Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1831	According to a Wikipedia article Virginia Historical Society, the Society was founded on 1831, December 29 as Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society. According to one of its journal titles, it had this name as late as 1833. According to one of its journal titles, it had its current name, Virginia Historical Society, as early as 1874.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Richmond, Virginia USA	This location is supported by its website ().
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1831 - 1833?	Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society	Its journal titles.
1874? -	Virginia Historical Society	Its journal titles.
Virginia Historical Society

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
v. 1 (1833) New ser., v. 1 (1882)-v. 11 (1892)   A	Collections of the Virginia Historical Society Variant title for v. 1 (1833): Collections of the Virginia Historical & Philosophical Society. Title for New ser., v. 1 (1882)-v. 11 (1892): Collections of the Virginia Historical Society. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Coll. Virginia Hist. Soc. [Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., Vol. 96, No. 2 (Apr. 21, 1952), p.223 cites 1887-89.] Virginia Hist. Soc. Coll. [William and Mary Q. Hist. Mag., Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul., 1894), p.38 cites VIII.]
1848 - 1849; 1850 - 1851; 1852 - 1853   B	Virginia historical register Title for 1848-1849: Virginia historical register, and literary advertiser. Title for 1850-1851: Virginia historical register, and literary note book. Title for 1852-1853: Virginia historical register, and literary companion. [Lib. of Congress cat.]	Virginia Hist. Register [Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., Vol. 119, No. 2 (Apr. 16, 1975), p.121 cites 6 (1853).]
v. 1-2, pt. 1 (1854-1860)   C	Virginia historical reporter [Harvard Univ. cat.]
1874   D	Publications of the Virginia Historical Society. New series [Harvard Univ. cat.]
Vol.1, no.1- July 1893-   E	Virginia magazine of history and biography Corporate author: Virginia historical society. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Virginia Mag. Hist. & Biog. [Economic History Review., Vol. 42, No. 2 (May, 1989), p.257 cites LXX (1978).] Virginia Mag. Hist. and Biog. [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 59, No. 1 (Oct., 1953), p.222 cites 1953] Virginia Mag. Hist. & Biography [Bull. Hist. Med., Vol. 38, No. 2 (MARCH-APRIL, 1964), 151 cites 1898-99.] Virginia Mag. Hist. and Biography [Past & Present, No. 119 (May, 1988), p.82 cites lxvi (1958).] Virginia Mag. Hist. Biog. [Economic History Review., Vol. 14, No. 1 (1944), p.118 cites L, 1942.] Virginia Mag. Hist. Biogr. [Castanea, Vol. 74, No. 3 (Sep., 2009), p.281 cites 83, 1975.]
1960 - 1990; No. 1 (winter 1991) - no. 86 (fall 2015); 2016 - ;   F	History notes : the newsletter of the Virginia Historical Society. Title for 1960 - 1990: An Occasional bulletin - Virginia Historical Society. Title for No. 1 (winter 1991) - no. 86 (fall 2015): History notes : the newsletter of the Virginia Historical Society. Title for 2016 - : VHS members newsletter. [New York Pub. Lib. cat.]
v. 1-19 (1961-2005.)   G	Virginia Historical Society documents [Harvard Univ. cat.]