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Appendix: African American Family Records
The following is a supplementary list of African American birth, death, and marriage records in the holdings of the Virginia Historical Society...
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April
April 2, 1865 Robert E. Lee orders the evacuation of the city of Richmond, and Union forces occupy the Confederate...
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Archibald Gerard Robertson
Archibald Gerard Robertson. Papers, 1787-1986Section 5. Correspondence, 1914-1985Call Number Mss1 R5453 a 21-2198 (2,178 items) Index to...
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Arthur Ashe Boulevard Dedication Ceremony — Full Ceremony
On Saturday, June 22, 2019, the Virginia Museum of History & Culture co-hosted the official dedication ceremony of Arthur Ashe Boulevard in...
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Arthur Ashe Boulevard Dedication Ceremony — Highlights
On Saturday, June 22, 2019, the Virginia Museum of History & Culture co-hosted the official dedication ceremony of Arthur Ashe Boulevard in...
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Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735
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See a rare family tree, drawn by hand on canvas, tracing Arthur Ashe, Jr.’s family.
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Articles & Book Reviews
As the journal of record for Virginia history, the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography routinely publishes...
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Associations, Memberships, & Groups
Associations and Institutional Memberships The Virginia Museum of History & Culture is proud to be accredited by the...
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Aubrey Russell Bowles
A Guide to the Papers, 1949-1978, of Aubrey Russell Bowles, Jr. (1896-1984).Section 1. General correspondence, 1957-1970.Call Number Mss1 B6816 a...
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Audubon's Viviparous Quadrapeds
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Following the success of his Birds of America, John James Audubon began to gather material for an equally ambitious...
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August
August 1, 1770 William Clark, co-leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, is born in Caroline County. August 1, 1920...
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Bachtel, Jacob – Byrd Family
Bachtel, Jacob, Marriage register, 1857–1862. 14 pp. Mss2B1257a1. Includes signed copies of certificates of marriage solemnized by Jacob Bachtel (1812...
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Backus - Byrd
Backus family papers, 1757–1807. 7 items. Mss2B1286b. Photocopies.Include advertisements, indentures, and receipts concerning the purchase and sale of...
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Bacon, John Lyddall - Byrd, Samuel Master Hankins
Bacon, John Lyddall, Letter, 1865. 1 item. Photocopy. Mss2B1346a1. A letter, 4 April 1865, from John Lyddall Bacon (1812–1887) of Richmond, describing...
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Bacon's Castle
Address: 465 Bacon’s Castle Trail, Surry, VA 23883 Phone: 757-357-5976 Email: baconscastle@preservationvirginia.org...