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Research Guide
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...
Research Guide
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...
Exhibition
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...
Exhibition
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...
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
Research Guide
Quesenberry - Rutherfoord
Quesenberry family papers, 1827–1913. 209 items. Mss1Q375a. Microfilm reel C578.These papers mainly consist of financial and legal records of the...
Research Guide
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...
Research Guide
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...
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
Article Set - Chapter
Raid, Incarceration, and Execution
Although John Brown and his followers easily captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia
Article Set - Chapter
Reconciliation
After Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant was the savior of the United States, while Robert E. Lee was the greatest hero of the Lost
Article Set - Chapter
Rising Black Consciousness
Part of the reasoning cited in the Brown decision was that discrimination greatly diminished Black pupils' self-esteem. As
Article Set - Chapter
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
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
Article Set - Chapter
School Busing
Because Black and white Virginians generally lived in segregated neighborhoods in the mid-twentieth century, race-neutral
Portrait Index - Groups
St. Andrew's - Universal: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
Research Guide
St. James Church – Sutherland, Prudence M.
St. James Church, Records, 1814–1959. 452 items. Mss3Sa235a. The records of St. James (Protestant Episcopal) Church in Richmond include parish...
Research Guide
St. Luke's Church - Sydnor
St. Luke's Church, Powhatan County, records, 18421936. 45 items. Mss3Sa242a.Among the records of this Protestant Episcopal church in Powhatan County...
Research Guide
St. Paul's Church - Sydnor, William Barrett
St. Paul’s Church (Protestant Episcopal), Richmond, Vestry Book, 1855–1870. 2 volumes. Mss3SA245a. Microfilm reel B58.This collection consists of...
Article Set - Chapter
Surviving War – The Home Front
The prospect of life under United States military occupation caused some Virginians in the path of early U.S. advances to