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Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation
Created to support Virginia’s observance of Jamestown’s 350th anniversary, this organization helped bring historical documents and commemorative publications to a broad audience. Its books reflect the larger Jamestown Festival effort of the 1950s and a strong interest in early Virginia history.
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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
About the author
The Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation was a nonprofit organization formed in connection with Virginia’s preparations for the 350th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in 1957. Library of Virginia records describe it as having been created alongside the Virginia 350th Anniversary Commission, with journalist and historian Parke Rouse serving as executive director for the broader effort.
The corporation is best remembered as a publishing body for works tied to early Virginia and colonial history, including editions such as The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London. Its work appears to have supported the wider Jamestown Festival program, a major statewide and national commemoration centered on Jamestown’s place in American history.
Because this was an organization rather than an individual author, there is no personal life story in the usual sense. What stands out instead is its role in preserving and sharing historical source material during a landmark anniversary project in mid-20th-century Virginia.