Online Collection Indexes & Guides

Alexandria House Histories: A Research Guide
Do-it-yourself guide to learning about your historic Alexandria home.

Archive and Manuscript Collections
Index to over 250 unique collections .pdf format. This index is also available in the .html format with links to collection inventories.

Blueprints & Measured Drawings Collection

Building and Repair Permits Collection Index, 1896-1928
This collection is used to study the history of structures in Alexandria.

Civil War Era Prints Inventory
.pdf format

Confederate Historical Resources
Guide to our collection's resources.

Guide to African-American Resources
Recent acquisitions and useful resources for studying African-American history.

Guide to Virginia Transportation from the Colonial to the Civil War Eras
An introductory guide to books and journal articles on the development of transportation in Virginia.

Guide to Women's History Resources
A guide to books, manuscript collections, photograph collections, websites and other materials on women's history.

Maps Collection Index
Index to over 500 maps of Alexandria and the region which date from the early 17th century.

Microfilm Collection Index
.pdf format

Photographs Collection Index
Subject index to selected photographs with links to the images.

Selected Finding Aids to the Archive and Manuscript Collections
A "baker's dozen," or so; descriptive information about representative collections.

Selected Primary Resources Related to American and Virginia History
Representative titles from our collections.

Serials and Newspapers
Our history and genealogy periodical collection and our historical newspapers on microfilm. .pdf format

Subject Index to Northern Virginia History Journals
Index to thirteen local history magazines in .pdf format or .html format.

The Tax Assessor's Handiwork: Alexandria's Historic Structures Online
Digital images of Old Town property tax documents from the 1960s.

NEW!  Vertical File Subject Guide
.pdf format. Includes clippings from newspapers and journals, brochures, and unpublished reports