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Start Over Collection Alexandria Library Company Records (MS002) Date range 1988

Alexandria Library Company Records (MS002) 8.10 Cubic Feet 13 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 record carton

Alexandria Library Company

The collection consists of circulation, subscription, and financial ledgers, annual lecture series documents, catalogues, correspondence, and various organizational documents. Topics include: foundation of the Alexandria Library Company, its cycles of growth and decline reflecting the local economy; the formation of the local public library system; and the on-going activities of the Alexandria Library Company, most notably its lecture series.

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Series I: Organizational Records

The organizational records series contains those records directly concerned with the library company and its predecessors as organizations. It covers charters, by-laws, contracts, the legal definition of the company, and its history. Charters and by-laws between 1794 and 1944 are generally documented in the minutes and or reprinted in catalogs or the Alexandria Gazette.

  1. Alexandria Library
  2. Alexandria Library Company Records (MS002)

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