Virginia Colonial Records Project Survey
This collection houses survey reports that Virginia Colonial Records Project agents wrote to inform the Project of Virginia-related documents that they had uncovered in British and French archives. 14,704 reports were generated over the project's 30-year span, ranging from 1 to over 100 pages.
Dates
- undated
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 half boxes)
Abstract
This collection houses survey reports that Virginia Colonial Records Project agents wrote to inform the Project of Virginia-related documents that they had uncovered in British and French archives. 14,704 reports were generated over the project's 30-year span, ranging from 1 to over 100 pages.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Virginia Historical Society, the University of Virginia Library, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and the Library of Virginia founded the Virginia Colonial Records Project in 1955 in order to locate and photograph primary source records documenting Virginia history between 1607 and 1782 to replace their Virginia counterparts destroyed by war (particularly Bacon's Rebellion and the Civil War) and fire. Beginning with a 1952-1953 survey conducted by Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., project researchers scoured repositories in England, Ireland, and France and eventually generated 963 reels of microfilmed primary source documents. Although the project officially ended in 1985, its work continues to provide invaluable information to researchers today.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two boxes.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository