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Newsletter Brown, Kent Newmyer, Rod Smith, Charles Wright and Tom De Haven Library of Virginia Seeks Nominations for Annual Literary Awards The Library of Virginia is seeking nominations for its annual literary awards honoring out- standing Virginia authors in the areas of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Past winners include Issue 154 • November/December 2002 James I. “Bud” Robertson, Jr., Donald McCaig, Eleanor Ross Taylor, Eric Pankey, Carrie Official Newsletter Brown, Kent Newmyer, Rod Smith, Charles Wright and Tom De Haven. Books eligible for the Library of Virginia literary awards must have been written by a Virginia author or have a Virginia-related theme. A Virginia author is defined as a writer meeting one or more of the following qual- STATE BUDGET REDUCTIONS HIT ifications: a native-born Virginia; an author living in Virginia; an author whose permanent home address is Virginia but LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA HARD who does not at present live in Virginia. The Library of Virginia has experienced several ment budget for the purchase of books, man- We are encouraging those who love Virginia Any individual, organization, company rounds of budget reductions during the past uscripts, journals, and electronic databases. and recognize the Library’s stewardship of the or publisher may nominate books to be two years. None has been more devastating “With the layoff of 40 people in October, books, manuscripts and maps of our past to considered for these awards. The book than the latest round of cuts instituted by the Library lost 329 years of valuable experi- contact their legislators on the Library’s must have been published and distributed between January 1 and December 31, 2002. Governor Mark R. Warner on October 15. The ence,” Librarian of Virginia Nolan Yelich behalf,” Yelich added. “Any further cut to our The deadline for entries is February 10, 2003. The completed entry form and three Tom Camden shared some unique Library’s internal operating budget has been hit commented. We are a relatively small agency budget would damage our preservation pro- copies of the book (nonreturnable) must be on hand prior to that date. An independent panel items from the Special Collections hard, resulting in cumulative reductions of a and the loss of so many valued colleagues has gram, mean fewer staff, hours of operation of judges considers all entries. Entries will be forwarded to the judges on receipt. Entries will with Sir Ian Isham (visiting from staggering 39 percent in the past two years. been sobering. Much of the Library’s budget is and services. We no longer can purchase the be judged principally on the quality of the writing, with organization and interpretation also England), who brought pictures of his The impact of the current fiscal situation pass-through money in the form of state aid to books, periodicals, databases and manuscripts playing a role in the decision. Finalists in each category will be notified by June 9, 2003. ancestral home, Lamport Hall, and includes the loss of 59 full-time and part-time local public libraries or rent for our building one expects to find in a major research Winners will announced at the 6th Annual Library of Virginia Awards Celebration Honoring donated a genealogy chart showing staff positions (40 positions to layoffs and 19 that was exempt from earlier budget reduc- library. We need our constituents and users to Virginia Authors and Friends. Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee to unfilled vacancies); closing of the reading tions. Until this latest round of cuts, state aid be advocates for the Library of Virginia dur- Guidelines and entry forms can be found on the Library of Virginia’s Web site at as Isham descendants. rooms on Mondays, effective October 21; the was exempt. Our rent payment of $2 million ing the budget cutting process, “ Yelich said. <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/awards/entries.htm>. loss of five important programs and one orga- to the Department of General services still is The Library has worked hard to mini- nizational unit, including the Library’s wide- exempt. The net result is that the reductions mize the effects of the budget cuts on its core ly-praised Digital Library Program; the had to be absorbed from a smaller portion of mission and constituencies. For example, cessation of Virginia Cavalcade after 51 years our budget so more layoffs, program reduc- subscriptions to journals and periodicals were NON-PROFIT ORG. of publication as the Library’s popular maga- tions and eliminations were necessary. recently reviewed and 290 titles were cut, U.S. POSTAGE zine of Virginia history; and a 45 percent “The Library of Virginia remains a none of which were Virginia-related publica- PAID reduction of the Library’s collection develop- strong institution with many dedicated staff. tions. When budget …see Budget, pg. 4 800 East Broad Street RICHMOND, VA Richmond, VA 23219-8000 PERMIT NO. 1088 Library of Virginia and Huntington Library Join To Microfilm Brock Collection —PROBABLY MOST VALUABLE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF VIRGINIANA EVER ASSEMBLED— This past August, the Library of Virginia, the manuscripts collected a century ago by noted phical reference work. As corresponding secre- Library of Virginia Foundation, and the historian, antiquarian and collector Robert tary of the Virginia Historical Society Huntington Library of San Marino, Alonzo Brock. (1875–1892), Brock was responsible for the California, signed a much-anticipated agree- Born in Richmond in 1839, Brock society’s book, map, manuscript and art collec- ment. Combining resources for a three-to- received little formal education outside the tions, and under the society’s auspices edited five-year project funded by the Foundation, home and, after his father’s death in 1850, and published 11 volumes on colonial and the two research libraries will microfilm the began work as a clerk in the family lumber Revolutionary War history. Brock also served Huntington’s immense collection of Virginia business. In 1861, he enlisted as a Confederate as secretary of the Southern Historical Society infantryman, won promotion to corporal, and (1887–1914) as well as editor of 24 volumes after September 1862 served as a hospital for its extensive publications. An enthusiastic steward in Richmond. A voracious reader and and tireless collector, Brock by his death in book collector, and increasingly recognized as 1914 had accumulated one of the largest and 800 East Broad Street an authority on Virginia history and genealo- probably most valuable private collections of Richmond, VA 23219-8000 gy, Brock worked as an associate editor for the Virginiana ever assembled. (804)692-3592 • www.lva.lib.va.us Richmond Standard from 1879 to 1882 and Visitors to the Brock family home Janice M. Hathcock, Editor frequently contributed essays to learned socie- recalled encountering stacks of books, corre- Amy C. Winegardner, Graphic Designer ty publications and encyclopedias. He also spondence, and printed ephemera—all of it Gilbert E. Butler, Jr., Board Chair compiled and published Virginia and overflowing from shelves and tables, filing the Nolan T. Yelich, Librarian of Virginia Virginians (1888), the state’s first large biogra- corners of rooms, …see Brock, pg. 7 Brock… even leaning in carefully positioned contents succinctly. The collection ranges from Materials documenting the Civil War era Descendants of the McAllister Family Visit the Library of Virginia piles up the hallway staircase. The collection the colonial period through the end of the 19th comprise one of the special strengths of the Suzanne McAllister Alexander and Meralen information for current and future historians, totaled approximately 17,000 books and an century, with the bulk of the materials dating Brock Collection. Documents from the war McAllister Tyson traveled from Texas to genealogists, artists, writers, students, educa- estimated 65,000 pamphlets, broadsides and to the middle years of the 1800s. Among the years include the legal records of the research their ancestral roots at the Library of tors and others, Annabelle Cox McAllister other small publications. But the most remark- important items from the colonial and Confederate States of America District Court Virginia. In addition to discovering a wealth left a bequest in her will to the Library of able materials, the real heart of the collection, Revolutionary War period are papers from the for Eastern Virginia, the military records for of new information to add to their genealog- Virginia. In the year following her death, the were the 50,000 manuscript items—an incom- Virginia Proprietor’s Office and the Virginia several Virginia regiments, Robert Brock’s ical compilation, Alexander and Tyson Library of Virginia established the Library of parable compilation of between 350,000 and Land Office, soldiers’ certificates of military two-volume wartime diary as well as his med- learned that their relative Annabelle Cox Virginia Foundation with proceeds from the 500,000 pages. It is this portion of the famed service, correspondence between Governor ical notes made at Winder Hospital, the jour- McAllister had left a very special legacy with bequest. Gifts and bequests from supporters Brock Collection that the Huntington and the Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Boards of nals of various “secret sessions” of the Virginia the Library of Virginia. in Virginia and throughout the world contin- Library of Virginia will microfilm. Trade and War, and the legal records of the General Assembly, and the correspondence of Annabelle Cox McAllister embarked on ue to build on McAllister’s legacy and provide After Brock’s death, the Library of Virginia General Court, the High Court of key figures such as Robert E. Lee, Jefferson her genealogical research journey in the late vital support to the Library of Virginia. Virginia (then the Virginia State Library) Chancery, and the Court of Admiralty. There Davis, Stonewall Jackson, George E. Pickett, 1920s with the objective of helping her sister Earlier this year, the Library of declined an opportunity to purchase the col- are also early church records, including docu- Matthew Fontaine Maury, Governor William verify family lineage required to join the Virginia Foundation established the lection from his heirs—in part for lack of ments on the history of Virginia Quakers.
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