Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Primary Collecting Areas:
State and local government records. Private Papers, including family records, personal papers, business, and organizational records. Prints & photographs, maps, architectural drawings & plans, state artwork, rare books.
Description:
The Library of Virginia is one of the oldest agencies of Virginia government, founded in 1823 to preserve and provide access to the state's incomparable printed and manuscript holdings. Our collection, which has grown steadily through the years, is the most comprehensive resource in the world for the study of Virginia history, culture, and government.
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

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Nottoway County (Va.) Judgments, 1814-1937

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine,

Collection ID: 54014

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Health Professions,

Collection ID: 54011

Buena Vista (Va.) Judgments, 1892-1985

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Minutes of the Virginia Board of Social Work,

Collection ID: 53940

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology,

Collection ID: 54010

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Psychology,

Collection ID: 53939

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Optometry,

Collection ID: 54013

Minutes of the Health Practitioners' Monitoring Program,

Collection ID: 54288

Office of the Attorney General, Human and Natural Division 1979-1990

Collection ID: 31951, 33922, 33923, 34386

Miscellaneous Revolutionary War / Revolutionary Government Records at the Library of Virginia,

Collection ID: 14, 38, 40, 13647, 23810, 24285, 24296, 25572, 25573, 25871, 37035, 37036, 37038, 44207, 44208, 44209, 44210, 44211, 44212, 44267, 44268, 44269, 44270, 44271, 44272, 44273, 44274, 44275, 44279, 44285, 44286, 44287, 44288, 44289, 44290, 44291, 44292, 44293, 44294, 44295, 44301, 44302, 44304, 44305, 44306, 44307, 44308, 44309, 44320, 44321, 44322, 44324, 44534, 44625, 44626, 44627, 44628, 44629, 44630, 44631, 44632, 44633, 44634, 44635, 44636, 44637, 44638, 44750, 44751, 44786, 44787, 44788, 44809, 45136, 45174, 45175, 45176, 45177, 45178, 45179, 45180, 45181, 45186, 54715, 54716, 54795, 54811, 54813, 54814, 54815, 54816, 54817, 54818, 54819, 54820

Orange County (Va.) Coroners' Inquisitions, 1808-1840

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Minutes of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation,

Collection ID: 53374

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Long-Term Care Administrators,

Collection ID: 53863, 54056, 54351

Warren County (Va.) County Court Judgments, 1836-1969

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers,

Collection ID: 53862, 54055, 54350

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Physical Therapy,

Collection ID: 53865, 54057, 54352

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Dentistry,

Collection ID: 27953, 30496, 45385, 54118, 54627

Circuit Court Records Review Board minutes of the Library of Virginia,

Collection ID: 54392

Richmond (Va.) City Administrative Records, 1782-1979

Cumberland County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1753-1865

Records of the Virginia Dept. of Planning and Budget,

Collection ID: 54462

Commission to Study Slavery records,

Collection ID: 54417

Correspondence and subject files of the Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction,

Collection ID: 39607, 51086, 51198

Miscellaneous Volumes of the Library of Virginia, 1820-1950

Collection ID: 30214, 50923

Naval Officer Records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts,

Collection ID: APA 300

Sadler and Whitehead, Architects, Papers, 1992-2001

Collection ID: 41826

Isle of Wight County (Va.) Criminal Records, 1774-1937

Lists of Pensioners of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts,

Collection ID: 54821

Amelia County (Va.) Judgments, 1733-1938 (bulk 1800-1860)

Danville (Va.) City Administrative Records, 1833-1978

Collection ID: Barcode number

Isle of Wight County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records , 1796-1860

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Isle of Wight County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1796-1802

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Isle of Wight County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1840,1856

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Isle of Wight County (Va.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1833-1862

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Isle of Wight County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1811,1812

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Correspondence and subject files of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts,

Collection ID: 51237

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Counseling,

Collection ID: 53938

Reports on Audit of the Auditor of Public Accounts,

Collection ID: 31844, 31982, 32071, 32195, 32223, 32258, 32280, 32375, 32440, 32623, 32704, 32765, 32845, 32885, 32957, 33002, 33014, 33056, 33202, 33302, 33363, 33428, 33622, 33679, 33713, 33745, 33813, 34320, 35745, 35755, 35756, 36810, 37764, 39853, 42514, 53252, 53659

Correspondence and Subject Files of the Director of the Virginia Dept. of General Services, 1974-2023

Collection ID: 32072, 32690, 44845, 50089, 50788, 50954, 51588, 51723, 52124, 52811, 53591, 54252

Minutes of the Virginia Fire Services Board,

Collection ID: 50267, 50889, 52057

Minutes of the Virginia Art and Architectural Review Board,

Collection ID: 51574

Impressed Property Claim Records of the Auditor of Public Accounts (Public Service Claims), 1776-1794

Collection ID: APA 237, APA 238, APA 239, APA 240, APA 241, APA 242, APA 243, APA 244

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy,

Collection ID: 26537, 33426, 35157, 37955, 40124, 40320, 45477, 52117, 52308, 52962, 53864, 54289, 54527

Records of the Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, 2014-2018

Collection ID: 52183

Correspondence (Email) of the Commissioner of the Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2018-2021

Collection ID: 53373

Plans and Reports of the Virginia Dept. for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, 1975-2025

Collection ID: 54629

Minutes of the Virginia Board for Barbers and Cosmetology,

Collection ID: 34882, 34885, 35077, 39374, 41523, 42723, 42769, 43223, 43400, 44794, 44936, 44985, 44986, 45080, 45398, 45436, 44981, 51228, 51549, 51550, 51551, 51966, 52208, 52968, 54634

Minutes of the Virginia Auctioneers Board,

Collection ID: 34885, 41926, 42985, 43222, 43399, 44793, 44935, 44981, 45079, 45396, 45436, 51228, 51549, 51550, 51551, 51966, 52208, 52968, 54634

Lee Monument Association (Richmond, Va.) cornerstone collection, 1887-1889

Collection ID: 54796

State Librarian research notes of the Virginia State Library,

Collection ID: 42846

Correspondence of the Board Chair of the Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council,

Collection ID: 51483

Minutes of the Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council,

Collection ID: 51482, 51590, 54632

Bland County (Va.) Tax and Fiscal Records, 1898-1909

Collection ID: 1133958-1133959

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1830-1859

Collection ID: 1138023

Winchester (Va.) Marriage Records and Vital Statistics, 1790-1976 bulk (1932-1976)

Collection ID: 1017102-1017113, 1096861-1096901

Brunswick County (Va.), List of Tithables, 1764, 1773-1774.

Collection ID: 1114724

Mecklenburg County (Va.) Fiduciary Records 1765-1945

Collection ID: 1149468-1180855 circa

A Guide to the William Thomas Warren Taliaferro Letters, 1820-1827

Collection ID: 41466

Sold Property Files of the Virginia Dept. of General Services,

Collection ID: 42132, 43931, 51674, 53922

Penn's Store Journal, 1845-1851

Collection ID: 31748

A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Inspectors of Oysters Records, 1866-1879

Collection ID: APA 292

Essex County (Va.) Law Issue Docket, 1856-1870

Collection ID: 1101659

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Waste Management Facility Operators,

Collection ID: 34885, 41752, 44801, 44993, 44994, 45391, 45407, 45436, 51228, 51558, 51549, 51550, 51551, 51725, 51966, 51725, 51966, 52208, 52968, 53634

Rockingham County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1781-1946 (bulk 1873-1913)

Legislative Petition of Agnes Gorrell, 1811 Dec. 12

Collection ID: 36121

Prince Edward County (Va.) Naturalization Records, 1908-1925

Amelia County (Va.) Processioner's Records, 1755-1860

Collection ID: 1160446

James City County (Va.) Land Grant and Deeds, 1638-1713

Collection ID: 41008

Albemarle County (Va.) Judgment, Philip Mazzei vs. John Thomas, etc., 1795 Apr.

Collection ID: 1174998

List of surveys made in the name of Henry Banks upon which grants were issued from the Virginia Land Office, undated

Collection ID: LOI 45

Brunswick County (Va.) Business Records, 1795-1938

Highland County (Va.) Court Records, 1847-1926

Collection ID: 0007281802, 1046861, 1046869, 1107016, 1107067, 1107068, 1107071, 1107099, 1107103, 1107104

Rockbridge County (Va.) Fiduciary Records 1780-1947

Collection ID: 1050105,1089752-1089834 circa, 1160770-1160774, 1167662, 1174768

Bland County (Va.) Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, 1861-1919

Collection ID: 1097616, 1097619, 1097628-1097630

Esser Coal and Coke Company Business Records, 1905-1913

Collection ID: 1097986, 1097988, 1097993, 1098030

Isle of Wight County (Va.) Deeds, 1741-1905

Collection ID: 1045415, 1045417-1045420, 1156271, 1156272

Greensville County (Va.) Marriage Register and Vital Statistics Records, 1781-1896

Newport News Marriage Licenses, 1900-1912

Collection ID: 1180864-1180876, 1180891-1180894

Prince Edward County (Va.) Tithables, 1750-1787, circa

Collection ID: 1204962

Madison County (Va.) Marriage Records, 1793-1886

Collection ID: 1016811, 1098626, 1186640-1186659

Northumberland County (Va.) Citizens' Claims of Property Lost to British Army, 1815

Collection ID: 1182759

Stafford County (Va.) Circuit Court Records, 1747-1804

Collection ID: 41008

Virginia Volunteers, Spanish-American War Muster Rolls, 1898-1899

Collection ID: 32116

Richmond (Va.) Records, 1873-1930 circa

Collection ID: 52743

New Kent County (Va) Election Records, 1851-1932

Collection ID: 1045036, 1045079-1045080

Wythe County (Va.) Justice of the Peace Commission, Third District, 1852

Collection ID: 1138542

Newport News, City of/ Warwick County (Va.) Naturalization Records, 1824-1928; undated

Prince William County (Va.) Will Books C, G-I, 1734-1809

Collection ID: Barcode numbers 1124292, 1146820-1146822/Prince William County (Va.) Reels 18-19

Land bounty certificates for French and Indian War service from the Virginia Land Office, 1774-1780

Collection ID: LOI 77

Isle of Wight (Va.) Public Buildings and Grounds Records, 1803-1837

Collection ID: 1161451

Clifton A. Woodrum Papers, 1979-1999

Collection ID: 42967

Alleghany County (Va.) Board of Supervisors Records, circa 1878-1902

Collection ID: 1050354

John W. Frazier and Bath and Rockbridge Alum Springs Ledger, 1850-1854

Collection ID: 1187991

Henrico County (Va.) Deed and Will Books, 1677-1774

Collection ID: Barcode numbers 1146526-1146535/Henrico County (Va.) Reels 4-10

Manchester (Va.) Ordinances, 1874-1910

Collection ID: Barcode numbers 1114425 and 1114427/Richmond (Va.) Reel 997

Petersburg (Va.) Assessment and Reassessment Book and Land Book, 1890-1891

Collection ID: 0007604998

Records, 1963-1966

Collection ID: 26516

Unidentified Tobacco Business Cashbook, 1871

Collection ID: 1125862

Louisa County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1753-1913 (bulk 1881-1913).