Alexandria Library Company

Organization

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1794-1881, 1953
Usage: 1794 - 1881
Usage: 1953

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Alexandria Library Company Records (MS002)

Collection — Assorted Media Box: AM01

Identifier: MS002

Content Description

The collection consists of circulation, subscription, and financial ledgers, annual lecture series documents, catalogues, correspondence, and various organizational documents. Topics include: foundation of the Alexandria Library Company, its cycles of growth and decline reflecting the local economy; the formation of the local public library system; and the on-going activities of the Alexandria Library Company, most notably its lecture series.

Dates: 1794-2007

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / Alexandria Library Company Records (MS002)

Alexandria Library Records (MS098)

Collection

Identifier: MS098

Content Description This collection contains the records of the Alexandria Library, documenting the administration and operation of the Library, dating from the founding of the public library in 1937 through the present. Included are administrative records, annual reports, financial records, circulation records, materials documenting the history of the Library, programming and outreach records, and records of the individual branches of the library system. Formats include textual documents, photographs, and...

Dates: 1937 - 2013

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / Alexandria Library Records (MS098)

Locations of Alexandria Library Company

File — Box: 31, Folder: 313

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains publications on Alexandria and Virginia history which Ruth Kaye researched and do not fall into the same category of the other series. The series also contains published works which were not written by Ruth Kaye. There are 13 folders and 2 boxes in this series.

Dates: 1970 - 2010

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS029, Ruth Kaye Collection (MS029) / Series III: Publications

Locations of Alexandria Library Company, Copy 2

File — Box: 31, Folder: 314

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Dates: 1970 - 2010

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS029, Ruth Kaye Collection (MS029) / Series III: Publications

Mary Powell Scott Papers (MS411)

Collection — Assorted Box: AB04

Identifier: MS411

Scope and Contents The collection consists of records relating to the operation of the library society during the period of Scott's presidency. These include copies of by-laws and the contract for the site of library itself, as well as a resolution taken toward the end of her tenure. There is also a notebook containing lists and financial information from the period of her leadership. For minutes, see the official society records and those of the library. Another document of note is a letter of...

Dates: 1937 - 1939

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / Mary Powell Scott Papers (MS411)

More about 'Alexandria Library Company'

Name Forms

Also known by the following names:

Alexandria Library Company (1794-1881, 1953)

Related Names

Alexandria Library Society (1937-1953) (Later Form of Related)

Description

The Alexandria Library Society was a women's organization that took over the surviving books and function of the former Alexandria Library Company after it had been defunct for over 15 years. It later came to consider itself a continuation of the same organization and legal continuity was subsequently re-established.
Alexandria Library Association (1897-1937) (Earlier Form of Related)

Description

The Alexandria Library Society was a women's organization that took over the surviving books and function of the former Alexandria Library Company after it had been defunct for over 15 years. It later came to consider itself a continuation of the same organization and legal continuity was subsequently re-established.
Alexandria Library Association (1897-1937) (Later Form of Related)

Description

In 1953, the Alexandria Library Society re-established itself as the Alexandria Library Company under the original charter and was later recognized as such by the government.
Alexandria Library Society (1937-1953) (Later Form of Related)

Description

In 1953, the Alexandria Library Society re-established itself as the Alexandria Library Company under the original charter and was later recognized as such by the government.