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Curator Conversations: Year-End Review
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In this series, VMHC curatorial staff bring exclusive member-only programs to you on a variety of interesting topics. To see upcoming events in this...
Curators at Work: Conversation with Judd Proctor and Brian Burns
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In 2005, Richmond gay activist Judd Proctor and his partner (now husband) Brian Burns, began underwriting WRIR Richmond’s “This Way Out,” an award...
Curators At Work: New to the Collection
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Every year, the VMHC adds hundreds of items to its already vast collections. Some of these improve our understanding of Virginia’s history, while...
Curators at Work: Stamping Out Smallpox: The History of the First Vaccine
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As we entered our second year of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in 2021, we asked: have you ever wondered how Virginians fought infectious disease...
Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries
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On April 8, 2021, Ryan K. Smith presented an exploration of the history and recovery of the burial grounds of Richmond, Virginia, through the lens of...
Diderot's Encyclopédie
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Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Statute in Virginia
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On July 24 at noon, Thomas E. Buckley delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Statute in Virginia."
The...
George Washington, Land Surveyor
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George Washington's Land Plat
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In this video, former VMHC Vice President for Collections E. Lee Shepard discusses George Washington's 1749 survey.
Henkel Press
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Is Cancer Still the Emperor? How Innovative Research and Treatments Offer Hope for a Cure
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In 2009, physician, researcher, and science writer, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, published his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies...
Jamestown, the Truth Revealed (Chauncey Lecture 2017)
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On July 19, 2017, Dr. William M. Kelso delivered the Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture entitled “Jamestown, the Truth Revealed.”
What was life really...
Jefferson’s Desk
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Living Queer History: Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City
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On June 23rd, 2022, Samantha Rosenthal held a lecture about an LGBTQ community in Roanoke, Virginia, and how queer people today think about the past...
Offense or Defense?
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Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War
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On January 25, 2018, Jonathan W. White delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War.”
On March 9...
Pocahontas – Religion and Faith (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 2)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole
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On January 23 at noon, Sheldon Bart delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North...
Religion and the Marriage of Bazile & Bowcock
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Richard E. Byrd
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