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A House Built of Virginia Stone
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A Life Rediscovered: The Story of Emily Winfree
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Abolitionist Pitcher
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Learn about how this pitcher based on Uncle Tom's Cabin was used as propoganda in the mid-1800s.
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Affidavit, 1693
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This affidavit, dated March 22, 1693, is from Warwick County (now Newport News), Virginia. It was submitted to Governor...
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Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735
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See a rare family tree, drawn by hand on canvas, tracing Arthur Ashe, Jr.’s family.
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Audubon's Viviparous Quadrapeds
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Following the success of his Birds of America, John James Audubon began to gather material for an equally ambitious...
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Booker T. Washington
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Learn about Booker T. Washington.
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Bookplates
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The use of bookplates is almost as old as printing itself. They were used to record ownership and to reassure the owner...
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Broadsides
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Broadsides, or broadsheets, are items printed on one side of a sheet of paper and generally posted or distributed as...
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Brochure, Remember May 17th
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Learn the importance of May 17th in history.
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Changing the Commonwealth with Crayons
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Clemenceau Givings Scrapbook (c. 1944)
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College Football
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Learn more about Virginians' long-standing love affair with football.
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Colored Knights of Pythias Helmet (c. 1890)
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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 Love Poems
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Confederate Love Poems
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Connecticut sculpture
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Records of the Best Products Company provide interesting insights into the history of this iconic sculpture.
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Duke Ellington at the Mosque
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Late in his career, jazz great Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington composed three "Sacred Concerts," longer works made up of...
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Education in Virginia
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Possum Hollow Schoolhouse, Floyd County, 1910
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Elizabeth Keckley
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Born a slave in Dinwiddie County, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818–1907) purchased her freedom in 1855 and supported...