I found the following posted on another list and thought it might be
helpful to those with colonial VA roots:
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Forwarded with the permission of Juleigh Muirhead Clark, who says, "We
are trying to reach as many as possible."
ROCKEFELLER LIBRARY UNVEILS NEW WEBSITE
The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library has unveiled a greatly expanded
section on the Colonial Williamsburg website (
http://www.history.org),
offering individuals interested in the Colonial Chesapeake the
opportunity to search the library's vast collections. New features
include PATRIOT, the Rockefeller Library's online catalog listing the
68,000 titles in the Library, and guides to manuscript, microfilm,
selected photograph and other research collections, such as the Shirley
Plantation Collection of over 18,000 manuscript items. Previously,
individuals had to physically visit the library or be connected to an
internal network to access these resources.
"We have electronically opened the doors to our major collections by
adding finding aids and the Library catalog to the World Wide Web," says
Public Services Librarian Juleigh Clark. "Now, when researchers come to
the Library, they will have a better idea of what we own, and we can
serve them more efficiently." Other features on the website include a
virtual exhibit of some of the treasures from the Rockefeller Library's
rare book and manuscript collections and special indexes to articles in
The Colonial Williamsburg Journal and The Colonial Williamsburg
Interpreter.
Of special interest is an index to the several hundred research reports
written at Colonial Williamsburg over the last sixty years. Early
American History Research Reports are distinguished for the significant
amount of primary source material in them and for their time and place
specificity: eighteenth-century Virginia.
The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library is a research library specializing
in the history and culture of the colonial Chesapeake. It is located
near the Historic Area at 313 First Street and is open to the public.
Library hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact:
Juleigh Muirhead Clark
Public Services Librarian
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, Virginia 23815-1776
jclark(a)cwf.org
757-565-8511
757-565-8518 (fax)