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The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of our community!

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      • Frances Brand’s “Firsts” Collection
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Welcome to the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Margaret Martin O’Bryant Research Library

200 Second Street, NE
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
434.296.1492
[email protected]

******** The Library will be closed on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 until 2pm. ********

The Research Library is currently open Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm, and Saturday, 10am – 2pm. We highly recommend calling or emailing to make an appointment. This ensures that we have staff available to assist you. To make an appointment please call 434.296.1492 or email [email protected]

Our Collections

Our collections will soon be available for discovering. Please be patient as we compile our catalogs.

If you’d like to help with our catalog projects, please contact our volunteer coordinator Sterling Howell at [email protected]

Books

We have over 4,000 books in our collection! Titles can be found by searching the

JMRL Catalog

 

Vertical Files

Our Vertical Files cabinets contain newspaper clippings, researchers’ notes, family trees, and other miscellaneous information on a variety of area families and topics. Click on each category to access the index.

(Partial Index)

Businesses

Family A-C

Family D-J

Family K-O

Family P-S

Family T-Z

Houses of Worship

Schools

Wars

 

Manuscript and Pamphlet Collection

Discover our manuscript and pamphlet collection with our new online catalog.

New manuscript collections are added weekly!

Access the Catalog

Magazine of Albemarle Charlottesville History

The Magazine of Albemarle Charlottesville History, published annually by the Historical Society, features articles on various topics related to Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and Central Virginia.

Table of Contents

MACH Index

Other Local Resources

Newspapers

Charlottesville Daily Progress Digitized 1892-1964 (University of Virginia)

Virginia Chronicle (Library of Virginia) – Virginia newspapers

Chronicling America (Library of Congress) – nationwide newspapers

Central Virginia Genealogical Association

The Central Virginia Genealogical Association (CVGA) was formed in July 1977, to encourage, foster, and organize genealogical research, teaching, publishing, education, and recording.

The Central Virginia Heritage is CVGA’s quarterly publication. We have the following issues in the ACHS collection:

Volume 1 – Volume 36 (current)

Table of Contents

Albemarle County in Virginia by Rev. Edgar Woods

Rev. Edgar Woods’ 1901 classic, Albemarle County in Virginia, has been digitized (text searchable too!) and is available at archive.org.

Albemarle County in Virginia

Virginia Cavalcade

Virginia Cavalcade was a quarterly Virginia history and culture journal published by the Library of Virginia from 1951 to 2002. Want to know what articles were published about Albemarle County? You can search the table of contents of every issue! Then come visit us at the Historical Society – we have every issue published in our library.

Virginia Cavalcade

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Downtown Charlottesville
200 Second Street, NE
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902

Contact

434-296-1492
[email protected]

Research Library Open
By Appointment
Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm
Saturday, 10am-2pm

Research

  • Library
  • Museum Collection
    • Frances Brand’s “Firsts” Collection
  • Copyrights & Reproductions Policy

Support

  • Donate
  • Membership
  • Become a Sponsor

Programs

  • Historic Tours
  • Online Programs
  • Magazine

About

  • People
  • Projects
  • Policy & Accountability

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