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Exhibition
PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ – InLight 2020
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![PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ installation The VMHC building at night with PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ neon sign installation](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2020-inLight-VMHC_002.jpg.webp?itok=BskM8hO0)
The VMHC was excited to be a host location in November 2020 for the art installation, PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ...
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Preston Family
Preston Family Papers, 1773-1862. Section 14Correspondence, 1840-1862, of William Ballard Preston (1805-1862)Mss1 P9267 d 296-708 Index to...
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Reed Family, Section 1
Reed Family Papers, 1921-1935. Section 1.Correspondence, 1921-1934, of William Thomas Reed (1865-1935)Call Number Mss1 R2518 a 1-12,855 Index to...
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Reed Family, Section 2
A Guide to the Reed Family Papers, 1921-1935. Section 2. Correspondence, 1927-1933, of Pleasant Larus Reed of Richmond and “Chelsea,” King William...
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Secrets & Symbols
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![Desk Made by John Shearer A wood rolltop desk with three drawers and a gold scale symbol embossed on the top](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Secrets%20Symbols_John%20Shearer%20desk%29_2022.35_DSC5539.jpg.webp?itok=I7V1eNTm)
Representing a diverse range of artisans, eras, and object types, the featured items in this display share a common...
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Short Family, Section 10
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 10.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 10 Index to Correspondence, 1891-1931, of Robert Lee Jeffreys (1875-1932)...
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Short Family, Section 25
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 25.Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 25 Index to Correspondence, 1917-1974, of Shelton Hardaway Short (1898-1974) Abbitt...
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Short Family, Section 41
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 41.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 41 Index to Correspondence, 1908-1977, of Bessie Morton Goode (Jeffreys)...
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Short Family, Section 64
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 64.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 64 Index to Correspondence, 1927-1977, of Shelton Hardaway Short (1926...
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Short Family, Section 79
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 79.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 79 Index to Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1853-1976 Abbitt, Watkins...
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Spragins Family
Spragins Family Papers, 1753-1881. Section 67.Correspondence, 1806-1857, of Thomas Lanier SpraginsCall Number Mss1 Sp716 a 1818-2314 Index to...
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Taking Aim
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![Close-up of the Woodson musket's flintlock Close-up of a musket's flintlock, with an exterior bridle and is engraved with a floral pattern and is marked "Collicot"](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Taking%20Aim_1929.8_v5.jpg.webp?itok=IrQwAtgl)
Taking Aim features the stories of craftspeople, inventors, soldiers, and even lawbreakers as told through firearms from...
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Tayloe Family, Section 269
Tayloe family. Papers, 1650-1970Section 269. Correspondence, 1857-1907, of Henry Augustine TayloeCall Number Mss1 T2118 d 21200-23604 List of...
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Tayloe Family, Section 300
Tayloe Family Papers, 1650-1970Section 300. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1756-1970Call Number Mss1 T2118 d 27406-27620 List of Correspondents...
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Tayloe Family, Section 81
Tayloe Family. Papers, 1650-1970Section 81. Correspondence, 1818-1871, of William Henry TayloeCall Number Mss1 T2118 d 2123-7922 List of...
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Taylor Family
Taylor family. Papers, 1844-1912. Section 8.Correspondence, 1874-1912, of Virginia (Bagby) Taylor (1864-1955)Call Number Mss1 T2197 b 282-1635 Index...
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The Commonwealth and the Great War
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![WWI tanks Black & White photo of a row of tanks in front of a building circa 1912-1914](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2001.230.1912-1914_1914_v1_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=2JmcFkDT)
This exhibition explored the role Virginians played in World War I and highlighted the stories of individual Virginians...
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The League of Wives
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![POW152_Scan.jpg POW152_Scan.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/POW152_Scan.jpg.webp?itok=BW9_Wuds)
Featuring artifacts, photographs, and oral histories, this exhibition illustrated the dramatic story of how the spouses...
Exhibition
The Lost Cause
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![Autumn - Gen. J. E. B. Stuart Leading His Cavalry In A Charge A mural of Confederate soliders on horseback in an autumn landscape of hillside and trees](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Lost%20Cause_Hoffbauer_Cavalry_Autumn.2005.340.C.jpg.webp?itok=mJPjKufB)
This exhibition explores the history of the Lost Cause as expressed through a cycle of military murals and a sculpture...
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The Private Jefferson
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![jefcrop.jpg jefcrop.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/jefcrop.jpg.webp?itok=6WhGHf4C)
The Private Jefferson: From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society features Thomas Jefferson's...