Portrait and Pieces of Statuary index cards of the Virginia State Library, 1913

Location of collection:

Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia

800 East Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Archives Reference Services

Email: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov

Phone: (804) 692-3888

Web: www.lva.virginia.gov

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Portrait and Pieces of Statuary index cards of the Virginia State Library, 1913. Accession 40918, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Summary

Creator:

Library of Virginia

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Portrait and Pieces of Statuary index cards of the Virginia State Library, 1913. Accession 40918, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

Portraits and Pieces of Statuary index cards, 1913, include notes that were used to compile "A List of the Portraits and Pieces of Statuary in the Virginia State Library with Biographical Notes" for the Bulletin of the Virginia State Library (April, 1913). Cards include acquisition information for artwork and biographical information and citations for the subjects of the portraits and busts.

Biographical / historical:

"A List of the Portraits and Pieces of Statuary in the Virginia State Library" was compiled by Earl G. Swem and published in the Bulletin of the Virginia State Library in April 1913 (vol. 6, no. 2). This bulletin lists the titles of portraits and pieces of statuary housed at the Virginia State Library and also contains a brief biographical note for the subject of each. An updated "A List of the Portraits and Pieces of Statuary in the Virginia State Library" was published in January, April 1920 (vol. 13, no. 1,2). This version includes photographs of the artwork and busts.

Acquisition information:

Accession 40918, transferred October 15, 2003.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Physical description:

.55 cu. ft. (2 boxes)