title: Henry Read McIlwaine
text: # 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
  