CW 150 Legacy Project visits Staunton

Goal is to digitize Civil-War era documents for research purposes

 

The Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission and
the Library of Virginia have partnered to create a state-wide online
collection of original Civil War manuscripts that still remain in
private hands. The Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization
and Access focuses on manuscript materials created during the period
1859-1867 that reflect social, political, military, business and
religious life in Virginia during the period of the Civil War and the
early period of Reconstruction. Citizens are encouraged to bring
original family materials to be scanned and included in the Project.
Scanned materials will be made available on the web via the Library of
Virginia web site and the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American
Civil War Commission web site.

 

CW 150 Legacy Project staff will be visiting the Staunton Public Library
on Friday August 5th from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturday August 6th from 9
a.m.to 4 p.m. The event will be held in the 2nd floor meeting room.
Appointments are encouraged and a limited number of walk-ins will be
accommodated, as scheduling allows. Members of the Augusta County
Historical Society will be on hand to help explain how to use archival
materials to properly preserve family manuscripts and photographs.

 

The CW 150 Legacy Project is a multi-year initiative to locate, digitize
and provide world-wide access to the private documentary heritage of the
American Civil War era located throughout Virginia. Utilizing Local
Sesquicentennial Committees already established by the Virginia Civil
War Sesquicentennial Commission and through a partnership with the
Library of Virginia and a network of statewide connections, the CW 150
Legacy Project will provide individuals an opportunity to have their
historic letters, diaries and other collections scanned to preserve
their valuable intellectual content.

 

The Library of Virginia (www.lva.virginia.gov), located in historic
downtown Richmond, holds the world's most extensive collection of
material about the Old Dominion and has been a steward of the
commonwealth's documentary and printed heritage since 1823. The story of
Virginia and Virginians has been told in many ways since 1607. At the
Library of Virginia it is told through nearly 113 million manuscripts
and more than 1.9 million books, serials, bound periodicals, microfilm
reels, newspapers and state and federal documents, each an individual
tile in the vast and colorful mosaic of Virginia's experience.

 

The Staunton Public Library is located at 1 Churchville Avenue. For more
information, please call (540) 332-3902.

 

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Read more about this project at these sites:

http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/legacy/

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/broadside/2011-Spring.pdf

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/v56_n4/pdf/davis.pdf

 

Results of the project so far can be viewed here

http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/cw150

 

 

Melissa Davidson

Adult Services Librarian

Staunton Public Library

1 Churchville Ave

Staunton, VA 24401

540-332-3902

www.StauntonLibrary.org

 


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