Local History/Special Collections - Manuscripts Collection - Selected Finding Aids
The Alexandria Library acquired over time nearly two hundred manuscript and archive collections. Most of these collections came to the Library as donations. The Alexandria Library is also the repository for a number of organizational collections. Below is a list of finding aids to representative collections. The Manuscript Collections are available for use only in the Library.
Photocopies of the building permits are available.
| Collection Name |
Lifespan or Collection Dates |
Major Subject |
Location |
| Alexandria Library Company | 1794 - 1990 | Organizational records, subscription library |
Box #2 |
| St. John's Military Academy | 1833 - 1896 | School | Box #4 |
|
Henry B. Whittington (Images) |
May 1861 - May 1864 | Civil War diary | Box #11 |
| Alexandria Gazette | 1833 - 1866 | Business records | Box #26 |
| Eleanor Lee Templeman | 1906 - 1990 | Personal papers, local history | Box #61 |
| Montgomery Dent Corse (Images) | 1816-1895 |
Personal papers, |
Box #65 |
| Historic Alexandria Foundation Deposit Collection |
1949 - ongoing | Organizational records, historic preservation |
Box #70 |
| James B. Hallowell (Images) |
1840 - 1877 | School, Alexandria Boarding School | Box #132 |
| Betty Harrington MacDonald - Alexandria Ship Records |
1732-1861 | Personal papers, local history | Box #218 |
| Joseph F. Rodgers | 1891 - 1902 | Business records | Box #221 |
| Society of the Lees of Virginia Deposit Collection |
1771 - 1989 | Organizational records, family history |
Box #263 |
| Board of Architectural Review | 1918 - 1983 | Government documents, historic preservation |
Box #286 |
| Ethelyn Cox | 1909 - 1988 | Personal papers, local history | Box #287 |
| Alexandria Historic Restoration & Preservation Commission Deposit Collection |
1951 - ongoing | Organizational records, historic preservation |
Box #290 |
| Richard and Betty Bales | 1915 - 1998 | Personal papers, American composer/conductor | Box #295 |