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Special Collections, Description
Subject Areas
- Rare Books
- Our collection of rare books includes over 12,000 volumes, which can be
located in the online
catalog. Subjects include all aspects of colonial culture and range from
the late 1600s through the early republic era. Books on deposit at the Rockefeller
Library from private individuals or other organizations are not cataloged.
For information about these collections contact the Special
Collections staff.
- Manuscripts
- Original manuscript holdings consist of approximately 160 collections that
include documents from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries.
Major collections include most aspects of Tidewater Virginia culture and beyond,
ranging from Patrick Henry's "Resolves" to the correspondence of local Williamsburg
residents. Certain materials are also available in microfilm, photocopy and
transcribed forms.
- Microforms
- The library holds over 6,000 reels of microfilm, including pertinent newspaper
and manuscript collections from repositories in Western Europe and North America,
as well as dissertations and theses concerning Colonial, Revolutionary and
Early American topics. Chief among the collection are York County (Virginia)
Records and the Virginia
Colonial Records Project (VCRP). See the
microforms finding aid (PDF) for a partial list of the Library's holding,
or contact staff for more information.
- Maps
- This collection consists of photocopied and photographed maps from various
repositories. Areas of concentration are Williamsburg, Virginia, and
colonial America. Many require written permission in order to copy, but
all may be studied in house. Soon we will have a searchable database of
available maps in our collection.
- Architectural Materials
- This collection consists of over 50,000 plans and elevations, including
archaeological and landscape designs, documenting the preservation movement
beginning in the late 1920's. The majority of materials relate to buildings
in Williamsburg's Historic Area. There are also measured drawings of colonial
era buildings throughout Tidewater Virginia. The materials may be studied but
copies are restricted. These collections also include a photographic record
of
Colonial Williamsburg's restoration and reconstruction.
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