John Pendleton Kennedy (May 17, 1871 - February 23, 1944)[2] was the first State Librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

He also served as the first President of the Virginia Library Association, which was organized in the first State Library building in Capitol Square on December 6, 1905.

[3] Kennedy graduated from the German Lutheran school in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1888.

Kennedy was responsible for publishing a number of volumes of historical manuscripts that illuminate the history of the Commonwealth.

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