Virginians for Dulles records 1947-1984

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Virginians for Dulles records 1947-1984

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=gmu/vifgm00046.xml

This collection contains records of Virginians for Dulles (VFD), a northern Virginia-based citizens action group committed to diverting air traffic from Washington National Airport to Dulles International Airport. Most of the materials in the collection date from 1968-1984, during the active years of Virginians for Dulles and its later title, Greater Washington Citizens for Dulles (GWCD). Documents include minutes and meeting agenda; correspondence between Virginians for Dulles board members, lawyers, politicians, and airline officials; legal briefs from civil suits filed by VFD against the Federal Aviation Administration and Washington National Airport; audiotapes; and various financial and administrative documents of VFD. Also included are newsclippings, plans for Metropolitan Washington-area airport policy, reports on the environmental impact of Washington National Airport, pamphlets and memoranda from various citizens action groups concerned with aircraft noise and pollution, Federal Aviation Administration newsletters and press releases, and transcripts of testimony before the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Aviation Subcommittee of the US House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

18 linear feet; (36 boxes)

eng,

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6333244

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Greater Washington Citizens for Dulles

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw1rzb (corporateBody)

DuVal, Clive L. (Clive Livingston ), 1912-2002

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng66c7 (person)

Born June 20, 1912, in New York City, Clive L. DuVal 2nd, graduated summa cum laude in 1935 from Yale University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1938, he received an LL.B. from Yale University Law School. While a law student, he edited the Yale Law Journal. After joining the Arlington, Virginia, law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCloy in 1959, DuVal successfully ran as a Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in 1965. During three terms as a Delegate, he spon...

Dulles International Airport

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz077z (corporateBody)

United States. Federal Aviation Administration

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j4312m (corporateBody)

Legislative history of Public Law 89-670, which established the Department of Transportation. The department was set up to coordinate and manage transportation programs, provide leadership in the resolution of transportation problems, and develop national transportation policies and programs. The history documents the process from just prior to the introduction of the bill into the 89th Congress until after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law on October 15, 1966. From the ...

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w609076h (corporateBody)

Virginians for Dulles

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6547wwt (corporateBody)

Virginians for Dulles (VFD) was a citizen action group established in 1968 to reduce airport nuisances for northern Virginia citizens--including noise and air pollution--by rerouting airline traffic from Washington National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia to Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia. VFD board leaders inluded S. H. Rasmussen and former Virginia Senator Clive DuVal, 2nd. Through the 1970s and early 1980s, VFD campaigned to curb airline activities at Washingto...