The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the Treasure House lecture series will take place at noon on Tuesday, 20 January, 2004, in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby in the Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. The speaker will be Vince Brooks, Senior Archivist for Architectural Records in the Archives Description Service Section at the Library of Virginia. The title of his talk is, "Pardon Me: Executive Clemency in Virginia, 1776 to the present." The Library holds petitions for clemency and related papers sent to the Virginia's governor from the time of the Revolution to the 21st Century. Brooks will discuss the history of executive clemency powers in Virginia from 1776 to the present, and will offer suggestions for navigating the files of the Governor's Office, Secretary of the Commonwealth and related records using a number of examples from the collection. There is free underground parking for Library patrons. For more information on this and other programs and services of the Library of Virginia please visit the Library's web site at http://lva.lib.va.us or call at 804-692-3592. Minor T. Weisiger Archives Research Services Coordinator The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] 804-692-3538 To subscribe, change option, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ot http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html