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Virginia's Civil War: A Guide to Manuscripts at the Virginia Historical Society
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Virginia's Colonial Dynasties
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In the colonial period, portraiture proved to be a particularly useful tool in establishing and preserving family status. This exhibit presents twenty-four portraits from the Virginia Historical Society's collection. Early Virginia portraits reveal much about the families that commissioned them, as well as how these Virginians valued how they were perceived by others.
Portrait Index - Individuals
Waddell - Wythe: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
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Wade - Zirkle
Wade family papers, 1841–1951. 38 items. Mss2W119c.This collection includes letters, 1841–1846, written by John Ingles (of Montgomery County) to Dr...
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Wade Family Papers - Yulee, David Levy
W., Letter, 1870. 1 item. Mss2W100a1. A letter, 11 May 1870, from "W" of Richmond to "Willie" concerning a visit to the site of the battle of the...
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Waldrop, Eloise Taylor – Young Family
Waldrop, Eloise Taylor, Papers, 1889–1980. 48 items. Mss1W1477b. Include letters, 1918 March–September, written by Mary Virginia Peyton [later Wendt]...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Yancey - Zouche: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de