Webography, Historic Area
The following electronic resources lead the researcher to bibliographic and textual
information about eighteenth-century Williamsburg.
Internet Resources from Colonial Williamsburg
Coffeehouse
Reconstruction
The reconstruction of Richard Charlton's Coffeehouse is documented in a blog
and by a webcam.
Map of the Town
View a modern map of Colonial Williamsburg.
E-Williamsburg
Choose a eighteenth- or twentieth-century map of Williamsburg and click on an area (for
example, "near the Capitol") and read historical, archaeological or
architectural articles about the buildings.
See
the Places
A brief introduction to the historic buildings.
88 Original Structures
A list of 88 buildings in the Historic Area that date from the eighteenth
century, arranged by block and building number.
Research
(Division) Report Series
This in-house series reflects over 60 years of historical, architectural, and
archaeological research for each lot and each house in the Historic Area at
Colonial Williamsburg. View or search documents by author, title, or location.
Research (Archaeology) Reports
Summaries of recent excavation and research projects undertaken by
members of the Department of Archaeological Research.
House Reports
Summaries of recent research by Colonial Williamsburg's Architectural Research
Department.
York
County Probate Inventories
Selected from the York County Records, Wills and Inventories, Volumes 21 and
22 (1760-1771 and 1771-1783 respectively) ,show belongings at death of property
owners in Williamsburg.
Selected
Manuscripts
Transcribed from the originals in the Rockefeller Library, these include
account books, letters and other papers of colonial government officials
and tradesmen.
Colonial
Williamsburg Journal Index (Database)
An author/title keyword index, 1978-2003, to the colorfully illustrated journal
which features the culture, arts and political heritage of Virginia's eighteenth-century
colonial capital. Photocopies of articles can be requested through interlibrary
loan.
Images of the Historic Area can be ordered from the Visual
Resources Collection.
Articles
from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal are available on the Internet.
History of the Restoration
William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, rector of Bruton Parish Church dreamed
of eighteenth-century Williamsburg preserved and worked to achieve that dream.
Subjects:
Historic Buildings Virginia Williamsburg
Williamsburg VA
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation History
Subscription Resources (available only to Colonial Williamsburg staff)
Early
Encounters in North America
Over 1000 accounts from the fifteenth-twentieth centuries are currently in this expanding
database. Search the text by keyword, "Williamsburg," to find early
mentions of the town.
Early
American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Early
American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Search Full-text books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints for "Williamsburg".
ECCO,
Eighteenth-Century Collections Online
Search full-text of 150,000 printed volumes for "Williamsburg".
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