In “Virginia Commonwealth University,” VCU archivists Ray Bonis, Jodi Koste and Curtis Lyons have compiled more than 200 vintage and contemporary images to illustrate VCU’s nearly 170-year history. Trace the intricate histories of the Medical College of Virginia and the Richmond Professional Institute as they come together to form today’s VCU. (Arcadia Publishing, 2006; $19.99)
Ray Bonis, a VCU alumnus, is assistant archivist at the James Branch Cabell Library and has been with VCU Libraries for more than 16 years. Jodi Koste has been the archivist at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences since 1981. Curtis Lyons has been the head of the Special Collections and Archives department at the James Branch Cabell Library since 1999.
