The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19
STUDY or HISTORY
GROWING IN SOUTH


department correlating other state de.
partments and presided over by a
State officer. That was in 1901. In
1902 the mississippi department was
MeK since st seE Snrt his
lima, South Carolina, Virginia and
West Virginia have created depart
ments of archives and history in one
society has come into being.
DR.. Sale was given charge Of the
South Carolina Archives Department..
He is an able scholar, and the records
OF his great State should, In the course
OF Of, .f few years be accessible to the
ransack, the country for historical
MATERIAL. North Carolina recently
made provision for an archives depart
ment
The West Virginia department was ;s
a. Lewis, an able scholar. was made
archivist and historian. Mr.. Lewis
brought a collection of valuable his
torical materials and curios to the
has not very extensive archives, but
some of the documents bearing upon
settlement are valuable. FIJI
The Virginia Department of Archives
and History is department of the
todian Of the Virginia archives for
some years. An important prepara-
tory work was done in arranging the
papers before the creation of the de-
partment something less than two
years ago. 4 If
Since that time much has been nc
complished. Many Of the documents
are now regularly filed, and a cata-
losue is being made Of them for the
use of students and those interested
scripts was prepared BY Dr.. II. ].
Eckenrode, the nrcrivist. in, conjunction
with Mr.. William G. stanard. OF 1.-THE
Virginia Historical SOCIETY, and showed
at the Jamestown !, aXposition y, This
manuscripts ever exhibited. and was
a revelation Of the richness of our his
torical sources The collection was
awarded the Eotdh meaa Of the
State Library will be directed towards
the filing and arranging Of the Vir-
4 ginia public documents which have es-
ysped time amd1 body Of Ie
4 win be opon to all seekers of knowl-
ledge ~ -
4. II is high time that this be done.
4 There is nothing truer than that Vir-
1 tent of her Just place &. history BY the
i historians oflsotller States. The ren-
4 son for this is that Yirginlans did not
4 formerly devote themselves to care
sa, study fFest hirtGsy e n ss's
ltyear sees more and more Virginia stu.
4 dents entering the field Of historical
4 research. IN q few years Virginia his
4 tory will be- written and vel written
and the Mother 81 States vii kes that
! pre- eminent position y y "A nerlcan his.
\ tory to which she is entitled. That
this desired consummntion5m may come
4 Quickly to pass twill he NECESSARY
\ for the archives to be made ready
for the students, To- make ready 4
the functions. the mos va Iva bio afu nc'
tion, Of the archives departmen
But the Department of Archives aanG
Or the greatest importance; ~ rs Only y,
4 historically, but 8S g eneal 9 8 lcnl
purposes To- issue y complete SSi lst g
T the soldiers and sal lors or YlrglnlA5 y
the. Revolutionary Var, Whose names
and records are found !, thc ma ,n'II
4 scripts in the N State. III prar " IN u
work win bc Of nationa Importance n,
ssse9gse Az pef rIat
pt Virginia dessen AZ, aasibnts ~ n ulep.
ent unable such y VII also . q
Of historical Nnt q, aaed ,ruaa y
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