Alexandria Library
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| Alexandria Library |
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2420
Phone: 703-746-1791
E-mail: reflib@alexandria.lib.va.us
Web: www.alexandria.lib.va.us
www.alexandria.lib.va.us – Select “Special Collections” from the “Locations & Hours” dropdown menu. Links to “Indexes and Guides,” “Online Exhibits,” “Genealogy,” Digital Books,” “Bookshop,” etc.
Open Monday, 1 p.m. –9 p.m.; Tuesday, 2 a.m.‒9 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.‒7 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.‒5 p.m.
Be Prepared
Self-service photocopier requires copy card (available on-site, $0. 25 per copy). One USB-ready microfilm reader and three standard microfilm readers are available.Holdings and Collections
The focus is on Alexandria and Northern Virginia. Extensive holdings for Virginia’s counties and independent cities. Basic historical and genealogical material for Washington, D.C., Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia: 40,000+photographs and images; 14,500 books and historical journals, 3,140 rare books; 200+ maps; 314 manuscript collections; 3,500 reels of microfilm.Finding Aids (selected)
Vertical Files Index, Archive & Manuscript Index, Maps Collections Index, Microfilm Index.Online Indexes (selected)
“Building and Repair Permits Collection Index, 1896–1928,” “Obituary Index to the Alexandria Gazette, 1916–1946,” “Voter Registration in Alexandria, Virginia, African-Americans, 1902–1954,” ”World War I Draft Registrations for Northern Virginia,” ”Oath of Allegiance in 1862–1865.”For sale (selected)
- Alexandria (Images of America series) by George K. Combs, Leslie Anderson, and Julia M. Downie (2012)
- African Americans of Alexandria, Virginia: Beacons of Light in the Twentieth Century by Char McCargo Bah, Christa Watters, Audrey P. Davis, Gwendolyn Brown-Henderson, and James E. Henson, Sr. (2013)
- Virginia Slave Births Index: 1853–1865, Volumes 1–5 by Leslie Anderson Morales (editor) (2007)
- The Bounden Duty of the Progeny by Ann Graham (2012)
- Marriages and Death Notices From Alexandria, Virginia Newspapers, 1784–1852, Volumes 1–2, by Wesley Pippenger (2005)
- E.G. Arnold’s 1862 Topographical Map showing Fortifications Around Washington,D.C. (reproduction)
- American Anti-Slavery Society 1836 Broadside (reproduction)
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