Please Note: This is an older version of the Valley Project. To see the most up-to-date version, please go to: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/

Welcome to the Augusta Archive


One of the advantages of an electronic archive is that it can be adapted to more than one purpose. The Augusta Archive was developed from the general research archive described in The Valley of the Shadow Research Report . Installed at the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Museum in Staunton, Virginia, the Augusta Archive offers considerably more detail for one place and for a shorter period of time than does the research report. Eventually this level of detail will be available for two communities on opposite sides of the Civil War for the years between 1850 and 1880.

The Archive does not require any prior knowledge of computers or of history. By using the mouse to point and click, you simply move through the screens that appear before you. There is much more in the Archive than you can see in one visit. Just follow your intuition and interests.

You may always go back to pages you have already seen by clicking the "Back" button at the bottom of the screen. You may listen to narration by clicking on the "narration" button. You can get general help by clicking on the help button at the bottom of the screen. Feel free to ask for help from the Wilson Birthplace staff.


Click here to begin.


Click here if you would like information concerning the background of this project.


Last Modified: Monday, 12-Aug-1996 11:55:47 EDT