Digital Collections

At present, our digital collections include Finding Aids, MVLA Publications, and Staff Research and Articles.

Finding Aids

The guides listed describe significant manuscriptsin the library's special collections.

• Eleanor Parke Custis: Inventory of her Papers
• Martha Washington Collection of Manuscripts and Books
• Mount Vernon Farm Reports

MVLA Publications

The Illustrated Mount Vernon Record

Published monthly  for two years, 1858-1860, The Illustrated Mount Vernon Record, is the first publication of the fledgling Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.  The issues document the launch of a successful national campaign to save Mount Vernon from destruction and provide interesting stories, poems, and anecdotes about George Washington and his beloved home.

• July, 1858
• August, 1858
• September, 1858
• October, 1858
• November, 1858
• December, 1858
• January, 1859
• February, 1859
• March, 1859
• April, 1859
• May, 1859
• June, 1859
• July, 1859
• August, 1859
• September, 1859
• October, 1859
• November, 1859
• December, 1859
• January, 1860
• February, 1860
• March, 1860
• April, 1860
• May, 1860
• June, 1860

Staff Research and Articles

The articles listed below and arranged by subject were researched and written by Mount Vernon's staff, former and current.

ARMY

• "More to dread...than from the Sword of the Enemy"
• "As if I had Been a Very Great Somebody" Martha Washington in the American Revolution:  Becoming the New Nation's First Lady

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• George Washington's References to God and Religion, Together with Selected References to Death, Eternity, Charity, and Morality
• Statements by Martha Washington & Other Members of the Family Concerning God, Religion, Death, Eternity, Charity & Morality, With the Occasional Bibliography; NotesStatement by Other Members in Their Circle (prior to 1802)

EDWARD EVERETT

• "Their unfailing friend":  Edward Everett and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

ESTATE HISTORY

• "A Sacred Duty":  Mount Vernon During the Civil War Years
• "Their unfailing friend":  Edward Everett and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

ESTATE LIFE

• "That Hospitable Mansion":  Hospitality at George Washington's Mount Vernon

• "The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington and Slavery

• "Different People, Different Stories:  The Life Stories of Individual Slaves from Mount Vernon and Their Relationships with George and Martha Washington

• "They Appear to Live Comfortable Together":  Private Life of the Mount Vernon Slaves

• The Lives of Enslaved Workers on George Washington's Outlying Farms

• "And Procure for Themselves a Few Amenities":  Recreation & Private Enterprise in the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

GUESTS

• "That Hospitable Mansion":  Hospitality at George Washington's Mount Vernon

HOSPITALITY

• "That Hospitable Mansion":  Hospitality at George Washington's Mount Vernon

MARTHA WASHINGTON

• "As if I had Been a Very Great Somebody" Martha Washington in the American Revolution:  Becoming the New Nation's First Lady

• Statements by Martha Washington & Other Members of the Family Concerning God, Religion, Death, Eternity, Charity & Morality, With the Occasional Bibliography; NotesStatement by Other Members in Their Circle (prior to 1802)

MVLA

• "A Sacred Duty":  Mount Vernon During the Civil War Years

• "Their unfailing friend":  Edward Everett and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

NOTES

• Record of Church Attendance by the Washingtons, Based on George Washington's Diaries

QUOTES

• George Washington's References to God and Religion, Together with Selected References to Death, Eternity, Charity, and Morality

• Statements by Martha Washington & Other Members of the Family Concerning God, Religion, Death, Eternity, Charity & Morality, With the Occasional Bibliography; NotesStatement by Other Members in Their Circle (prior to 1802)

RELIGION

• George Washington's References to God and Religion, Together with Selected References to Death, Eternity, Charity, and Morality

• Record of Church Attendance by the Washingtons, Based on George Washington's Diaries

• Statements by Martha Washington & Other Members of the Family Concerning God, Religion, Death, Eternity, Charity & Morality, With the Occasional Bibliography; NotesStatement by Other Members in Their Circle (prior to 1802)

REVOLUTION

• "As if I had Been a Very Great Somebody" Martha Washington in the American Revolution:  Becoming the New Nation's First Lady

• "More to dread...than from the Sword of the Enemy"

• Statements by Martha Washington & Other Members of the Family Concerning God, Religion, Death, Eternity, Charity & Morality, With the Occasional Bibliography; NotesStatement by Other Members in Their Circle (prior to 1802)

SLAVES

• "The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington and Slavery

• "Different People, Different Stories:  The Life Stories of Individual Slaves from Mount Vernon and Their Relationships with George and Martha Washington

• "They Appear to Live Comfortable Together":  Private Life of the Mount Vernon Slaves

• The Lives of Enslaved Workers on George Washington's Outlying Farms

• "And Procure for Themselves a Few Amenities":  Recreation & Private Enterprise in the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

SMALLPOX

• "More to dread...than from the Sword of the Enemy"

TRAVEL

• George Washington Slept Here...and Ate Here...and Talked Here:  Adventures in 18th Century Travel with George Washington & Selected Members of His Family