 The New World Tapestry Library material includes histories of the years 1583–1642, much of it original research, files on the two hundred sixty four people named on the tapestry, plus heraldic information on over three hundred individuals, companies, towns, counties and universities.Supporters of the New World Tapestry include the Adventurers for Virginia patrons of the New World Tapestry and Library.Their names are inscribed for posterity in the Adventurers for Virginia Record Book.