Records, 1889-1947.

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Records, 1889-1947.

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Collection contains items relating to the operation of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities' historic site at Jamestown, Va., including three volumes of accounts, 1907-1936, mostly kept by Mary Washington Ball (Minor) Lightfoot, chair of the Jamestown Committee, and a few loose accounts, 1936-1947. Also, includes an 1892 membership list; a record of correspondence, 1889-1893, kept by Lucy Parke (Chamberlayne) Bagby; and letters, 1889-1904, to an early president, Isobel Lamont (Stewart) Bryan.

62 items.

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Lightfoot, Mary Washington Ball Minor, 1851-1930.

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Bryan, Isobel Lamont Stewart, 1847-1910.

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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities

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The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) was founded in 1889 in Williamsburg, Virginia, to preserve and restore deteriorating historical sites in Virginia. The APVA bought the site where Jamestown is located. Over the years the organization (recently renamed Preservation Virginia) has worked with public and private groups to restore sites. The group owns several sites in the state that are open to the public, including Bacon's Castle and the Cape Henry Lighthouse. ...

Bagby, Lucy Parke Chamberlayne, 1842-1927.

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