Dear Lena and other colleagues: The Library of Congress's American Memory collections have significant information about Virginia school architecture. The most complete information is in the HABS/HAER collection, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/. Enter the words school Virginia in the search box at top left, and you'll get a number of relevant hits that include photographs, drawings, and textual documentation for each building. To find additional photographs and other information in other collections, go to this page -- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php? category=Architecture,+Landscape -- and enter the words school Virginia in the search box at the top of the page. You will probably get some hits that are not relevant, but many more that are. The Library's Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) will yield many more images of Virginia schools. Go to http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html and enter school Virginia in the search box at the top of the page (leave the default options as is), and you'll get several hundred hits. Again, some will not be relevant, but many will be. Best wishes -- -- Jurretta > > On Jun 14, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Lena Sweeten wrote: > >> Greetings all - >> >> I'm seeking to develop a personal library about Virginia architecture. >> Does anyone know of any good publications (print or electronic) that >> focus on - or at least include - the history of school architecture >> and >> design and that also have examples of schools in Virginia? Any >> suggestions would be much appreciated. Please feel free to respond on- >> or off-list. If anyone's interested in finding out what sources are >> recommended, I'd be glad to send it on to you, just email me. Thanks, >>