<<The Library of Virginia currently has the Ferrar Papers available on
microfilm in our Archives Reading Room. ... If you are doing research and
are willing to travel a bit to have access to the digital version, both the
College of William & Mary and Old Dominion University have the Virginia
Company Archives database, which includes the Ferrar Papers. And both of
these campuses allow members of the public to use their subscription
databases onsite free of charge.>>
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Above is the response I received when I inquired about the Ferrar papers and
possible access through VIVA, a sort of virtual library for Virginia. They
indicated that the current state of cutbacks would preclude contracting for
the digital version at least for the time being, but did offer this for
those interested in researching the papers.
I hope this helps!
Holly Mills
Amherst, VA
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(1) Huzzah for digitizing this important set of documents.
(2) Bummer for charging $15,000. That is inexecusable. Ordinary mortals
will not have any way to get access to that.
When is some champaion going to come forth and lead us to a Promised Land of
Information. Hmmmmm Maybe Google has already done it, and raised the ire
of the Protectionists.
Randy Cabell
Digital Heritage of Virginia
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From: "Christopher Thompson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 2:28 AM
Subject: [VA-HIST] The digital version of the Ferrar Papers
Adam Matthew Publications very recently produced a digital version of the
Ferrar Papers held at Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge.
These papers, which cover the period from c.1590 to c.1790, contain a great
deal of information on the early history of English colonization in
Virginia
and Bermuda. Much of this early material has been transcribed by David
Ransome, probably for a supplement to S.M.Kingsbury's edition of the
Virginia
Company Records but which has, alas, not found a publisher in a
conventional
form. He is certainly to be thanked for his work which I found to be
extremely useful when viewing this digital edition on-line in the
University of
Cambridge's Library last Wednesday afternoon. I was, however, struck by the
relative absence of correspondence from English people in the two colonies
- perhaps as a result of the examination of the Virginia and Bermuda
companies' records by the Commission that recommended the dissolution of
the
former or as a consequence of deliberate weeding of the archive. Access to
this
digital archive can be purchased for $15,000 (US) or £7,500 sterling,
prices which are likely to deter private individuals in my view.
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