Formed in 1742, Fairfax County has a long and fruitful history. The Virginia Room, located on the second floor of the City of Fairfax Regional Library, collects, preserves, and makes accessible local history resources. Researchers can find historical information on Fairfax County individuals, locations, and events. This Local History page serves as a guide to some of our local history resources which include:
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Questions? Email the Virginia Room: va_room@fairfaxcounty.gov
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Historian and author Mary Lipsey discusses how difficult it was to get the 14th amendment passed to grant women suffrage. Even then, the journey was not over. Black, Native and many immigrant women co…
Join the Virginia Room as they read Landmarks of Old Prince William: A Study of Origins in Northern Virginia in Two Volumes by Fairfax Harrison. Published in 1924, the book is a voluminous detailed ea…
On April 15, 1973, two high school students discovered Virgnia Marie Olson's body near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Olson had been a resident of McLean, Virginia and atten…
The Virginia Room has created a new guide to research materials relating to Black history in Fairfax County, Virginia. While this guide aims to offer a robust selection of available resources, it is not exhaustive. Included are books, school yearbooks, oral histories, manuscript collections, photographs, and subject files available in the Virginia Room on Black history. This guide will be periodically updated with additional resources.
