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Advice and Etiquette Books
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A Book Every Body Should Possess. This simple statement highlights the importance placed on advice and etiquette books...
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Care Beyond National and Color Lines: Filipino Nurses in Virginia Across the 20th Century
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Commencement
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Learn more about items related to commencement exercises in the VHS collections.
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Confederate Imprints
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Items published in the Confederate States during the Civil War are known as Confederate imprints. These imprints...
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Education in Virginia
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Possum Hollow Schoolhouse, Floyd County, 1910
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Freedmen's Schools
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In the antebellum South, African Americans were generally prevented from receiving education. During the Civil War...
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Let Us Commence: Graduating At A Distance
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Mary-Cooke Branch Munford
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Learn how Mary-Cooke Branch Munford helped improve education in Virginia.
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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia
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Robert E. Lee after the War
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After the Civil War, Robert E. Lee left his life in the military and accepted the position of president of Washington...
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Separate and Unequal: The Breakdown of Segregation in Virginia Schools
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The College of William and Mary
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The College of William and Mary was founded before Williamsburg was even a town? The town developed around the college...
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The Honor of Membership
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The governing body of the museum has elected close to 200 honorary members in its 175-year history. The long list...
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Yearbooks
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View select images from yearbooks in the society's collections.