David French Virginiana Library

In January, 2007, the Amherst County Museum received a donation of seven crates of books. The books, donated by David French of Amherst County, were a collection brought together over the years, focussing on Virginia's history and natural features from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains. Below is an inventory of the collection, briefly annotated. Please note that for security reasons, this collection is not housed in the public research area; please contact the curator in advance if planning to do much research in this collection.

• Box 1: Mostly river and bridges/natural history



• Box 2: Mostly about the mountains and folklore



• Box 3: Smoky Mountains, Roanoke colony, and Virginia Homes and gardens



• Box 4: Jamestown colony, 350th anniversary publications from 1957, Williamsburg, and standard history reference books and textbooks for teaching Virginia history to children



• Box 5: Flora and fauna, also more Jamestown (especially published reproductions of early documents and reports)



• Box 6: More school textbooks on Virginia, driving guides to historic sites in VIrginia, the revolutionary period and leaders, and the Civil War



• Box 7: Amherst, central Virginia, Shenandoah, pictorials, historic sites and special editions