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Galt, Mary Jeffery – Gwathmey Family
Galt, Mary Jeffery, Memoir, ca. 1910. 11 pp. Typescript. Mss5:1G1394:1.This unfinished memoir by Mary Jeffery Galt (1844–1922) recalls her childhood...
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Gordon Family
The Gordon portraits depict the family of an Ulster merchant and planter of Scottish origin who emigrated to Lancaster County
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Guide to African American Manuscripts
Introduction As Great Britain's largest and wealthiest North American colony, and later as the state with the largest enslaved and free black...
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H. A. White & Co. - Hutchison
H. A. White & Co., Warrenton, records, 1852–1867. 6 vols. Mss5:3W5868:4–9.Concern a major mercantile operation conducted by Hamden A. White in...
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Haile, Robert Gaines - Hutchison Family Papers
Haile, Robert Gaines, Diary, 1862. 1 item. Typescript copy. Mss5:1H1252:1. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a diary, 1–23 June 1862, kept by...
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Hall, Nancy Johns Turner – Huntington, William
[Hall, Nancy Johns Turner], The Imaginist, 1844. 4 volumes. Mss5:9H1405:1.Written under the pseudonym Ann Tracy, "The Imaginist or Recollections of an...
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Hampton Institute and Booker T. Washington
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was founded in 1868 by General Samuel Armstrong. He was interested in moral
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How to Use the Environmental History Resources Guide
The majority of the entries in this guide cover major manuscript collections (that is, numbering fifty items or more). In some instances, usually...
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Independent Order of St. Luke - Justice
Independent Order of St. Luke. Antioch Council No. 506, Powhatan County, records, 1923–1932. 3 items. Mss4In254b. Papers concerning the payment of a...
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Index to African American material in the broadside collection
These broadsides (items printed on one sheet of paper and then posted for the general public) include announcements, political campaign items, advertising material, and legal notices.
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Index to African American material in the sheet music collection
Whether the songs are about political campaigns, military affairs, or personal tragedy, sheet music can reveal both the public and private aspects of life.
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Ingle, Mary Friend Mayo – King, Clinton M.
Ingle, Mary Friend Mayo, Diary, 1885. 1 volume. Mss5:1In45:1. This diary, kept by Mary Friend (Mayo) Ingle (1870–1962) of Richmond, comments on the...
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Inglis, John Auchincloss - Justice Family Papers
Inglis, John Auchincloss, Letter. 1 item. Mss2IN47a1.A letter, [1862], from John Auchincloss Inglis (1813–1878), possibly of the 36th North Carolina...
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Interpreting Historical Images
A historical image can be interpreted in a number of ways. Each approach brings a different set of considerations, or frame
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Invented Scenes for Narratives
When artists were hired to illustrate written accounts of events in Virginia, they did not aim to make realistic
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Jackson - Lyne: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
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James Armistead Lafayette: A Fight for Freedom & Equality
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James Armistead Lafayette: A Fight for Freedom & Equality
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January 1967
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January 1968
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