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Commonwealth Explorers
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This gallery offers a playful exploration specifically oriented toward VMHC’s youngest visitors and their companions...
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Commonwealth Kids
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This display presents a selection of items related to young Virginians across the centuries and the stories that they...
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Conclusion
Throughout the twentieth century and during the past decade, apologists for John Brown have turned out imagery and
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Conclusion - Did the Civil War End at Appomattox?
Lee’s army had become the embodiment of Confederate nationalism, and after its surrender other southern forces soon gave up
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Copies and Adaptations of de Bry
For more than two centuries, the 1590 engravings of Virginia Indians by de Bry and van Veen were copied for other
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Dabney Family
Dabney Family Papers, 1742-1928. Section 21Correspondence, 1830-1891, of Charles William Dabney (1809-1895)Call Number Mss1 D1124 b 369-870 Name and...
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Danville
The most violent episode of the civil rights movement in Virginia occurred in Danville during the summer of 1963—at about the
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December 1967
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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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Dr. Zenobia Gilpin — Serving Segregated Communities
As a Black female doctor in the Jim Crow South, Dr. Zenobia Gilpin (1898–1948) faced both sexism and racism—but still rose to
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Edgar E. MacDonald
MacDonald, Edgar E., 1919- , comp.Papers, 1818-1970. Section 4.Call Number Mss1 M1453 a 153-239 Index This section of correspondence is arranged...
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Edmund Jenings
Index to Letterbook, 1753 November 17 - 1769 July 29of Edmund Jenings (1703-1756)and Edmund Jenings (1731-1819) Call Number Mss1 J4105 a 1 Abercrombie...
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Eggleston Family, Section 13
Eggleston Family Papers, 1788-1975. Section 13. Call Number Mss1 Eg396 b 371-10,572 Correspondence, 1877-1953, of Joseph Dupuy Eggleston (1867-1953)...
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Eggleston Family, Section 25
Eggleston family. Papers, 1788-1975. Section 25. Call Number Mss1 Eg396 b 11,549-11,888 Index to letters written to and from various persons and...
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Elections from 1789 to 1828
This section contains information and memorabilia on the elections from 1789 to 1828. Scroll down the page to learn more
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Elections from 1832 to 1872
This section contains information and memorabilia on the elections from 1832 to 1872. Scroll down the page to learn more
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Elections from 1876 to 1920
This section contains information and memorabilia on the elections from 1876 to 1920. Scroll down the page to learn more
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Elections from 1924 to 1964
This section contains information and memorabilia on the elections from 1924 to 1964. Scroll down the page to learn more
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Elections from 1968 to 2016
This section contains information and memorabilia on the elections from 1968 to 2016. Scroll down the page to learn more
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Equal Access to Public Accommodations
Although integrating the nation's schools was the first priority of the civil rights movement, the denial of equal access to