Upcoming Events

Last Wednesday Talks
Alan Pell Crawford, author of the recently released Twilight at Monticello (a deeply moving portrait of Thomas Jefferson during his retirement years) will be speaking about this best-selling book.
Date: July 30th, 2008
Location: Senior Center (1180 Pepsi Place)
Time: 2pm

ACHS Court Square Walking Tours
Saturdays, April through October
Departing from ACHS at 10am
Suggested donation $5
(On the 3rd Saturday of each month we offer 2 options
(a) Downtown Mall or (b) Court Square Walking Tour)

Twilight Walking Tours
Thursdays at 5:30pm
Suggested donation: $5
We leave from the ACHS Building
Call to reserve your place!

Contact Us:
Ask the Historical Society: info@albemarlehistory.org

Staff:
Steven G. Meeks, President: president[at]albemarlehistory.org
phone: (434) 296-1492

Margaret M. O'Bryant, Librarian: library[at]albemarlehistory.org
phone: (434) 296-7294

Keri Matthews, Administrative Assistant:
admin[at]albemarlehistory.org
phone: (434) 296-1492

Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Library only)

Ongoing Events & News

June Quarterly Meeting

Dr Holmes (William & Mary Professor of Religion) speaking on Parson Robert Rose and Anglican life, worship, and government in Albemarle County. Held at the Glendower Christ Church. Photos by Scot French.	President Steven Meeks holding up Dr Holmes' books (click on the links below to purchase copies).

Books on American religious history and Virginia by
Professor David L. Holmes:
A Brief History of the Episcopal Church
The Religion of the Founding Fathers
The Faiths of the Founding Fathers
(Editor's Choice, New York Times)

Click here for past Meetings

Looking for Volunteers....
to help with Interviews surrounding the
Frances Brand Collection of Firsts.

Needed: interviewers, transcribers of taped interviews, and sleuths to ferret out details that mysteriously emerge as we explore the backgrounds of the portrait subjects. Contact: Margaret Lake at 540-456-4644.

Visit the Hatton Ferry!

Having recently passed its VDOT inspection
the Hatton Ferry (south of Scottsville) is open for
the summer 2008 season. Take a ride into history
on one of the last two remaining pole ferries in the county.
Click on the image to visit the official Hatton Ferry Website.

Summer Exhibit
The Generations Project

Throughout the fall of 2007, local photographer Ross McDermott and The Bridge PAI hosted an intergenerational photography and audio documentary workshop.

Six high school students were selected to take part in a three-month workshop that paired them with senior citizens in local nursing homes. The objective was for the students to listen and learn about the lives of the seniors, and to document their experience and stories through photographic and audio media.

For more information please visit the links below:
The Generations Project
The Bridge | Progressive Arts Initiative

Deltiology
(Postcard Collecting)

Also on display this summer, excerpts from Steven G. Meeks' Postcard Collection.

Now Accepting Article Submissions to
The Magazine of Albemarle County History

We welcome submissions from anyone who has written about the history of the city or county. Almost any topic is suitable, as long as it deals with Albemarle County or Charlottesville, Virginia. In addition to articles about historical topics, the Publications’ Committee will consider edited memoirs and selections from diaries, transcribed oral histories, documents, indexes of county records, and abstracts of primary source materials which will be useful to researchers. The goal is to see local history recorded for the benefit of scholars and the community alike.