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Woodland Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Richmond, Virginia established in 1917. It is the final resting place of many notable Richmonders including tennis star Arthur Ashe.
Other items related to Woodland Cemetery can be found in the Evergreen and Woodland Cemeteries records, 1893-2016. Accession 52003, Cemetery records collection. The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
This portion of the collection contains burial cards for interments between 1920 and 1973 for the last names "Chalmers" through "Duncan" alphabetically. These cards are also available to view physically and as microfilm (Microfilm, Misc. Reels 1265-1266). The names present on these cards may overlap with the Woodland Interment Ledger, 1929-1942 which is also available in the physical collection.