Guides for Researchers

Explore our Civil War, African American, environmental, and women's history collections by digging deeper into guides to those topics.

Our guides for researchers include:

• Virginia's Civil War Manuscript Guide

• Civil War in Virginia Published & Primary Sources

• Civil War Maps

• Documenting Women's Lives Manuscript Guide

• Guide to African American Manuscripts

• Index to African American material in the broadside collection

• Index to African American material in the sheet music collection

• Environmental History resources guide