"What is Past is Prologue" carved on stone at the front of the National Archives.

Other Collections

Other historical items such as local Frakturs are archived in the special collections.

A number of interesting HRHS document collections are kept at James Madison's Carrier Library in the Special Collections. To view a description of these items, follow this link.

1837 Fraktur

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Frakturs were decorated documents that often served as birth certificates. This example is blank.