Frank E. Grizzard Jr.

Frank E. Grizzard, Jr.

Frank E. Grizzard, Jr., is an American historian, writer, and documentary editor. He was born and raised in [[1]], Virginia. He earned a Ph.D. in History from the University of Virginia, Documentary History of the Construction of the Buildings at the University of Virginia, 1817–1828

and his 1996 dissertation on Thomas Jefferson and the construction of the historic buildings at the University of Virginia was the first online disseration.

Grizzard spent fifteen years at the Papers of George Washington editorial project, editing volumes in the Revolutionary War Series and overseeing the project's computer initiatives. He left the GW Papers in 2005 to set up the Lee Family Digital Archive, a massive effort to create an online edition of the papers of the prominent Lee family of Virginia.

As Director of the LFDA, Grizzard oversees all aspects of the project, including the search for Lee-related documents; the transcription, annotation, and electronic markup of documents; and project fundraising.

Grizzard has coordinated lecture series on George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Colonial Jamestown, and Robert E. Lee. He frequently speaks to civic groups and at historic sites around the country. He also serves as a resident historian to various state and national teachers' symposiums.

Grizzard served on the Board of Directors of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society (1999-2007) and as the Society's Vice-President (2002-2003), President (2003-2005), and Past-President (2005-2007). Since 2004 he also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Prism Coffeehouse. For several years he hosted a bluegrass radio show at WTJU in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In addition to his own writings and work on historical documentary editions, Grizzard has edited two history journals and been responsible for bringing massive collections of historical documents to the internet. The Association for Documentary Editing awarded Grizzard its Distinguished Service Award in 2000, for his contributions to the Association's computer initiatives.