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Preferred Citation:

Song for Virginia Illustration, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.

Biographical Information:

Robert Armstrong, of Williamsburg, Virginia, wrote a book, "A Song for Virginia and other Poems" in 1975, published by Thornhill Press. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:

Scope and Contents

Illustration by Robert Armstrong of the poem, "Song for Virginia," which he wrote at the Williamsburg Inn in 1968 about the landing at Jamestown, Virginia.

Related Material

Original manuscript of the poem is at the University of Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Drawings (visual works)
• Drawings and graphics
• Jamestown (Va.)--History
• Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century
• Jamestown 350th Anniversary
• Poems