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History Begins at Home: A Personal Journey By Charles F Bryan, JR
In this autobiographical lecture, Dr. Bryan reflects on the field of public history as it developed during the course of his own career. In 1988, he...
How Did Civilians Suffer?
How Did Enslaved People Support the Confederacy?
Indian Tribes of North America
Interpreting Historical Images
Invented Scenes for Narratives
Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood
On February 13, 2020, Cynthia A. Kierner delivered the Banner Lecture, "Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the...
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture: An Evening with Joseph Ellis
Was the American Revolution really a revolution? Was George Washington a great general? Was the American victory a miracle or inevitable?
On July 20th...
Jacob L. "JL" Morewitz
James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)
John Carter of Mars
John Chilton letter [page 1]
John Chilton letter [page 2]
John Chilton letter [page 3]
John Smith's "General History of Virginia"
In this video, former VMHC Vice President for Collections E. Lee Shepard discusses John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and...
Juneteenth
Kill Jeff Davis: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond in 1864
On March 24 and noon, Bruce M. Venter delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Kill Jeff Davis: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond in 1864."
The...
Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Secession, Civil War
On June 13, 2013, David C. Keehn delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Secession, Civil War."
The Knights...
Last Chance for Peace: Virginia's Role in the Washington Peace Conference of 1861 by Mark Tooley
On August 25 at noon, Mark Tooley delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Last Chance for Peace: Virginia's Role in the Washington Peace Conference of...
Leadership and Decision-Making in the D-Day Invasion (Christian Lecture 2015)
On May 14, Craig L. Symonds delivered the 2015 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture entitled “Leadership and Decision-Making in the D-Day Invasion.”
On...