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 -- 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html