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"That part of America, now called Virginia"
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"THAT PART OF AMERICA, NOW CALLED VIRGINIA" In 1590, John White's Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta was published. It is...
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A House Built of Virginia Stone
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A Landscape Saved: The Garden Club of Virginia at 100
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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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Advice and Etiquette Books
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A Book Every Body Should Possess. This simple statement highlights the importance placed on advice and etiquette books...
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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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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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Children's Manuscripts
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Prominent Virginians are well represented in the many manuscripts housed at the VMHC. However, documents by individuals...
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Clemenceau Givings Scrapbook (c. 1944)
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Colonial Cookbooks
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Colonial cookbooks contained more than just food recipes. They included home remedies for medical problems, as well as...
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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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Diaries
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Do you remember the first time you swam in the ocean? What about the first movie you watched? Moments like those and...
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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