Title: Virginia Colonial Records Project Survey

Date/Date Range :   undated

Extent: 0.5 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses survey reports that Virginia Colonial Records Project agents wrote to inform the Project of Virginia-related documents that they had uncovered in British and French archives. 14,704 reports were generated over the project's 30-year span, ranging from 1 to over 100 pages.

Call number: MS-1235

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Virginia Colonial Records Project Survey Reports, MS-1235. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one box.

The Virginia Historical Society, the University of Virginia Library, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and the Library of Virginia founded the Virginia Colonial Records Project in 1955 in order to locate and photograph primary source records documenting Virginia history between 1607 and 1782 to replace their Virginia counterparts destroyed by war (particularly Bacon's Rebellion and the Civil War) and fire. Beginning with a 1952-1953 survey conducted by Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., project researchers scoured repositories in England, Ireland, and France and eventually generated 963 reels of microfilmed primary source documents. Although the project officially ended in 1985, its work continues to provide invaluable information to researchers today.

This collection houses survey reports that Virginia Colonial Records Project agents wrote to inform the Project of Virginia-related documents that they had uncovered in British and French archives. 14,704 reports were generated over the project's 30-year span, ranging from 1 to over 100 pages.

• Virginia Colonial Records Project.
• Great Britain. Public Record Office.
• Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources.
• United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources.