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University of Virginia History

Resources for researching the institution and its individuals

Researching the Board of Visitors

The Board of Visitors (BOV) is the corporate board of the University; members are appointed by the Governor.

Meeting Minutes

The BOV’s public minutes are available online. Minutes from 2016-present can be viewed via the BOV’s website.  

The library stores copies of the public minutes online in XTF: a UVA Library searchable database. Browse or search public minutes from1817-present via XTF. An easy way to quickly locate minutes from a specific session is by using the BOV Minutes Browse List, covering 1817-2007.

The BOV regularly goes into closed sessions; those minutes are not publicly available. 

Other Materials

Other BOV materials such as correspondence and administrative records can be found in the University Archives.