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Exhibition
Oh, Shenandoah
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![Long Branch Plantation, Clarke County Long Branch Plantation, Clarke County](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/3-Long-Branch-Plantation-Clarke-County-Millwood_Web.jpg.webp?itok=U-h11ed6)
Exhibition
Our Commonwealth
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![Our Commonwealth Silhouettes of two people looking at an exhibition of artifacts about Virginia regional history](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2022-05-14_Grand-Reopening-66.jpg.webp?itok=ZPFPxjDd)
This signature exhibition provides an in-depth, multi-sensory journey through the five major regions of Virginia and...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Pace - Pyle: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
Exhibition
Partners in History
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![A photo of an exhibition with a painting and photographs on the gallery walls, and a marching band uniform in a display case](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Partners-in-History_0010.jpg.webp?itok=M51Ozemx)
In 2019, the VMHC and the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA) began a long-term partnership to...
Research Index
Peyton Family
Peyton family. Papers, 1760-1919. Section 35.Call Number Mss1 P4686 c 312-847 Index to Correspondence, 1824-1872,of Dr. Robert Eden Peyton (1804-1872)...
Time Period Chapter
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...
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...
Research Index
Preston Family
Preston Family Papers, 1773-1862. Section 14Correspondence, 1840-1862, of William Ballard Preston (1805-1862)Mss1 P9267 d 296-708 Index to...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Quarles - Quivers: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
Portrait Index - Individuals
Rachel - Ryland: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
Time Period Chapter
Racial Inequality
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Confederate defeat threatened to change white southern identity. Suddenly African Americans were free to determine the...
Time Period Chapter
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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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...
Research Index
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...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Sackille - Szymanski: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
Exhibition
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...
Research Index
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)...
Research Index
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...