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    • Resources & Research

      The research library located in the Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail

      is open by appointment only.

      Please email info@fauquierhistory.org to make an appointment.

      Videos

      An assortment of lectures, informational videos and more!

      Afro-American Historical Association

      of Fauquier County

      Elk Run Church Mini-Museum

      Fauquier County Detention Center

      Modern-Day Fauquier County Jail

      Fauquier County Public Library Online Resources

      The Virginiana Research Room

      Fauquier County Records Room

      ph. (540) 422-8110

      Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation

      The Gott Library

      540-364-3440

      Library of Virginia, Digital Archive

      Monroe Park Gold Mining Museum

      Sky Meadows State Park

      The Mount Bleak House

      The Cold War Museum

      Vint Hill Farm Station

      The Virginia Piedmont

      Heritage Area Association

      Caleb Rector House, Atoka

      Virginia Department

      of Historic Resources

      Weston Farmstead

      The Antiquarian Society

      Free Downloadable Google Books

      by Walt H. Sirene

      Art Recounting Mosby's Berryville Raid on General Sheridan's Wagon Train

      Bispham House on Baptist Hill, Old Turner Place

      Celebrated Artist: Richard Norris Brooke, works by a local artist

      Goldsmith Chandlee, Sundial Maker 1790, The maker of John Marshall's Sun Dial

      Richard Norris Brooke-Artist- A Celebrated Artist

      Richard Norris Brooke -Artist- A Photographic Exhibition

      Richard Norris Brooke- Artist- Records of Work, a complete record of works (including those burned in the 1909 fire)

      Three Murals by Stewart Burgess White in Warrenton, VA (unabridged)

       

       

       

      Harper’s Weekly Illustration Series (1861 – 1865) compiled by

      Walt H. Sirene

      Prior to his passing local philanthropist Paul Mellon donated his complete set of Harper's Weekly to the Fauquier Historical Society. Although only the Civil War years are digitized the museum houses all articles from 1857-1919. Please contact us if you wish to review a year that is not digitized.

      1861                                                1865 (part 1): Abraham Lincoln

      1862 (part 1)                                  1865 (part 2): Andersonville

      1862 (part 2)                                  1865 (part 3): Civil War Ends

      1863                                                 1865 (part 4): Civil War Aftermath

      1864 (part 1) 

      1864 (part 2) 

      1864 (part 3) 

       

      Archeology Resources and Links

      These are two slides to help anyone looking for more information about public resources for archeology in Virginia.

       

      https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/1a00bc5e-885b-4654-a39f-e6684c46cb2e/Virginia_Archaeology_Resources_Slide.pdf?id=3716801

      Letter announcing "Windows to the Past: Arlington, Then and Now" Project by Volunteer Tom Dickinson

      Tom Dickinson, a volunteer with the Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail, is working on a project to capture images of buildings threatened with demolition to preserve their history. Read his letter of intent below and reach out to him at:

       

      Tom Dickinson

      tomwd3@gmail.com

      571-969-8287

       

      Read his letter here

    • News & Notes Archives

      Editions 1979-2012 | Subject Index at bottom

      Vol 1 No 1 1979

      Vol 1 No 2 1979

      Vol 2 No 1 1980 

      Vol 2 No 2 1980

      Vol 2 No 3 1980

      Vol 3 No 1 1981

      Vol 3 No 3 1981

      Vol 3 No 4 1981

      Vol 4 No 1 1982

      Vol 4 No 2 1982

      Vol 4 No 3 1982

      Vol 4 No 4 1982

      Vol 5 No 2 1983

      Vol 5 No 4 1983

      Vol 6 No 1 1984

      Vol 6 No 2 1984

      Vol 6 No 3 1984 

      Vol 6 No 4 1984

      Vol 7 No 1 1985

      Vol 7 No 2 1985

      Vol 7 No 3 1985

      Vol 8 No 1 1986

      Vol 8 No 2 1986

      Vol 8 No 3 1986

      Vol 9 No 1 1987

      Vol 9 No 2 1987

      Vol 9 No 3 1987

      Vol 9 No 4 1987

      Vol 10 No 2 1988

      Vol 11 No 3 1989

      Vol 12 No 3 1990

      Vol 12 No 4 1990

      Vol 13 1991

      Vol 14 1992

      Vol 15 No 1 1993

      Vol 15 No 2 1993

      Vol 16 No 2 1994

      Vol 17 No 1 1995

      Vol 17 No 2 1995

      Vol 18 No 1 1996

      Vol 18 No 2 1996

      Vol 19 No 1 1997

      Vol 19 No 2 1997

      Vol 20 No 2 1998

      Vol 21 No 1 1999

      Vol 21 No 2 1999

      Vol 22 No 1 2000

      Vol 22 No 2 2000

      Vol 22 No 3 2000

      Vol 23

      Vol 24 No 2 2003

      Vol 25 No 1

      Vol 26 No 2 2004

      Vol 26 No 1 1 2014

      Vol 26 No 2 2008

      Vol 27 No 1 2005

      Vol 27 No 2 2005

      Vol 28 No 1

      Vol 31 2009

      Vol 32 No 1 2010

      Vol 32 No 2 2010

      Vol 33 No 1 2011

      Vol 33 No 2 2011

      Vol 34 No 2 2012

      Vol 34 No 2 2012

      Subject Index

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