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Thomas Tyler Bouldin
Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1813-1891)of “Golden Hills,” Charlotte County, Va. List of CorrespondentsCall Number Mss1 B6638 a Section 11 Individuals...
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Turning Point: World War II
P. B. Young, editor of the Norfolk Journal and Guide, a black newspaper, spoke from the heart when he told white liberals,
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Virginia House
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Formerly an English manor house, Virginia House was relocated to Richmond in 1925.
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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.
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Voting Rights
To circumvent the Fifteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed voting rights to Black men, the 1901–02
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W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
W. E. B. Du Bois was the first black recipient of a Ph.D. from Harvard University. In The Souls of Black Folks, published in
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Waging War - The Battlefront
The easiest way to defeat the secessionist movement seemed to be to capture Richmond, the seat of the Confederate government
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Walter Spencer Robertson, Section 15
A Guide to the Papers, 1824-2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson.Section 15. Correspondence of Mary Dade (Taylor) Robertson (1899-2001).Call Number Mss1...
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Walter Spencer Robertson, Section 5
A Guide to the Papers, 1824-2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson (1893-1970).Section 5. Correspondence, 1910-1970, of Walter Spencer Robertson.Call...
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Wise Family, Section 14
Wise Family Papers, 1840-1967. Section 14.Correspondence, 1872-1913, of John Sergeant WiseCall Number Mss1 W7547 a 103-5,318 Index to Correspondents...
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Wise Family, Sestion 51
Wise Family Papers, 1840-1967. Section 51.Correspondence, 1886-1967, of Henry Alexander WiseCall Number Mss1 W7547 a 6,703-15,040 Index to...
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Wormeley Family
The Wormeley family was one of the earliest to achieve prominence in Virginia. The first Ralph Wormeley, resident in the
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Young Family, Section 18
Young family papers, 1835-1900. Section 18 Mss1 Y885 a 660-701 Index to Correspondents and Subjects Adams, John SEE Young, Elizabeth (Steel) Baird, E...