Looks like this is a case of the citation being incorrect.
I had, in fact, looked at the Collections of the Virginia Historical Society (new series) [sorry for not mentioning it in my original message!] but the content of vol. 8, p.
278 in no way matched what was being discussed in VMHB v. 32, p. 414. So, I guess our patron will have to go away disappointed.
Thanks for the suggestions
Edward Gaynor
Special Collections
University of Virginia
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:50:40 -0400, Brent Tarter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Peter Bergstrom is undoubtedly correct in his deduction.
>
>Volume 8 of the new series of the Virginia Historical Society's old
>"Collections" series treats the Virginia Company of London. The individual
>volumes in the series are usually cited (if they are cited at all, any
>more)individually as volumes of Dinwiddie letters or Spotswood letters.
>
>Also, under the category of Misleading Running Heads in Serials:
>
>Early twentieth century volumes of the Virginia Magazine of History and
>Biography often bear the running head, "Virginia Historical Magazine," and
>people seeing that cannot find that title in their library catalogs. Just
>goes to show you that you need experienced librarians in addition to modern
>technology.
>
>$0.02 worth from,
>
>Brent Tarter
>The Library of Virginia
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Bergstrom [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 06 August, 2001 3:18 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Help with an inidentifiable Va. history source
>
>
>Isn't this part of the series of documents published by the Virginia
>Historical Society in the 1880s?
>
>I can't recall offhand what might be in volume 8, but I know that this was
>the series that included the Dinwiddie papers and the Spotswood letters. I
>believe it also included extended excerpts from the Records of the Virginia
>Company (LC - Jefferson Papers series (8) ) edited either by Brock or Conway
>Robinson. There were other volumes as well.
>
>Peter V. Bergstrom, PhD
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Edward Gaynor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, 06 August 2001 2:38 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Help with an inidentifiable Va. history source
>
>
>We've had a reference question asking us to identify a citation from vol.
>32, p. 414 of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. The citation
>is to "Va. Hist.
>Collections, vol. 8, p. 278." We've not been able to identify the source
>referred to--it isn't the Calendar of Virginia State Papers, or the Virginia
>Historical Register and it
>isn't Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia . We're stumped. I'm sure
>we're overlooking something painfully obvious. Any suggestions (to me at
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>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Edward Gaynor
>Special Collections
>Alderman Memorial Library
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>University of Virginia
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