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Exhibition
A Better Life for Their Children
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![Elroy & Sophia Williams – Sophia Williams’s Grandparents, Former Slaves, Acquired and Donated Land for a Rosenwald School. Photo by Andrew Feiler. Two people hold an ornately frame painted portrait of two people in early 1900s dress](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/19%20Elroy%20%26%20Sophia%20Williams%20%E2%80%93%20Sophia%20Williams%E2%80%99s%20Grandparents%2C%20Former%20Slaves%2C%20Acquired%20and%20Donated%20Land%20for%20a%20Rosenwald%20School.jpg.webp?itok=njqvitgO)
From 1912-37, the Rosenwald schools program built thousands of schools, shops, and teacher’s homes across 15 Southern...
Exhibition
A Landscape Saved
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This exhibition celebrated the efforts in preservation and horticulture made by the Garden Club of Virginia during its...
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A Material World
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![P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, Virginia 23221 Photograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.Enter FullscreenMore informationPhotograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, Virginia 23221 Photograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.Enter FullscreenMore informationPhotograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/VHSpt5_22_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=-j31ypAX)
Featuring 43 iconic images from the archives of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and accompanied by historical objects that...
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A., Jim - Aylett Family Papers
A., Jim, Letters, 1864. 2 items. Photocopies. Mss2A1b. This collection contains photocopies of two letters home from a member of the 30th Virginia...
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Abner - Aylett
[Abner, C?], letter, 1859. 1 p. Mss2Ab722a1.Written at Charleston, S.C., to E. Kingsland, this letter of 18 November 1859 describes a visit to the...
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...
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...
Exhibition
Agents of Change
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Organized in conjunction with the statewide Women’s Suffrage Centennial, this exhibition featured artifacts from the...
Article Set - Intro
Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from Women’s Suffrage to Today
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In 1920, the United States ratified the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. The struggle for female
Exhibition
American Democracy
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![American Democracy : A Leap of Faith A pin-back button with American flag stars and stripes and the words: American Democracy - A Leap of Faith](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/AmericanDemocracy_Logo.jpg.webp?itok=RaO4TcVX)
Examining our government’s founding and the continuing story of America’s bold experiment in a government “of, by, and...
Article Set - Intro
American Statesman: John Marshall
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Article Set - Intro
An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia
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An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia is divided into two parts that pose a series of questions. Waging War examines how the conflict was fought and Surviving War measures the impact of the war on civilian life.
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Apollo: When We Went to the Moon
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![Apollo 11 crew The crew of Apollo 11: 3 astronauts in full space suits hold space helmets in front of a backdrop depicting the moon](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Apollo_Apollo-11-Crew_118903695_orig_WEB.jpg.webp?itok=QFVsUctG)
Through objects and artifacts from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s archives, this exhibition explored the social and...
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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...
Exhibition
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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Bachtel, Jacob – Byrd Family
Bachtel, Jacob, Marriage register, 1857–1862. 14 pp. Mss2B1257a1. Includes signed copies of certificates of marriage solemnized by Jacob Bachtel (1812...
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Backus - Byrd
Backus family papers, 1757–1807. 7 items. Mss2B1286b. Photocopies.Include advertisements, indentures, and receipts concerning the purchase and sale of...
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Bacon, John Lyddall - Byrd, Samuel Master Hankins
Bacon, John Lyddall, Letter, 1865. 1 item. Photocopy. Mss2B1346a1. A letter, 4 April 1865, from John Lyddall Bacon (1812–1887) of Richmond, describing...
Research Guide
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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Cabell - Cyrus
Cabell, Abraham Joseph (1800–1831), papers, 1824–1834. 22 items. Mss2C1111b.Primarily, the papers of a planter of Jefferson County, Fla. Collection...