The search results below contain listings from our website. To search our library and museum collections catalogs, please visit the Collections page.
Article
Abolitionist Pitcher
Image
Learn about how this pitcher based on Uncle Tom's Cabin was used as propoganda in the mid-1800s.
Research Guide
About the Environmental History Resources Guide Project
Unlike previous guides focused on significant portions of the Virginia Historical Society’s manuscripts collections, this finding aid was envisioned...
Landing
About Us
Article Set - Chapter
Acknowledgements
An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia is a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American
Research Guide
Acree, Sallie Ann – Avary, Myrta Lockett
Acree, Sallie Ann, Scrapbook, 1868–1885. 1 volume. Mss5:7Ac764:1.Sallie Anne Acree (1837–1873) kept this scrapbook while living at Forest Home in...
Media
Across Time: Robinson House, Its Land and People
On February 28, 2019, Elizabeth L. O’Leary delivered the Banner Lecture, “Across Time: Robinson House, Its Land and People.”
What is that building...
Media
Activism from Home 101 (Commonwealth Classroom)
Interested in addressing a problem, making something better, or helping others in your community? Whether you are a veteran activist or a novice eager...
General Content
Adam Thoroughgood House
Address: 1636 Parish Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Phone: 757.460.7588 Web site: http://virginiabeachhistory.org...
Article Set - Chapter
Adèle Clark and Nora Houston — Winning and Wielding the Vote
Adèle Clark (1882–1983) and Nora Houston (1883–1942) were artists, activists, and partners who worked tirelessly first to
General Content
Adult In-Person Programs
Image
Learn about the many tour options available to visiting groups.
General Content
Adult Virtual Programs
HistoryConnects Lifelong Learning Programs bring the history of the Commonwealth to your residents through...
General Content
Advertising Rates
Image
This page describes the costs, deadlines, and specifications for those looking to advertise in the Virginia Magazine of...
Article
Advice and Etiquette Books
Image
Studying etiquette books offers researchers a glimpse of how people interacted and how they adapted to their changing...
Article
Affidavit, 1693
Image
This affidavit informs the governor that Frank, a man of African descent enslaved by Henry Gibbs, has been jailed on...
Article Set - Chapter
Aftermath
"From the political point of view, the murder of John Brown . . . would impart to the Union a creeping fissure that at the
Media
Aftermath (An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia)
This video was featured as the concluding video in the exhibition, An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia.
Exhibition
Agents of Change
Image
Organized in conjunction with the statewide Women’s Suffrage Centennial, this exhibition featured artifacts from the...
General Content
Agents of Change Traveling Exhibition
Bring Agents of Change to your venue! Learn how you can bring our Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from...
Article Set - Intro
Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from Women’s Suffrage to Today
Image
In 1920, the United States ratified the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. The struggle for female