A ROOM WITH A VIEW:THE CAROLE AND MARCUSWEINSTEIN LEARNING CENTER

ALSO IN THIS ISSUESpotlight on a Researcher

A Revolutionary Acquisition

“Our Hearts Were Touched with Fire”:Remembering the Civil War

HISTORY NOTESV I R G I N I A H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y FALL 2014

On The CoverThe first school group to use the Caroleand Marcus Weinstein Learning Centerwere fourth-grade students from MaudeTrevvett Elementary School in HenricoCounty. Here the students appear seatedon the steps outside the entrance to thenew Learning Center.

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President’s LetterA Room with a View: The Carole and Marcus WeinsteinLearning Center

“Our Hearts were Touched with Fire”: Remembering theCivil War

In MemoriamMystery Photo ChallengeCalendar of EventsSpotlight on a ResearcherA Revolutionary AcquisitionRecent Contributions

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From the President

Please excuse our progress

Those of you who have been to the VHSrecently have seen the changes taking placeat our headquarters building. As you make

your way to our lectures and classes or to use thereading room, you can’t miss the activity going onall around you. The place is crawling with workers,

and the parking lot is a bit of a zoo. I know that all of this can seem a bit of abother. But I have a request for you: stick with us—things are getting reallyinteresting around here.To start, when you enter the VHS from now until the middle of next year,

you will do so through the wonderful new Carole and Marcus WeinsteinLearning Center. This complex houses expanded classrooms, a studio forour distance learning program HistoryConnects, an exhibit gallery for ourneighbors at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, along withrestrooms and a temporary museum shop. You enter the Learning Centerthrough its own door on the Kensington Avenue side of the building. I thinkyou’ll be impressed by how the space looks, but I know you’ll be impressedby what it lets us do. We can now reach more students, hold more eveningclasses for lifetime learners, and imagine programs that we’ve never been ableto offer before.But the Learning Center is only the beginning. Soon you will be able to

visit a completely renovated set of galleries. And along with a new versionof our flagship installation, The Story of Virginia, I am proud to announcethe first in a series of national traveling exhibitions that will make their wayto the VHS. Beginning in October 2015, we will host Dressing Downton:Changing Fashion for Changing Times, which features thirty-five costumesand accessories from the wildly popular PBS program Downton Abbey. I amvery grateful that Altria Group will be the sponsor of the exhibition createdby Exhibits Development Group in cooperation with Cosprop Ltd., London.As seen throughout our region, Altria Group’s corporate philanthropy isextraordinary.And one final change comes not to our building but to our staff. After

thirty years of devoted and exemplary service, Nelson Lankford retired asvice president for programs on July 1. Nelson’s tenure saw the society evolveinto the thriving public institution it is today. Personally, I will miss him agreat deal, and I know the institution and its members share that sentimentwith me. So, if you see Nelson around, please let him know how much youappreciate him.

OFF ICERS

ChairmanE. Claiborne Robins, Jr.

Vice ChairmanJohn R. Nelson

Honorary Vice ChairmenH. Furlong BaldwinJ. Stewart Bryan IIIBrenton S. HalseyGrady W. PowellAnne R. Worrell

President and CEOPaul A. Levengood

TreasurerRichard S. V. Heiman

TRUSTEES

George F. Albright, Jr.Thomas N. AllenHarry F. Byrd IIICharles L. CabellCordel L. FaulkWilliam H. Fralin, Jr.George C. Freeman IIISusan S. GoodeGary M. GoreNancy Hays GottwaldConrad M. HallH. Hiter Harris IIIAnna Logan LawsonE. Bryson PowellJosiah P. Rowe IIIThomas G. Slater, Jr.Thomas G. Snead, Jr.Carole M. WeinsteinJ. Harvie Wilkinson III William C. Wooldridge

EDITOR IAL STAFF

EditorNelson D. Lankford

Managing EditorGraham T. Dozier

Designer/Visual Communications OfficerJennifer R. Nesossis

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The new 5,000-square-foot Carole and Marcus WeinsteinLearning Center not only provides the VHS with a larger spaceto conduct our programs, but it also offers greater flexibility,improved audiovisual support, and new opportunities to makeour collections accessible to the public.

Rather than separate programming and exhibition spaces,as so often occurs in museums, the Learning Center seamlesslyincorporates opportunities to display objects from our collectionsin six display cases that line the hallways. One wall of the1,500-square-foot classroom is, in fact, a double-sided displaycase that allows viewing by groups from both inside and outsidethe room. A history of the Virginia Historical Society, a16,000-year survey of technology in Virginia, a collection ofvintage toys, and an overview of the pottery-making traditionof Virginia Indians into the twentieth century represent thefirst displays to appear in this space.

The society has provided docent and educator-led gallerytours to thousands of students each year. This is a valuableexperience, especially for fourth-grade Virginia Studies studentswho come for a content-rich review of the Standards of Learningright before spring testing. With the opening of the re-imaginedStory of Virginia in mid-2015, students will be able to tour

the exhibition and then participate in hands-on interactiveprograms that reinforce and enhance their gallery experience.Storage cabinets, countertops, and sinks allow everyone to gettheir hands dirty in the classroom, while eighty-inch monitorsand wireless internet access enable us to take students into thevirtual world. Unlike the previous classroom, the new spacecan be divided by a retractable wall into two 750-square footclassrooms, and with its own entrance, the Learning Centermakes it easier for us to conduct after-hours classes, workshops,

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Summer 2014 Story ofVirginia Teachers Institute

Since its beginning in 2010, 270 teachersfrom forty-eight different school divisionsacross the commonwealth have attendedthe Story of Virginia Teachers Institutesponsored by Weinstein Properties. Thisyear’s sixty participants taught 5,936students over the 2013–14 school year,and we estimate that we’ve reached morethan 25,000 students since the program’sinception in 2010. However, we alwaysemphasize that it’s the teachers who areour primary audience. Like her fellowteachers, Annelise Ware, a k–5 art teacherat Goochland Elementary School, wasrequired to keep a journal of dailyreflections. In it, she summed up herexperience with this comment: “For me,Virginia history has been a foreign countryrather than a close neighbor. Now I feelwe have become good friends.”

Image credits: Clockwise from left: students learn about the westward migration ofVirginians during the mid-1800s in the new Weinstein Learning Center; teacherspose for a group photo; teachers view items from the VHS collections during thesummer Teachers Institute; and new eighty-inch television monitors allow teachersand VHS staff educators to incorporate visual aids during programs .

For me, Virginia history hasbeen a foreign country ratherthan a close neighbor. Now Ifeel we have become goodfriends.”

Annelise Ware, teacherGoochland Elementary School

and meetings of varying sizes. In 2012, the William W. Berry Educational Fundwas created by Weinstein Properties in memory of former VHS board memberWilliam W. Berry, along with contributions from the Dominion Foundationand family and friends in the community. The initiatives of the Berry Fund includefamily-friendly activities and programs, school field trips, conferences and symposia, andeducator training resources that will support the vision of our new Learning Center.

The Learning Center also includes a space for the society’s award-winningdistance learning initiative—HistoryConnects. The space that houses HistoryConnectsis named in memory of former board member and chairman Hugh V. White, Jr.HistoryConnects is sustained by the Hugh V. White, Jr., Outreach Education Fund,which is supported by contributions from Hunton & Williams and firm partnersand Mr. White’s family and friends. HistoryConnects provides interactive videoconferencing programming with school classrooms and adult groups across thecommonwealth and around the globe. Last year, we conducted nearly 400 programs,mostly with school groups in Virginia, and we expect to double the number of studentswe will be serving in the coming school year.

Other funds have been provided by the Harry Bluford Estate, Mr. and Mrs.Rudolph H. Bunzl, The Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation,Fi-Tech, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lyford, Memorial Foundation for Children,the Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, the William H., John G., and Emma ScottFoundation, and the Shelton H. Short, Jr. Trust.

Remember that as we move into the next phase of construction, theLearning Center will serve as the public entrance to the VHS when youarrive for See You in Class, Banner Lectures, tours, and other events.

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Altria Group SponsorsNewest Changing Exhibition

Altria Group has recently agreed tosponsor the VHS’s newest changingexhibition, Dressing Downton:

Changing Fashion for Changing Times. This nationallytouring exhibition, designed by Exhibits DevelopmentGroup in cooperation with Cosprop Ltd., London, willbe on display from October 2015 into January 2016 inthe society’s newly created changing exhibition space—one of the project goals of our $38 million “Story ofVirginia Campaign.” The exhibition consists of thirty-five costumes and accessories from the popular Masterpieceseries Downton Abbey. Altria Group’s sponsorship of Dressing Downton is part of a $250,000 commitmentthat also includes support for the installation of the newStory of Virginia exhibition.Exhibition produced by Exhibits Development Group in cooperation with Cosprop Ltd.,London. Downton™ and Downton Abbey®. ©2014 Carnival Film & Television Limited.All Rights Reserved.

On May 30, 1884—twenty years after the Wilderness andSpotsylvania Court House became synonymous with unbridledbloodshed—Massachusetts judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,addressed a group of fellow Union veterans. “The generationthat carried on the war has been set apart by its experience.Through our great good fortune,” he asserted, “in our youthour hearts were touched with fire.” But Holmes was concernedabout future generations who did not experience the warfirsthand, would they continue to remember?

We have entered the final months of the four-year-longstatewide effort to remember the war and understand itsimpact 150 years later, and the resources of the VHS havebeen a major force in shaping that understanding. With ourextraordinary partners at the Virginia Sesquicentennial of

the American Civil War Commission and the NationalEndowment for the Humanities, we collected 200 artifactsand dozens of little-known stories of the men, women,and children of the Civil War generation together in AnAmerican Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia. By thetime this award-winning exhibition arrives at its final stop atAppomattox in March 2015, it will have been visited by morethan 150,000 people in Richmond, Hampton, Winchester,Lynchburg, and Abingdon.

When the exhibition closes, and all the flags, uniforms,and letters are safely returned, many of our sesquicentennialprojects will remain accessible both online and in print. The150th prompted the VHS to digitize the 4,500 pages of Unionprivate Robert Knox Sneden’s memoir, the 137 images inAndrew J. Russell’s wartime photograph album, and 156original pen-and-ink drawings by renowned war correspondentEdwin Forbes. These collections can be viewed in their entiretyon the society’s website. Over the past four years, publishersand historical sites have used more than 300 images from ourcollections, and researchers from around the world traveled tothe VHS to study our unique collection of Civil War–eradiaries, letters, maps, and artifacts.

The “fire” that touched Holmes’s generation represented“a willingness to commit yourself to a course without beingable to foresee exactly where you will come out.” Althoughthe full impact of our effort may not be known for many years,our daily interaction with the history of the Civil War andother events in Virginia’s history offer opportunities to reaffirmour commitment to being both stewards and storytellers inthe present.

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Mystery Photo ChallengeHow well do you know Virginia history?Where was this photograph taken?Log on to the VHS website, go to “Read, Watch, Listen” in the top navigation bar andthen click on “Mystery Photo Challenge.” You may also mail your answers to HistoryNotes, Virginia Historical Society, Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311.

Several of you successfully identified the picture at right from the Spring 2014 issue ofHistory Notes as showing the Albemarle Hotel on W. Main St. in Charlottesville. Congratulations to Alexander G. Gilliam,Jr., whose name was chosen at random from among those who answered correctly.

In MemoriamThe Virginia Historical Societywas deeply saddened to learn ofthe death on July 28, 2014, of adear and devoted friend, theHonorable M. Caldwell Butlerof Roanoke.Born in Roanoke on June 2,

1925, Caldwell joined the U.S.Navy during World War II andgraduated from RichmondCollege afterward. He studied

law at UVA and practiced in Roanoke. The first Republicanelected to the House of Delegates from Roanoke in fifty years,

he served as minority leader until his election to the U.S.House of Representatives in 1972. He served on the HouseJudiciary Committee that considered impeaching PresidentRichard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Afterten years in Congress, Caldwell returned to law practice inRoanoke.

The VHS board elected him to a six-year term as trusteebeginning in 1995, during which he served on the collectionsand conservation committee. His unwavering commitmentgave a powerful example to others from his region to becomeVHS trustees. He could always be counted on for succinctand judicious comments at board meetings and sprinkled hisremarks with wry literary allusions. It is with heartfeltgratitude and affection that VHS trustees, staff, and membersremember him and his devotion to this institution.

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Calendar of EventsNovember11 Banner Lecture

Karen Abbott, “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy:Four Women Undercover in the Civil War”This lecture is cosponsored by the AmericanCivil War Museum.Noon

29 Behind the Scenes Tour“Shop ‘Till You Drop: A History of Shoppingin Virginia”10:30 a.m.

December3 See You On the Bus

Richmond: Tea and Tour of the Jefferson1:00 p.m.

4 Banner LectureGraham T. Dozier, “A Gunner in Lee’s Army:The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter”Noon

5 Holiday tea and tour at Virginia House2:00 p.m.

6 Gingerbread tea and tour at Virginia House10:00 a.m.

7 Gingerbread tea and tour at Virginia House2:00 p.m.

10 Holiday tour at Virginia House4:00 and 6:00 p.m.

12 Holiday tea and tour at Virginia House2:00 p.m.

14 Gingerbread tea and tour at Virginia House2:00 p.m.

17 Holiday tour at Virginia House4:00 p.m.

Holiday tour at Virginia House6:00 p.m.

27 Behind the Scenes Tour“The Story of Virginia: A Sneak Peek”10:30 a.m.

All Virginia House events require reservations; call 804.353.42518 History Notes

Stories at the MuseumThe first and third Saturday of each month

January22 Banner Lecture

Robert M. Poole, “Section 60: Arlington NationalCemetery—Where War Comes Home”Noon

February5 Banner Lecture

John O. Peters and Judge Henry E. Hudson, “From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia”Noon

19 Banner LectureTurk McCleskey, “Fellow Travelers on The Roadto Black Ned’s Forge”Noon

26 See You In ClassRonald L. Heinemann, “The Great Depression inState and Nation”February 26 and March 55:30 p.m.

March5 Banner Lecture

David O. Steward, “James Madison’s Gift: The Power of Partnership”Noon

19 Banner LectureKevin P. Duffus, “What’s Wrong with Black Beard?” Noon

26 See You In ClassBrig. Gen. John W. Mountcastle (USA, Ret.),“Final Chapters . . . the Civil War in 1865”5:30 p.m.

April1 Banner Lecture

John J. Fox III, “Confederate Alamo: Bloodbathat Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865” Noon

22 Banner LectureWilliam C. Davis, “Lee’s Last War Winter”Noon

For more information, call 804.358.4901 or visit www.vahistorical.org

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What drew you to this topic?I was a history major at DavidsonCollege in North Carolina with a focuson southern women’s history. I neededa topic for my honors history thesis, andI immediately thought of Varina Anne“Winnie” Davis, Confederate PresidentJefferson Davis’s daughter who was bornin my hometown of Richmond. Therewere many stories and rumors about herlife and her scandalous engagement to anortherner while she was the “Daughterof the Confederacy” that I had heardoften growing up in Richmond. Iwanted to find out the truth about thisvery private woman who became such apublic figure.

How did your research at VHS helpyou in writing your book?I started doing research on Winnie backin college. I always felt so comfortableand welcomed at VHS. It is a non-intimidating environment; veryimportant when you first start lookinginto sources and have no idea what youare doing or what exactly you arelooking for. The staff has always beenthere to help—in my case for abouttwenty years!

What was the most helpful item youfound in the VHS collection?The VHS has so many great collections

of southern family papers, it would behard to choose just one item. TheHobson Family Papers, the FrederickFillison Bowen Papers, and the EarlyFamily Papers all helped me describethe South and southern perceptions ofthe Lost Cause and the Davis family.Perhaps the most helpful item of all,though, was Nelson Lankford’s fabulousbook, Richmond Burning. This workis so vivid and cinematic. Lankfordgives the reader a bird’s eye view of whatit would have been like to be in Richmondduring the final days of the Confederacy.

Were there any surprises in thecollection? The portrait of Winnie Davis that Iwanted to use for the cover of my bookturned out to be at the VHS. It isowned by the Virginia Division of theUnited Daughters of the Confederacybut cared for by the society. This imagewas crucial to my storyline. It showsWinnie as a cipher, as the female icon ofthe Confederacy. Images can be evenmore powerful than words, and this isespecially true in this biography. VHSstaff members photographed theportrait for my publisher and did anoutstanding job.

Spotlight on a Researcher:Heath Hardage Lee

What are you currently working on?I am now working on a group biographyof Vietnam POW wives. This groupportrait will include Richmond POWactivist Phyllis Galanti. Mrs. Galantidied recently, but her papers now resideat the VHS. I spent a good deal of thispast summer reading through these.Her evolution from shy Navy wife intoa fearless POW activist is inspiring: herexperience will be central to the POWwives’ story.

Future projects? What’s ahead?You never know what great story isgoing to come across your path. Thebest stories often seem to come rightfrom my hometown of Richmond.Women’s history has always been myprimary interest. We don’t knowenough about women’s lives and theircontributions, particularly women fromearlier centuries.

Do you have any advice for researchers? The VHS library staff is your mostimportant link to your primary sources.If you work in biography or evenhistorical fiction, these folks are yourlifeline. Without their assistance, it ismuch harder to get the full story.

Over the years, many scholars have written books based, in part, onresearch they conducted at the Virginia Historical Society. Recentlywe sat down with Heath Hardage Lee, author of Winnie Davis:Daughter of the Lost Cause (Potomac Books, 2014), to ask hera few questions about how the VHS played a role in the researchand writing of her book.

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In May, the VHS purchased a fascinating document from theRevolutionary War through the Leo J. Wellhouse and CarrieWheeler Buck Memorial funds.

When Nathanael Greene took command of the SouthernDepartment of the U.S. Continental Army in the winter of1780, he found a coterie of able officers awaiting him, amongwhom was Virginia-born Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee.Leading his Legion of combined cavalry and light infantry, Leeproved himself immediately useful to the new commander. Hislegionnaires performed particularly well at the battle of GuilfordCourt House in North Carolina on March 15, 1781, althoughGreene was forced to abandon the field to the British forceunder General Lord Cornwallis.

Greene quickly realized he had inflicted more damage onCornwallis than the Americans had sustained in the engagement,

and he proposed to chase the British “with a determinationfor another brush.” He dispatched Lee to watch and harassCornwallis, who was making for his supply base inWilmington.

Lee knew that his troopers could not impede Cornwallisalone. So, the colonel began to summon local militia to assist.In the proclamation pictured here, Lee recapped recent eventsand called on local forces in Roane, Surry, and Mecklenburgcounties to “fly to your arms & by your efforts for a few daysdelay the enemy’s retreat.” Though the militia in general hadperformed poorly at Guilford Court House, Lee urged theirsupport by pronouncing his confidence that they would not“shrink from danger at this interesting crisis.”

The plan allowed the militia to employ familiar guerrillatactics rather than face pitched battle and ultimately factoredinto Cornwallis’s decision to turn north into Virginia andtoward a little village called Yorktown.

Lee’s hitherto unknown proclamation of March 20, 1781,eloquently testifies to the contributions of Henry Lee—whoseson Robert would secure his own measure of military fame—to the cause of American independence.

Images: Top: This charcoal and gouache painting by AlonzoChappel, entitled “‘Light Horse’ Harry Lee’s Legion at the Battle ofGuilford Court House,” show Lee's legion skirmishing (accessionnumber: 1992.147). Left: The first page of the proclamation, datedMarch 20, 1781, of Col. Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee.

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Claiborne W. TerryRebecca Thames-SimmonsThompson, Siegel & Walmsley, LLCJohn P. UnroeVirginia Credit UnionMr. and Mrs. Salvatore J. Vitale, Jr.James S. WatkinsonMr. and Mrs. James M. Wells IIIMr. and Mrs. Larry WetselMrs. Hugh V. White, Jr.Mary and Fritz WillLaura and Howard WillardVirginia and Allan WilleyDr. Jane Pendleton Wootton and

Dr. Percy WoottonMr. and Mrs. John O. WynneOne Anonymous

BATTLE ABBEY COUNCILASSOCIATESMou-Lan and Ronald AbbottA. Lisa BarkerMr. and Mrs. John L. Barnes, Jr.Marian and Walter BeamMr. and Mrs. Dennis I. BelcherKeane Hollomon BrittonJane and Jim BonoJanet P. BruceAnne and Edward M. BurnellH. William Coogan, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. W. Hunter deButts, Jr.Samuel A. DerieuxSarah and Chip DicksJames F. DouthatJo Anne Draucker and Jim ThompsonLinda and Chuck DuvallE. A. Holsten, Inc.The Richmond, Virginia, Branch of the English-Speaking Union

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. EricksonMr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IVMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. FerrillJane and Arthur Flippo FoundationPaul E. GalantiDouglas and Palmer GarsonMr. and Mrs. Harold B. Gill, Jr.Patricia McK. GlavéMrs. Warren M. Goddard, Jr.Dr. Katherine L. Smallwood and Dr. Robert B. Gottschalk, Jr.

Mrs. John Edward Grigg, Randy L. Grigg, and Sarah C. Grigg

Mary F. GuthrieElizabeth T. HarrisHazelton Family Endowment *F. C. Wilson and E. D. HeuerMr. and Mrs. Robert E. HillDaniel A. Hillsman, Jr.Mary and Tom HortonHon. and Mrs. William J. HowellMr. and Mrs. C. Clayton Hurt, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. W. Reed JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Robert C. King, Sr., in memory of

Daniel Dunbar Howe and Waverly Gretter King

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. LargeMr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Lee IIIMr. and Mrs. George W. Macon, IIIMr. and Mrs. John C. Maxwell, Jr.

Space prohibits listing all the donors whohave supported the society. The following isa list of recent gifts, grants, new pledges, andbequests valued at $150 or more received 5March 2014 through 9 September 2014.Subsequent gifts will be acknowledged in theSpring 2015 issue of History Notes. If yourname is not listed, it may be because: wemade a mistake, you asked that your gift beanonymous, or your gift was recorded beforeor after the dates stated above. Every effortis given to ensure the accuracy of thiscontributions list. If we have overlooked yourname or made an error, please accept ourapologies and advise Matt Weber, SeniorOfficer for Donor and Visitor Services, at804.342.9658 or mweber@vahistorical.org.

Virginia Historical Society staff members andvolunteer guild members are indicated initalics. Funds of The Community FoundationServing Richmond and Central Virginia aredenoted with a (*).

NEW AND RECENTLY RENEWED

FOUNDERSCultureWorks, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. David R. GoodeMr. and Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor III

JOHN MARSHALL COUNCILNancy and Bruce GottwaldMassey FoundationMr. and Mrs. Robert D. Taylor

JAMES MADISON COUNCILBurford Leimenstoll Foundation, Inc.Ethel R. ChrismanMrs. Stuart G. Christian, Jr.Dillard’s, Inc.Carolyn H. Garner and Thomas F. Garner, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. William V. GarnerRichard Gilder and Lois ChilesMr. and Mrs. Russell B. HarperMedia General, Inc.Mrs. Fred G. PollardHon. and Mrs. Elliot S. SchewelScottie and Tom SlaterMr. and Mrs. Charles G. Thalhimer, Sr.Universal Leaf Foundation

BATTLE ABBEY COUNCILSENIOR FELLOWSAnn M. AskewThe Overton and Katharine Dennis FundFlorence Bryan FowlkesMaynard GrizzardMartha and John GroverJames C. Hamilton, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William H. HofheimerKiwanis Club of RichmondAnna and Thomas LawsonBessie S. ManzMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. RamageGilbert M. RosenthalSociety of Colonial Wars in the State of VirginiaMrs. Robert H. SpilmanVirginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John W. West IIIWiley H. and James C. Wheat, Jr. FoundationThe Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Hon. and Mrs. J. H. Wilkinson IIIWilliams Mullen

BATTLE ABBEY COUNCIL FELLOWSLibby and Marty AndersonDr. and Mrs. Burness F. Ansell, Jr.Atlantic Constructors, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. BeadlesMrs. FitzGerald BemissMr. and Mrs. David BeranMr. and Mrs. Lewis T. BookerMr. and Mrs. McGuire BoydMr. and Mrs. John C. BrennanBrent Johnson Design, Inc.Rev. and Mrs. William Hill Brown IIIMrs. John F. Butterworth IIIMrs. Robert G. Cabell, VDr. and Mrs. B. Noland Carter IIMr. and Mrs. Langdon T. Christian IVDr. and Mrs. R. Thomas Clark, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. H. Clark CockrellMr. and Mrs. A. Douglas Dalton, Jr.Eleanor D. DavenportAmmon G. Dunton, Jr.Fi-Tech, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. W. Heywood FralinHon. and Mrs. William H. Fralin, Jr.Edward A. Gamble, Esq.General Society of Colonial WarsJoyce S. and William R. GibbingsGlavé & Holmes ArchitectureJames M. HackmanAnn Snyder HarrodMicki and Reed HendersonMr. and Mrs. J. Randolph HutchesonMrs. Wilbur L. Jenkins, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. JoynesPhilip W. & Nathalie L. Klaus Fund *True Farr Luck & Charles S. Luck IIIFoundation Fund *

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Luke, Jr.Alastair S. MacdonaldMr. and Mrs. William T. MaceSorrel M. and John L. McElroy, Jr. Fund *Robert N. McKenneyMcKinnon and Harris, Inc.The Morton Family Fund *National Society Daughters of ColonialWars, Inc.

Mrs. Robert H. Patterson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. PauleyMr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. PerryPowell Fund *Richmond Capital Management, Inc.Kathleen and Thomas RiopelleMr. and Mrs. Richard D. RobertsRouse-Bottom Foundation, Inc.Maurice B. Rowe IIIMr. and Mrs. William A. Royall, Jr.Kathryn and W. Harry Schwarzschild FundSheridan Family Charitable FundAlice H. SiegelSpacesaver Storage SolutionsBelinda and Craig StevensShirley Stoneham

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Mr. and Mrs. Carlton P. Moffatt, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Morten, Jr.Dr. Charles H. Moseley, Jr.Brig. Gen. (Ret.) and Mrs. John W. MountcastleMr. and Mrs. B. B. Munford IIIMr. and Mrs. John D. Munford IIMr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. PankeyJack M. Parrish, Jr. Fund *Mr. and Mrs. Coleman PerrinMr. and Mrs. James A. Pettit, Jr.Patsy K. PettusMr. and Mrs. John C. PriddyRobert T. PriddyNancy S. and Timothy H. PriddyRussell C. ProctorMrs. Virgil P. Randolph IIIMr. and Mrs. Walter S. Robertson IIIMrs. Joseph L. RosenbaumPaul D. Ross, Jr.Audrey B. SaupeLee C. Sheppard, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William Francis SmithMr. and Mrs. Robert S. SpratleyMr. and Mrs. Richard StanierCharles D. StevensUnited Daughters of the Confederacy,

Virginia DivisionWouter K. VanderwalMr. and Mrs. Hill B. Wellford, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Mark WhelessMr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Williams, Sr.Gregory P. WilsonDaniela Wyatt-Shew and James ShewDr. Christine M. D. Young and William

A. Young, III

BENEFACTORSMegan and Michael AdamsWilliam AllcottVirginia L. AndersonApostolic Christian Church FoundationLee BallMr. and Mrs. Richard F. Barry IIIKimberly Vullo and Paul BensonWilliam E. BirdKellee and Thomas BlakeCatherine A. BoeSally and Doug BoudinotMrs. Paul BoyanDonna and Robert BrownAnn W. BryantC. Austin BuckDr. and Mrs. William M. BuseyC&K Systems, Inc.Colin G. CampbellCapital Janitorial SupplyCircling RiversSusan and Richard CockeBetsy ColeMrs. Douglas W. ConnerMr. and Mrs. Walter W. CraigiePeggy Dunton CroftMr. and Mrs. Donald V. CruickshanksAnne Gordon CurranCutchins Family Fund *Elleanore and Richard DaubMr. and Mrs. Claude R. Davenport, Jr.Deborah and Randy DavisMr. and Mrs. Richard H. DilworthLemuel L. Doss IIICamilla S. and Robert R. Fair

Mr. and Mrs. George C. Freeman, Jr.Mrs. William C. Garbee, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. H. Lewis GarrettMr. and Mrs. Stuart Gilchrist, Jr.Maynard GuillMr. and Mrs. W. S. GrantMargaret and Joe GrillsAnn N. and J. Edward GrimsleyDavid W. HainesMr. and Mrs. G. Bernard HamiltonConstance Kennon HarrissAnne and Til HazelSamuel W. Hixon III and Mary HixonBrenda and Fred HofFrances W. HolladayDr. and Mrs. D. D. HookMarion and Guy HorsleyDr. and Mrs. J. Shelton Horsley IIICarolyn Hsu-BalcerMr. and Mrs. W. Thomas HudsonMr. and Mrs. Haywood B. Hyman, Jr.Judy and Tom IllmenseeMr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson IIIMrs. Catesby B. JonesRichard G. LewisMr. and Mrs. J. Theodore LinhartSara and Paul LumbyeWilana Kemp MaddenMary G. McCormackMr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Meade, Jr.Whitney and Tad MeltonH. Victor Millner, Jr.Sonya S. MooreMr. and Mrs. Thurston R. MooreMr. and Mrs. Johnson C. Moss, Jr.

At a board of trustees luncheon on July16, 2014, VHS President and CEO,Paul Levengood, announced thesociety’s annual awards for 2013. Theseven awards honored individuals andorganizations for historical scholarship,exemplary service to the VHS and thelarger historical community, andeducation. Also recognized at the eventwas Adrianna SheerCook, a graduateof Virginia Commonwealth University,who won the Undergraduate HistoryPaper of the Year award for her essayon the Vietnam War activism of PhyllisGalanti, whose papers reside at the VHS.

Award winners standing with Paul Levengood (above from left to right): Yoonjo Lee of RichmondConservation Studio for the Distinguished History Service Award, Joan Albert for the President’s Awardfor Excellence, Mary D. Murray for the Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer Award,Andre Phillips of Richmond Conservation Studio for the Distinguished History Service Award, Daniel Yoofor the Bobby Chandler Student Award (sponsored by the Kip Kephart Foundation), Charles H. Ford forthe William M. E. Rachal Award, Paul Levengood, Adrianna SheerCook, Eleanor Matthews for the AnneR. Worrell Middle School Student Award, Greg Hansard for the President’s Award for Excellence, ChanteaR. Wright for the Brenton S. Halsey Teaching Award, Jeffrey L. Littlejohn for the William M. E. RachalAward, and Cleo Mullins of Richmond Conservation Studio for the Distinguished History Service Award.

VHS Annual Awards

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Mark MunsonDr. Anne Tyler Netick and Dr. Joseph Netick, Jr.Mrs. Joseph R. Newell, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Neilson J. NovemberMr. and Mrs. Robert O. OakesDr. and Mrs. Alan M. PadgettMr. and Mrs. Henry V. PerryThe Peyton Society of VirginiaPoindexter Descendants AssociationPrinting Services, Inc.John B. Purcell, Jr.Florence M. ReeseKatherine G. RemickMr. and Mrs. Michael B. RollstonEileen and Mark RoweMr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.Mrs. Calvin Satterfield IIIDonald L. Schupp, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. S. Buford ScottMr. and Mrs. Luke R. SempleRonald SharrockWilma R. Sharp and Marc B. SharpEddie A. Shelton, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. ShortAlbert H. SmallLena Mae SpencerMary Randolph Coleman SpencerElizabeth Locke and John StaelinMrs. Claiborne H. StokesDanna Johnson and John SummervilleMr. and Mrs. Edward H. Thompson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William T. Thompson IIIDonald P. TobiasTolley Electrical CorporationMr. and Mrs. Peter TribleDr. and Mrs. Robert P. TriceRaymond B. Wallace, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. WarnerMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wheeler IV

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. WhitehurstLynn White Wight and Bennett A.

Wight, Jr., M.D.Cynthia WilkinsonMr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Williams, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John D. WilliamsBetty H. WoodwardDr. and Mrs. Joe H. WoodyGary E. YoungPatricia C. Young and William A. Young, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Ziegenfuss, Sr.Four Anonymous

In addition, there are 1,549 new, renewed,and rejoined members in the family,individual, individual plus one, military family,military individual, senior couple, seniorindividual, student, and teacher categories.

ANNUAL FUNDMr. and Mrs. Daniel R. AppleJohn R. BardenFrederick W. BoeltTom BroadfootSneaky Pie BrownDr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. BrysonHon. and Mrs. R. Bumgardner IIIMr. and Mrs. William R. CampbellC. Lewis CaseyAnne E. CaskieBob ClemonsJudith S. ColemanCarol T. CoverCarolin CrabbeJ. Sidney Davenport, IVSarah and Chip DicksMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. DisharoonMr. and Mrs. George B. DoggettRuth H. Doumlele

Mr. and Mrs. J. Earle Dunford, Jr.Lt. Col. Michael L. Dunkley, Sr., Ret.Betty and Elmer DunnPhilippa ElmhirstTerry and Thomas FauerbachGayle FixRobert W. FordAlexander L. Franklin IIMr. and Mrs. H. Tyler FranksDavid Winfred GaddyGarden Club of Virginia HistoriansJean GarverMr. and Mrs. Martin L. GilesJane GraettingerMr. and Mrs. Herbert HeltzerMargaret A. and Paul K. Hughes IIMary HunleyCarol and Sidney HurlburtJohn F. JamesonEdward JenningsMary Helen G. JessupJohn Richmond Landscaping, Inc.Champ Roberts JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. KegleyJane Walker KerewichGuy M. Kinman, Jr.Graham R. E. KochSally and Fontaine LawsonMr. and Mrs. G. W. Lester, Jr.Cynthia MarstellerGerald P. McCarthyMr. and Mrs. Charles G. McDanielMr. and Mrs. John E. McDonald, Jr.Dr. Read F. McGehee, Jr.H. Victor Millner, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. G. Alan MorledgeMr. and Mrs. B. B. Munford IIIMr. and Mrs. Edward B. Norfleet, Sr.Thomas P. OwensMrs. Smith PaulMrs. Chiswell D. L. PerkinsMargaret G. PryorJudith B. RefoWilliam L. S. RiggDiane and Rick RichardsonRachel Brice RobbinsDr. and Mrs. William A. RobertsonMaurice B. Rowe IIIElizabeth Moore RuffinRVA Beard LeagueConstance Gouyer SandersJanet and Philip SchwarzDr. and Mrs. Robert B. Scott, Sr.Roberta Roberts ScruggsMr. and Mrs. W. David SellersJanice D. Shaughnessy and B. E. ShaughnessyJohn Spalding ShepherdMr. and Mrs. Robert C. SiebenAnn and George SledgeCharles W. SmithJames R. SmithMr. and Mrs. Lloyd T. Smith, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. SpruillCharles D. StevensMorton G. Thalhimer, Jr.Morton G. & Nancy P. Thalhimer FoundationMatthew G. Thompson, Jr.John W. Thornton, Jr.C. Wayne TuckerVirginia Society Sons of the American

RevolutionHarry J. Warthen IIIJames S. WatkinsonSharon and James White

Bowties for all! President and CEO, Dr. Paul Levengood, poses with Dr. Nelson Lankfordduring Nelson’s retirement party at the VHS.

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Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. WhitleyBarbara D. WilliamsHilda L. WilliamsAnita K. Jones and William A. WulfThree Anonymous

STORY OF VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNAltria Group Elis Olsson Memorial FoundationMrs. Mildred H. GrinsteadAnna and Thomas LawsonPamela R. Seay

HAZEL AND FULTON CHAUNCEYLECTURE FUNDWarren Fulton Chauncey

THE HOWSON W. COLE IIIMANUSCRIPTS FUNDBetsy Cole Margo Leach

SUPPORT FOR COLLECTIONS Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. BeadlesGarden Club of Virginia The National Society of the Colonial Dames Judy Scovronski, in honor of the Virginia Society Dames of the Court of Honor

Mr. and Mrs. Darol Slaton, in memory of Rebecca Vaught

EDUCATION PROGRAMSCultureWorks & The Arts and Cultural FundingConsortium: City of Richmond, Hanover County and Henrico County

Kip Kephart Foundation

GIFTS IN KINDRichmond Conservation StudioRobins Cellars

RESTORATION OF CHARLESHOFFBAUER’S MEMORIALMILITARY MURALSJerome T. CherryAnne Gordon CurranRobert N. McKenney

ONLINE ENHANCEMENTSNational Society Daughters of Colonial Wars, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPGay Community Center of RichmondSlatten-Macdonald Fund *Richard Slatten Endowment for Virginia History *

UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENTBetty Ann Dillon

VIRGINIA HISTORY G.E.M.’S (GIVE EVERYMONTH)Catherine A. BoeCanan K. and James N. BoomerKeane Hollomon BrittonRebecca Thames-Simmons

HUGH V. WHITE, JR., OUTREACHEDUCATION FUNDMrs. Hugh V. White, Jr., in memory ofDr. Martha Kolbe

Mrs. Hugh V. White, Jr., in memory ofHugh V. White, Jr.

J. HARVIE WILKINSON, JR. LECTURESERIES FUNDClaiborne W. Terry

YOUTH EDUCATION FUNDKiwanis Club of Richmond

OTHER TRIBUTESIn Memory of Sara Beth Bearss:Dr. Camille Wells

In Memory of Phyllis GalantiAnne R. Worrell

In Memory of Vernard W. Henley:Mrs. Patricia McK. Glavé

In Memory of Judy Lankford:Michele and Charles Riedel

In Honor of Dr. Nelson D. Lankford:Lisa and Kenny FreemanAnne R. Worrell

In Memory of Robert McEwen:Robert C. Turner

In memory of Mr. Aubrey Edward Sadler II:Mr. Mike Diaz and Mr. Mike ChildersJeffrey Moeller

In Honor of Mark Tooley:Rev. Karen S. Booth

In Memory of Herbert Bryant Warren, Sr.:Sue KinkerLois LittleMr. and Mrs. D. M. LyttonMaintenance Department HoneywellMcClaren, Wilson, & Lawrie, Inc.Jeannine and John MillerAnn NewmanSandi and Russ PayneDale Timmons

THE FOLLOWING COMPANIESGENEROUSLY MATCHED THE GIFTSOF THEIR EMPLOYEES, RETIREES,AND VOLUNTEERSAltria GroupCaterpillar FoundationChubb & SonDominion Foundation Matching Gift ProgramExxonMobil FoundationFranklin Federal Savings BankIBM CorporationMacy’s FoundationCharles Stewart Mott FoundationNorfolk Southern FoundationTexas Instruments FoundationUBS FoundationUniversal Leaf Foundation

THE VIRGINIA HERITAGE REGISTRYThe following individuals have madeprovisions for the VHS in their estate plans.To find out how your name might be addedto this list, or, to let us know that you, too,have provided for the VHS through adeferred gift, please contact Pamela R. Seay,Vice President for Institutional Advancementat 804.342.9681.

John B. Adams, Jr.Marya AllenHon. Gerald L. BalilesJuanita H. and Richard L. BeadlesWilliam Goode BevilleCaroline Y. BrandtJane and Austin Brockenbrough, IIICarolyn M. and Charles F. Bryan, Jr.Mrs. Royal E. Cabell, Jr.Dr. Gene R. Carter

Warren Fulton ChaunceyMrs. Stuart G. Christian, Jr.Marilyn and Thomas CulpepperEdward M. CunninghamNorwood and Marguerite DavisMrs. William F. Dillon, Jr.Jo Anne Wade DrauckerMaureen and Ben FieldNancy H. GatewoodC. Hobson GoddinEugene Ellis GoldenMildred H. GrinsteadMr. and Mrs. Conrad M. HallLindsay and Brenton S. HalseyR. Neil HeningMr. and Mrs. Keith A. HubbardRev. Pegram Johnson IIIDr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. JonesRichard LabunskiDr. Nelson D. LankfordAlastair S. MacdonaldWilliam C. MarshallRobert N. McKenneyRieman McNamara, Jr.Dr. Eddie N. Moore, Jr.Helen Turner MurphyDr. and Mrs. Joseph NetickEsther Harrison NovelNicholas A. PappasJames H. Price IIIDr. and Mrs. James T. RhodesWalter A. Sheppe, Jr.Hugh R. StallardRuth StottsSallie and William B. Thalhimer IIIPage Laubach WardenMr. and Mrs. John West IIIMary WhiteG. Michael WildasinMary and Fritz WillJane and Blair WimbushAnne R. WorrellEleven Anonymous

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As this chart shows, 75.4 percent of every dollarspent supports educational programs that helpconnect people to America’s past through theunparalleled Story of Virginia. You can feelgood about the contributions you make towardour efforts.

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