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Nadenbousch - Nourse, Margaret Tilloston (Kemble)
Nadenbousch, John Quincy Adams, Papers, 1791–1925. ca. 825 items. Mss1N1244aFA2. Microfilm reels C122–124.Contains the papers of John Quincy Adams...
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Nalle - Overby
Nalle family papers, 1800–1862. 79 items. Mss1N1495a.Correspondence, financial papers, and other records of a farming family in Culpeper and Orange...
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National Fathers' Day Association, Inc. – Overseers of the Poor
National Fathers’ Day Association, Inc., Records, 1917–1933. 33 items. Mss4N213b.The National Fathers' Day Association, Inc., was founded by Kate...
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Old, James W. - Pulliam, Samuel Harper
O'Connor, Arthur Emmet, Letters, 1861–1862. 4 items. Mss2Oc55b.Written by O'Connor between 4 October 1861 and 24 February 1862 while serving with the...
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Manuscripts form only one portion of the society's study collection. The library also holds a comprehensive collection of published material...
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Page - Provine
Page, Carolyn N., papers, 1960–1997. 4 items. Mss2P14123b.A scrapbook and some loose items document the career of Carolyn B. Page of Richmond as an...
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Page, Carolyn N. – Putzel, Mary Jane McCauley
Page, Carolyn N. Papers, 1960–1997. 4 items. Mss214123b.Scrapbook and other items documenting the career of Carolyn N. Page (of Richmond, Va.) at A. H...
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Political Decline and Westward Migration
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The political stature of Virginia declined on the national stage when no successors of ability emerged to replace the...
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Quesenberry - Rutherfoord
Quesenberry family papers, 1827–1913. 209 items. Mss1Q375a. Microfilm reel C578.These papers mainly consist of financial and legal records of the...
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Quesenberry Family Papers - Rutherfoord Family Papers
Quesenberry Family Papers, 1827–1913. 209 items. Mss1Q375a. Microfilm reel C578.Contains the papers of the Quesenberry family of King George County...
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Rachal, Mary Baskerville Carrington – Rust, Maria Hawkes
Rachal, Mary Baskerville Carrington, Autograph Album, 1876–1877. 1 volume. Mss5:6R1146:1. Microfilm reel C474.Kept at Sunnyside School in Mecklenburg...
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Racial Inequality
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Confederate defeat threatened to change white southern identity. Suddenly African Americans were free to determine the...
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Reconstruction
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During the decade following the Civil War, former Confederate states were required to “reconstruct” their state...
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Slavery
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Virginia’s 550,000 slaves constituted one third of the state’s population in 1860.
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St. James Church – Sutherland, Prudence M.
St. James Church, Records, 1814–1959. 452 items. Mss3Sa235a. The records of St. James (Protestant Episcopal) Church in Richmond include parish...
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St. Luke's Church - Sydnor
St. Luke's Church, Powhatan County, records, 18421936. 45 items. Mss3Sa242a.Among the records of this Protestant Episcopal church in Powhatan County...
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St. Paul's Church - Sydnor, William Barrett
St. Paul’s Church (Protestant Episcopal), Richmond, Vestry Book, 1855–1870. 2 volumes. Mss3SA245a. Microfilm reel B58.This collection consists of...
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Tadini, Elizabeth Oldopedi – Tyler, Julia Gardiner
[Tadini, Elizabeth Oldopedi], Commonplace Book, [1859–1864]. 1 volume. Mss5:5T1213:1.This volume, kept in English and attributed to "Comtessee...
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Talbott - Tyree
Talbott & Brother, Richmond, papers, 1831–1880. 86 items. Mss3T1425a. Microfilm reel C530.Records of a Richmond iron manufacturing firm, specializing...
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Talbott & Brother, Richmond - Tyler, Julia (Gardiner)
Talbott & Brother, Richmond, Papers, 1831–1880. 86 items. Mss3T1425a. Microfilm reel C530.This collection contains papers concerning the operations of...