SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
WHEREAS, Rebecca Suerdieck, using materials bequeathed by the late Julia Oxrieder, created a unique archive of local history through the Archive Williamsburg project; and
WHEREAS, Archive Williamsburg, which is available free to the public online, consists of more than 1,200 scanned pages of typed Virginia Gazette articles dated between 1893 to 1925, as well as handwritten index cards; and
WHEREAS, Julia Oxrieder, a historian born in 1925, was particularly interested in the period of Williamsburg history preceding her birth, before John D. Rockefeller, Jr., initiated the restoration of the city; and
WHEREAS, upon her death in 2013, Julia Oxrieder left many of her books and historical resources to The College of William & Mary, but left her prized collection of Virginia Gazette articles from the turn of the century to her friend and fellow historian Rebecca Suerdieck; and
WHEREAS, throughout her career, Rebecca Suerdieck has assisted Colonial Williamsburg, the Jamestown Settlement, the National Park Service, and many other local libraries and organizations with history and genealogy inquiries; she worked for the Virginia Gazette in the 1990s; and
WHEREAS, Rebecca Suerdieck’s extensive Archive Williamsburg database is searchable by key words and easy to navigate, ensuring that current and future generations have access to this one-of-a-kind window into Williamsburg’s past; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Rebecca Suerdieck and Julia Oxrieder for their work to digitize newspaper articles through the Archive Williamsburg project; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Rebecca Suerdieck as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for her and Julia Oxrieder’s efforts to preserve the history and heritage of the Commonwealth.