Showcasing 300 Hundred Years of Treasures: The Virginia Room, Past, Present
and Future.

The Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Libraries opens wide its doors!
You are invited to see maps, documents, newpapers, books and photographs
recording three centuries of Roanoke Valley and Virginia history.  Learn
what we are doing to preserve and to provide access to materials in our
collection and our goals for the future.

Enjoy and indepth tour of the research area and the secure, temperature
controlled Special Collections room.  Take advantage of this opportunity to
see rare items from Special Collections, including a 1682 indenture from
England, a 1754 land patent signed by royal governor Lor Botetourt, and the
Roanoke Beacon newspaper of 1823.  Other items on display will be an 1886
map of Virginia "Mineral Resources and Railway Facilities", George Davis
photographs and glass plate negatives and Sanborn Insurance maps from the
early 1900's.

Thursday, February 9, 4:00pm-7:00pm.  Roanoke Public Libraries, 706 S.
Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA.


Laura S. Wickstead,  Librarian
Roanoke Public Libraries
Virginia Room
706 S. Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016
PH: 540-853-2073

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