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Other Related Collections for the Environmental History Resources Guide
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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Our Commonwealth
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This signature exhibition provides an in-depth, multi-sensory journey through the five major regions of Virginia and...
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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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Partners in History
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In 2019, the VMHC and the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA) began a long-term partnership to...
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Patriot
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Patriotism on the Home Front
Three-fourths of the wartime organizations in Virginia were women’s groups. These included the YWCA, Equal Suffrage League
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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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PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ – InLight 2020
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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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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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Raid, Incarceration, and Execution
Although John Brown and his followers easily captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia
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Reconciliation
After Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant was the savior of the United States, while Robert E. Lee was the greatest hero of the Lost
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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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Returning Home
The guns of the Western Front fell silent on November 11, 1918. The armistice marked a victory for the Allies, including the
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Rising Black Consciousness
Part of the reasoning cited in the Brown decision was that discrimination greatly diminished Black pupils' self-esteem. As
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Robert Knox Sneden Chronology
1832 June 3 born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, British provinces of America 1851 family moves to New York 1858 earliest
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School Busing
Because Black and white Virginians generally lived in segregated neighborhoods in the mid-twentieth century, race-neutral