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Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 Traveling Exhibition
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Learn how you can bring the Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 exhibition to your venue!
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Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865
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Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of...
Portrait Index - Individuals
"Uncle Josh" - Von Weise: 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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Uncommon Strength
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This exhibition developed in partnership with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources relies on the use of...
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Unidentified - Virginia
Unidentified author, "Journal of Tens Days Travel on Board [the] Steamer Frances," 1875. 120 pp. Mss5:1Un3:15.Concerns a voyage from Bridgeport, Conn...
Research Guide
Unidentified Author – Virginia Woman's Forum
Unidentified Author, Letters, 1883. 3 items. Mss2Un3f.Consists of letters, 1883 August 9, 25, and 29, written by "Aunt Emma" (otherwise unidentified)...
Research Guide
Unidentified Authors - Ussery, Mary Livinia (Robertson)
Unidentified Author, Account Book, 1813–1814. 1 volume. Mss5:3UN3:37.Kept by an unidentified author, this account book contains accounts and numerous...
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Unionists in Virginia: Politics, Secession, and Their Plan to Prevent Civil War
On October 29 at noon, Larry Denton will delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Unionists in Virginia: Politics, Secession, and Their Plan to Prevent...
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United States Colored Troops Muster Rolls
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Organized at Camp Stanton in Benedict, Maryland, in February 1864, the 30th USCT served in spring campaigns in Virginia...
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University of Virginia Pavilion Gardens
Address: Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone: 434.924.6015 In 1816 the Virginia legislature, at the urging of Thomas...
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Unknown No Longer & Virginia Untold
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Unknown No Longer is a database of the names of all the enslaved Virginians that appear in our unpublished documents...
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Unlocking Menokin’s Secrets: Archaeological and Landscape Research at a Northern Neck Plantation
On October 25, 2012, David Brown delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Unlocking Menokin’s Secrets: Archaeological and Landscape Research at a Northern Neck Plantation."
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Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
On March 7, 2024, biographer Rebecca Boggs Roberts provided an unflinching look at First Lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson.
While this nation has yet to...
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Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington By Robert J. Norrell
In his compelling new biography, the first full-length life of Booker T. Washington in a generation, Robert J. Norrell recreates the broad context in...
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Urbanization
Learn how to be an image detective and search for clues about urbanization in Virginia in primary source photographs.