Library of Virginia
Descriptive Summary
The Library of Virginia
Correspondence and subject files of the Virginia Center for the Book,
1991-2003.
53461
Library of Virginia. Virginia Center for the Book.
7 cu. ft.
Biographical/Historical Information
The Virginia Center for the Book is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The Center's mission is to create a greater awareness of books, reading, and the literary heritage of Virginia. The Center was initially located at the Library of Virginia in 1987, and is now part of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
These records are part of the Library of Virginia record group (RG 35)
This collection has been processed using minimal processing standards. The original arrangement has been maintained, the container list is brief and simple, and the records have not been refoldered and fasteners have not been removed.
There are no access restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Correspondence and subject files of the Virginia Center for the Book, 1991-2003. Accession 53461, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Correspondence and subject files, 1991-2003, are comprised of author files, board records, research materials, and subject files. May include acknowledgement letters, articles, brochures, clippings, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, press releases, programs, reports and research notes.
Board meeting materials include agendas, bylaws, correspondence, executive director reports, and minutes.
Virginia Author Files include articles and clippings, history and biography sheet, and other research materials.
Arrangement
Arranged in original order.
Contents List
Correspondence and subject files,
1991-2003.
Affiliate guidelines,
1997.
1
Acquisitions list,
1998-2001.
1
All Virginia Reads (Evening with William Styron),
2000.
3
Arbuthnot Committee - American Library Association,
19.
4
Arbuthnot Lecture,
1992-1993.
1
Author correspondence,
1998-1999.
2
Authors database and research,
1997-1999.
5
Barnes and Noble,
1999.
3
Bibligraphies,
1999-2001.
3
Board correspondence,
1997.
5
Board memoranda,
1997-1998.
5
Board minutes and records,
1991 June-2002 June.
1
Board minutes and records,
2002 Jan.
1
Board packages for new members,
1998.
5
Board meeting packet,
1991 Oct.
Board meeting packet,
1992 Apr.
Board meeting packet,
1992 Sept.
Board packet,
1993 Jan.
Board meeting packet,
1995 Jan.
1
Board meeting packet,
1995 Sept.
Board meeting packet,
1997 Jan.
1
Board meeting packet,
1997 June.
1
Board meeting packet,
1997 Sept.
1
Board meeting packet,
1998 Jan.
1
Board meeting packet,
1998 May.
1
Board members,
1998.
1
Book donations,
2000-2003.
1
Books sent to collections,
2001.
7
Bylaws,
1989, 1994.
1
Center for the Book at the Library of Congress,
2000.
3
Churches,
1999.
3
Clubs and organizations,
1999.
3
Correspondence,
1994.
1
Correspondence,
1995-1997.
6
Correspondence,
1997-1999.
6
Dove, Rita,
1993-1994.
4
Elinor Preston Memorial Fund,
1997.
1
Even Anchors Need Lifelines - Public Libraries in Adult Literature (Spanenberg),
1996 Aug.
1
Financial statements,
1995.
1
Financial statements,
1997.
5
Fund raising,
1993-1997.
1
Gilchrist, Ellen (include photographs),
1992.
4
Government agencies,
1999.
3
Hamilton, Virginia (includes photograph),
1992.
4
Hampden Sydney alumni,
undated.
3
Headstart - Library Partnership Workshop,
1994.
4
Impossibles,
1999-2000.
3
In kind contributions,
undated.
3
Incorporation,
1997.
5
Letters About Literature,
2001.
3
Library Shop,
1998-1999.
3
Literary Awards,
1998-1999.
3
Literary Awards,
2000.
3
Literary Awards,
2002.
1
Literary Heritage of the States,
1993-1995.
4
Literary Heritage of the States - Language of the Land,
1994-1996.
5
Local affiliates,
undated.
3
Local historical and genealogical societies,
1999.
3
Local Historical Societies in Virginia - Directory (LVA),
1999.
1
Log book,
1998.
7
Map sales,
1997.
5
Meeting summary,
1993 June.
1
Meetings, Programs and Development,
1997.
5
Memos,
1997.
5
Miscellaneous (includes photograph),
2000-2002.
2
Miscellaneous and deceased authors,
1999-2000.
3
Museums,
1998-1999.
3
National Book Foundation,
1992.
4
Non-Virginia writers - Virginia themes,
2000-2001.
3
Norfolk Academy - Writers Symposium,
1999.
3
Photograph album / scrapbook,
undated.
6
Photographs,
undated.
5
Photographs,
undated.
6
Pin - Virginia Festival of the Book,
undated.
1
Publisher information,
1999.
3
Purchased books,
undated.
3
Sales reports,
1997-1998.
5
State Centers for the Book Handbook,
1997 Apr.
1
State Corporation Commission,
1997.
5
Teleconfrences,
1997-1998.
1
Virginia authors,
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (A-C),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (D-E),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (G-J),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (K-M),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (N-P),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (Q-S),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (T-V),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Articles and clippings (W-Z),
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Atwater, P.M.H.,
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Information from libraries,
undated.
4
Virginia authors - Map information,
1994.
5
Virginia authors - Partial list of Midlothian-Ashland authors,
undated.
4
Virginia authors research,
1999-2000.
2
Virginia authors research - Needed,
1999-2000.
2
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities,
1999.
3
Virginia Genealogical Society,
1998.
3
Virginia Library History Award,
undated.
3
Web data,
1998.
5
White House Conference on Library and Information Services / Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services,
1999.
5
WPA reprint,
1993.
5
Writers in Virginia Directory (Va. Commission for the Arts),
2000-2002.
1
Virginia Author Files - Dabney, Virginius,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Davis, Daniel Webster,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Davis, Hubert Jackson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Davis, Paxton,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Day, Douglas,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Dillard, H.R.W.,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Donaldson, Scott,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Dos Passos, John,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Dove, Rita,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Dowdey, Clifford,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Drewry, Carlton,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Elsberg, John,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Faulkner, Anne,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Fox, John,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Freeman, Anne Hobson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Freeman, Douglas Southall,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Friddell, Guy,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Garrett, George,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Gilson, Margaret,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Goodrich, Marcus Aurelius,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Grisham, John,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Green, Julien,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Hale, Nancy,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Hanes, Leigh,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Harrison, Henry Sydnor,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Hirsch, Eric,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Hoffman, William,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Hoover, Helen,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Hornig, Doug,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Hubbell, Jay,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Huddle, David,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Jaffe, Louis,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Johnston, Mary,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Keys, Frances Parkinson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Kilpatrick, James Jackson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - King, Florence,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Larrick, Nancy,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Larsen, Jeanne,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Leitch, Mary Sinton,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Levis, Larry,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Lockwood, Sarah,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Lyle, Katie Letcher,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Malone, Dumas,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Marshall, Paule,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Mays, David John,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - McCann, Richard,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - McCormick, Virginia,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - McDowell, Charles,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Meade, Julian,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Miller, Helen Hill,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Miller, Walter, James,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Moore, Elaine,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Moore, Virginia,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Morgan, Elizabeth Sydel,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Niles, Blair,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - O'Grady, Tom,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Oliver, Mary,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Orr, Gregory,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Page, Thomas Nelson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Peterson, Edward Henry,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Peple, Edward Henry,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Prunty, Eugene,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Puller, Lewis B., Jr.,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Ransom, Candice,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Redding, Jay Saunders,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Richardson, Eudora,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Rives, Hallie Ermine,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Robins, Sally Nelson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Rothery, Agnes,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Rubin, Louis D., Jr.,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Ryan, Michael,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Sale, Edith,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Sampson, Emma,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Sange, Gary,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Satchell, Alexis,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Scott, Mary Wingfield,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Settle, Mary Lee,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Shacochis, Robert (Bob),
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Sheppard, Samuel,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Simkins, Frances Butler,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Smith, Claude Clayton,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Smith, Dave Jeddie,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Smith, Lee,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Smith, Ron,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Smith, Susan Mathias,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Smith, William Jay,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Soniat, Katherine,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Spencer, Anne,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Starbird, Kaye,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Stearns, Florence Dickenson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Strahan, Bradley R.,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Street, Mary Dallas,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Stringer, Arthur Lee,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Stuart, Dabney,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Styron, William,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Summers, Lewis Preston,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Svenson, Peter,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Sylvester, Janet Hart,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Taylor, Eleanor Ross,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Taylor, Henry,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Taylor, Peter,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Taylor, Welford Dunaway,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Tham, Hilary,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Tichy, Susan Elizabeth,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Trigg, Emma Gray White,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Troubetzkoy, Amelie Rives,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Troubetzkoy, Ulrich,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Tunstall, Virginia,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Turpin, Edna Henry Lee,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Voight, Ellen Bryant,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Washington, Booker T.,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Wayland, John Walter,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - White, William M.,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Whitney, Phyllis,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Williams, Charles Kenneth,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Williams, Frances Leigh,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Williams, Rebecca Yancy,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Wilson, Sloan,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Wine, James Michael,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Wright, Charles,
undated.
2
Virginia Author Files - Zolotow, Charlotte,
undated.
2