Good morning, 

To commemorate Archives Month in Virginia, a new exhibit is on display at the 
Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad St. in Richmond, in the pre-function hall, 
adjacent to conference rooms, A, B, and C. 

The exhibit explores the theme, “To Choose Our Better History,” with examples 
of volunteerism and philanthropy in Gloucester and Mathews Counties, and 
activism and political protest in Richmond and Lynchburg.   The exhibit will be 
on display October 1-31.

Check out the archives month web site, which includes information about the 
images submitted for the poster, and a PDF of the poster, and information 
about events planned for Archives Month.  All events are free and open to the 
public.  http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/archivesmonth/2009/


Tuesday, October 27: We invite you to join us for the Virginia History and 
Archives Fair at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 
p.m.  Come learn more about archives and special collections at the Library of 
Virginia, Roanoke College, Valentine Richmond History Center, Virginia 
Commonwealth University, the Virginia Historical Society, the Virginia Museum 
of Fine Arts, and more, as well as the Virginia State Historical Records Advisory 
Board and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference.

Historian Brian Daugherity, collateral instructor and assistant to the chair of 
the history department at Virginia Commonwealth University, will speak at the 
Museum of the Confederacy at noon.  All events are free.

Thursday, October 29:  American cultural historian Bruce Chadwick will discuss 
his book, I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing that 
Shocked a New Nation (2009), at the Library of Virginia at noon. His talk will 
be followed by a book signing. Book talk flyer.

 

Thursday, October 29: Behind–the–Scenes Tour Day at the Library of Virginia 
(1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.) and the Museum of the Confederacy (3:30   p.m. to 5 
p.m.).  Contact Catherine OBrion at the Library of Virginia, and Teresa Roane 
at the Museum of the Confederacy to register for these free tours. 
Registration deadline: Tuesday, October 27, 2009.


Special thanks to Teresa Roane, Museum of the Confederacy, MARAC, the 
NHPRC, the Library of Virginia Foundation, the Friends of the Virginia State 
Archives, the Chancellor Wythe Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, and the archival institutions that shared items from their 
collections for the poster. 

Special thanks also to Rachel Muse, Mary Dean Carter, Autumn Simpson, Callie 
Freed, and Barbara Batson for their work on the exhibit, and to Christine Sisic, 
Jason Roma, Vince Brooks, and Laura Davis for their work on the poster and 
web site, and to Jennifer McDaid and Autumn Simpson for their help with 
publicity.   

  

Catherine G. OBrion
Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
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(804) 371-2527

October is Archives Month in Virginia  

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/archivesmonth/2009/

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