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A Better Life for Their Children
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From 1912-37, the Rosenwald schools program built thousands of schools, shops, and teacher’s homes across 15 Southern...
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A Century of Foreign Wars
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Virginians were engulfed by the many wars that spanned the twentieth century and touched every generation.
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A Landscape Saved
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This exhibition celebrated the efforts in preservation and horticulture made by the Garden Club of Virginia during its...
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A Material World
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Featuring 43 iconic images from the archives of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and accompanied by historical objects that...
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A New Virginia
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In the early twentieth century, the nation’s economy was becoming more industrialized and its population more urbanized.
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A., Jim - Aylett Family Papers
A., Jim, Letters, 1864. 2 items. Photocopies. Mss2A1b. This collection contains photocopies of two letters home from a member of the 30th Virginia...
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Abner - Aylett
[Abner, C?], letter, 1859. 1 p. Mss2Ab722a1.Written at Charleston, S.C., to E. Kingsland, this letter of 18 November 1859 describes a visit to the...
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About the Environmental History Resources Guide Project
Unlike previous guides focused on significant portions of the Virginia Historical Society’s manuscripts collections, this finding aid was envisioned...
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Acree, Sallie Ann – Avary, Myrta Lockett
Acree, Sallie Ann, Scrapbook, 1868–1885. 1 volume. Mss5:7Ac764:1.Sallie Anne Acree (1837–1873) kept this scrapbook while living at Forest Home in...
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Agents of Change
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Organized in conjunction with the statewide Women’s Suffrage Centennial, this exhibition featured artifacts from the...
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American Democracy
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Examining our government’s founding and the continuing story of America’s bold experiment in a government “of, by, and...
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Apollo: When We Went to the Moon
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Through objects and artifacts from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s archives, this exhibition explored the social and...