The Alexandria Library acquired over time nearly two hundred manuscript and archive collections.   Most of these collections came to the Library as donations.  The Alexandria Library is also the repository for a number of organizational collections.  Below is a list of finding aids to representative collections.  The Manuscript Collections are available for use only in the Library.

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COLLECTION NAME	LIFESPAN OR COLLECTION DATES	MAJOR SUBJECT	LOCATION
Alexandria Library Company	1794 - 1990	Organizational records, subscription library	Box #2
St. John's Military Academy	1833 - 1896	School	Box #4
Henry B. Whittington View images from this collection	May 1861 - May 1864	Civil War diary	Box #11
Alexandria Gazette	1833 - 1866	Business records	Box #26
Eleanor Lee Templeman	1906 - 1990	Personal papers, local history	Box #61
Montgomery Dent Corse View images from this collection	1816-1895	Personal papers, US and CSA Military Careers	Box #65
Historic Alexandria Foundation Deposit Collection	1949 - ongoing	Organizational records, historic preservation	Box #70
James B. Hallowell View images from this collection	1840 - 1877	School, Alexandria Boarding School	Box #132
Betty Harrington MacDonald - Alexandria Ship Records	1732-1861	Personal papers, local history	Box #218
Joseph F. Rodgers	1891 - 1902	Business records	Box #221
Society of the Lees of Virginia Deposit Collection	1771 - 1989	Organizational records, family history	Box #263
Board of Architectural Review	1918 - 1983	Government documents, historic preservation	Box #286
Ethelyn Cox	1909 - 1988	Personal papers, local history	Box #287
Alexandria Historic Restoration & Preservation Commission Deposit Collection	1951 - ongoing	Organizational records, historic preservation	Box #290
Richard and Betty Bales	1915 - 1998	Personal papers, American composer/conductor	Box #295