Come Tour the Archives of the Commonwealth at the Library of Virginia
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 and Wednesday October 24, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM,  FREE, Space is limited. Call 804-692-3605.

The Library of Virginia is celebrating American Archives Month with behind-the-scenes tours of the Archives Stacks, Conservation Lab, and Special Collections. Guests will see unique paper items being conserved and learn about the Mutual Assurance Society Collection, legislative petitions, "murder" maps from court records, and election records. The tours will conclude in the Special Collections reading room where the surrender papers of Lord Cornwallis, Stonewall Jackson's last communication to General Robert E. Lee, the Virginia Ordinance of Secession, an 1818 engraved script on parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence, and other treasures of Virginia's history will be on display.

The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. The Library offers limited free parking to patrons using the building during operating hours. See the Library's visitor guide page for additional details: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/visit.asp


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