Looking for the Web site of Governor Robert F. McDonnell (2010-2014), which was taken down at the end of his term? The Library of Virginia can help. The Web sites of the McDonnell Administration (Governor, First Lady, Cabinet Secretaries, and his initiatives) are preserved as part of the Library of Virginia’s Virginia Web Archive.
Governor McDonnell Announces Virginia Sets New Tourism Record, 4 September 2013, Office of the Governor, photo by Michaele White.
Since 2005, the LVA has been “archiving” Web sites of enduring cultural value, especially those created and maintained by Virginia government. The collection includes the Web sites of the administrations of Governor Mark Warner (2002-2006) and Tim Kaine (2006-2010). We have also expanded into special topics of Virginia interest, such as the 2006 Senate race between George Allen and Jim Webb, the 2007 and 2009 General Assembly elections, and the Virginia Tech tragedy. We are already archiving Web sites of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s administration, Virginia’s 2014 Congressional candidates, and various organizations that have donated their paper records to the Library.
The Virginia Web Archive can be accessed from Virginia Memory under Digital Collections.
-Roger Christman, LVA Senior State Records Archivist
