Index of Virginia Printing

This Index of Virginia Printing offers descriptions of the people, imprints, and journals that were a part of Virginia's print trade from its first offering in 1682 through those produced for the 1820 General Assembly. And as such it represents a workable approach to the future of scholarly reference works, particularly ones with a bibliographic or biographic focus.

This resource is comprised of three elements:

• Biographical Directory of the Virginia Printing Trade to 1820

  A series of short sketches of the 554 individuals involved in the print trade from 1683 through 1820. The people depicted were employed in the trade functions of printer, publisher, editor, bookbinder, bookseller, librarian, plate engraver, and plate printer, as well as many apprentices to those roles. Authors and corporate groups were not included unless they could also be identified as a publisher or editor in Virginia. View biographies

• Trial Catalogue of Imprints produced in Virginia through 1820

  A collection of itemized records for the 3367 imprints known to have been published in Virginia between 1730 and 1820, including those ordered printed by the 1820 Assembly. Imprint Records

• Narrative Histories of Virginia Newspapers issued through 1820

  A series of narrative accounts of the birth, life, and death of each of the 125 newspapers issued in Virginia before 1821. Newspaper Lineages

A Master Bibliography of the sources consulted for this Index.