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A Nation of Deadbeats: An Uncommon History of America's Financial Disasters
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On November 8, 2012, Scott Reynolds Nelson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "A Nation of Deadbeats: An Uncommon History of America's Financial...
A Saga of the New South: Race, Law, and Public Debt in Virginia
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On March 16, Brent Tarter delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “A Saga of the New South: Race, Law, and Public Debt in Virginia.”
A Saga of the New...
A. D. Price Funeral Establishment
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In this video, Lauranett Lee, former Curator of African American History, discusses the A. D. Price Funeral Establishment, one of the oldest African...
Agents of Change Traveling Exhibition
Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
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In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of “Aunt Jemima” and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found...
Breaking the Silence: League of Wives Panel Discussion
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The formation of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia is a national story with strong ties to Virginia...
Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington
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On May 12 at noon, Cokie Roberts delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington By Cokie Roberts."
Wi...
Christmas Cards
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Craddock-Terry Records Walk on Over to the Museum
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Curators at Home: Suffragist Images
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On May 15, 2020, VMHC Museum Collections Curator Dr. Karen A. Sherry presented, "Moral, Maternal, Mannish, & Monstrous: Suffragist Images, 1900-1920."...
Curators At Home: Virginia on Film
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On May 8, 2020, VMHC Sr. Director of Curatorial Affairs Andrew Talkov presented this program as part of our Curators At Home Series taped by...
Curators at Work: Conversation with Judd Proctor and Brian Burns
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In 2005, Richmond gay activist Judd Proctor and his partner (now husband) Brian Burns, began underwriting WRIR Richmond’s “This Way Out,” an award...
Curators At Work: New to the Collection
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Every year, the VMHC adds hundreds of items to its already vast collections. Some of these improve our understanding of Virginia’s history, while...
Curators at Work: These Things Can Be Done Film Discussion
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In August 2020, the U.S. celebrated the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. “These Things Can...
Determined Traveling Exhibition
Doing Their Bit: The Surprising Role of Virginians in the Great War
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On February 22, 2018, Lynn Rainville delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Doing Their Bit: The Surprising Role of Virginians in the Great War.”
In...
Farm to Easel: Queena Stovall’s Evolution as an Artist
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On June 14, 2018, Ellen Schall Agnew delivered a Banner Lecture, “Farm to Easel: Queena Stovall’s Evolution as an Artist.”
Self-taught Virginia...
From a Richmond Streetcar: Life through the Lens of Harris Stilson
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On July 10, 2014, Kitty Snow deliverered a Banner Lecture entitled "From a Richmond Streetcar: Life through the Lens of Harris Stilson."
Streetcar...
From Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: The Transformation of the South in the Twentieth Century By Paul A. Levengood
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At the dawn of the twentieth century, the South was by all measurements the poorest, most segregated region in the United States. One hundred years...
From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia
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On February 5, 2015, John O. Peters, author of "From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia," was interviewed by...