Henry Read McIlwaine
# Henry Read McIlwaine

Henry Read McIlwaine (1864–1934) was an American editor and librarian. He served as the third State Librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

## Biography

Henry Read McIlwaine was born in Farmville, Virginia on July 12, 1864.

McIlwaine graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1885 and earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1893. He returned to Hampden–Sydney in 1893 to serve as professor of English and history until 1907, when he was appointed State Librarian for Virginia, a position he held until his death in Richmond on March 16, 1934.

He was a prolific editor of historical volumes relating to the early governance of the Commonwealth including:

* Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia
* Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia
* Legislative journals of the Council of colonial Virginia
* Official letters of the governors of the State of Virginia
* The struggle of Protestant dissenters for religious toleration in Virginia
