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A Beardless Boy of Seventeen Years

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Even before Aristophanes wrote of Lysistrata’s plan to end the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) by convincing the women...

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A Post-WWII Mother's Day Card

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On June 25, 1944, from an Army Air Force base in Cerignola, Italy, 2d Lt. Harold Leazer penned a letter to his mother in...

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A Spoon That Got Around...

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This silver serving spoon, labeled as “A Spoon That Got Around," was on view in The Story of Virginia exhibition in the...

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Advice and Etiquette Books

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Studying etiquette books offers researchers a glimpse of how people interacted and how they adapted to their changing...

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Alexander & Virginia Weddell: A Love Story

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Many years ago, a love story was ignited between the future residents of Virginia House, Alexander and Virginia Weddell.

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Birthday Songs for George Washington

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Though you might not expect it, 1932 was a big year for George Washington. It marked the 200th anniversary of Washington...

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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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Clarise Sears Ramsey

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Charlotte Clarise Sears Risley Harrold Ramsey (1867–1922), whose parents were Joseph Henry Risley and Mary Elizabeth...

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Colonial Cookbooks

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Food and dining were integral to social life in the eighteenth century, particularly among the upper class. The gentry...

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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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Diary of William Gwathmey, 1859

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On October 16, 1859, John Brown led eighteen followers in a raid on the federal arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry...

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Ellen Glasgow’s Broken Heart

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Valentine’s Day cards and the celebrations around the holiday began to escalate during the early twentieth century.

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Fore-edge Painting

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Rarely are books prized as objects of art; often the content of the text, or the plates accompanying the text, are...

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Glee Clubs

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The VMHC has several glee club items in its collection. The earliest item, an 1848 broadside entitled “Rally Whigs”...

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House Tour

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Learn more about Great Hall, Sulgrave Bedroom, Withdrawing Room, Dining Room, and Library at the historic Tudor-style...

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James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)

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With a coat of faded red paint and a crude hand-forged hasp to secure its lid, the simple pine chest – once used to...

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Jefferson’s Desk

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There are many reproductions of the desk on which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Some have even...

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Love and War

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Though it has torn many asunder, war has also brought people together.

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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia

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Richmond is now home to more than 100 outdoor murals, and this popular form of artwork reflects the city’s modernity and...

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On Dueling

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In the United States and elsewhere, traditional and patriarchal conceptions of honor prescribed that men could respond...