Roanoke Public Libraries
706 South Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016
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| Virginia Room |
The Virginia Room, which is located in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, is free to visit and has one of the largest genealogical collections in Southwest Virginia.
Welcome to the Virginia Room! We invite you to visit us at the Main Library in downtown Roanoke, Va. and read Virginia history history classics.
Online at http://www.roanokeva.gov/virginiaroom you can experience our Virtual Virginia Room. The Main Library is currently undergoing renovation, so please check our website, e-mail us at virginiaroom@gmail.com or call us at 540-853-2073 for our current hours and to make an appointment.The rennovations are not expected to be completed until the fall of 2014.
Be Prepared
• You may have to pay for parking.• Call or make an appointment online while the library is under going renovation.
• You may bring a USB flash drive.
• Photos, scans, and copies are all okay with us (copies are $.10/page for black and white or $1.00/page for color. We can make copies up to 11"x 17."
• Our microfilm readers let you print, save things to a flash drive, or directly to Google Drive.
General Holdings
Some of the highlights of our collection include Sanborn Insurance maps of Roanoke, a full run of the Roanoke Times on microfilm with over 20 years of indices, and thousands of vertical files on people, places, things, and surnames.Collection
Visit our extensive photograph collection, about a thousand of which are available on our website. We do sell prints of these photographs as well as copies of maps with historical information about Virginia counties created by Roanoker J.R. Hildebrand.Our helpful staff members are all here because we love stories, questions, and solving mysteries. If you’re doing research on Roanoke or Southwest Virginia in general, make sure to contact us! We hope to see you in the Virginia Room!
Nathan Flinchum, Librarian
Virginia Room
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