Virginia Repositories—Northern Virginia

Afro-American Historical Association
of Fauquier County

Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County
4243 Loudoun Avenue
P.O. Box 340
The Plains, Virginia 20198

Phone: 540-253-7488
Web: http://www.Aahafauquier.org
E-mail: info@aahafauquier.org

Open: Tuesday - Wednesday Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or by appointment

Repository and Museum

The Afro-American Historical Association (AAHA) of Fauquier County, Virginia, has a museum, archive, and library. Our mission is “To educate all, in the African-American experience, while striving to create unity and build self-esteem, through programs, classes, workshops, and field trips; and [t]o create a network for people with similar interests by making records available to those interested in local history and tracing their family roots.”*

Our museum offers the “Footprints to Change” exhibit. It incorporates four periods of history: From Africa to Jamestown, The American Revolution, The Underground Railroad in Fauquier, and Social Movements.

Be Prepared

Museum: open donation
Guided tours: $5
Assisted research: $10/hour; contract research: $25/hour
Photocopies and printed copies cost $.50/page; all other copies $1.50
Association staff operate an electronic scanner to generate copies that can be sent to you by e-mail for a nominal fee. Cost of scanning photographs and vital records varies.

Collections

A team of researchers works on numerous projects that eventually become available to read and study online or in the archives. The collections include works of art, historical photographs, clothing, ceremonial items, rare books, everyday objects, documents, oral histories, and memorabilia.

Our Library and Archives are available for searching by going to:  http://aaha.pastperfect-online.com/31450cgi/mweb.exe?request=ks. Here you may search all records, only records with images, all content, library, archives, photos or people.

To view digital records online, go to “Inside AAHA-Research” at http://www.aahafauquier.org/InsideAAHA/Research/tabid/57/Default.aspx.

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* “About AAHA,” Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County (http://www.aahafauquier.org/AboutAAHA/tabid/61/Default.aspx : 24 January 2014).

Virginia Repositories—Northern Virginia