At the request of the archivists, I am happy to post this
announcement:

        The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the availability
of the Virginia Electric and Power Company records.  The files span from
1849-ca. 1995 and include the companies' general counsel/vice president
files including his correspondence, corporate legal files, corporate
financial files, personnel files, company annual Reports, and Jamestown
Exposition files.  There are also records pertaining to the company's
treasurer consisting of customer accounts and dividend and stock
accounts.  The remainder of the collection constitutes VEPCO Relief
Association files, publications, right-of-way plats for Richmond and
Chesapeake Railway lines in Richmond, Virginia, photographs,
advertisements, scrapbooks, and memorabilia.  Relief Association files
consist of certificates of attending physicians denoting service
rendered to members of the Virginia Railway and Power Company Relief
Association for injury or illness.  These certificates contain
information including member's name and job position, physician's name,
and illness or injury.  Advertisements are chiefly publicity broadsides
created by VEPCO and VEPCO's advertising contractor Cargill, Wilson and
Acree for publication as posters and in newspapers, magazines, and other
printed material.  These advertisements generally promote the expanded
use of electrical household appliances, the purchase of electrically
operated homes, and the conversion to electrical agricultural equipment
by farmers. 
        To access the finding aid, visit the Library of Virginia's
homepage at http://www.lva.lib.va.us/, click on "What We Have," then
click on "Archives and Manuscripts Catalog," do a words anywhere search
for "VEPCO", then select the fourth "hit" for Virginia Electric and
Power Company, Records, 1849-ca. 1995.  You then will be taken to the
catalog record for the collection.  If you then select the URL near the
top of the record, you will be taken to a container listing and more
complete description of the collection.  This collection can be accessed
in the Archives and Manuscripts Reading Room at The Library of Virginia.
[Please note that the minute books and ledgers for this collection also
will soon be available, but are currently not accessible due to
processing and preservation.]  For more information please contact
Archives Reference staff at (804) 692-3888 or by electronic mail at
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