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Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation
Created for Virginia’s Jamestown commemoration, this nonprofit corporation helped bring the 1957 350th-anniversary celebration to life and published historical works tied to the event. Its legacy is closely connected with public history, preservation, and research on early Virginia.
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The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London With Seven Related Documents; 1606-1621
by Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation
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The Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation was a nonprofit organization formed on December 1, 1954, in support of Virginia’s official plans to mark the 350th anniversary of the 1607 Jamestown settlement. It worked alongside the Virginia 350th Anniversary Commission, which had been established by the Virginia General Assembly to coordinate the statewide observance.
The corporation’s work fed into the 1957 Jamestown Festival, a major public celebration that drew international attention to Jamestown and early colonial history. Records from the period show that the broader effort included planning, fundraising, construction, publications, and public programming tied to the anniversary.
As a publishing body, the corporation is best remembered for issuing historical materials connected with the Jamestown commemoration, including titles in the Jamestown 350th Anniversary booklet series and editions such as The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London. It also supported research efforts like the Virginia Colonial Records Project, which sought manuscript sources for Virginia history in overseas archives.