The program was hosted here at the library last night by the Highland Historical Society. It was a terrific program and I'm glad I didn't miss it. Mr. Camden promised that if seeing some of the books didn't make you tingle then you must be dead. He proved his point with his first book. It was a book that had traveled over on the Mayflower, and then traveled back. He showed us two books from Thomas Jefferson's collection and showed us the markings which Jefferson put on them to mark them as his property. Mr. Camden actually let us hold and examine two books that had belonged to Patrick Henry. We saw a book produced in 1851 by the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. He also brought several miniature books to show us.
It was an entertaining program and it was easy to get caught up in Mr. Camden's enthusiasm for his subject. He told us of an online resource that might be of great interest to local history buffs. The Virginia Historical Inventory was a WPA project in the thirties that documented the buildings in Highland County. Many buildings are included in the inventory which are lost to us now. You can find more information about this resource and search the inventory at the Library of Virginia's web site:
Virginia Historical Inventory.
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