PUBLIC "-//Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society//TEXT (US::vicahi::vicahi00019::A Guide to the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Scrapbooks, 1935-1979)//EN" "vicahi00019.xml" A Guide to the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Scrapbooks, 1935-1979 132 © 2022 By Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by , 3 November 2022 Description is in English A Guide to the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Scrapbooks, 1935-1979 A Collection in the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society MS 132

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. All rights reserved. 2022 Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Descriptive Summary Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Scrapbooks, 1935-1979 MS 132 Basement 4 volumes. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Scrapbook, MS 132, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Velora Thompson estate, 1988.

Gift of James H. Burnett, 1989.

Historical Information

The Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County was formed in 1951 as the Civic Beauty Association. Its goal was to promote civic improvement while retaining the community's individual character, to initiate or support plans for historical preservation sites and monuments, and to recognize individual civic accomplishments.

Scope and Content

These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings primarily from the Charlottesville Daily Progress concerning the activities of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Arrangement

Vol. 1: Undated, c. 1935-1940. contains clippings from the book Antebellum Albemarle, Charlottesville Personalities, and other newspaper clippings.

Vol. 2: 1951-1954

Vol. 3: 1955-1957

Vol. 4: 1958-1979

 Corporate Names: Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Subjects: Civic improvement