VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Press Association records
Virginia Press Association
M 269
/repositories/5/resources/122
5.7 Linear Feet
1860-1988
English
Arrangement
Manuscript materials are arranged alphabetically by subject in Boxes 1-3. Non-manuscript materials are arranged randomly in Boxes 4-6. Series I--General Files (1935-1988), misc. dated earlier; Series II--Board Meeting Records; Series III--Scrapbooks.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for use without restrictions.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes of the Board of Directors and various committees, reports, slides, newspaper clippings, convention information, and other papers concerning the operation of the association. Most materials date from 1935-1988; there are some materials from as early as 1860.VPA bulletins (including the Bulletin, Confidential Bulletin, Information Bulletin, and Special Information Bulletin) have been placed in the Periodicals section under "B."
Preferred Citation
Box/folder, Virginia Press Association, M 269, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
The Virginia Press Association represents virtually every newspaper in Virginia--more than 145 community weekly and daily newspapers as well as more than 100 associate and sustaining members. The association was founded in the late 19th century and was incorporated by a special act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1882. VPA has its offices in Ashland, Virginia. The business affiliate of VPA is Virginia Press Services, Inc. The VPA provides such member services as a clipping bureau, a classified ad network, awards programs, and state lobbying.
Acquisition Information
Journalism -- history. -- Virginia
Virginia Press Association
General Files/repositories/5/archival_objects/201451935-1988Advertising Award winners/repositories/5/archival_objects/201551983-19861Advertising Award winners/repositories/5/archival_objects/201561986, 19881Advertising Linage Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/201571971-19751Advertising Linage Reports 1975-1979/repositories/5/archival_objects/201581975-19791Advertising Linage Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/201591979-19801Advertising Linage Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/201601980-19821Audit--Correspondence: Smith, Robert B., Secretary-Manager VPA/repositories/5/archival_objects/201611936-19381Audit data, Auditor's Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/201621929-19341Audit data, Auditors Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/201631937-1938, 19431Better Newspaper Contest/repositories/5/archival_objects/201641982-19851Board of Directors/repositories/5/archival_objects/201651980-19821Capital City News Letters/repositories/5/archival_objects/201661935-19361Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/20167late 1800's1Clippings, Richardson's Almanac/repositories/5/archival_objects/201681891, 18601Committees/repositories/5/archival_objects/2016919381Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/2017019361Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/2017119361Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/2017219371Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/2017319371Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/201741.201Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/2017519391Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/2017619571Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/201771983, 19881Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/2017819881Convention programs/repositories/5/archival_objects/201791936-19471Conventions, contests, awards, notices/repositories/5/archival_objects/2018019737-19391Correspondence: Bottom, Major Raymond B., President VPA/repositories/5/archival_objects/201811935-19362Correspondence: Bottom, Major Raymond B./repositories/5/archival_objects/2018219362Correspondence: Bottom, Major Raymond B./repositories/5/archival_objects/2018319372Correspondence: Bottom, Major Raymond B./repositories/5/archival_objects/201841937-19382Correspondence: miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/201851936-19372Correspondence: newspaper mail boxes/repositories/5/archival_objects/2018619362Cruise/repositories/5/archival_objects/2018719452Drunk driving campaign/repositories/5/archival_objects/2018819522Executive Committee/repositories/5/archival_objects/2018919402Market Data and Rate Book/repositories/5/archival_objects/2019019382Members/repositories/5/archival_objects/201911935-19362Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201921936-19442Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201931945-19532Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201941953-19612Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201951961-19692Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201961969-19742Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201971974-19762minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201981976-19792Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/201991979-19832Miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/202001936-19882Newspaper interns/repositories/5/archival_objects/202011981-19852Newspapers, miscellaneous, n.d./repositories/5/archival_objects/202021981, 19883Printed material: API, A Personal Remembrance/repositories/5/archival_objects/2020319803Printed material: Beating the Odds(Washington Times)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2020419833Printed material: Chauncey Durden(Richmond Times-Dispatch)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2020519863Printed material: Excursion(Natl. Editorial Assoc.)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2020618913Printed Material: Extra-Extra(Smithsonian Institution), n.d./repositories/5/archival_objects/202073Printed Material: Helping High School Journalists(Southern Newspaper Publisher's Assoc.)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2020819863Printed material: miscellaneous, n.d.,/repositories/5/archival_objects/202091979, 19823Printed material: The Sweet Season(University of Richmond)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2021019883Printed Material: Tales of the Hill City(Lynchburg)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2021119863Printed material: VPA advertisement/repositories/5/archival_objects/2021219883Printed material: VPA-published/repositories/5/archival_objects/202131976, 1983-19883Proceedings/repositories/5/archival_objects/202141912-19183Proceedings, calling cards, receipts/repositories/5/archival_objects/202151855, 1857, 1890-18963Promotion conferences/repositories/5/archival_objects/202161981-19823Proof: Boston Globe/repositories/5/archival_objects/2021719853Secretary-Manager, full time: Applications/repositories/5/archival_objects/2021819363Secretary-Manager, full time: arguments pro and con/repositories/5/archival_objects/2021919353Special Fund/repositories/5/archival_objects/2022019363Telephone bills, memos/repositories/5/archival_objects/202211935-19363Virginia Newspaper Directories/repositories/5/archival_objects/202223Scope and Contents1936, 1937, 1939-45, 1955, 1960
Virginia Newspaper Directories/repositories/5/archival_objects/202231982-19843Virginia Press, Dec-July/repositories/5/archival_objects/202241985-19863Print blocks (4) of VPA logo/repositories/5/archival_objects/202254Videocassette: VPA Creative Advertising Awards/repositories/5/archival_objects/2022619884Audio cassette: The SAU Revolution/repositories/5/archival_objects/202274Box of ribbons, medals, buttons, n.d./repositories/5/archival_objects/202281889-19284VPA stickers/labels/repositories/5/archival_objects/202294Slides: newspaper pages, photographs, winning entries, etc./repositories/5/archival_objects/202301976-1981-19835Board Meeting Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/20146April Board Meeting/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023119877April Board Meeting/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023219877July Board Meeting/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023319877October Board Meeting/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023419877October Board Meeting/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023519877February Board Meeting/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023619887Editorial poster(Is Dentists Bill Good Legislation?)/repositories/5/archival_objects/20147oversize area 25The Bulletin/repositories/5/archival_objects/20148In Periodicals section under BScope and Contents1926-29 (two copies), 1929-32, 1933-37, 1943-49, 1950-52, 1956-57
Confidential Bulletin/repositories/5/archival_objects/20149In Periodicals section under BScope and ContentsJuly 1949-Dec. 1951, 1952-56, 1957, 1959, 1960-62, July 1963-1976
Information Bulletin/repositories/5/archival_objects/20150In Periodicals section under BScope and Contents1936-39, July 1940-June 1945
Publisher and Printer/repositories/5/archival_objects/201511953-1972In Periodicals section under BSpecial Information/repositories/5/archival_objects/20152In Periodicals section under BScope and Contents1940, 1944-46, 1956, 1958-59, July 1968-June 1970, 1971-76, plus a folder of miscellaneous issues from 1935, 1937, 1938, 1953
Quarterly Bulletins/repositories/5/archival_objects/201531919-1982In Periodicals section under BScrapbooks/repositories/5/archival_objects/20154Virginia Conservation Commission/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023719451 osThe Farmville Mercury/repositories/5/archival_objects/2023818791 osThe Press Convention Scrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/202391874-18811 osHalifax Records/repositories/5/archival_objects/2024018831 osLoose Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/202412 osScrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/202421930's-1940's2 osMap of Virginia/repositories/5/archival_objects/202432 osScrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/202441938-1940s3 osLoose Newspaper Articles from the above scrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/202453 osScrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/202461939-19424Loose Newspaper Articles/repositories/5/archival_objects/202474Roanoke 100, Centennial Edition/repositories/5/archival_objects/202485The Courier Journal; Highlights and Shadow; Louisville Kentucky/repositories/5/archival_objects/202491930s5Miscellaneous Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/202501925-19405Copy of Will of Martha Washington/repositories/5/archival_objects/2025117885Scrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/202521937-19386Loose Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/202531937-19386Scrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/2025419456Loose Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/2025519456Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond News Leader/repositories/5/archival_objects/202561959-1960s7