Brock Collection Microfilm and Online Catalog are Extraordinary Resources

Edward D. C. Campbell

doi:10.1515/MFIR.2006.105

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Brock Collection Microfilm and Online Catalog are Extraordinary Resources

Edward D. C. Campbell

Published/Copyright: December 5, 2007

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From the journal Volume 35 Issue 3

In August 2002 the Library of Virginia and the Huntington Library of San Marino, California, signed a much-anticipated agreement. Since combining resources, the two research libraries have been hard at work microfilming the Huntington's immense collection of Virginia manuscripts collected a century ago by noted historian, antiquarian, and collector Robert Alonzo Brock (1839–1914). Purchased by Henry Edwards Huntington in 1922, the Brock Collection ranges from the colonial period through the end of the 19th century, with the bulk of the materials dating to the middle years of the 1800s. The collection includes letters, diaries, military and business records, governmental records, church and other organizational records, genealogical research, and Civil War–related materials of every sort, as well as much of Brock's own correspondence as he assembled this amazing assortment of resources.

Published Online: 2007-12-05

Published in Print: 2006-September-20

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