SELECTED ACCESSIONS · SELECTED ACCESSIONS Manuscripts 1. Papers, ... 1722–1990, of the Louthan family (of Caroline County) including Carter M. Louthan (concerning his serv-

VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2010

SELECTED ACCESSIONS

Manuscripts

1. Papers, c. 1680–1948, compiled by Herbert Lawrence Ganter for a projected biography of Scottish educator and physician William Small, one of Thomas Jefferson's teachers at the College of William and Mary, including corre-spondence and extensive research files. 77 folders. Gift of the estate of Donald Haynes through the courtesy of Gerald Griffin, executor.

2. Papers, 1708–1919, compiled by Judge Leon Maurice Bazile concerning Hanover County people and places. 151 items. Gift of Mrs. John Edward Miller through the courtesy of Mrs. Renee H. Holmes.

3. Papers, 1722–1990, of the Louthan family (of Caroline County) including Carter M. Louthan (concerning his serv-ice in the Confederate army and his postwar work as a civil servant in Virginia), his son Henry Thompson Louthan (concerning his career as a Baptist minister and his career in education, particularly on the faculty at the College of William and Mary and Staunton Military Academy), Henry's wife, Elizabeth Rowland (Hurt) Louthan, and his daughter Mary Tyler Louthan (chiefly concerning her work as a genealogist). Also included are significant correspon-dence and financial papers of members of the related Brown, Hurt, Morgan, Seay, Thomas, and Tyler families. 14,522 items. Gift of Mary Tyler Louthan, Thomas Carter Louthan, and Paige Gillette Louthan.

4. Papers, 1776–1906, of the Moody family (of Hanover County) including business and financial records of cooper and farmer Samuel Moody, his sons Samuel Mills Moody, John Mills Moody, and Thomas P. Moody, and grandson John Wesley Moody. 156 items. Gift of Mrs. John Edward Miller through the courtesy of Mrs. Renee H. Holmes.

5. Papers, 1787–1953, of the Bruce family (of Berry Hill, Halifax County) including correspondence, accounts, land records, and related materials of James Coles Bruce, Alexander Bruce, Mary Evelyn (Anderson) Bruce, Walter Coles Bruce, Malcolm G. Bruce, and Ellen Douglas (Bruce) Crane. 1,715 items. Gift of Ellen Douglas Bruce Crane Fisher.

6. Papers, 1788–1967, of Patrick Crawford Hoy (of Petersburg) concerning his Civil War service in the Bradford Battery, Confederate Guards Artillery, including postwar letters and a memoir written in 1903; also, include corre-spondence of Elizabeth (Randolph) Meade and her granddaughter Elizabeth Randolph (Meade) Callender. 110 items. Gift of Charlotte Beverly Hoy Howaith.

7. Papers, 1799–2000, of the Guy family (of Goochland County and Richmond), including correspondence, financial records, legal materials, genealogical notes and charts, and related items of civil engineer Briscoe Baldwin Guy, attor-neys Jackson Guy, John Henry Guy (1831–1890), and John Henry Guy (1878–1953), United States Army Air Corps pilot Robert Lancaster Guy, Mary Ellen (Ranson) Guy, Anne Wyatt Guy, and other members of the Guy and related Carrington, Lancaster, and Ranson families. 1,855 items. Gift of the late Briscoe B. Guy.

8. Order, 1801 April 7, of the Court of Frederick County, Md., to seize William Halsey to answer a charge filed by Christena Holtzman of Virginia. 1 p.: printed form with handwritten completions; 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. Gift of David Howell.

9. Commission, 1826 June 1, issued by the state of Maryland to James McIlhaney (of Loudoun County) to examine evidence in the case of Edward Hughes and Ephraim Etcherson v. James Hook in the Court of Frederick County. 1p.: printed form with handwritten completions; 8 x 13 1/4 in. Gift of David Howell.

10. Papers, 1826–1902 of the Butler family (of Hanover County) including business and farming records of Isaac Butler, Leland Wesley Butler, and Frederick A. Butler, and including information on the Hanover Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Virginia. 91 items. Gift of Mrs. John Edward Miller through the courtesy of Mrs. Renee H. Holmes.

11. Papers, 1835–1953, of the Sheppard family (of Hanover, Henrico, and Rockingham counties and Richmond) including papers of the related Empie, Potts, and Lurty families. Major figures in the collection include Dr. James Sheppard (concerning his management of plantations in Arkansas and Mississippi), his daughter Isabelle (Sheppard)

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Potts, her sister Annie Empie (Sheppard) Lurty, Annie's husband, Capt. Warren Seymour Lurty (concerning his serv-ice during the Civil War and his postwar management of farms in Rockingham County), and Isabelle's son James Sheppard Potts. 278 folders. Gift of Crawley F. Joyner III.

12. Papers, c. 1836–80, of the Irby family (of Nottoway County, Va., and Panola County, Miss.) primarily concerning Freeman Buckner Irby (plantation owner, businessman, and politician) and his wife, Maria Louisa (Bacon) Irby. 39 items. Gift of Joseph M. Irby II.

13. Papers, 1850–83, of Dr. Meriwether Lewis (of Lancaster County) concerning his work as a physician, his service in the 9th Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate States Army, his postwar career in the Virginia Senate, and his post as superintendant of Lancaster County schools. 45 items. Gift of Patricia Lewis Perkins.

14. Record book, 1865–77, of the James River Packet Company, Richmond, containing information about horses acquired and used to pull packet boats. The volume was later used by Walter S. Edmonds to manage his horse breed-ing and trading business. [62] leaves. Bound volume. Purchased through the Douglas Huntly Gordon Fund.

15. Papers, 1867–1953, of Robert Sheffey Preston (physician of Richmond and in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I) chiefly concerning his professional career and including diaries, correspondence, financial records, professional materials, student notebooks, and related items. Also include some correspondence, accounts, and professional papers of his father, Dr. Robert John Preston (of Washington County). 103 folders. Gift of Mrs. Robert S. Preston, Jr.

16. Payroll book, 1870–72, of the Richmond Department of Public Works, showing wages paid to white and African American employees and work assigned, including sanitation and street repairs and maintenance. [100] leaves: handwritten; 18 x 11 in. Bound volume. Gift of Justin Shaw.

17. Scrapbook, c. 1871–80, kept by Sarah C. Harris Agee (of Bedford County) containing poetry, song lyrics, and print-ed articles, as well as examples of paper weaving and cross stitch. [32] l.: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Bound volume. Gift of James Burch.

18. Papers, 1874–1938, of Elisabeth Mayo (Strother) Scott (of Richmond) consisting chiefly of letters, 1889–93, concerning her courtship with Frederic William Scott. 298 items. Gift of Mary Ross Fisher.

19. Papers, 1882–1954, of the Barefoot family (farmers of King and Queen County), including records of William Thomas Barefoot (especially concerning the sawmill operations of W. T. Barefoot & Son), his son John Thomas Barefoot (including records of Smyrna Christian Church kept as treasurer), and John’s son, J. T. (graduate of Bliss Electrical School, Washington, D.C.). 431 items. Gift of Gwynn Barefoot Raper Litchfield.

20. Papers, c. 1883–99, of German American music teacher, conductor, and composer Louis Schehlmann (of Lynchburg) including a scrapbook concerning performances and related matters, a commonplace book, and a music book of the Lynchburg Mozart Association. 4 items. Purchased.

21. Records, 1885–1938, of the Richmond Cedar Works, including a certificate of incorporation of Timber Products Corporation of Richmond, map of the Richmond Cedar Works holdings in Tyrrell and Hyde counties, N.C., an abstract of title to property of the Richmond Cedar Works in 1925, and a bound copy of documents pertaining to the reorganization of the company under Section 77B of the United States Bankruptcy Act (with an amended plan of reorganization). 5 items. Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Parrish.

22. Papers, 1894–1939, of the Mahone family (of Nelson County) including the correspondence of three generations of women: Maria Massie Nelson with her former student and future husband, Robert Alexander Malone; their daugh-ter Evelyn Harrison (Malone) Gantt, and her daughter Susan Virginia Gantt. 14 items. Gift of Leroy Anderson Keller, Jr.

23. Records, 1895–1943, of B. A. Grasberger & Co., Richmond, concerning the production, sale, and distribution of paper and wood products, especially for the confectionary trade. Include general correspondence, financial mate-rials, production documentation, orders and shipping records, and related materials. 57 folders. Gift of Mary Lee Grasberger.

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24. Papers, 1898–1988, of the Gray family (of Lawrenceville, Richmond, and West Point) including correspondence, accounts, scrapbook, writings, and related materials of Episcopal minister Arthur Powell Gray (1883–1938) and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart (Derby) Gray, and their descendants, including Elizabeth Stuart Gray (secretary of the Chesapeake Corporation for twenty years) and Arthur Powell Gray IV (1946–1970), killed in Vietnam. These papers primarily concern daily life and activities, family information, and the Reverend Mr. Gray's work as a parish priest and author of various articles and book reviews. 162 folders. Gift of Elizabeth Stuart Gray.

25. Papers, 1899–1995, compiled by J. Earle Dunford (of Richmond) concerning his book, The Richmond Times Dispatch: The Story of a Newspaper (1995). Include book drafts, research files, and transcripts of interviews with newspaper employees. 108 folders. Gift of J. Earle Dunford.

26. Papers, 1900–27, of King Albert Hagey (educator of Washington County), including diplomas awarded by King College (Bristol, Tenn.) and Austin College (Sherman, Tex.). 3 items. Gift of the estate of William Anderson Hagey.

27. Papers, c. 1904–36, concerning the family of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher (Keene) Langhorne(of Albemarle County), including correspondence of Chiswell Langhorne and most of his children, including the eldest daughter, Elizabeth Dabney (Langhorne) Perkins, her daughter Nancy Keene (Perkins) Field Tree Lancaster, and her three husbands: Henry Field, Ronald Lambert Field Tree, and Claude Granville Lancaster. 569 items. Gift of Nancy Perkins Field Tree Lancaster.

28. Papers, 1905–87, of Virginia governor Elbert Lee Trinkle (of Wytheville) primarily concerning Virginia during Trinkle's term and his post-government career in the insurance business in Roanoke. Include correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings and related materials. 518 folders. Gift of Will Trinkle.

29. Records, 1907–2003, of the Lane Company of Altavista concerning the daily operations of the furniture manufac-turing firm and including financial records, board of directors and administrative papers, plant records, legal files, advertising materials, historical materials, Lane Foundation records, Lane family papers, personal papers of B. B. Lane, records compiled by corporate officer R. Stuart Moore, and records of the acquisition and operation of several subsidiaries. 264 linear feet. Gift the Lane family and the Lane Company, Inc., through the courtesy of Minnie Bassett Lane, Landon B. Lane, Jr., Mrs. Edward Hudson Lane, Jr., and Furniture Brands International of St. Louis, Mo.

30. Records, 1910–17, of the Richmond, Washington & Chesapeake Railway Company concerning the company's incorporation in 1912 and railroad construction in Virginia. 31 folders. Gift of Mrs. Channing Ward.

31. Papers, 1914–77, of Harold Warren Billings (of Richmond) concern his lengthy career as an artist, draftsman, and interior decorator and designer. Itemsinclude drawings, sketches, plans and specifications, and photographs detailing his work, with special emphasis on murals he painted in banks throughout Virginia. 586 items. Gift of Warren M. Billings.

32. Papers, 1920–98, of Richmond architect Edward F. Sinnott, Jr., consisting largely of project files and drawings, plans, and specifications for residential and commercial commissions undertaken by the firm operated by Mr. Sinnott and his father. c. 125 linear feet. Gift of Edward F. Sinnott, Jr.

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33. Papers, 1921–2005, of Saul Viener (Charles Town, W.Va., native and Richmond manufacturer) concerning his career in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II, his postwar education, and his involvement with various state and national Jewish organizations and historical societies. 170 folders. Gift of Saul Viener.

34. Title books, 1924–41, compiled by Eldred Raleigh Phillips (real estate attorney of Richmond) primarily as an examining attorney for Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, regarding applications for title guaranty insurance and tracing the rise of housing developments and planned communities in the Richmond metropolitan area. 5 volumes. Gift of Dr. W. Hamilton Bryson.

35. Papers, 1929–95, of Gov. A. Linwood Holton (native of Big Stone Gap) primarily concerning his service as an officer in the United States Navy and in the Naval Reserve, his work for the campaign of Richard Nixon for U.S. president in 1968, and his own unsuccessful candidacy for U.S. Senate in 1978. Also, includes papers concerning his work with the National Center for State Courts and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 629 folders. Gift of A. Linwood Holton.

36. Diary, 1933 July 14–September 1, of Bradford Jacob Wasserman (of Richmond) kept while traveling to and from and while attending the Fourth World Jamboree of Boy Scouts in Godollo, Hungary. With enclosures [visiting cards, articles, photocopies of photographs] and a typed transcription. c. 250 pp.: holograph; 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. Bound volume. Gift of Brian M. Wasserman through the courtesy of Sue Wasserman and in memory of Bradford J. Wasserman.

37. Scrapbook, 1933–40, compiled by an unidentified young woman primarily concerning Thomas Jefferson High School, Richmond, and the members of its class of 1933. [56] leaves: newspaper clippings; 15 x 10 3/4 in. Bound volume. Gift of Gwynn R. Litchfield.

38. Papers, 1949–78, of Aubrey Russell Bowles (attorney of Richmond) primarily concerning his work with the Judicial Council of Virginia, including correspondence, reports, compiled materials concerning professional organizations, and related materials. 155 folders. Gift of A. R. Bowles III and A. R. Bowles IV.

39. Now this . . . WJMA Radio’s Early Years, 1949–84 (videorecording, 2010). 2 videodiscs. The station broadcast from Orange. Gift of Ross Hunter.

40. Sheltering Arms Fashion Show 1986, sponsored by Thalhimer Bros., Inc., Richmond. (videorecording). 1 cassette. Gift of Debra Pickrel.

41. Records, 1988–91, compiled by Edward R. Crews concerning the sale of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Corporation to CSX. 9 items. Gift of Edward R. Crews.

42. Index, 2007 April, of Jewish interments in the U.S. Naval Hospital Cemetery (Captain Ted Conoway Memorial Naval Cemetery), Portsmouth, compiled by Samuel Werth. Accompanied by a map of the U.S. Naval Hospital Cemetery drawn by Samuel Werth. 2 items. Gift of Samuel Werth.

43. Index, c. 2007, of Jewish interments in Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery, Richmond, compiled by Samuel Werth. Accompanied by a map of Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery (part of Forest Hill Cemetery) drawn by Samuel Werth with the aid of Mrs. Inge W. Horowitz. 2 items. Gift of Samuel Werth.

Printed Materials

1. Acts of Incorporation and Rules and Regulation for the Government of Hall’s Free School in the County of Hanover. Richmond, 1881. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

2. Armitage, Kevin C. The Nature Study Movement: The Forgotten Popularizer of America’s Conservation Ethic. Lawrence, Kans., 2009. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund.


3. Bazile, Leon Maurice. Hanover County Police Benevolent Association. Hanover, 1957. Contains a history of Hanover County sheriffs, as well as photos of Hanover County employees and historic buildings. Gift of Dr. W. Hamilton Bryson.

4. Bells for Peace, Inc. Bells for Peace to Honor the Past . . . And to Assure the Future: Inaugural Program. Richmond, 2006. This bell tower was designed for the 1939 World’s Fair and relocated to Virginia Union University. Gift of Dr. Lauranett L. Lee.

5. Bernath, Michael T. Confederate Minds: The Struggle for Intellectual Independence in the Civil War South. Chapel Hill, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

6. Boles, John B. and Randal L. Hall. Seeing Jefferson Anew: In His Time and Ours. Charlottesville, 2010. Purchasedthrough the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund.

7. Boston, Michael B. The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington. Gainesville, 2010. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.

8. Bowman, Shearer Davis. At the Precipice: Americans North and South during the Secession Crisis. Chapel Hill, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

9. Bruner, George A. Celebrating the Byrd Theater: Incredible History, Exciting Future, Byrd Theatre, 1928. Manakin-Sabot, 2008. Gift of the author, who inscribed the title page.

10. Butchart, Ronald E. Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom, 1861–1876. Chapel Hill, 2010. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

11. Casey, James W. Jackson Light Infantry Two-Step March. Norfolk, Va., 1897. Sheet music. Gift of William W. Cole.

12. Clark, John. The Ebenezer Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Philadelphia, 1859. This small Primitive Baptist hymnal was compiled by “John Clark, of Virginia” and contains hundreds of English hymns printed without music. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

13. Cohan, George M. I Was Born in Virginia, Collector Edition. New York, 1933. Sheet music. Gift of William W. Cole.

14. Cooper, John Milton and Thomas J. Knock. Jefferson, Lincoln, and Wilson: The American Dilemma of Race and Democracy. Charlottesville, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

15. Corcoran, Rob. Trustbuilding: An Honest Conversation on Race, Reconciliation, and Responsibility. Charlottesville, 2010. With a foreword by Tim Kaine. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

16. Crofts, Daniel. A Secession Crisis Enigma: William Henry Hurlbert and “The Diary of a Public Man.” Baton Rouge, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

17. Davis, Gussie L. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight. New York, 1898. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole.

18. Doumlele, Ruth. The Randolph Women and Their Men. Bothwell, Wa., 2010. Gift of the author.

19. Drew, Mary E. C. Divine Will, Restless Heart: The Life and Works of Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood, 1863–1912. n.p., 2010. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund.

20. Dugard, Martin. The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846–1848. New York, 2008. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.

21. Equal Suffrage: Address from the Colored Citizens of Norfolk, Va., to the People of the United States, also an Account of the Agitation Among the Colored People of Virginia for Equal Rights. New Bedford, Mass., 1865. Dr. Thomas Bayne and seven other African Americans signed this address “on behalf of the colored citizens of Norfolk and vicinity.” Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Fund.


22. Five Decades: John Biggers and the Hampton Art Tradition. Hampton, 1990. Purchased through the Donald Haynes Fund.

23. Foundation for Historic Christ Church. The Executors’ Letters of Robert Carter of Corotoman, 1732–1738. Irvington, 2010. Gift of the Foundation for Historic Christ Church.

24. Frederick, Francis. Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky: A Narrative by Francis Fredrick, Escaped Slave. Baton Rouge, 2010. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Fund.

25. Gaston, Paul M. Coming of Age in Utopia: The Odyssey of an Idea. Montgomery, 2010. Includes a history of race rela-tions and the civil rights movement in Charlottesville. Purchased through the Donald Haynes Fund.

26. Gibson, Charles Dana. Drawings. New York, 1894. This folio volume contains primarily caricatures and bears the calling card of Mrs. Joseph Bryan III. Gift of Mrs. Joseph Bryan III.

27. Gibson, Langhorne. For the Love of Greenwood. Richmond, 2009. Concerns the Albemarle County home of the Langhorne family. Gift of Langhorne Gibson.

28. Gill, Tiffany M. Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry. Urbana, Ill., 2010.Purchased through the Donald Haynes Fund.

29. Haile, Edward Wright. John Smith in the Chesapeake. Champlain, Va., 2008. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund.

30. Hailman, John R. Thomas Jefferson on Wine. Jackson, Miss., 2009. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund.

31. Hayden, William. The National Whig Song. Boston, 1840. Sheet music. Campaign song of William Henry Harrison’s 1840 presidential campaign. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

32. Height, Dorothy I. Living with Purpose: An Activist’s Guide to Listening, Learning, and Leading. Washington, D.C., 2010. Written by a civil rights advocate who was born in Richmond. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Fund.

33. Jackson, Ethel Cooper. This is My Husband: Fighter for His People, Political Refugee. New York, [1953]. An appeal on behalf of James Jackson, an African American Communist Party leader, born and raised in Virginia. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund.

34. Jamestown Official Photograph Corporation. Scenes at the Jamestown Exposition With Historic Sites in Old Virginia. New York, 1907. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.

35. Johnson, Jesse J. Black Armed Forces Officers, 1736–1971. Hampton, 1971. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

36. Kapsch, Robert J. The Potomac Canal: George Washington and the Waterway West. Morgantown, W.Va., 2007. Purchased through the John A. C. Keith Memorial Fund.

37. Kelley, Blair Murphy. Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v.Ferguson. Chapel Hill, 2010. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

Political campaign song, c. 1840, by William Hayden,entitled “The National Whig Song” (Sheet Music)


38. Lambert, David E. The Protestant International and Huguenot Migration to Virginia. New York, 2010. Gift of Susan Riggs.

39. Lancaster, Arthur J. Portsmouth Official Song: Portsmouth, Virginia Bicentennial, 1752–1952. Portsmouth, 1952. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole.

40. Legendre, Adrien Marie. Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry. New York, 1851. This nineteenth-century geome-try textbook was used in McCabe’s University School, Petersburg, and was signed by Joseph Schoolfield Potts on October 5, 1867. Gift of Crawley F. Joyner, III.

41. Lewis, Felice Flanery. Trailing Clouds of Glory: Zachary Taylor’s Mexican War Campaign and His Emerging Civil War Leaders. Tuscaloosa, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

42. Lindsey, Stuart F. To Republican Voters of the 9th Congressional Dist. of Va. Bristol, Va., 1902. Broadside. Purchasedthrough the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

43. Living the Dream, 32nd Anniversary Celebration, 24th Annual National King Holiday. Richmond, 2010. Booklet from the annual community breakfast held in Richmond that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Gift of Dr. Lauranett L. Lee.

44. Macomb, Montgomery Meigs. The Necessity in the War Department in Regard to the Collection of Military Statistics and the Construction of a General Military Atlas of the United States. Fort Monroe, 1886. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

45. Madan, Martin. Juvenal and Persius: Literally Translated, with Copious Explantatory Notes, by Which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader. Oxford, 1839. Bears the ownership signature of Richard Lancelot Maury and the ownership stamp of Herndon Maury Gatewood. Gift of Hunter F. Avery.

46. Majewski, John D. Modernizing a Slave Economy: The Economic Vision of the Confederate Nation. Chapel Hill, N.C., 2009. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

47. McAndrews and Aymar’s Ethiopian and Comic Songster Comprising the Most Popular Melodies of the Day. Chicago, 1865. J. W. McAndrews was a popular blackface minstrel born in Richmond. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

48. McClure, Phyllis. Jeanes Teachers: A View into Black Education in the Jim Crow South. Charleston, S.C., 2009. Giftof the author.

49. Mercantile Agency Reference Book (And Key): Containing Ratings of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Traders Generally Throughout the Southern States. New York, 1922. Gift of David H. Smith.

50. Morgan, Ken. Diamond Reflections: A History of the First 75 Years of the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads, 1935–2010. Oilville, 2010. Gift of the author.

51. Morsman, Amy Feely. The Big House After Slavery: Virginia Plantation Families and Their Postbellum Domestic Experiment. Charlottesville, 2010. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund.

52. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association: 150 Years of Restoring George Washington’s Home. Mount Vernon, 2010. Purchased through the John and Diana Dudley Memorial Fund.

53. The Ninth U.S. Infantry in the World War. Germany, 1919. Owned by Archibald Gerald Robertson of Richmond, a member of the 9th U.S. Infantry. Gift of Mrs. Joseph R. Newell, Jr.

54. Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Norfolk and Western Railway Equipment Trust, Series E: Agreement Between Virginia Company and Commercial Trust Company and Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Norfolk, 1905. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.

55. Norman, Worth Earlwood. James Solomon Russell: Educator, Archdeacon, and Saint of Southern Virginia. n.p., 2010. Gift of the author.


56. Norris, James E. C. Fight on My Soul: A Biography. Pella, Iowa, 2009. A biography of African American physician Morgan E. Norris of Lancaster County. Gift of the author.

57. Ossman, Laurie. Great Houses of the South. New York, 2010. Purchased through the John and Diana Dudley Memorial Fund.

58. Pargas, Damian Alan. The Quarters and the Fields: Slave Families in the Non-Cotton South. Gainesville, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

59. Payne, Lillian Harris. May Queen: Carnival Extravaganza. Richmond, 1926. A second edition printing of an American children’s May Day play bears the ownership signature of Mrs. C. C. Woolridge. Purchased through the Donald Haynes Fund.

60. The Pentagon: Hub of National Defense. Arlington, 1950. Gift of Clay Pytlik.

61. Pflugard-Jackish, Ami. Brothers of a Vow: Secret Fraternal Orders and the Transformation of White Male Culture in Antebellum Virginia. Athens, Ga., 2010. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.

62. The Political Text Book for Reference: Containing a Complete Statement of the Votes Thrown for William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren at the Presidential Election in 1840. Boston, 1844. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

63. Rable, George C. God’s Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War. Chapel Hill, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

64. Rakove, Jack N. Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America. Boston, 2010. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund.

65. Ray, Joseph. Primary Lessons and Tables in Arithmetic for Young Learners. Cincinnati, 1857. Bears the name of Nannie S. Boyd of Winchester. Gift of Carol Robert Armstrong and Dr. Frank C. Robert in memory of Joseph Clarke Robert, president of the Virginia Historical Society, 1975–78.

66. Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Rules for the Government of the Operating Department. Richmond, 1955. This copy of railroad safety regulations is marked “Defendant’s Exhibit no. 33” and “Defendant’s Exhibit B, 6/1/76, 76L61.” Gift of Charles A. Hartz.

67. Roche, T. F. Songs Written By Capt. T. F. Roche, C.S.A., Prisoner of War at Fort Delaware, 1865: Sung by the Fort Delaware Minstrel Troop Organized by the Confederate Officers to Aid Sick Comrades in Hospital. Winchester, 19–? This collection of minstrel music bears the signature of J. Ogden Murray, Charlestown, Jefferson County, W.Va., on the front cover. Gift of Hunter F. Avery.

68. Rockingham County. Board of Editors. The Public Schools of Rockingham County, Virginia: An Educational Report and History of Schools in the County. Harrisonburg, 1914. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.

69. Ruffin, Bernard. Norfolk, Virginia, Registry of Free Negroes, 1835–1861. Westminster, Md., 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Fazel Fund.

70. Rushworth, John. Historical Collections of Private Passages of State . . . and Historical Collections the Second Part. London, 1680 and 1682. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund.

71. Salander, Gustav Adolf. Vom Werden der Menschenrechte. Leipzig, 1926. A German account of modern constitu-tional history, which includes information on the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Gift of W. Hamilton Bryson.

72. Sanford, Ezekiel. A History of the United States Before the Revolution: With Some Account of the Aborigines. Philadelphia, 1819. First edition, first state. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund.

73. Schmidt, Ferdinand. Georg Washington. Leipzig, 1890(?). A juvenile biography of Washington written in German. It was later translated into English. Gift of W. Hamilton Bryson.

74. Schreiner, Ray. Big Business in Richmond: The Wards Store Story. Richmond, 2010. Gift of the author.


75. The Second Recital of the Organetta Club will be Given by Request at the Augusta M.E. Church. Staunton, 1897? Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

76. Shattuck, Gardiner H. Episcopalians and Race: Civil War to Civil Rights. Lexington, Ky., 2000. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

77. Sheehan, Colleen A. James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government. New York, 2009. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund.

78. Shenandoah College, Reliance, Virginia, a Classical and Commercial College and School of Music. Reliance, c. 1920. An illustrated broadside advertisement for the school that became the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.

79. Shields, David S. Material Culture in Anglo-America: Regional Identity and Urbanity in the Tidewater, Lowcountry and Caribbean. Columbia, S.C., 2009. Purchased through the John and Diana Dudley Memorial Fund.

80. Stowe, Harriet Beecher. The Edmundson Family and the Capture of the Schooner Pearl. Cincinnati, 1856? Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Fund.

81. Swanson, James L. Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse. New York, 2010. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

82. Thompson, Randall. The Testament of Freedom: A Setting of Four Passages from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson, for Men’s Voices with Piano or Orchestral Accompaniment. Boston, 1944. Sheet music. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund.

83. Tiedemann, Joseph S. The Other Loyalists: Ordinary People, Royalism, and the Revolution in the Middle Colonies. Albany, 2009. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund.

84. Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, Md., 2009. A description of African American heritage and life in Harrisonburg, Va. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.

85. Tongiorgi Tomasi, Lucia. An Oak Spring Herbaria: Herbs and Herbals from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries. Upperville, 2009. Purchased through the John and Diana Dudley Memorial Fund.

86. United States. Commission on Training Camp Activities. Army Song Book. Washington, D.C., 1918. Gift of Ben and Maureen Field.

87. United States. President. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Twelfth Congress. Washington, D.C., 1811. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund.

88. United States. War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a System of Field Service and Police, And a System of Martial Law, for the Government of the Army of the United States. Washington, D.C., 1820. Purchasedthrough the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

89. Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts. Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, Showing the Aggregate Number of Persons Returned Delinquent by the Sheriffs of the Commonwealth. Richmond, 1861. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.

90. Waterbury, Jared Bell. Southern Planters and the Freedmen. New York, c. 1869. Examines the changes in southern society during Reconstruction. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.

91. Watlington, James E. James E. Watlington, Jr., U.S. Army Air Corps, 1943–1945. Gift of Austin Brockenbrough III.

92. Watterson, George. Letters from Washington, on the Constitution and Laws: With Sketches of Some of the Prominent Public Characters of the United States. Washington, D.C., 1818. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund.


93. Wilson, Kathleen Curtis. Textile Art from Southern Appalachia: The Quiet Work of Women. Johnson City, Tenn., 2001. Contains seventeen biographical sketches of weavers and textile artists from Southwest Virginia. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

Museum Objects

1. Walking stick with carved image of an enslaved African American man (detail shown at right) advertising the services of Brooke & Hubbard Auction House in Richmond, Virginia, c. 1823. Gift of Gary S. Johnson, Sr., and Kristina E. Johnson; purchased through the William Anderson Hagey, Douglas H. Gordon, Betty Sams Christian, and Lucy G. Crockin Funds. (accession no. 2010.86)

2. E. Baker Premium Bitters Pottery Jug, 1832. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia Decorative Arts Purchase Fund.

3. American coin silver cream jug and covered sugar bowl attributed to Benjamin Barton II of Alexandria, c. 1840. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia Decorative Arts Purchase Fund.

4. Mezzotint engraving of George Washington by Alexander Hay Ritchie after Peter Frederick Rothermel, published by William Pate, New York, c. 1852. Gift of the Pendleton family in mem-ory of Parke Douglas Pendleton.

5. Oil on canvas portrait of Dr. William Montgomery Ballow by Charles Wesley Jarvis, 1855; Dr. Ballow’s diploma from the Jefferson Medical School, Philadelphia, 1853. Dr. Ballow was a native of Buckingham County. Gift of the Winn Family of Virginia.

6. Oil on canvas portrait of John Young Mason (1799–1859) by John Robertson, c. 1857. Bequest of Nancy Read Schaefer.

7. Daguerreotype of Captain Melville Vaiden on a horse, c. 1858. Gift in memory of John Melville Jennings by George Edward Meanley.

8. Carte-de-visite photographs of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and a carte-de-visite size lithograph of Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, c. 1860–70. Gift of Gerald Eggert.

9. Death mask of President John Tyler (1790–1862), molded in Richmond a day or so after his death at the Exchange Hotel; death mask of David Gardiner (1784–1844), father of Julia Gardiner Tyler, who was killed in the explosion aboard the USS Princeton on the Potomac River in 1844; tortoise shell walking cane inscribed to President John Tyler; photographs of the Tyler family. Gift of the Honorable Madison E. Marye.

10. Photographs showing views of Richmond from the top of the Valentine’s Meat Juice Works and an image of a bull from Valentine’s, c. 1880–1900. Gift of James Joseph Basl in mem-ory of Owen Valentine.

11. Tobacco advertising cards from Allen & Ginter, The American Tobacco Company, Richmond, c. 1890s. Gift of the Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives, Washington, D.C.

12. Desk believed to have been used in the Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond, 19th century. Gift of Joseph J. Basilone, Jr., in memory of Warwick Chevallie Thomas.

13. Photographic print of the center of Bowling Green, Caroline County, c. 1900, before the fire of 1905. Gift of Deborah Worthington Dorsey, New York.


14. Photographic print of the USS Alabama, 15 September 1901, in Hampton Roads with flag at half mast honoring President William McKinley. Gift of Frances Boush Johnson and Dorothy Temple Johnson.

15. Banner of Shenandoah Valley Military Academy, Winchester, c. 1918. Gift of the family of Joseph M. Pope.

16. Plaster bust of Maggie Lena Walker (1865–1934), c. 1934. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund.

17. Photograph of Ambassador Alexander W. Weddell inscribed to neighbors in Windsor Farms from Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1937. Gift of Dr. Carl Outen.

18. Sign from the Mennonite Church African American Mission, Harrisonburg, c. 1940. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.

19. Wool cape worn by Martha Louise Foster Walsh (1921–2003) as a nursing graduate and staff member of Riverside Hospital, Newport News, c. 1944. Gift in honor of Martha Louise Foster Walsh by her children.

20. “Sailor Bob” photographs, coloring books, costumes, original drawings, props, and other items from the children’s television program broadcast from Richmond in the 1950s and 1960s. Gift of Thomas Edward Griggs in honor of his father, Robert T. Griggs.

21. Memorabilia from the Barry Goldwater presidential campaign, 1964. Gift of Sue Robinson.

22. Program from the Bal du Bois held at the Country Club of Virginia, 14 June 1965, various invitations to debutante parties, and color photographs by J. Etheridge Ward of a dinner held during the 1965 season. Gift of Susan B. Strange.

23. Panorama photograph of Douglas Southall Freeman High School, Class of 1975. Gift of Clay Pytlik.

24. Pin owned by Mary (Dandridge) Langborne, aunt of Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington; cabinet card photo-graph of Kate Compton Dunlop (wife of tobacco manufacturer Daniel Dunlop) by C. R. Rees, Petersburg; eleven photographic prints: five images believed to be of the construction of the Panama Canal, another four also probably from Panama, and two photographs of children. Gift of Page Laubach Warden.

25. Cabinet card photograph, John B. Cary & Son, Insurance, 1201 Main Street, Richmond. Gift of an anonymous donor.

26. Oil on canvas portrait of David Norvell Walker (1833–1902), Confederate veteran and postwar insurance broker in Richmond. Gift of David N. W. Grant III.

GOVERNANCE

Officers

Chairman of the BoardW. Taylor Reveley III, Richmond

Vice ChairmanThomas G. Slater, Jr., Richmond

President and Chief Executive OfficerPaul A. Levengood

Board of Trustees

George F. Albright, Jr., ArlingtonEdward L. Ayers, RichmondPaul Brandon Barringer II, CharlottesvilleJ. Stewart Bryan III, RichmondHarry F. Byrd III, BerryvilleBeverley E. Dalton, AltavistaHon. Roger L. Gregory, RichmondConrad M. Hall, NorfolkH. Hiter Harris III, RichmondJames W. Hazel, OaktonMary Duke Trent Jones, Abingdon

President’s Council

Samuel D. Barham III, RichmondFitzGerald Bemiss, RichmondB. Noland Carter II, RichmondMary Rutherfoord Ferguson, RichmondAllen Mead Ferguson, RichmondBruce B. Gray, WaverlyVernard W. Henley, RichmondRichard R. G. Hobson, AlexandriaCecelia Howell, FalmouthWilliam J. Howell, FalmouthRobert E. R. Huntley, LexingtonRobert C. King, Sr., RichmondBenjamin J. Lambert III, RichmondCarolyn M. Lambert, Richmond

Honorary Vice ChairmenHarry F. Byrd, Jr., WinchesterBrenton S. Halsey, RichmondAnne R. Worrell, Charlottesville

Anna Logan Lawson, DalevilleJohn R. Nelson, RichmondLloyd U. Noland III, Newport NewsE. Bryson Powell, RichmondE. Claiborne Robins, Jr., RichmondJosiah P. Rowe III, FredericksburgThomas G. Snead, Jr., RichmondWilliam B. Thalhimer III, RichmondMarcus M. Weinstein, RichmondF. Blair Wimbush, NorfolkClifton A. Woodrum III, Roanoke

John Lee McElroy, Jr., Manakin-SabotSorrel McElroy, Manakin-SabotW. P. (Bill) Miles, CharlottesvilleRoger Mudd, McLeanShirley Carter Olsson, West PointJohn R. Pagan, RichmondEvelia Margarita Porto, RichmondE. Claiborne Robins, Jr., RichmondAnn Spence, RichmondRaymond Spence, RichmondB. Walton Turnbull, RichmondHays T. Watkins, RichmondHugh V. White Jr., RichmondDonald M. Wilkinson, Jr., New York, N.Y.


CONNECTING PEOPLE TO AMERICA’S PAST THROUGH THE UNPARALLELED STORY OF VIRGINIA

By collecting, preserving, and interpreting the Commonwealth’s history, we link past with present andinspire future generations.


Administration

President and Chief Executive OfficerPaul A. Levengood

Executive Assistant to the PresidentCanan K. Boomer

Vice President for OperationsRichard S. V. Heiman

Vice President for Programs and Virginius Dabney EditorNelson D. Lankford

Honorary Members of the Virginia Historical Society

W. W. Abbot, CharlottesvilleDavid McCullough, Tisbury, Mass.

Reynolds Business History Center Advisory Board

Sean P. Adams, Gainesville, Fla.J. Stewart Bryan III, RichmondDavid Camden, RichmondSylvia Clute, RichmondJames E. Fogerty, St. Paul, Minn.David R. Goode, NorfolkBrenton S. Halsey, RichmondH. Hiter Harris III, Richmond

Educators Advisory Board

Chris Averill, Chesterfield CountyCarolyn Brandt, Henrico CountyLilian Carter, RichmondJoel M. Dexter, Chesterfield CountyMary Magee Davis, Hanover CountyRobert Earl Patterson, Chesterfield CountyRenee Serrao, Chesterfield CountyCarol Anne K. Simopoulos, Henrico County

Editorial Advisory Board

Karen Cox, University of North Carolina, CharlotteTheodore Carter DeLaney, Washington and Lee UniversityEllen Eslinger, DePaul UniversityCharles F. Irons, Elon UniversityCaroline E. Janney, Purdue University

Loraine Stewart, Virginia CommonwealthUniversity

Thelma Williams Tunstall, RichmondJim Weigand, Amelia CountySabra Willhite, Henrico CountyElisabeth E. Wray, University of RichmondVictoria Wray-Alley, Richmond

Vice President for Institutional AdvancementPamela R. Seay

Vice President for Collections and Sallie and WilliamB. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist

E. Lee Shepard

President EmeritusCharles F. Bryan, Jr.

Thad W. Tate, WilliamsburgLouis L. Tucker, Boston, Mass.

James W. Hazel, OaktonHugh D. Keogh, RichmondJohn R. Nelson, RichmondE. Claiborne Robins, Jr., RichmondMichael Sesnowitz, RichmondMaryan D. Smith II, OaktonThomas G. Snead, Jr., RichmondJoseph L. Williams, Richmond

Kevin Levin, St. Anne’s-Bellfield SchoolMichal Jan Rozbicki, Saint Louis UniversityAnthony Stanonis, Queen’s College, BelfastBrent Tarter, Library of Virginia


Former Members of the Board of Trustees

John B. Adams, Jr., RichmondGerald L. Baliles, CharlottesvilleC. Phillip Barger, CharlottesvilleFitzGerald Bemiss, RichmondWilliam W. Berry, RichmondJ. Alfred Broaddus, RichmondAustin Brockenbrough III, Manakin-SabotJosiah Bunting III, UppervilleRobert L. Burrus, Jr., RichmondM. Caldwell Butler, RoanokeHarry F. Byrd, Jr., WinchesterB. Noland Carter II, RichmondGene R. Carter, McLeanStuart G. Christian, Jr., RichmondGeorge M. Cochran, StauntonLee Stuart Cochran, StauntonJohn R. Curtis, Jr., WilliamsburgW. Hunter deButts, Jr., MarshallW. Heywood Fralin, RoanokeAnne Hobson Freeman, CallaoSusan S. Goode, NorfolkBruce C. Gottwald, RichmondNancy Hays Gottwald, RichmondElmon T. Gray, WaverlyBrenton S. Halsey, RichmondWilliam R. Harvey, HamptonMary Buford Hitz, AlexandriaRichard R. G. Hobson, AlexandriaA. E. Dick Howard, CharlottesvilleCecelia Howell, FalmouthRobert E. R. Huntley, Lexington

Presidents of the Virginia Historical Society (after 2001 the title changed to Chairman of the Board)

Beverley Randolph Wellford 1960–1963David John Mays 1963–1966Eppa Hunton IV 1966–1969Virginius Dabney 1969–1972Edwin Cox 1972–1975Joseph Clarke Robert 1975–1978David Tennant Bryan 1978–1981FitzGerald Bemiss 1981–1984Lawrence Lewis, Jr. 1984–1986John L. McElroy, Jr. 1987–1988Stuart G. Christian, Jr. 1989–1991C. Coleman McGehee 1992–1994Brenton S. Halsey 1995–1997Austin Brockenbrough III 1998–1999Gerald L. Baliles 2000–2001Hugh R. Stallard 2002–2003Hugh V. White Jr. 2004–2005E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. 2006–2007J. Stewart Bryan III 2008 –2009

Ronald C. Johnson, AlexandriaJoseph F. Johnston, Jr., AlexandriaDaniel P. Jordan, CharlottesvilleMark J. Kington, AlexandriaJohn O. Marsh, Jr., WinchesterJohn Lee McElroy, Jr., Manakin-SabotHunter H. McGuire, Jr., RichmondEddie N. Moore, Jr., EttrickRoger Mudd, McLeanShirley Carter Olsson, West PointMerrill D. Peterson, CharlottesvilleCharles Larus Reed, Jr., RichmondAnne Gregory Rhodes, RichmondJames I. Robertson, Jr., BlacksburgToy D. Savage, Jr., NorfolkElliot S. Schewel, LynchburgJane Bassett Spilman, BassettHugh R. Stallard, RichmondRobert Lee Stephens, IrvingtonHenry F. Stern, RichmondCharles W. Sydnor, Jr., SaltvilleNancy St. Clair Talley, MillwoodNicholas F. Taubman, RoanokeSuzanne Foster Thomas, AlexandriaEugene P. Trani, RichmondB. Walton Turnbull, RichmondMelvin I. Urofsky, MidlothianL. Dudley Walker, MartinsvilleHugh V. White Jr., RichmondAnne R. Worrell, Charlottesville

John Marshall 1831–1835Henry St. George Tucker 1836–1847William Cabell Rives 1847–1868Hugh Blair Grigsby 1870–1881Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart 1881–1891William Wirt Henry 1891–1892Joseph Bryan 1892–1902William Gordon McCabe 1903–1905Joseph Bryan 1906–1908William Gordon McCabe 1909–1920Edward Virginius Valentine 1921–1929Daniel Grinnan 1930–1935John Stewart Bryan 1936–1937Joseph Dupuy Eggleston 1938–1943Alexander Wilbourne Weddell 1944–1948Edmund Randolph Williams 1948–1952Samuel Merrifield Bemiss 1952–1958Wyndham Bolling Blanton 1958–1960George MacLaren Brydon 1960 1963


Directors of the Virginia Historical Society (after 2001 the title changed to President and CEO)

William M. E. Rachal (interim) 1980–1988 Paul Chester Nagel 1981–1985Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim) 1985–1986Donald Haynes 1986–1988Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim) 1988–1988 Charles F. Bryan, Jr. 1988–2008 Paul A. Levengood 2008–2008

Thomas Hicks Wynne 1870–1875Robert Alonzo Brock 1875–1892 Philip Alexander Bruce 1892–1898William Glover Stanard 1898–1933Robert A. Lancaster 1933–1940William Clayton Torrence 1940–1953John Melville Jennings 1953–1978Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. 1979–1980


ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

Exhibitions

Temporary Exhibitions

Heads and Tales: Portraits of Outstanding Virginians

Cold War Crisis: The U-2 Incident

Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of the Associated Press

The Boulevard and How It Grew: From Soldiers' Home to the Home of World Class Museums

Bizarre Bits: Oddities from the Collection

Virginia Rocks! The History of Rockabilly in the Commonwealth

Organized Labor in Virginia

With support from Geoff McDonald & Associates • Virginia A.F.L.-C.I.O. • Injured Workers Pharmacy • International Association of Machinist & Aerospace Workers • Teamsters Joint Council No. 83 • Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel, PLLC • International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Long-Term Exhibitions

The Story of Virginia, an American Experience

With support for The Floyd Dewey Gottwald Permanent Exhibition of Virginia History from Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. • Nancy and Bruce Gottwald • Gottwald Foundation • Dr. and Mrs. William M. Gottwald • Lindsay and Brenton S. Halsey • Fort James Corporation • Ethyl Corporation • Albemarle Corporation • Marietta McNeill Morgan & Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Foundation

Virginians at Work

With support from BB&T/Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. •Helen I. Graham Charitable Foundation •The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation • Philip Morris USA • Robins Foundation • Susan Bailey and Sidney Buford Scott • William B. Thalhimer, Jr. & Family Foundation • Universal Leaf Foundation • Verizon Foundation •Wachovia Foundation

The War Horse (outdoor sculpture)

Gift of Paul Mellon

Four Seasons of the Confederacy: Murals by Charles Hoffbauer

Making the Confederate Murals: Studies by Charles Hoffbauer

Arming the Confederacy: The Maryland-Steuart Collection

The Virginia Manufactory of Arms

Solving History’s Mysteries: The History Discovery Lab (Department of Historic Resources)

Silver in Virginia

Traveling Exhibitions

Lee and Grant

An NEH on the Road initiative based on the exhibition organized by the VHS

Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia

Cosponsored with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources


Lectures

Stuart G. Christian, Jr., LectureElizabeth and Michael Norman, “Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath,”6 May 2010

J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr., LectureJustice Sandra Day O’Connor, “Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice,” 19 October 2010

Alexander W. Weddell Trustees LectureGary W. Gallagher, “The Real Lost Cause: The Idea of Union in the Memory of the Civil War,” 17 November 2010

Banner Lecture Series

Noah Andre Trudeau, “Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership,” 28 January 2010

Muffie Meyer, “Dolley Madison: A Documentary,” 4 February 2010 (cosponsored with James Madison’s Montpelier)

Robert M. Poole, “On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery,” 18 February 2010

Michael Kranish, “Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War,” 4 March 2010

Melvin I. Urofsky, “Louis Brandeis: An American Legal Giant,” 25 March 2010

Eugene P. Trani, “Distorted Mirrors: Americans and Their Relations with Russia and China in the Twentieth Century,”1 April 2010

E. Lee Shepard, “Hidden Treasures: A Short History of the Mary Custis Lee Trunks,” 22 April 2010

James Horn, “A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke,” 27 May 2010

Jeffrey W. McClurken, “‘Take Care of the Living’: Reconstructing Confederate Veteran Families in Virginia,” 10 June 2010

Brig. Gen. John W. Mountcastle (USA, Ret.), “Memories of World War II,” 22 July 2010

Scott W. Berg, “Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.,” 23 September 2010

Gerald P. McCarthy, “Virginia Environmental Endowment: Leadership, Leverage, and Legacy,” 7 October 2010

Kate Chenery Tweedy, “Secretariat,” 13 October 2010

Marie Tyler-McGraw, “Virginia and Liberia,” 28 October 2010 (cosponsored with The Richmond Forum in conjuc-tion with its 6 November 2010, program, featuring President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia)

Scott Reynolds Nelson, “Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend,” 4 November 2010

Gregg Kimball, Jackie Frost, and Sheryl Warner, “‘We Shall Not Be Moved’: Virginia Songs of Labor,” 1 December 2010

John Peters, “Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery,” 9 December 2010

Gallery Talks

Lauranett L. Lee, “John Brown’s Memory in the African American Community,” 10 February 2010

Paul A. Levengood, “Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of the Associated Press,” 26 May2010

William M. S. Rasmussen, “Bizarre Bits: Oddities from the Collection,” 14 July 2010


William M. S. Rasmussen, “Organized Labor in Virginia,” 8 September 2010

Paul A. Levengood, “Virginia Rocks!: The History of Rockabilly in the Commonwealth,” 21 October 2010

William M. S. Rasmussen, “Witches, Ghosts, and Ghastly Objects: Oddities Revisited,” 29 October 2010

William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Story of Virginia: The Late Colonial Era,” 10 November 2010

Paul A. Levengood, “Organized Labor in Virginia,” 1 December 2010

See You In Class

Robert Holsworth, “Virginia Politics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” 14, 21, and 28 January, and 4 February 2010

Edward Lengel, “George Washington at War,” 11 February 2010

Will Rieley, “Virginia Landscapes: Restoring Historic Gardens in the Old Dominion,” 11 and 18 March 2010

Matt Laird, Nick Lucketti, and Garrett Fesler, “History from the Ground Up: Exploring Themes in VirginiaArchaeology,” 1, 8, and 15 April 2010

A. Wilson Greene, “Exploring the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Campaigns,” 22 and 29 April 2010

Robert P. Winthrop, “Richmond’s Old West End: From Belvidere Street to the Belt Line,” 13 and 20 May 2010

Brig. Gen. John W. Mountcastle (USA, Ret.), “George C. Marshall: Exceptional American,” 9 and 16 September 2010

Elizabeth O’Leary, “American Art from Colonial Times to 1950,” 30 September and 7 October 2010

John Coski, “The Civil War on the James River,” 28 October 2010

Keith T. Egloff, “First Virginians: Native Americans before European Contact,” 11 and 18 November 2010

Robert Holsworth, “Virginia Politics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” 2 and 9 December 2010

Awards

Brenton S. Halsey Teaching Award • Excellence in teaching in 2010

Margaret R. DeHart, Belview Elementary School, Montgomery County

Bobby Chandler Student Award (sponsored by the Kip Kephart Foundation) • Outstanding high school history student in 2010

Callie Marie Angle, Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Chesterfield County

Anne R. Worrell Student Award • Outstanding middle school history student in 2010

Katherine Morse, Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School, Lynchburg

William M. E. Rachal Award • Best overall article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2010

Gordon S. Barker, “Secession and Slavery as a Positive Good: The Impact of the Anthony Burns Drama in Boston on Virginia,” vol. 118, no. 2

C. Coleman McGehee Award • Best article by a graduate student in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2010

David W. Houpt, “Securing a Legacy: The Publication of James Madison’s Notes from the Constitutional Convention,” vol. 118, no. 1

Richard Slatten Award • Excellence in Virginia biography in 2010

Susan Kern, The Jeffersons at Shadwell (Yale University Press, 2010)


President’s Awards for Excellence • Outstanding service by VHS staff in 2010

Jamison Davis, visual resources manager

Mia Granderson, guest services associate

Lora Robins Award • Leadership, foresight, and generosity in collecting the evidence of Virginia’s history in 2010

Hon. Nicholas F. Taubman

Howson W. Cole Award • For long and dedicated service

Kelly E. Winters

Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer of the Year Award • Outstanding service in 2010

Joyce and James Goetzinger, Educational Services and Virginia House

Research Fellows

Kevin Arlyck, New York University • for research on federal courts and U.S. foreign relations in the Early Republic

Ryan Bixby, University of Akron • for research on the socio-economic and environmental impact of the Civil War onJefferson County, West Virginia

Drew Bledsoe, Rice University • for research on the junior officers of the Confederate armies

Kit Candlin, University of Sydney • for research on African Americans evacuated from New York by the British in1783

Christopher Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology • for research on people who lived, worked, and foughtin the Philippines from 1898 to 1946

Kevin Doyle, Brandeis University • for research on the gunpowder plot in early Virginia

Lisa Freeman, University of Illinois, Chicago • for research on the Richmond Theatre fire of 1811

Charles Irons, Elon University • for research on the ecclesiastical decisions of African American southerners after eman-cipation

Megan Ledford, University of Edinburgh • for research on the influence of Scottish Enlightenment ideals in Virginia

Charlene Boyer Lewis, Kalamazoo College • for research on gardens and gardening in Virginia, 1750–1850

Sarah Milov, Princeton University • for research on tobacco growers as intellectuals and political forces in NorthCarolina and Virginia

Marie Molloy, University of Keele • for research on single white females in the nineteenth-century American South

Brook Poston, Texas Christian University • for research on President James Monroe and how he viewed his politicallegacy

Cathy Rex, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire • for research on the imagery and lore of Pocahontas and the textualresponse of Anglo-American women writers

Katy Simpson Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill • for research on a cross-cultural study of mother-hood in the American South

John Smolenski, University of California, Davis • for research on slave life at Landon Carter’s Sabine Hill

Susan Stearns, University of Chicago • for research on the role the Mississippi River played in the political economyof the United States before the Louisiana Purchase

Albert Tillson, University of Tampa • for research on maritime workers in Revolutionary and antebellum Virginia


T. J. Tomlin, University of Northern Colorado • for research on almanacs as they reflected and shaped religious sensi-bility between 1730 and 1820

Carlos Valencia Villa, Federal Fluminense University • for research on the internal economy of free blacks in Brazil andthe United States

Jennifer Marie Wagner, Brown University • for research on the architecture of Best Products Company stores

Robert Wright, Augustana College • for research on for-profit businesses incorporated in the United States before theCivil War

Schools Served in 2010 (private schools are noted without county or city designations)

Academy For Life and Learning • Alberta Smith Elementary (Chesterfield) • Amelia Co. High School (Amelia) • ArthurAshe, Jr. Elementary (Henrico) • Beech Tree Elementary (Fairfax) • Bellview Elementary (Richmond) • BellwoodElementary (Chesterfield) • Berkeley Elementary (Spotsylvania) • Bon Air Elementary (Chesterfield) • Boushall MiddleSchool (Richmond) • Broadway High School (Rockingham) • Bucknell Elementary (Fairfax) • Bundle of Joy ChildcareCenter • Cale Elementary (Albemarle) • Canterbury Woods Elementary (Fairfax) • Catoctin Elementary School(Loudoun) • Charlottesville Catholic School Charlottesville • Chimborazo Elementary (Richmond) • Clark SpringsElementary (Richmond) • Clearview Elementary (Fairfax) • Clermont Elementary (Fairfax) • College Park Elementary(Virginia Beach) • Collegiate School • Colvin Run Elementary (Fairfax) • Cool Spring Elementary (Hanover) • CourtlandElementary (Spotsylvania) • Crestwood Elementary (Chesterfield) • Crestwood Elementary School (Fairfax) • DinwiddieJunior High School (Dinwiddie) • Dinwiddie Middle School (Dinwiddie) • D. J. Montague Elementary (James City) •Dumbarton Elementary (Henrico) • E. S. H.Green Elementary (Richmond) • Educational Development Center •Elizabeth Davis Middle School (Chesterfield) • Elkhardt Middle School (Richmond) • Enon Elementary (Chesterfield) •Ettrick Elementary (Chesterfield) • Fair Oaks Elementary (Henrico) • Fairhill Elementary (Fairfax) • Fairlawn Elementary(Norfolk) • Faith Christian School • Falls Run Community (Stafford) • Forestdale Elementary (Fairfax) • G. H. ReidElementary (Richmond) • Garrisonville Elementary (Stafford) • Genesis Alternative School • George Wythe High School(Richmond) • Grafton Village Elementary (Stafford) • Great Falls Elementary (Fairfax) • Greenfield Elementary(Chesterfield) • Greenwood Elementary (Henrico) • Guardian Christian Academy • Hampton Oaks Elementary (Stafford)• Harrison Road Elementary (Spotsylvania) • Harvey Elementary School (Henrico) • Henderson Middle School(Richmond) • Hening Elementary (Chesterfield) • Highland Springs Elementary (Henrico) • Hopewell High School(Hopewell) • Hopkins Elementary (Chesterfield) • Hospital Education • Humphrey Fellows (Blacksburg) • J. R. TuckerHigh School (Henrico) • John B. Cary Elementary (Richmond) • Johnson Elementary (Henrico) • Jouett Elementary(Louisa) • Keene Mill Elementary (Fairfax) • L. C. Bird High School (Chesterfield) • La Crosse Elementary (Mecklenburg)• Lake Ann Elementary (Fairfax) • Laurel Meadow Elementary School (Hanover) • Lees Corner Elementary (Fairfax) •Linton Hall School • Linwood Holton Elementary (Richmond) • Lorton Station Elementary (Arlington) • MarionElementary (Williamsburg) • Mary Munford Elementary (Richmond) • Mary Walter Elementary (Fauquier) • MaybeuryElementary (Henrico) • McNair Elementary (Arlington) • Middlesex Elementary School (Montgomery) • MontclairElementary (Prince William) • Mt. Eagle Elementary (Fairfax) • Mt. Vernon Elementary (Fairfax) • Nuckols FarmElementary (Henrico) • O. B. Gates Elementary (Chesterfield) • Peter Paul Development Center • Promise Care •Rainbow Station (Boulder) • Ratcliffe Elementary (Henrico) • Richmond Catholic Homeschool Group • Richmond Prep.Christian Academy • Robious Middle School (Chesterfield) • Rolling Valley Elementary (Fairfax) • Sabot at Stony Point• Salem Christian School (Goochland) • Sandston Elementary (Henrico) • Short Pump Elementary (Henrico) • SilverBrooke Elementary (Fairfax) • Spring Run Elementary (Chesterfield) • St. Anne's Belfield Schools • St. Benedict's School• St. Bernadette School • St. Catherine's School • St. Christopher’s School • St. Edward Epiphany School • St. Margaret’sSchool • Steward School • Stonehouse Elementary (James City) • Stratford Landing Elementary (Fairfax) • SummerhillElementary (Richmond) • Swift Creek Home Educators • Tabb Elementary (York) • Thomas Jefferson Elementary(Louisa) • Tuckahoe Elementary (Henrico) • Union Mill Elementary (Fairfax) • Varina High School (Henrico) • VeritasClassical Christian School • Walk In Truth Homeschool Group • Waverly-Yowell Elementary (Madison) • WaynewoodElementary (Arlington) • West Springfield Elementary (Fairfax) • Wilderness Elementary (Spotsylvania) • William FoxElementary (Richmond) • Winterpock Elementary (Spotsylvania) • Woodville Elementary (Richmond)


Documents

SELECTED ACCESSIONS · SELECTED ACCESSIONS Manuscripts 1. Papers, ... 1722–1990, of the Louthan family (of Caroline County) including Carter M. Louthan (concerning his serv-