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Books and research guides
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From edited primary source documents to scholarly studies and exhibition catalogs, the Virginia Museum of History &...
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Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of “Aunt Jemima” and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found...
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Breaking the Silence: League of Wives Panel Discussion
The formation of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia is a national story with strong ties to Virginia...
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Brittany Hutchinson Joins the Virginia Museum of History & Culture as Curator
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Broadside, from the Committee, 2 April 1866
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Explore an emancipation day broadside from 1866.
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Broadsides
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Broadsides, or broadsheets, are items printed on one side of a sheet of paper and generally posted or distributed as...
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Broadsides Pertaining to Women
Updated 2016 1615 : 2 o.s. A declaration for the certaine time of drawing the great standing lottery ... Indian woman depicted in drawing 1620 : 1 o.s...
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Brochure, Remember May 17th
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Learn the importance of May 17th in history.
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Brown I and Brown II
In 1950 the NAACP decided that it would no longer file lawsuits seeking equal educational facilities, but only those that
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Brown's Battleground in Prince Edward County, Virginia
On April 12, 2012, Jill Titus delivered a lecture entitled "Brown's Battleground in Prince Edward County, Virginia."
When the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Bruce Family, Section 17
Bruce Family Papers, 1665-1926. Section 17.Correspondence, 1840-1907, of Sarah Alexander (Seddon) BruceCall Number Mss1 B8306 b 440-1160 Arizona SEE...
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Bruce Family, Section 8
Bruce Family Papers, 1665-1926. Section 8Correspondence, 1841-1894, of Charles BruceCall Number Mss1 B8306 b28-331 African Americans in politics SEE...
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Bruton Parish Church
Address: Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, VA 23187 Phone: 757.229.2891 Web site: www.brutonparish.org The...
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Bryan Family 1
Bryan Family Papers, 1774-1942Letterbook of Joseph Bryan, 1895 April 15-December 21Call Number Mss1 B8408 a 24 Index to Correspondents Abbot, William...
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Bryan Family 2
Bryan Family Papers, 1774-1942Letterbook of Joseph Bryan, 1903 March 5-December 31Call Number Mss1 B8408 a 25 Index to Correspondents Abbott, William...
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Burwell Family, Section 6
Burwell Family Papers, 1770-1965. Section 6.Correspondence, 1820-1871, of George Harrison Burwell (1799-1873)Mss1 B9585 a 40-384 Allen, ThomasAmerican...
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Burwell-Morgan Mill
Address: 15 Tannery Lane, Millwood, VA 22646 Phone: 540.955.2600 Web site: http://www.clarkehistory.org/ Daniel Morgan...
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Business Archives & The Chesapeake Corporation
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Collections of business records arrive for safekeeping and preservation at the VMHC in a variety of ways.
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Byrd Family
A man driven by enormous ambition, William Byrd II of Westover was an exceptional figure in colonial America. Educated in