Participants Explore Trust in Government The Library of Virginia, the Jepson School Robert Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: of Leadership Studies at the University of The Collapse and Revival of American Richmond and Leadership Metro Richmond Community, and Alexis de Tocqueville’s cosponsored “A Dialogue on Trust in Democracy in America, as books that illus- Issue 155 • January/February 2003 Government” on the morning trate how our society and Official Newsletter of February 4 at the Library of democracy have evolved. Virginia. Kenneth P. Ruscio, Ciulla, a philosopher and dean of the Jepson School of specialist in leadership and Leadership Studies, and ethics, argued that the Join The Library For A Revolutionary Trip To Paris Joanne B. Ciulla, professor of increased amount of time The Library of Virginia Foundation is offer- century Paris, and the magnificent chateau her M.A. from the Middlebury Graduate leadership studies at the Jepson people spend working affects ing a special “revolutionary” travel experience and gardens of Versailles. School of French in France and is a former School, led the discussion. their ability to join and partic- to Paris in the fall of 2003. During a memo- Highlights of the trip will include lunch at faculty member of the Sweet Briar College ★★★★★ The dialogue touched on ipate in communal activities. rable week in the French capital, from Le Procope, Paris’ oldest café, dinner in a private Junior Year in France. the decline of trust among She touched on the role of This photograph of the John R. and Lucy November 1 through 9 travelers will explore home with French descendants of the American The Association for the Preservation of Turner Chiles Family taken on January 16, members of society in general, honesty in promoting trust the places where Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Revolution and an excursion to Nîmes to see Virginia Antiquities co-sponsors this trip for 1916, in Richmond is one of nearly 100 and between citizens and gov- and stated that today’s climate Franklin and Supreme Court Justice John the Maison Carrée, the model used by Jefferson those with an interest in Jefferson, the American photographs from Don’t Grieve After ernment in particular. The of information availability Joanne Ciulla Marshall lived, worked and exchanged ideas in designing Virginia’s Capitol. The tour also Revolution and the shared heritage of France Me, a traveling exhibition from the speakers emphasized that allows people to know more with their Parisian counterparts and fellow allows ample free time for exploring Paris. and the United States. To place a reservation or Virginia Foundation for the Humanities democracy as a system of government than ever about a leader’s private life. supporters of the revolutionary cause. Art historian Alice Jouve, co-author with learn more about the Thomas Jefferson & The and Public Policy. The exhibition depends on a degree of trust. Among the The audience of nearly 90 individuals explores several themes in African- The Hôtel Regina will serve as the base her husband, Daniel, of Paris: Birthplace of Founding Fathers in Paris trip, please contact reasons for the decline in trust that were included members of the public, represen- for the stay in Paris with excursions to Palais the U.S.A, will join the tour. A longtime Academic Arrangements Abroad at 212-514- American history including the contributions brought forward were television and the tatives of Fairfax Leadership, the Jepson of blacks to Virginia society. Don’t Royal, meeting place of fashionable 18th- Parisian and former Bostonian, she earned 8921 or trips@arrangements abroad.com. expansion of media coverage, events such as Center, the Library of Virginia and Grieve After Me will be on display on the second floor landing of the Library the Vietnam War, Watergate and Enron and Leadership Metro Richmond. a fraying of communities. Ruscio cited through March 31. C LECTURE FOCUSES ON MARY BETH M INTIRE TO “BEFORE THE VIRGINIA DIRECT FOUNDATION STATUTE: PATRICK HENRY NON-PROFIT ORG. The Library of Virginia is pleased to The Library of Virginia Foundation was AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM” U.S. POSTAGE announce that Mary Beth McIntire joined the established in 1984 to promote and coordinate PAID Library as executive director of the Library of private support for the Library of Virginia, its The Library of Virginia and the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation are again spon- 800 East Broad Street RICHMOND, VA Virginia Foundation on January 10. McIntire mission and programs. The Foundation is a Richmond, VA 23219-8000 PERMIT NO. 1088 will direct all aspects of the Foundation nonprofit, charitable organization, receiving soring the annual Governor Henry Lectures. including development, implementation and grants, bequests and donations from individuals, Thomas E. Buckley, S.J., professor of oversight of the Foundation’s fund develop- businesses, foundations and others in support American Religious History at the Jesuit ment plan and the Library Shop. of the Library. Carter F. Yeatman of New York School of Theology at Berkeley, will present McIntire came to the Library from United City serves as president of the Library of the Third Annual Governor Henry Lecture at Way Services in Richmond where she has served Virginia Foundation. Charlotte Court House in the historic court- for the last four years as assistant vice president. house on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 PM, April Prior to that she served as director of develop- 6, and again at the Library of Virginia on ment for Aylett Country Day School. She holds Monday evening, April 7, 2003, at 5:30 PM. an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth Free parking is available in the Library of University and a BA from James Madison Virginia’s underground deck for the event. University. She is a member of the Virginia A graduate of Gonzaga University, Father Association of Fund Raising Executives. Buckley took his doctorate in history from the University of California–Santa Barbara and his doctorate in theology from the Weston School of Theology. He is the author of Church and State in Revolutionary Virginia, 1776–1787 800 East Broad Street and an authority on church-state relations and Richmond, VA 23219-8000 the interaction of religion and social policy. (804)692-3592 • www.lva.lib.va.us His most recent books include The Great Janice M. Hathcock, Editor Catastrophe of My Life: Divorce in the Old Amy C. Winegardner, Graphic Designer Dominion and “If You Love That Lady Don’t Gilbert E. Butler, Jr., Board Chair Marry Her”: The Courtship Letters of Sally Nolan T. Yelich, Librarian of Virginia McDowell and John …see Lecture, pg. 7 March To May Events at the Library of Virginia MOC… compare and contrast the conditions of that the effects of the Proclamation were real recently awarded a Mayoral Proclamation by these two large and industrial cities, both during and Lincoln’s motives were genuine. the Mayor of Dallas, Texas, for his contribu- Running From March 6 through March 31 Friday, March 21, 2003 Dr. Thomas E. Buckley, professor of American Religious the mobilization for war and the war itself. Dr. Ludwell H. Johnson, a respected his- tions to Civil War scholarship. 2003 Virginia Women In History A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial History at the Jesuit School of Theology/Graduate Place: Lobby Time: Noon Theological Union at Berkeley, will deliver the third DeCredico is the author of Patriotism For torian and longtime Lincoln critic. He is All speakers will have the opportunity to FREE EVENT Place: Conference Rooms Annual Governor Henry Lecture. He will focus on Profit: Georgia’s Urban Entrepreneurs and the emeritus professor of history at the College of communicate their viewpoints on this This poster exhibition highlights eight outstanding Virginia FREE EVENT Governor Patrick Henry and the church-state issues of Confederate War Effort and is currently working William and Mary, where he taught for near- increasingly controversial subject, central to women in celebration of Women’s History Month. The Suzanne Lebsock, winner of the Bancroft Prize for The his day. The Library of Virginia co-sponsors the lecture on a book about wartime Richmond. ly 40 years. He has written numerous articles the disputed legacy of Lincoln. Reservations Virginia Foundation for Women and The Delta Kappa Free Women of Petersburg, will discuss her new book, A with the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation. Gamma Society International honor these eight individuals Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial. The sensa- “How effective was the Emancipation on Southern history and is the author of sev- are required. for their accomplishments and important contributions. tional 1895 case in Lunenburg County, on which the Running From April 7 through July 5, 2003 Proclamation?” “Did it Really free anyone or eral books covering the Civil War period, book is based, involved a white woman murdered with The Washington Monument was it merely a self-serving war measure?” This including Division and Reunion: America, Running From March 7 through March 31 an ax, a young black millhand and three black women. Place: Lobby controversial issue will be considered in the 1848-1877 and Red River Campaign: Politics Lecture… Miller, 1854–1856. Father Buckley Don’t Grieve After Me A book signing will follow the talk. FREE EVENT Place: Second Floor Landing This exhibition covers the planning, construction and final lecture, “The Great Emancipator? A and Cotton in the Civil War. currently is working on a study of the imple- FREE EVENT Running Through Saturday, March 22, 2003 history of Virginia’s Washington Monument in Capitol Discussion about Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Edward Smith has taught history at mentation and impact of the Virginia Statute This traveling exhibit from the Virginia Foundation for Virginia Roots Music: Creating and Conserving Square in downtown Richmond. Emancipation,” on March 26, as four scholars American University since 1969 and is current- for Religious Freedom from 1787 to 1940. the Humanities and Public Policy features more than Tradition with differing viewpoints address this complex ly the director of American Studies as well as The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation 100 archival photographs in a narrative that explores a Place: Exhibition Hall Thursday, April 10, 2003 number of themes in African-American history. Among FREE EVENT Virginia’s Public Libraries: Boxes, Bruce, and issue. Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo, professor of eco- founder and co-director for the University’s owns and operates Red Hill, Patrick Henry’s the topics considered are migration patterns and the This free exhibition highlights the most important musical Bill Gates nomics at Loyola College in Maryland and Civil War Institute. He lectures on the Civil last home and burial place near Brookneal, establishment of a black Virginian culture; family, com- traditions of Virginia ranging from the jubilee-style gospel Place: Conference Rooms author of the current best-selling book The War, African-American cultural heritage and Virginia. The Library of Virginia holds the munity, and religious life; the contributions of blacks to quartets of Tidewater Virginia, the string-band music of FREE EVENT world’s most extensive collection of material society through skilled and professional work; and their southwestern Virginia and the Piedmont blues music. Elizabeth Lewis, assistant director for library development, Real Lincoln, builds on a growing literature that art history for numerous institutions including social and educational achievements and struggles. will discuss the history of public libraries in Virginia from casts doubts on the motives and effects of The Smithsonian, The National Geographic about the Old Dominion and has been a Wednesday, March 26, 2003 colonial times to the present. Lincoln’s proclamation. Dr. William C. Harris, Society and The Historical Society of steward of the Commonwealth’s documen- Thursday, March 13, 2003 The Great Emancipator? A Discussion of professor of history at North Carolina State Washington, D.C. His writings appear in tary and printed heritage since 1823. The The War Hits Home: The Civil War in Eastern Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Running From April 14 through December 6, 2003 University and author of With Charity For All: The Yale Review, The Military Review, The Governor Henry Lectures are open to the Virginia Time: 5:30 PM Legacies of the New Deal Time: 5:30 PM Place: Lecture Hall Place: Exhibition Hall Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union argues Lincoln Review and other journals. Smith was public at no charge. Place: Lecture Hall FEE $5 (Free to Museum of the Confederacy mem- FREE EVENT FEE $5 (Free to Museum of the Confederacy mem- bers and Library donors) Reservations Required, Legacies of the New Deal draws on the wealth of material bers and Library donors) Reservations Required, call 804-649-1861 in the Library’s collections dealing with Franklin Delano Collections… of students, training of teach- Chesapeake Academy and containing cor- 2698). Purchased. call 804-649-1861 Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo, professor of economics at Loyola Roosevelt, his social and governmental policies and this ers, and costs. Transfer. respondence from former students and fac- Webber, Samuel Gilbert. Papers, 1863, of Dr. Brian Steel Wills, professor and chair of the College in Maryland and author of The Real Lincoln will time of dramatic change. Amply illustrated with images Hooe, James Hewitt. Papers, 1810–1813, of ulty. Lent for copying by Mary Ball Samuel Gilbert Webber, including corre- Department of History and Philosophy at the University build on the growing literature that casts doubts on the and artifacts the exhibition offers a fascinating glimpse of of Virginia’s College at Wise, will speak on how the motives and effects of Lincoln’s proclamation. Dr. the Great Depression and the New Deal in Virginia. James Hewitt Hooe (d. 1825) of Alexandria, Washington Museum and Library. spondence, photographs, and a biography. presence of the Confederate and Union armies affect- William C. Harris, professor of history at North Carolina Virginia, including correspondence and Kiracofe, John H. Letter, May 16, 1864, from Includes a letter, January 27, 1863, from ed the people of the small town of Suffolk, Virginia. The State University and author of With Charity For All: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 certificates relating to his purchase and John Kiracofe, New Market, Virginia, to Samuel Webber, Norfolk, Virginia, to his Library of Virginia co-sponsors this program with the Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union will counter Living in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of importation of merino sheep from Portugal. his wife and daughter. Topics include troop wife in Massachusetts. Topics include his Museum of the Confederacy. that the effects of the Proclamation were real. The Sustainable Forestry Library of Virginia co-sponsors this program with the Time: Noon The letters are written, and the certificates movements, news of friends, and the battle visit to Norfolk and a drawing of the Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Museum of the Confederacy. Place: Conference Rooms sworn to, by William Jarvis (1770–1859), of New Market, Virginia. Purchased. Norfolk Naval hospital, religious services, The Domestic Service Project at Maymont House FREE EVENT United States consul to Portugal and later a Pollard, John Garland. Campaign ephemera troop movements and family. Included is a Time: Noon Thursday, March 27, 2003 Chris Bolgiano will discuss her latest book, a com- Place: Conference Rooms An Evening With James MacGregor Burns pelling exploration of the struggle between preservation resident of Weathersfield, Vermont. from John Garland Pollard’s primary and transcription of the letter. Also included FREE EVENT Place: Lecture Hall and exploitation of the Appalachian forest told through Portions of the certificates are written in general election campaigns for governor of are photographs and a biography of Elizabeth O’Leary, guest curator of the domestic life Time: 5:30 PM narratives from people whose lives are connected to Portuguese. Purchased. Virginia in 1929. Transferred from the Samuel Webber. Purchased. exhibition at Maymont House, will discuss this exciting FREE EVENT the forest. A book signing will follow the talk. Hume, George. Survey, n.d., by George Hume Library of Virginia Technical Services. State Records project that continues to examine the interplay between James MacGregor Burns, winner of the Pulitzer employer and employee during this time of rapidly Prize and the National Book Award, will discuss and Wednesday, May 14, 2003 (1697–1760) of the land of George Carter Rutherford, William Kenneth. Research files Auditor of Public Accounts. Reports on audit, changing domestic technology. O’Leary’s book From sign copies of his just released book Transforming A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana (ca. 1718-1741) located on Opequon of William Kenneth Rutherford, for use in 1987–1991. Morning to Night: Domestic Service in Maymont House Leadership: The Pursuit of Happiness in the first Purchase and the Destiny of America Creek in Frederick County, Virginia. Gift his book, Genealogical History of Our Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of. and the Gilded Age South will be published in May. stop on a major East Coast book tour. Burns will Time: Noon of Tony Failla. Ancestors. Includes Bible records, corre- Reports, 1965. explore the role of leadership in confronting global Place: Conference Rooms Wednesday, March 19, 2003 poverty. The Jepson School of Leadership Studies FREE EVENT Innes, Harry. Letter, dated October 25, 1789, spondence, genealogical charts and notes, Legislative Services, Division of. Arsenals of the Confederacy: Atlanta and cosponsors this talk and book signing. Jon Kukla, executive director of the Patrick Henry written by Judge Harry Innes (1752–1816) war records, pedigree charts, abstracts of Census redistricting maps and data, 1980. Richmond Memorial Foundation, will present a talk based on his of Danville, Kentucky, to his brother James vital records, photographs and wills. Gift RESTRICTED Time: 5:30 PM Running March 31 Through August 30, 2003 new book, A Wilderness So Immense: Thomas Innes (1754-1798), attorney general of of Anna Clay Rutherford. Committee records, 1981–1999. Place: Lecture Hall Exploring the West by Book with Lewis and Clark Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of FEE $5 (Free to Museum of the Confederacy mem- Place: Café Cases America. A book signing will follow the talk. Virginia, concerning the severe drought in Tippett, William S. Diaries, 1861–1864, RESTRICTED bers and Library donors) Reservations Required, FREE EVENT Kentucky and recent incursions into Indian written by William S. Tippett (b. 1837) of Governor’s notes, 1999–2000. call 804-649-1861 This exhibition highlights the exploration of the West Tuesday, May 20, 2003 territories and their effect. Purchased. Wheeling, West Virginia. There are six RESTRICTED Dr. Mary DeCredico, chairman of the Department of and the Lewis and Clark Expedition through books and The First One Hundred Years of Capitol Square James, Alfred Procter. Papers, 1898–1982, of volumes of diaries detailing his activities Legislative draft files, 2000. RESTRICTED History at the U.S. Naval Academy, will approach this manuscripts of the period. Time: Noon history from a fresh perspective comparing and con- Place: Conference Rooms Alfred Procter James (1886–1971) of while serving with the 1st Regiment West Redistricting files, 1990–1991. trasting the conditions in these two cities, both during Monday, April 7, 2003 FREE EVENT Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, concerning the Virginia Infantry Volunteers (3 months) RESTRICTED mobilization for the war and the war itself. The Library Before the Virginia Statute: Patrick Henry and Tyler Potterfield, of the City of Richmond Preservation Chesapeake Academy, which operated in and the First Virginia Infantry (3 years), Studies, 1972–1998. RESTRICTED of Virginia co-sponsors this program with the Museum Religious Freedom Office, will offer an illustrated lecture of the early years Lancaster County, Virginia, from 1889 to including his imprisonment at Belle Isle of the Confederacy. Time: 5:30 PM of Capitol Square. Place: Lecture Hall 1906, and consisting of correspondence, Prison in Richmond. For preservation FREE EVENT Please call 804-692-3592 to confirm dates and times. 1930–1956, regarding research on the purposes, please use microfilm (Misc. Reel
7 ARCHIVES COLLECTIONS INCREASE Virginia Heritage Project Links Commonwealth’s Repositories The Virginia Heritage Project offers include a summary of the archival or man- Law Library, University of Virginia During the first quarter of fiscal year 2003, the RESTRICTED C. Langhorne. PHOTOCOPYING researchers a comprehensive method for uscript collection’s contents and not the box Special Collections, Virginia Center for Library of Virginia Archives collections added County Records RESTRICTED searching across the Commonwealth of and folder listing, which researchers use for Digital History, Virginia Commonwealth 174 cubic feet of materials, 199 microfilm reels, Charles City County. Inventory, 1779. Whiting Family. Descendants of Edgar Mason Virginia for documents, manuscripts and finding and requesting pertinent material. University, Virginia Historical Society, 6 maps, and 11 compact discs. A representative Purchased. Whiting. Includes information on the papers residing in a variety of participating EAD, was designed exclusively for archival Virginia Military Institute, Virginia selection of new collections follows: Fluvanna County. Guardian Account, 1798. descendants of Edgar Mason Whiting institutions. For the last two years, the finding aids and can be used for finding Polytechnic Institute, Virginia State Purchased. (1882–1938) and Helen Hudson Whiting Library of Virginia has been adding finding aids shorter than one page or longer than a University, Virginia Union University, Bible Records James City County/City of Williamsburg. (1892–1978) of Winchester, Virginia, aids of its archival and manuscript collections thousand pages. Washington and Lee University Law Bedall Family. Winchester, Virginia; and Ohio City of Williamsburg Births, 1865–1878. including information on lines that settled to the Virginia Heritage Project, a database of The database allows for the keyword School, Washington and Lee University and Pennsylvania, 1787-1874. Family Bible Transfer. in Richmond, Virginia; and Illinois, finding aids from special collections and searching of entire finding aids across insti- Leyburn Library and Wytheville of John Bedall (1787–1862). Bible printed Deeds, 1849–1920. Transfer. Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and archival repositories throughout Virginia. A tutions. This function is important consider- Community College. in 1807. Includes Bible records (6 leaves) Officials’ Bonds, 1870–1908. Transfer. Washington. Gift of James H. Whiting. $250,000 grant from the National ing that many personal and family papers This project is one of several consortium and genealogical notes (4 leaves). Gift of Table of Town Lots (Williamsburg), 1865. RESTRICTED Endowment for the Humanities funded the have been spread among several of Virginia’s databases based on EAD in the United States, Charlene Bedall, through Jennie Howe. Transfer. Organization Records creation of the database. Currently, twenty archival institutions. A search for the Jerdone including the Online Archive of California, Moore Family. Albemarle and Halifax counties, Table of Tracts of Land (James City Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia institutions are contributing finding aids to family, for example, reveals collections at the Texas Archival Resources Online and the Richmond, Virginia, and North Carolina County), 1866. Transfer. Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Company A. the database. As of December 8, 2002, the The College of William & Mary as well as at Online Archives of New Mexico. When and Washington, D. C., 1824-1963. Wills, Reports, Settlements, and Records, 1864, of Company A, 2nd database consisted of 4,514 guides. Of these the Library of Virginia. EAD was created, its developers envisioned a Includes Bible records (3 leaves) and Appraisements, 1865–1913. Transfer. Virginia Cavalry consisting of a roster of guides, the Library of Virginia has 486 in the Institutions and libraries participating in database of archival finding aids from special genealogical notes (4 leaves). Other sur- Loudoun County. Summons, 1769. Gift of Company A; and a morning report, 1864, database. In contrast to other databases, this the Virginia Heritage Project are: collections and archives from around the names mentioned: Bird, Evans, Fries, Selden Richardson. for Company A, filled out by Lieutenant database is based on Encoded Archival College of William and Mary, Colonial world. The Virginia Heritage Project is a Haynes and Peacock. Gift of Walter Middlesex County. Robert C. Wilson (1838–1865). Description (EAD), an emerging archival Williamsburg Foundation, George small step in reaching this goal. The site can William Moore, II Bond, Appointment, 1787,1807. Purchased. Purchased. standard, rather than Machine Readable Mason University, James Madison be reached directly by using the following Vellines Family. Isle of Wight and Prince Court Records. Petition, ca. 1700. Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cataloguing (MARC). University, Library of Virginia, Medical link: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/vhp/ George counties, Virginia, 1787–1904. Purchased. Artillery. Capt. William Graves Crenshaw’s MARC was designed for the cataloging College of Virginia, Old Dominion Bible printed in 1890. Includes Bible Fiduciary Records. Inventories and Co. Va. Light Artillery. Special order 146, of books, not archival material. University, University of Virginia Health —submitted by Jay Gaidmore records (5 leaves) and genealogical notes appraisements, 1693–1798. Purchased. June 9, 1863, from the Adjutant and Consequently, a MARC record can only Sciences Library, University of Virginia Collection Management Services (13 leaves). Gift of Charles Herbert Land Records. Deeds, 1693–1828. Inspector General’s Office extending the Vellines. Purchased. time of duty of a detail assigned to the Business Records Will, 1806. Purchased. Crenshaw battery. Purchased. Miller and Jarvis (Goochland County, Va.). Richmond County. Emory and Henry College Hospital Ledger, 1866–1870, containing the Apprentice Indenture, 1752. Purchased. (Washington Co., Va.). The register of PETS HELP PROMOTE SUMMER READING PROGRAM accounts of Miller and Jarvis, a general Deeds, 1774, 1784. Purchased. wounded at Emory and Henry College Books and Pets: Our Friends for Life was the Many libraries adopted pets for the stickers and stamps enlivened the program store located in Sandy Hook, Gloucester Warren County. Petitions and letters for and Hospital (Washington County, Va.) pro- theme of the Virginia statewide summer summer and kept them in their children’s and helped libraries promote reading. County, Virginia. The ledger contains cash against public school integration, vides the name of the soldier, regiment, reading program for 2002—and more than room. Hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish In addition to these two programs, the accounts noting merchandise and other February–March 1959. Transfer. company, rank, disease, date admitted, 165,000 children showed their love for read- and a host of other furry friends could be Library of Virginia encouraged libraries to services purchased by the store. Purchased. Washington County.Writ of Restitution, date sent to camps, date died, date fur- ing and pets by registering to take part in the seen in Virginia libraries throughout the use teens as resources through the “I’m Shackleford, William C. Ledgers, 1867– 1918, 1799. Purchased. loughed and date transferred. Lent for program. More than 20,000 teens came to summer. Veterinarians were invited to speak Making a Difference” teen volunteer pro- detailing the accounts of William C. Westmoreland County. Deed, 1794. Purchased. microfilming by Emory and Henry the Reading Rescue and read books to bene- gram. Approximately 40 libraries used teen Shackleford (b. 1835), a farmer and physi- Genealogical Notes and Charts College. fit animal shelters and other animal rescue volunteers in a variety of roles throughout the cian residing in Albemarle County, Goodrich Family. Notes. Includes information Knights of Honor, Richmond Order, Supreme organizations in a related theme for middle summer and rewarded them with a t-shirt Virginia. In these four ledgers are employ- on the descendants of Thomas Goodrich Lodge No. 265. Minute book, 1878–1887, and high school students. imprinted with the “I’m Making a Difference” ee and farm laborer accounts, farm expense (ca. 1732–1801) of Amherst County, of the Knights of Honor, Richmond The Smithfield Library employed slogan and a graphic image of a large “eye.” accounts, banking accounts and patient Virginia, including information on lines, Order, Supreme Lodge No. 265, contain- Buddy, a black Labrador reading buddy, who Several hundred hours of teen volunteer accounts including the records of many which settled in Caroline County, Virginia; ing lists of dues paying members, lists of listened to children read during the summer. work were recorded by public libraries, and African American patients seen by and Missouri. Gift of Wallace J. Goodrich. officers, lists of members present at meet- Buddy is trained and certified by Therapy teens were able to learn job skills and make a Shackleford. Lent for microfilming by A. Seybert Family. Notes. Descendants of Johan ings, notes on deaths of members, and Dogs International and is owned by Carol difference in their communities. C. Shackleford. Jacob Seybert (ca. 1717–1758) of other orders, petitions and resolutions as Blankenship, who offered his services to the The theme for the Library of Virginia’s Church Records Germany, Pennsylvania, and Augusta amended and voted on by the fraternal library for the summer. 2003 Summer Reading Program is Wolfin’ St. Michael’s German Reformed Church County, Virginia, including lines that set- organization. Purchased. Emma Jean Brady, branch manager said, Down Books @ Your Library. Workshops on (Rockingham County, Va.). tled in Highland County, Virginia, Personal Papers “Children are not embarrassed to read to a on pet care, and of course, lots of pet shows the 2003 Summer Reading Program attended Transcription and index to St. Michael’s Pendleton County (West) Virginia, and Bennett, A. L. Report to the school board of dog . . . it’s a wonderful program, especially contributed to the fun. by 333 public library staff representing 74 of German Reformed Church Register, Maryland. Gift of Charles A. Beverage. Alleghany County Public schools in for children who are slow readers.” This was Libraries received materials from the Virginia’s 90 public library systems were held 1789– 1890 (69 leaves). Also includes a Skipwith Family. A Brief Account of the Covington, Virginia, of the school year just one of many creative ways that libraries Library of Virginia valued at more than in three locations last November. photocopy of the accession analysis and reg- Skipwiths of Newbold, Metheringham, and 1939–1940, by A. L. Bennett, school celebrated the special connection that chil- $75,000 to help them bring the joy of reading to ister (157 leaves). Compiled in May 2002 Prestwould. Includes information on the superintendent. Includes statistics on dren have with their favorite books and their children in their communities. These posters, —submitted by Pat Muller, Library by Brigitte Burkett. Gift of Brigitte Burkett. Skipwith family of England. Gift of John attendance, race …see Collections, pg. 7 favorite pets. bookmarks, reading records, certificates, Development and Networking
3 Senator Nick Rerras, of Norfolk, and his More Branches Added Library Awards Circuit Court Grants MOC Annual daughter, Helena, enjoy the Library of The Library of Virginia, through the Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program, Virginia’s legislative reception. Even To Family Tree recently awarded 21 grants to 18 localities totaling $182,887. These grants included money meteorologist’s predictions of five to eight to provide conservation and preservation to historic court records, perform archival process- Lectures Start inches of snow did not stop the Library from Are you researching your family’s history? If so ing of loose court papers prior to reformatting, conversion of paper records to digital images, hosting its annual legislative reception you know that the Library of Virginia has a the purchase of microfilm reader/printers and the purchase of theft or fire security systems for March 13 on January 16. The reception, which is wealth of material containing genealogical courthouse record rooms. The War Hits Home: Confederate Society at underwritten by the Library of Virginia information. Among these holdings are records The next round of grant applications are due at the Library of Virginia by 5:00 PM War, the Museum of the Confederacy’s 25th Foundation, attracted dozens of legislators, of colonial and state governments, copies of on April 15, 2003. Before submitting an application, please contact either Amy Judd, Annual Evening Series Lectures, co-sponsored librarians and Library Board members and extant court records such as wills, deeds, orders 804-692-3601, or Glenn Smith, 804-3604. by the Library of Virginia, will evaluate the trustees from across the state. Secretary of and marriage bonds; church records; personal effects of the Civil War on the people and Education Belle S. Wheelan and Governor papers; Bible records; business records; communities within the Confederacy. Mark Warner were among the distinguished This America’s Promise Quilt was created by children enrolled in organization records; cemetery records; and the 2001 Gift of a Lifetime (GOAL) Program, a reading program Featuring presentations from respected guests. Sheryl Warner and The Southside genealogical notes and charts. The Library also historians and scholars from across the Homewreckers and Low Cotton with special for parents and children in White Stone, Virginia. The quilt has numerous maps and printed sources on includes photographs of the 52 children, red and white striped country, the lectures will begin by using guest Ron Curry donated their musical genealogical research and Virginia history. fabric borders, gold stars and books and other symbols of specific Southern cities as case studies to talents to the evening. Now the Library of Virginia has made American unity and resolve. The quilt was displayed at the draw conclusions on the impact of war in available for patron research the genealogical Pentagon and then journeyed to the White House in late 2002. Southern communities. The final lecture will files in the Nan Overton West Papers. These consider one of the most profound con- research files were the principal resource sequences of the war on the Confederate Preston Huff Leaves To material Nan West used to write The Wests home front—the disruption of slavery as the and the Rays and Allied Lines: Southern result of the Emancipation Proclamation. All Take NARA Position Families from the Colonies to Texas and The WRVA Radio Collection lectures begin at 5:30 PM and will be held at Overtons: 700 Years with Allied Families From the Library of Virginia’s lecture hall on Calling it the most difficult decision of his professional career, C. Preston Huff recently England to Virginia, Kentucky, and Texas. Thursday March 13, Wednesday March 19, submitted his resignation as director of the Records Management and Imaging Services The papers contain detailed information and Wednesday March 26. Division of the Library of Virginia. He will be working with the National Archives and Ready for Use concerning the Overton, West and Ray families Due to limited seating, reservations are Records Administration in Fort Worth, Texas, as the assistant district administrator for the and allied families. Research files exist for the The business files, historical files and photographs of the WRVA Radio collection are now required and should be made by calling the Southwest District, which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. following Overton allied family surnames: available at the Library of Virginia for use by researchers. Museum at (804) 649-1861. Free parking During Huff’s tenure the Records Management and Imaging Services Division (RMISD) Bickley, Booker, Bosley, Briscoe, Brockman, WRVA of Richmond, Virginia, aired its first broadcast on is available at the Library of Virginia’s park- moved into the Library of Virginia building at 800 East Broad Street and the State Records Brooks, Burch, Carr, Clough, Crook, Farrar, November 2, 1925, and was considered the “Voice of Virginia” ing garage located on Broad and 9th Center at 1997 Charles City Road. He reorganized the Commonwealth’s records management Gardiner, Garland, Garnett, Gerard, Glover, for many decades. In addition to local, national and world news Streets. The lectures are $5 to the public program to include: participation in the Council on Technology Services (COTS) and estab- Grundy, Harratt, Harris, Howerton, Jennings, broadcasts, WRVA featured such programs as the Corn Cob Pipe and free to Museum members and Library lishment of the State Records Center as a premier records center with a national reputation. Jewell, Lawson, Leake, McCarty, Muscoe, Club, the Old Dominion Barn Dance, the Sunshine Hour, Calling of Virginia donors. RMISD received the Iron Mountain Award for Excellence in Records Management Poindexter, Shipp, Slye, Swain, Taylor, Terrell, All Cooks and the Quiz of Two Cities. WRVA announcers includ- Dr. Brian Steel Wills, professor and chair (Government) for 2001 as a leader in all areas of records management. Waters and Whitworth. West allied family ed Harvey Hudson, Sam Carey, Alden Aaroe, Lou Dean, Lewis of the Department of History and Philosophy Due to the critical nature of records management, the Library received permission to fill surnames are: Ashley, Berry, Boatner, Culver, Martin, Tim Timberlake and many others. at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Huff’s position. The Library is conducting a nationwide search for a replacement. Egner, Martin, Norris, Sanford, Smith, Swain, The WRVA Radio Collection spans 75 years and documents will kick off the series on March 13, with the Ward and Wyatt. Ray allied family surnames the history of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and lecture “The War Hits Home: The Civil War include: Caldwell, Culpepper, Dean, Richmond for more than half-a-century and the development of in Eastern Virginia.” Drawn from his latest Support the Library of Virginia With Your Gillespie, Grant, Harrison, Lee, Peek, radio in Virginia and the United States. The collection is rich in book of the same title, Wills will speak on Richards, Tatum, Wyatt and Young. material on the station’s original owners, tobacco manufacturers how the presence of the Confederate and Ukrop’s Golden Gift Certificate To access the finding aid, visit the Larus & Brother Company. Union armies affected the people of the small Library of Virginia’s homepage at The collection also includes numerous sound recordings, town of Suffolk, Virginia. Author of numer- Ukrop’s Super Markets started this year’s Golden Gift program on February 3, 2003. Until
3 March To May Events at the Library of Virginia MOC… compare and contrast the conditions of that the effects of the Proclamation were real recently awarded a Mayoral Proclamation by these two large and industrial cities, both during and Lincoln’s motives were genuine. the Mayor of Dallas, Texas, for his contribu- Running From March 6 through March 31 Friday, March 21, 2003 Dr. Thomas E. Buckley, professor of American Religious the mobilization for war and the war itself. Dr. Ludwell H. Johnson, a respected his- tions to Civil War scholarship. 2003 Virginia Women In History A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial History at the Jesuit School of Theology/Graduate Place: Lobby Time: Noon Theological Union at Berkeley, will deliver the third DeCredico is the author of Patriotism For torian and longtime Lincoln critic. He is All speakers will have the opportunity to FREE EVENT Place: Conference Rooms Annual Governor Henry Lecture. He will focus on Profit: Georgia’s Urban Entrepreneurs and the emeritus professor of history at the College of communicate their viewpoints on this This poster exhibition highlights eight outstanding Virginia FREE EVENT Governor Patrick Henry and the church-state issues of Confederate War Effort and is currently working William and Mary, where he taught for near- increasingly controversial subject, central to women in celebration of Women’s History Month. The Suzanne Lebsock, winner of the Bancroft Prize for The his day. The Library of Virginia co-sponsors the lecture on a book about wartime Richmond. ly 40 years. He has written numerous articles the disputed legacy of Lincoln. Reservations Virginia Foundation for Women and The Delta Kappa Free Women of Petersburg, will discuss her new book, A with the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation. Gamma Society International honor these eight individuals Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial. The sensa- “How effective was the Emancipation on Southern history and is the author of sev- are required. for their accomplishments and important contributions. tional 1895 case in Lunenburg County, on which the Running From April 7 through July 5, 2003 Proclamation?” “Did it Really free anyone or eral books covering the Civil War period, book is based, involved a white woman murdered with The Washington Monument was it merely a self-serving war measure?” This including Division and Reunion: America, Running From March 7 through March 31 an ax, a young black millhand and three black women. Place: Lobby controversial issue will be considered in the 1848-1877 and Red River Campaign: Politics Lecture… Miller, 1854–1856. Father Buckley Don’t Grieve After Me A book signing will follow the talk. FREE EVENT Place: Second Floor Landing This exhibition covers the planning, construction and final lecture, “The Great Emancipator? A and Cotton in the Civil War. currently is working on a study of the imple- FREE EVENT Running Through Saturday, March 22, 2003 history of Virginia’s Washington Monument in Capitol Discussion about Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Edward Smith has taught history at mentation and impact of the Virginia Statute This traveling exhibit from the Virginia Foundation for Virginia Roots Music: Creating and Conserving Square in downtown Richmond. Emancipation,” on March 26, as four scholars American University since 1969 and is current- for Religious Freedom from 1787 to 1940. the Humanities and Public Policy features more than Tradition with differing viewpoints address this complex ly the director of American Studies as well as The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation 100 archival photographs in a narrative that explores a Place: Exhibition Hall Thursday, April 10, 2003 number of themes in African-American history. Among FREE EVENT Virginia’s Public Libraries: Boxes, Bruce, and issue. Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo, professor of eco- founder and co-director for the University’s owns and operates Red Hill, Patrick Henry’s the topics considered are migration patterns and the This free exhibition highlights the most important musical Bill Gates nomics at Loyola College in Maryland and Civil War Institute. He lectures on the Civil last home and burial place near Brookneal, establishment of a black Virginian culture; family, com- traditions of Virginia ranging from the jubilee-style gospel Place: Conference Rooms author of the current best-selling book The War, African-American cultural heritage and Virginia. The Library of Virginia holds the munity, and religious life; the contributions of blacks to quartets of Tidewater Virginia, the string-band music of FREE EVENT world’s most extensive collection of material society through skilled and professional work; and their southwestern Virginia and the Piedmont blues music. Elizabeth Lewis, assistant director for library development, Real Lincoln, builds on a growing literature that art history for numerous institutions including social and educational achievements and struggles. will discuss the history of public libraries in Virginia from casts doubts on the motives and effects of The Smithsonian, The National Geographic about the Old Dominion and has been a Wednesday, March 26, 2003 colonial times to the present. Lincoln’s proclamation. Dr. William C. Harris, Society and The Historical Society of steward of the Commonwealth’s documen- Thursday, March 13, 2003 The Great Emancipator? A Discussion of professor of history at North Carolina State Washington, D.C. His writings appear in tary and printed heritage since 1823. The The War Hits Home: The Civil War in Eastern Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Running From April 14 through December 6, 2003 University and author of With Charity For All: The Yale Review, The Military Review, The Governor Henry Lectures are open to the Virginia Time: 5:30 PM Legacies of the New Deal Time: 5:30 PM Place: Lecture Hall Place: Exhibition Hall Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union argues Lincoln Review and other journals. Smith was public at no charge. Place: Lecture Hall FEE $5 (Free to Museum of the Confederacy mem- FREE EVENT FEE $5 (Free to Museum of the Confederacy mem- bers and Library donors) Reservations Required, Legacies of the New Deal draws on the wealth of material bers and Library donors) Reservations Required, call 804-649-1861 in the Library’s collections dealing with Franklin Delano Collections… of students, training of teach- Chesapeake Academy and containing cor- 2698). Purchased. call 804-649-1861 Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo, professor of economics at Loyola Roosevelt, his social and governmental policies and this ers, and costs. Transfer. respondence from former students and fac- Webber, Samuel Gilbert. Papers, 1863, of Dr. Brian Steel Wills, professor and chair of the College in Maryland and author of The Real Lincoln will time of dramatic change. Amply illustrated with images Hooe, James Hewitt. Papers, 1810–1813, of ulty. Lent for copying by Mary Ball Samuel Gilbert Webber, including corre- Department of History and Philosophy at the University build on the growing literature that casts doubts on the and artifacts the exhibition offers a fascinating glimpse of of Virginia’s College at Wise, will speak on how the motives and effects of Lincoln’s proclamation. Dr. the Great Depression and the New Deal in Virginia. James Hewitt Hooe (d. 1825) of Alexandria, Washington Museum and Library. spondence, photographs, and a biography. presence of the Confederate and Union armies affect- William C. Harris, professor of history at North Carolina Virginia, including correspondence and Kiracofe, John H. Letter, May 16, 1864, from Includes a letter, January 27, 1863, from ed the people of the small town of Suffolk, Virginia. The State University and author of With Charity For All: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 certificates relating to his purchase and John Kiracofe, New Market, Virginia, to Samuel Webber, Norfolk, Virginia, to his Library of Virginia co-sponsors this program with the Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union will counter Living in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of importation of merino sheep from Portugal. his wife and daughter. Topics include troop wife in Massachusetts. Topics include his Museum of the Confederacy. that the effects of the Proclamation were real. The Sustainable Forestry Library of Virginia co-sponsors this program with the Time: Noon The letters are written, and the certificates movements, news of friends, and the battle visit to Norfolk and a drawing of the Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Museum of the Confederacy. Place: Conference Rooms sworn to, by William Jarvis (1770–1859), of New Market, Virginia. Purchased. Norfolk Naval hospital, religious services, The Domestic Service Project at Maymont House FREE EVENT United States consul to Portugal and later a Pollard, John Garland. Campaign ephemera troop movements and family. Included is a Time: Noon Thursday, March 27, 2003 Chris Bolgiano will discuss her latest book, a com- Place: Conference Rooms An Evening With James MacGregor Burns pelling exploration of the struggle between preservation resident of Weathersfield, Vermont. from John Garland Pollard’s primary and transcription of the letter. Also included FREE EVENT Place: Lecture Hall and exploitation of the Appalachian forest told through Portions of the certificates are written in general election campaigns for governor of are photographs and a biography of Elizabeth O’Leary, guest curator of the domestic life Time: 5:30 PM narratives from people whose lives are connected to Portuguese. Purchased. Virginia in 1929. Transferred from the Samuel Webber. Purchased. exhibition at Maymont House, will discuss this exciting FREE EVENT the forest. A book signing will follow the talk. Hume, George. Survey, n.d., by George Hume Library of Virginia Technical Services. State Records project that continues to examine the interplay between James MacGregor Burns, winner of the Pulitzer employer and employee during this time of rapidly Prize and the National Book Award, will discuss and Wednesday, May 14, 2003 (1697–1760) of the land of George Carter Rutherford, William Kenneth. Research files Auditor of Public Accounts. Reports on audit, changing domestic technology. O’Leary’s book From sign copies of his just released book Transforming A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana (ca. 1718-1741) located on Opequon of William Kenneth Rutherford, for use in 1987–1991. Morning to Night: Domestic Service in Maymont House Leadership: The Pursuit of Happiness in the first Purchase and the Destiny of America Creek in Frederick County, Virginia. Gift his book, Genealogical History of Our Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of. and the Gilded Age South will be published in May. stop on a major East Coast book tour. Burns will Time: Noon of Tony Failla. Ancestors. Includes Bible records, corre- Reports, 1965. explore the role of leadership in confronting global Place: Conference Rooms Wednesday, March 19, 2003 poverty. The Jepson School of Leadership Studies FREE EVENT Innes, Harry. Letter, dated October 25, 1789, spondence, genealogical charts and notes, Legislative Services, Division of. Arsenals of the Confederacy: Atlanta and cosponsors this talk and book signing. Jon Kukla, executive director of the Patrick Henry written by Judge Harry Innes (1752–1816) war records, pedigree charts, abstracts of Census redistricting maps and data, 1980. Richmond Memorial Foundation, will present a talk based on his of Danville, Kentucky, to his brother James vital records, photographs and wills. Gift RESTRICTED Time: 5:30 PM Running March 31 Through August 30, 2003 new book, A Wilderness So Immense: Thomas Innes (1754-1798), attorney general of of Anna Clay Rutherford. Committee records, 1981–1999. Place: Lecture Hall Exploring the West by Book with Lewis and Clark Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of FEE $5 (Free to Museum of the Confederacy mem- Place: Café Cases America. A book signing will follow the talk. Virginia, concerning the severe drought in Tippett, William S. Diaries, 1861–1864, RESTRICTED bers and Library donors) Reservations Required, FREE EVENT Kentucky and recent incursions into Indian written by William S. Tippett (b. 1837) of Governor’s notes, 1999–2000. call 804-649-1861 This exhibition highlights the exploration of the West Tuesday, May 20, 2003 territories and their effect. Purchased. Wheeling, West Virginia. There are six RESTRICTED Dr. Mary DeCredico, chairman of the Department of and the Lewis and Clark Expedition through books and The First One Hundred Years of Capitol Square James, Alfred Procter. Papers, 1898–1982, of volumes of diaries detailing his activities Legislative draft files, 2000. RESTRICTED History at the U.S. Naval Academy, will approach this manuscripts of the period. Time: Noon history from a fresh perspective comparing and con- Place: Conference Rooms Alfred Procter James (1886–1971) of while serving with the 1st Regiment West Redistricting files, 1990–1991. trasting the conditions in these two cities, both during Monday, April 7, 2003 FREE EVENT Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, concerning the Virginia Infantry Volunteers (3 months) RESTRICTED mobilization for the war and the war itself. The Library Before the Virginia Statute: Patrick Henry and Tyler Potterfield, of the City of Richmond Preservation Chesapeake Academy, which operated in and the First Virginia Infantry (3 years), Studies, 1972–1998. RESTRICTED of Virginia co-sponsors this program with the Museum Religious Freedom Office, will offer an illustrated lecture of the early years Lancaster County, Virginia, from 1889 to including his imprisonment at Belle Isle of the Confederacy. Time: 5:30 PM of Capitol Square. Place: Lecture Hall 1906, and consisting of correspondence, Prison in Richmond. For preservation FREE EVENT Please call 804-692-3592 to confirm dates and times. 1930–1956, regarding research on the purposes, please use microfilm (Misc. Reel
7 Participants Explore Trust in Government The Library of Virginia, the Jepson School Robert Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: of Leadership Studies at the University of The Collapse and Revival of American Richmond and Leadership Metro Richmond Community, and Alexis de Tocqueville’s cosponsored “A Dialogue on Trust in Democracy in America, as books that illus- Issue 155 • January/February 2003 Government” on the morning trate how our society and Official Newsletter of February 4 at the Library of democracy have evolved. Virginia. Kenneth P. Ruscio, Ciulla, a philosopher and dean of the Jepson School of specialist in leadership and Leadership Studies, and ethics, argued that the Join The Library For A Revolutionary Trip To Paris Joanne B. Ciulla, professor of increased amount of time The Library of Virginia Foundation is offer- century Paris, and the magnificent chateau her M.A. from the Middlebury Graduate leadership studies at the Jepson people spend working affects ing a special “revolutionary” travel experience and gardens of Versailles. School of French in France and is a former School, led the discussion. their ability to join and partic- to Paris in the fall of 2003. During a memo- Highlights of the trip will include lunch at faculty member of the Sweet Briar College ★★★★★ The dialogue touched on ipate in communal activities. rable week in the French capital, from Le Procope, Paris’ oldest café, dinner in a private Junior Year in France. the decline of trust among She touched on the role of This photograph of the John R. and Lucy November 1 through 9 travelers will explore home with French descendants of the American The Association for the Preservation of Turner Chiles Family taken on January 16, members of society in general, honesty in promoting trust the places where Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Revolution and an excursion to Nîmes to see Virginia Antiquities co-sponsors this trip for 1916, in Richmond is one of nearly 100 and between citizens and gov- and stated that today’s climate Franklin and Supreme Court Justice John the Maison Carrée, the model used by Jefferson those with an interest in Jefferson, the American photographs from Don’t Grieve After ernment in particular. The of information availability Joanne Ciulla Marshall lived, worked and exchanged ideas in designing Virginia’s Capitol. The tour also Revolution and the shared heritage of France Me, a traveling exhibition from the speakers emphasized that allows people to know more with their Parisian counterparts and fellow allows ample free time for exploring Paris. and the United States. To place a reservation or Virginia Foundation for the Humanities democracy as a system of government than ever about a leader’s private life. supporters of the revolutionary cause. Art historian Alice Jouve, co-author with learn more about the Thomas Jefferson & The and Public Policy. The exhibition depends on a degree of trust. Among the The audience of nearly 90 individuals explores several themes in African- The Hôtel Regina will serve as the base her husband, Daniel, of Paris: Birthplace of Founding Fathers in Paris trip, please contact reasons for the decline in trust that were included members of the public, represen- for the stay in Paris with excursions to Palais the U.S.A, will join the tour. A longtime Academic Arrangements Abroad at 212-514- American history including the contributions brought forward were television and the tatives of Fairfax Leadership, the Jepson of blacks to Virginia society. Don’t Royal, meeting place of fashionable 18th- Parisian and former Bostonian, she earned 8921 or trips@arrangements abroad.com. expansion of media coverage, events such as Center, the Library of Virginia and Grieve After Me will be on display on the second floor landing of the Library the Vietnam War, Watergate and Enron and Leadership Metro Richmond. a fraying of communities. Ruscio cited through March 31. C LECTURE FOCUSES ON MARY BETH M INTIRE TO “BEFORE THE VIRGINIA DIRECT FOUNDATION STATUTE: PATRICK HENRY NON-PROFIT ORG. The Library of Virginia is pleased to The Library of Virginia Foundation was AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM” U.S. POSTAGE announce that Mary Beth McIntire joined the established in 1984 to promote and coordinate PAID Library as executive director of the Library of private support for the Library of Virginia, its The Library of Virginia and the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation are again spon- 800 East Broad Street RICHMOND, VA Virginia Foundation on January 10. McIntire mission and programs. The Foundation is a Richmond, VA 23219-8000 PERMIT NO. 1088 will direct all aspects of the Foundation nonprofit, charitable organization, receiving soring the annual Governor Henry Lectures. including development, implementation and grants, bequests and donations from individuals, Thomas E. Buckley, S.J., professor of oversight of the Foundation’s fund develop- businesses, foundations and others in support American Religious History at the Jesuit ment plan and the Library Shop. of the Library. Carter F. Yeatman of New York School of Theology at Berkeley, will present McIntire came to the Library from United City serves as president of the Library of the Third Annual Governor Henry Lecture at Way Services in Richmond where she has served Virginia Foundation. Charlotte Court House in the historic court- for the last four years as assistant vice president. house on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 PM, April Prior to that she served as director of develop- 6, and again at the Library of Virginia on ment for Aylett Country Day School. She holds Monday evening, April 7, 2003, at 5:30 PM. an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth Free parking is available in the Library of University and a BA from James Madison Virginia’s underground deck for the event. University. She is a member of the Virginia A graduate of Gonzaga University, Father Association of Fund Raising Executives. Buckley took his doctorate in history from the University of California–Santa Barbara and his doctorate in theology from the Weston School of Theology. He is the author of Church and State in Revolutionary Virginia, 1776–1787 800 East Broad Street and an authority on church-state relations and Richmond, VA 23219-8000 the interaction of religion and social policy. (804)692-3592 • www.lva.lib.va.us His most recent books include The Great Janice M. Hathcock, Editor Catastrophe of My Life: Divorce in the Old Amy C. Winegardner, Graphic Designer Dominion and “If You Love That Lady Don’t Gilbert E. Butler, Jr., Board Chair Marry Her”: The Courtship Letters of Sally Nolan T. Yelich, Librarian of Virginia McDowell and John …see Lecture, pg. 7