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Alexandria (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Alexandria City Council Meeting Records (MS213)

 Collection
Identifier: MS213
Content Description

Ordinances, resolutions, correspondence, and reports of the Alexandria City Council. These records cover two types of meetings, "special," which met on an as needed basis to discuss specific issues; and "regular", which met every two to three weeks. Included are Report of Charter Change Review Committee and Annual Report 1969-70, City of Alexandria. The most common topics are zoning and building. Transportation is another popular issue.

Dates: November 1970 - November 1971

Alexandria Community Web Archives

 Collection
Identifier: WA001
Scope and Contents The Alexandria Community Web Archives contains web-published primary sources documenting the history and culture of Alexandria, Virginia. The collection includes the websites, blogs, and social media sites of and about local businesses; local history, culture, and arts organizations; local news publications, local non-profit and community organizations, and local religious organizations. Please note that this is a “living collection” which will continue to...
Dates: Captured 2023 - present

Alexandria Gazette I (MS331)

 Collection
Identifier: MS331
Scope and Contents

The Alexandria Gazette I, 1942 - circa 1991, contains nearly 230 photographs taken for and published in the Alexandria Gazette. Notable Alexandrians, politicians, events, and historic sites are captured. Several photographs have their original captions included.

Dates: 1942 - circa 1991

Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection (MS334)

 Collection
Identifier: MS334
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of nearly 500 color prints that provide a photo documentation of the remodeling and reopening of the Kate Waller Barrett Branch of the Alexandria Library on 717 Queen Street, in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1994-1995.

Dates: 1994-1995

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

Alexandria, Virginia City Records (MS019)

 Collection
Identifier: MS019
Content Description The collection contains reports, correspondence, account books, minutes, warrants, court orders, vouchers, bills to be paid and to be collected, some printed matter, stocks and bonds, petitions, election returns, and poll books, ranging in date from 1750 to 1983, predominately 1825-1875. Topics include both the city auditor and the city treasurer records of receipts and expenditures for many city functions--the poor house, the police, employee pay records, etc.--, election results, the...
Dates: 1750 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1875