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Dabney Family Papers - Dwinelle, Justin
Dabney Family Papers, 1742–1928. 4,012 items. Mss1D1124b. Microfilm reels C330–331.This collection consists primarily of the papers of Charles William...
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Dabney, Charity – Duval, Sarah Dandridge Cooke
Dabney, Charity, Papers, 1873–1898. 24 items. Mss2D1123b.This collection consists primarily of receipts documenting the payment of state and city...
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Determined
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This exhibition examined the long history of black Americans in North America as they have fought for freedom, equal...
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Documenting Women's Lives
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Early - Everett
Early family papers, 1764–1956. 437 items. Mss1Ea765b. Microfilm reels C16 and C456–458.The papers of this prominent Lynchburg family are primarily...
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Early Family – Every Monday Club
Early Family Papers, 1798–1903. 239 items. Mss1Ea765a. Microfilm reel C456.This collection consists primarily of the papers of Mary Virginia (Early)...
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Early Family Papers - Ezell Family Papers
Early Family Papers, 1764–1956. 437 items. Mss1EA765b. Microfilm reels C456–458.This collection contains the papers of the Early family of Franklin...
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Environmental History Resources Guide
From the period of its founding as an English settlement in North America, essentially a business venture from the start, Virginia has thrived on the...
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F Company Association - Funsten, David
F Company Association, Minute Book, 1876–1895. 1 volume. Mss4F1a1.The minute book of the F Company Association, kept by Robert Alonzo Brock (1839–1914...
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Fairfax - Funsten
Fairfax, John Walter (1828–1908), papers, 1863–1937. 15 items. Mss1F1613a. Microfilm reel C596. Fairfax served as assistant adjutant and inspector...
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Fairfax County Court – Fry, Mary Ella Fourqurean
Fairfax County, Court, Papers, 1742–1793. 12 items. Mss4F1613d.Consist of miscellaneous legal papers. Of particular note is a summons, 1755...
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Founding Frenemies
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This exhibition explored Alexander Hamilton’s relationships with the founding generation of Virginians through rare...
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Fresh Paint
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This unprecedented exhibition explored the power of murals to encourage reflection on Virginia’s past by inviting...
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Gallagher, Charles H. - Gwathmey Family Papers
Gallagher, Charles Kewell, Letter, 1861. 1 item. Mss7:2H2884:1. A letter, 2 September 1861, from Charles Kewell Gallagher (1833–1893) of Washington, N...
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Galt-Gwin
Galt, James K. (1836–1913), diary, 1889–1892. 2 v. Mss5:1G1393:1-2.Galt, an itinerant Baptist minister from Reba, Bedford County, kept his diary in...
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Galt, Mary Jeffery – Gwathmey Family
Galt, Mary Jeffery, Memoir, ca. 1910. 11 pp. Typescript. Mss5:1G1394:1.This unfinished memoir by Mary Jeffery Galt (1844–1922) recalls her childhood...
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Guide to African American Manuscripts
Introduction As Great Britain's largest and wealthiest North American colony, and later as the state with the largest enslaved and free black...
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H. A. White & Co. - Hutchison
H. A. White & Co., Warrenton, records, 1852–1867. 6 vols. Mss5:3W5868:4–9.Concern a major mercantile operation conducted by Hamden A. White in...
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Haile, Robert Gaines - Hutchison Family Papers
Haile, Robert Gaines, Diary, 1862. 1 item. Typescript copy. Mss5:1H1252:1. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a diary, 1–23 June 1862, kept by...
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Hall, Nancy Johns Turner – Huntington, William
[Hall, Nancy Johns Turner], The Imaginist, 1844. 4 volumes. Mss5:9H1405:1.Written under the pseudonym Ann Tracy, "The Imaginist or Recollections of an...