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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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April 1967
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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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Arming the Commonwealth
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From providing protection from enemy combatants to finding dinner for a family, weapons have played a significant role...
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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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Artists4ERA
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Artists4ERA is part of ongoing efforts to ensure that the ERA becomes the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
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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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At the Cannon’s Mouth: Battlefield Relics and the Making of Civil War Memory
On July 27, 2023, Dr. James Broomall gave a fascinating presentation on artifacts taken from the battlefields of the Civil War that helped shape 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 The Birds of America
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In the VMHC collections are several rare editions of his work, including a first edition of Viviparous Quadrupeds and...
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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...