ARLINGTON HOUSE Historic Structures Report Voume 2

It is recommended that historical data sections of the historic structure report be programmed for the north and south outbuildings, namely the winter kitchen and south servants' quarters. Research on the two historic structures should be conducted jointly as data on both buildings is to be found in the same depositories. Nelligan collected much of the available data on the 1802-61 history of these two structures in 1948-53. The history of these buildings from 1861 to 1933, however, has never been researched. The records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, U:S. Army, National Archives Record Group 92, (Entries 576, 568, and 579, and 642, under heading of "Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia,") contains the documentation for the 1915-35 period, and are at the Washington Federal Record Center in Suitland, Maryland. The Office of the Quartermaster General Correspondence Geographic File, 1922-35, has 16 boxes of documents relating to Arlington National Cemetery from 1922 to 1935 (Boxes 60 to 75). Boxes 66-69 contain the documents relating to the 1928-30 restoration of Arlington House outbuildings by the War Department.

It is also recommended that the site continue to survey and update documentary collections in public and private depositories to bring this material to bear on the continuing restoration and interpretation of Lee's life at Arlington. Appropriate funding should be provided to the site to continue research and documentation should be added to the Historic Structure Report where appropriate.

The major depositories being surveyed and monitored:

Stratford Hall, Westmoreland, Co., Virginia

Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia

State Library and Archives, Richmond, Virginia

Alexandria Library, Alexandria, Virginia

Washington & Lee, Library and Museum Collection, Lexington, Virginia

Huntington Library, Los Angeles, California

Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia

Private collections of the family of General and Mrs. R. E. Lee

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Virginia

Tudor Place, Washington, D.C.

Woodlawn, Mt. Vernon, Va.

Fairfax County Historical Society

Alexandria Historical Society

Fairfax County Park Authority