"The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677," edited by Warren M. Billings with the assistance of Maria Kimberly at the Library of Virginia and published by the library, has been selected as a 2007 notable state document award winner by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.

The judges praised the book as offering "an intimate portrait of political and social life in Colonial Virginia."

This edition of the surviving papers of Gov. Sir William Berkeley contains the largest body of original documents concerning any 17th-century Virginian. As governor of the colony for almost three decades, Berkeley was the most important man in Virginia. The collected records of his administration and his personal life offer unique insights into the man and his times.

The book is available for $59.95 from the Virginia Shop, shop@lva.virginia.gov or (804) 692-3524.