Catalog of Manuscripts Held by the Virginia Historical Society

FAIN: RT-10026-74

Virginia Museum of History & Culture (Richmond, VA 23220-3307)
John Melville Jennings (Project Director: September 1974 to present)

To catalog and make available a backlog of some 400,000 uncataloged American historical manuscripts dating from teh 17th through the 19th centuries. Some of these manuscripts were 19th century accessions that were inadequately cataloged upon receipt. The material is fundamental to the study of American history.