooks Clutter Your Closets...
Sandra Bullock and Shirley MacLaine were both cheerleaders, and Warren Beatty played football at Washington-Lee. Katie Couric was a cheerleader at Yorktown. Want to see their high school photos? The Virginia Room's archive contains copies of many Arlington high school yearbooks--but not all of them. Help us complete our archive - if you have an Arlington high school yearbook from any year between 1951 and 2010, consider donating it to the Virginia Room.
As of November 2011, we are missing the following yearbooks:
- Wakefield - Missing 1954, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Washington-Lee - Missing 1930, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
- Yorktown - Missing 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1997, 2010
- Hoffman-Boston -Missing All Except 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
- Bishop Denis J. O'Connell - Missing All Except 1977, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998
- H.B. Woodlawn - We don't have ANY yearbooks
Walk-in donations are happily accepted. For more information, call 703-228-5966 or email the Virginia Room.
- Cfp: The History Of American Bestsellers (collection)
CFP: The History of American Bestsellers (collection) Deadline: February 15, 2008 Following a successful first call for papers, we invite further chapter proposals for an edited volume dedicated to the history of American bestsellers. We are now interested...
- Become An Arlington History Expert This September
General Land Use Plan MapSeptember is full of opportunities to learn more about Arlington's fascinating history: Monday, Sept. 12 - Ed Bearss: The Role of Northern VA in the Civil War. Bearss, a resident of Arlington, is the retired chief historian...
- When Arlington Did The Right Thing
"The time is always right to do the right thing." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On August 28, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial will be formally dedicated in Washington D.C. Located...
- Summer Family Movies
We've got a full schedule of fun, free family films at Shirlington and Westover this summer! Get the complete Library film schedule. Shirlington Branch Library, Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Jun 24: Tangled - rated PG, 100 minutes [2010]July 1: How...
- The Arlington Years: Former Library Director Lelia Saunders Has Died
The Arlington Years Thoughts from County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane Kresh Sad news today about someone who played a key role in shaping the Library as we know it: Lelia B. Saunders Former Arlington (Virginia) Public Library Director...