The staff of the Alexandria Library, Special Collections has been hard
at work for the last several months generating new sites
featuring material from our collections and as as well, updating some
familiar standbys.

"Document of the Month," by Kathleen Chappell
Selected historic material from the collection.  We'll say nothing more
about the document selected for May, except that during
the Spanish-American War, the restaurants and eateries in Richmond
offered much better bills of fare than the mess halls of the
U.S. Army.
http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/doc/doc.htm

"Photo of the Month," by Heather Muller
Thematically appropriate images for the time of year.  You will find a
local version of "March Madness" in the archive.
http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/monthly/photo.htm

The above two sites include an archive of previous monthly sets.

"Photographs from the Charles Sampson Collection," by Kathleen Chappell
You can almost hear the fire sirens wailing while viewing images of fire
fighting apparatus, fire stations, and firefighters in their
uniforms from the late 19th through mid-20th centuries.
http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/sampson/sampson.html

"Obituary Index to the Alexandria Gazette, 1916-"
The last time we posted here, we reported 1,800 entries for 1916-1919.
We just added 1920-1925, another 5,700 names.
Staff is rapidly closing the decade and it won't be too long before we
post through 1930.
http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/obits/obits.htm

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Joyce A. McMullin, Manager
Alexandria Library, Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314  USA
Phone:  703.838.4577 x 211
FAX:  703.706.3912
Special Collections Gateway:
http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/exhibit.htm

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