Annual Report for 2006
Annual Report for 2006
Introduction
Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
E
veryone associated with the Virginia Historical Society will surely
remember 2006 as a landmark year. We could not have celebrated our
175th anniversary in a more gratifying fashion. We began with a special issue of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography presenting a new
history of the VHS written by noted historian and former trustee Melvin I.
Urofsky. In March we opened our stunning new auditorium, the Robins
Family Forum, in our $16-million wing. In addition to the Forum, the
Carole M. and Marcus M. Weinstein Classroom, the Reynolds Center for
Business History, new offices, and vast new storage spaces, the building also
houses a spectacular long-term exhibition in the Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Goodwin Gallery. Called Virginians at Work, it illustrates the myriad occupations Virginians have pursued over the course of four centuries. In July we
dedicated the whole new wing with a daylong public open house. I can only
repeat here my profound gratitude to the board of trustees for naming the
new wing in my honor.
In October we hosted one of the most inspiring programs the VHS has
ever produced, the symposium called “Virginians in the White House: The
Presidency from Washington to Wilson,” sponsored by the Wachovia
Foundation. The keynote address was the annual J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr.,
Lecture, which featured historian David McCullough speaking at First
Baptist Church. It was a tribute to him and to the VHS that you, the members, filled the church to overflowing. On that occasion, Mr. McCullough
very graciously stated that of the thousands of historical societies in America,
“the Virginia Historical Society is one of the best”—high praise, indeed,
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from the nation’s most popular historian. It was our special honor to elect
Mr. McCullough into the select band of honorary members of the VHS.
Toward the end of our anniversary year, at the trustees lecture on 15
November, Mel Urofsky surveyed our history as an institution and reminded us how far we’ve come in 175 years. But the best event
of the anniversary year came right at the end, when the
generosity of so many members pushed us well over the
$55-million mark and thereby assured victory in our capital campaign. I’m constantly reminded that the campaign
began in uncertain times in the fall of 2001. Reaching
such an ambitious goal by our self-imposed deadline is
truly remarkable. In addition to meeting our objective, we
received collections valued at more than $11 million during the same period.
Along with marking 175 years of accomplishment with these notable
anniversary events, we’ve continued our ongoing, day-to-day operations in
pursuit of our mission. As you will read in the report that follows, our staff
has diligently continued the work of collecting and interpreting the evidence
of Virginia’s past for the benefit of present and future generations.
One of the VHS’s truly great strengths, its collections, continues to grow.
Our curatorial departments were ably led, as they have been for many years,
by Director of Museums James C. Kelly, Director of Library Services Frances
S. Pollard, and Director of Manuscripts and Archives and Sallie and William
B. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist E. Lee Shepard. In 2006 the society
acquired a significant portion of a major colonial library with the addition
of nearly 170 volumes that once belonged to Robert Carter of Nomini Hall.
Also, the Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust made a generous grant to support our efforts to preserve printed American history
materials. Last year we logged in close to 200 new manuscript acquisitions,
covering donations and purchases of materials from single items to massive
groupings of personal papers and business and institutional records. Work
progresses apace to preserve and make those materials accessible to
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researchers. We completed work on a grant from the Gladys Kreble Delmas
Foundation that supported the processing of collections of papers relating to
women’s history, along with the revamping of Documenting Women’s Lives: A
User’s Guide to Manuscripts at the Virginia Historical Society, originally published in 1996. The VHS also received an important grant from the Virginia
Foundation for the Humanities, which supported the processing of collections with significant African American content, along with the addition of
more than 100 new entries to the online version of our Guide to African
American Manuscripts.
As reported last year, the VHS was awarded its second Save America’s
Treasures grant, administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through this funding, work began early in 2006 on the conservation of
the papers of Virginia’s colonial lieutenant governor, Robert Dinwiddie,
many of them featuring the young
George Washington. Web pages
describing the conservation process
are on the VHS site (www.vahistorical.org) and will be updated as the
project progresses.
Another major undertaking involved the archives of the A. H. Robins
Company of Richmond, the well-known pharmaceutical giant. Processing
of the surviving corporate records was enhanced by the opportunity to interview more than a hundred former company employees. Much of 2006 was
taken up both with conducting, transcribing, and editing those interviews
and with integrating new materials donated by the interviewees. The final
step, all of which has been funded by the Robins Family Foundation,
involves producing a comprehensive finding aid to the collection.
The records of yet another corporate giant in Virginia, the Reynolds
Metals Company, have been a part of the collections for some years now, and
processing of this massive archive continues. This project, too, is supplemented by an oral history component, and both aspects have been generously funded by the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation.
These records and others are the reasons why our library attracted so
many visitors in 2006, from forty-seven states and nine countries in all.
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Historians, students, genealogists, teachers, and history enthusiasts
researched a wide array of topics ranging from indentured servants to current immigration statistics. The reference staff fielded many inquiries, especially about two stories that received national media attention—the pardon
of Grace Sherwood (the “witch of Pungo”) and the attempts to locate the
locomotive buried in Richmond’s
Church Hill tunnel. Among the
researchers were thirty-two scholars
who received short-term travel grants
under our research fellowship program, which completed its nineteenth
year. The majority (twenty-four) were
for general research (Mellon Fellows),
four were for work in women’s history and gender studies (Lewis Fellows), three in business and economic history (Christian Fellows), and one in bibliography (Reese Fellow).
Many of the treasures of our collections found their way not only into
the research of scholars but also into museum exhibitions throughout the
year. Two exhibitions in 2006 were directly tied to the celebration of our
175th anniversary. The first, 175 Years of Collecting: A Virginia History Quiz,
funded in memory of T. Eugene Worrell, showcased old and new treasures
from our holdings. To make it more engaging, the exhibition was organized
as a quiz, with a flip-card question and answer beside each item. The second
and larger exhibition, Virginians at Work, a long-term installation, is the
public face of the Reynolds Business History Center, a major aspect of the
175th anniversary and accompanying fund-raising campaign. The exhibition includes nearly
1,000 objects, some located in an eightyfoot “memory lane” of mostly discontinued Virginia-made products. Key artifacts
include a massive water wheel from a mill
in Pittsylvania County, an ornate c. 1900
horse-drawn hearse of A. D. Price, the African
American funeral business in Richmond, and
the Reynolds Metals Company’s all-aluminum
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office of 1958. The Moses D. Nunnally Charitable Lead Trust is the signature sponsor of the exhibition.
Virginians at Work was designed to provide an economic history complement to The Story of Virginia, which remains the VHS’s principal museum
attraction. Its audio-visual systems were replaced and upgraded in 2006. The
most exciting artifact to be added to the exhibition was The Battle of Five
Forks, a large painting by French military artist Paul Philippoteaux, given in
memory of Peter Charles Bance, Jr. The Union victory at Five Forks in April
1865 smashed Robert E. Lee’s right flank and led to the evacuation of
Richmond. Display of this large painting in front of one of the first Union
flags to fly over captured Richmond is a stunning new visual highlight of our
eight-year-old flagship exhibition.
Among the temporary exhibitions, Virginia’s Diplomats featured Virginians from Jefferson’s time up to the present in a synopsis of American
diplomatic history. We also held a companion program of lectures
co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Richmond and given by distinguished members of the Foreign Service. The society’s first quilt exhibition in a decade was the most visited temporary exhibition of the year. Pierre Daura’s
Vision of Virginia, which also had a catalog,
featured eighty works by a native Spaniard
and Parisian contemporary of Picasso who
married a Virginian, came to Rockbridge
Baths in 1939, and made Rockbridge
County the main subject of his palette until
his death in 1976. The Cathedral of the Sacred
Heart: A Centennial Celebration marked the
anniversary of the construction of Richmond’s Roman Catholic cathedral.
Safely Harbored: Recent African American Acquisitions was a celebration of a
different sort. It testified to the broadening of our collecting and to the fact
that ephemeral items of all kinds can shed light on people’s experiences,
especially where first-person documents and objects with known provenance
are rare. In response to the exhibition, The Links Foundation, Inc., made a
significant grant to the VHS to digitize African American primary sources.
The Richmond chapter of The Links, Inc., was the originator of the grant.
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The society does not hoard its treasures but shares individual items and
whole exhibitions with other institutions. Several shows previously displayed
at the society were on tour in 2006. American Visions of Liberty and Freedom,
an exhibition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, traveled to the Charlotte Museum of History, the National Heritage Museum in
Lexington, Massachusetts, and the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis.
The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia, the signature exhibition of 2004,
traveled in 2006 to the Portsmouth Museum, the Alexandria Lyceum, and
the Fredericksburg Area Museum, with help from Philip Morris USA. Early
Views of Virginia Indians also was shown at the Alexandria Lyceum.
Our exhibitions travel extensively, but no arm of the VHS reaches farther than the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, which finds its way
into mailboxes in every state, and a few foreign countries, four times a year.
The journal began the year with the special 175th-anniversary history of the
VHS. We also published the history under the title The Virginia Historical
Society: The First 175 Years, 1831–2006 as a separate hardback edition. Under the guidance of
Nelson D. Lankford, director of publications and
scholarship, the VMHB completed its 114th year
of service to the scholarly community. In October,
we learned that an article published the previous
year had won a coveted prize given by the
Southern Association for Women Historians
(SAWH). Elna C. Green’s essay, “Gendering the
City, Gendering the Welfare State: The Nurses’
Settlement of Richmond, 1900–1930,” recounts
the early years of what became the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Association, better known as the IVNA.
Throughout the year, History Notes, our quarterly newsletter, and our
web site kept members apprised of the ongoing activities to mark the society’s anniversary year. The VHS web site, www.vahistorical.org, experienced
another year of growth in the number and variety of its pages, reflecting the
constant expansion of activities and programs. During the year, Princeton
Architectural Press published for the VHS a splendid illustrated volume, In
Jefferson’s Shadow: The Architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn, by Bryan Clark
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Green and based on our Blackburn collection of architectural drawings,
which were recently conserved with the help of Mutual Assurance Society of
Virginia.
In addition to producing published works of a high standard, in 2006
the VHS continued to present some of today’s most distinguished historians
and writers as public speakers. On 23 March 2006, former trustee and noted
Civil War historian James I. “Bud” Robertson, Jr., inaugurated our new
auditorium, the Robins Family Forum, with the 2006 Alexander Weddell
Lecture. At the end of the year, former trustee Mel Urofsky gave the annual
trustees lecture based on his
175th anniversary history of the
VHS. The noontime Banner
Lecture Series continues to be
one of the most popular of our
ongoing programs, demonstrating the wisdom of adding a new
and much larger lecture hall.
There were eleven Banner Lectures in all last year. The range
of topics was wide, indeed.
Among them, for example, were: “Art in the Civil War South”; “Menokin:
Virginia’s Most Unusual Preservation Adventure”; “Treasures and Curiosities
from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle”; and “James Madison and the
Struggle for the Bill of Rights.” Also a summer film series, “The South on
the Silver Screen,” presented classic movies depicting the South on five consecutive Thursday evenings in June.
On 19 October 2006 our blockbuster history symposium, “Virginians in the White House: The Presidency from Washington to Wilson,” began with David
McCullough, speaking on George Washington and lessons of leadership. The following day we had three
principal lectures and numerous other talks given at
concurrent sessions. The three major lectures were by
Peter Henriques, speaking on George Washington;
Scott Berg, speaking on Woodrow Wilson; and
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Michael Beschloss, speaking on the modern presidency. We’ve been fortunate to have each of these historians here at the VHS before, and it was a
treat to bring them all back together at the same time.
The society’s lectures bring together members for intellectual stimulation, but a highlight for many is a more social affair. Last year the annual
meeting and garden party were held on 28 April, and as usual, the staff at
Virginia House had the gardens bursting with a profusion of spring blossoms. Before the party, members learned about some highlights of the previous year and applauded the students, teachers, scholars, and volunteers
receiving awards from the society.
Just as the garden party has become a VHS spring tradition, so has the
annual flood of students preparing for end-of-year Standards of Learning
testing. The education department, under the guidance of William B.
Obrochta, expanded its services to teachers and students during the
2005–2006 school year. During that time, more than 16,000 students
toured The Story of Virginia. In addition, outreach educators took our
history boxes on the road, serving
almost 14,000 students in their
classrooms. Many of these were visits
to schools in Northern Virginia and
Petersburg, where generous grants
from the Kington Foundation and
the Cameron Foundation underwrote our efforts. During the year,
our staff conducted nineteen workshops for 576 teachers. In October twenty high school students from across the state won coveted places to participate in the annual Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars Forum with noted historian David McCullough.
The VHS hosted its thirteenth annual summer Teachers Institute in
2006. Since 1994, we have brought together more than 250 teachers from
across the state to study various topics in Virginia and American history.
This year’s institute, “Virginians at Work,” was underwritten by the
National Endowment for the Humanities, the Robert Hill Carter Fund
for Virginia Local History, and the society’s M&M/Mars Education Fund.
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The institute was co-sponsored by the Virginia Council on Economic
Education, and Suzanne Gallagher, director of VCU’s Center for Economic
Education, served as the teaching consultant. Over the course of the program, the fifteen teacher participants
attended lectures, participated in
discussions, and used the resources of
the VHS to develop lesson plans.
Our NEH institute was only the
first of our teacher institutes in 2006.
Thirty Chesterfield County sixth-, seventh-, and eleventh-grade teachers participated in another two-week institute
as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History initiative, designed to improve teacher
content knowledge in history. Since 2002, we have worked with thirty-seven
Virginia school systems on seventeen Teaching American History projects.
The most significant of these is our partnership with Chesterfield County.
In June 2006, we received word that Chesterfield received a second threeyear TAH grant, and we are again serving as project directors.
One goal of these grants is the creation of an online resource for teachers, housed on our web site. During 2006, we scoured our collections for
primary source materials to digitize and make available in a teacher-friendly
format. The VHS’s ongoing efforts to expand its digital library now includes
nearly 9,000 images for more than 3,700 artifacts, documents, and photographs.
The VHS received a highly competitive major grant from the federal
Institute for Museum and Library Services and the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting to produce a documentary entitled Witness to a Century. Partnering with the Community Ideas Stations (Richmond and Charlottesville
public television), the VHS will create an hour-long program that examines
the immense changes that occurred in Virginia in the twentieth century.
Instead of simply relying on old moving pictures and photos, Witness to a
Century will use the memories of centenarians—those who lived through the
actual years in question—to tell the story. These firsthand accounts will provide a compelling human dimension to large events. Pre-production work is
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under way, and broadcast is expected in 2008. After broadcast, special educational packets including the documentary will be created for use in senior
centers to encourage recollection and discussion among older Virginians
about an era that has only recently
passed but is still only partially understood.
Clearly our educational mission
extends beyond our headquarters
building, and last year included a VHS
trip to explore the “Clash of Empires
in North America.” With Brig. Gen.
John W. (Jack) Mountcastle (Ret.) as
their expert guide, VHS members
toured sites in New York, New England, and Canada.
Behind the scenes, many employees worked to make possible all the programs and exhibitions held in our headquarters building and beyond. This
past year was one of transition for staff members in building operations,
security, information technology, horticulture, and housekeeping, as they
turned their efforts from constructing a new wing to occupying it and making it run efficiently. Fine tuning mechanical systems, learning to utilize new
audio-visual capabilities, upgrading information networks, and attending to
such finishing touches as landscaping and signage occupied much staff time,
even as we maintained an accelerated schedule for routine operations. Under
the leadership of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Robert F. Strohm, the joint efforts of these departments not only resulted in
a smooth maiden voyage for the new wing but also one that came in within
budgeted projections.
Led by Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Richard S. V. Heiman, the
finance department successfully managed our fiscal resources and completed
the annual audit with Keiter, Stephens, Hurst, Gary & Shreves, CPA, which
approved our financial statements with an unqualified opinion. In August
the society closed on the Series 2006 Bonds to refund the Series 1996 Bonds.
The Series 2006 Bonds were issued through the Virginia Small Business
Financing Authority secured by a ten-year letter of credit with SunTrust
Bank. This issue will be amortized for the remaining fourteen years, which
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is the remaining amortization schedule these bonds replaced. In concert with
the newly outsourced network support, our IT operations now provide
greater desktop support to internal users at the society.
It has never been more important for the VHS to have well-managed
financial systems, because we rely heavily on a wide array of grants to support the society’s activities. In fact, it was a $1-million challenge grant from
the Kresge Foundation that helped the VHS meet its 175th Anniversary
campaign goal in time for a deadline of 31 December 2006. Other foundations not previously mentioned in this report such as the Alfred I. duPont
Trust, the Roller-Bottimore Foundation, and the Memorial Foundation for
Children made generous grants to help secure success for the campaign. Pam
Seay, vice president for advancement, credits the combination of foundation
support, contributions from numerous corporations both large and small,
and the overwhelming generosity of individuals for making the Virginia
Historical Society one of the strongest institutions of its type in the country.
The financial help we received from so many sources is essential to our
ongoing success, but no more so than the tremendous and very generous
donations of time by an amazing number of talented volunteers. Later in this
report you can see the names of our Society Guild Volunteers, which we list
with profound gratitude. Not least among the volunteers who help us are
those in leadership positions on our board. Taking over the helm as chairman of the board of trustees in January 2006 was E. Claiborne Robins, Jr.,
who had earlier served as a trustee. Ably seconding him as vice chairman has
been J. Stewart Bryan, III, of
Richmond. It has been an honor
to serve with both gentlemen. In
addition, I am pleased to report
that our board elected outgoing
trustees Susan S. Goode of
Norfolk and Anne R. Worrell of
Charlottesville regional vice chairman and honorary chairman
respectively and appointed four
new trustees. At the beginning of
2006, the four new members of
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the board who began their six-year terms of service were: Lloyd U. Noland,
III, of Newport News; Thomas G. Slater, Jr., of Richmond; William B.
Thalhimer, III, of Richmond; and F. Blair Wimbush of Norfolk. The
trustees who rotated off the board were: C. Philip Barger of Waynesboro and
Eddie N. Moore, Jr., of Ettrick. And it is with great sadness that I must
report the death last year of honorary vice chairman and former trustee Saul
Viener.
As the year 2006 ended, we could take great pride in the many ways in
which we commemorated our 175 years of service to the commonwealth. I
want to thank each and every one of you for your part in making all that
possible. It was immensely gratifying to end the year having reached our
ambitious $55-million campaign goal. We look forward to 175 more years
of being a home for history.
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Although staff members began moving into the new space in November 2005, the new wing—dedicated to Charles F. Bryan, Jr.—was not officially finished until July 2006 when the long-term exhibition Virginians at Work opened to the public.
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Selected Accessions
MANUSCRIPTS
1. Deed, 1754 January 26, of the trustees and chief men of the Nottoway Indians to Samuel
Blow for 57 acres in Southampton County. Sheet: handwritten signed; 15 x 17 3/4 in.
Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund.
2. Bond, 1754 September 10, of William Thweatt and Alexander Bolling with Robert
Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of the colony of Virginia, concerning Thweatt’s
appointment as inspector of tobacco at Blandford in Prince George County. Sheet:
printed form with handwritten completions; 8 1/2 x 13 in. Purchased through the
Margaret C. Schweidler Fund.
3. Commission, 1780 April 19, issued to Jacob Woodson as a captain in the Prince Edward
County militia by the governor of Virginia. 1 p.: printed form with handwritten
completions; 8 1/4 x 6 in. Signed by Thomas Jefferson and bears the seal of Virginia. Gift
of the late Perkins Morton Flippin.
4. Papers, 1793–1873, of Thomas Henry Fox (of Hanover County), including a diary,
1850–61, and a memoir, written c. 1861, covering his life as a farmer and educator. 4
items. Gift of Mary Ingles Fox.
5. Records, 1802, of the clerk of Charles City County, including writs of execution in
debt cases and an escape warrant issued for Thomas Willcox, Jr., a debtor. (These items
may have been removed from the grounds of the Charles City County Courthouse in
1862.) 5 items. Gift of Mrs. James M. Fetter in memory of Mary T. Morton.
6. Papers, 1815–90, of Amanda Fitzallen Peale Keezle (of Keezletown, Rockingham County)
including correspondence and other records concerning her farming enterprises, her son
attending boarding school, the adoption of a distant, orphaned family member, and other
family matters. 167 items. Purchased.
7. Grants, 1828–44, issued by the Virginia Land Office to Joshua Butcher for land in
Logan County (now West Virginia). 4 items. Gift of Fred E. Way.
8. Autograph album, 1832–49, of Narcissa Bertonia Hamilton, kept primarily in
Lexington. [62] leaves: handwritten; 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Bound volume. Includes lines
of verse and autographs of family members and friends, including a poem composed by
Sam Houston. Gift/purchase from Mary Elinor Hoyler Gray.
9. Financial records, 1835–60, of farmer Acrell Savedge (of Surry County), including
accounts, receipts, and bonds, some of which concern the hiring of slaves. 14 items. Gift
of Anne R. Worrell.
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10. Grants, 1838–42, issued by the Virginia Land Office to Anthony Lawson for land in
Logan County (now West Virginia). 4 items. Gift of Fred E. Way.
11. Letterbook, 1838–44, of William Mayo Fulton (of Richmond), kept while serving
as captain of Company B, 2d United States Dragoons, during the Second Seminole War
in Florida. Bound volume. [686] pp.: handwritten; 8 x 13 in. Letters discuss recruitment,
supplies, illness among the troops, and Indian attacks. Gift of the Chesterfield Historical
Society of Virginia.
12. Papers, 1839–1924, of the Compton family (a Virginia family that migrated to Mississippi
to engage in cotton farming). Consists of the correspondence and related papers of
Thomas A. Compton, his wife, Eliza (Shaw) Compton, and their children, Eleanora V.
Compton, Mary E. Compton, William Compton, Julia E. Compton, and Charles C.
Compton. 102 items. Gift of Mary Ingles Fox.
13. Architectural drawings, c. 1850, sent by John Gilmer (of Pittsylvania Court House [now
Chatham]) to his sister Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, showing his new home,
Chatham Hall. [2] pp. on 2 leaves: hand drawn; 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. Show elevation and
first floor plan. Purchased.
14. Commonplace book, c. 1852–69, of Thomas Taylor Galt (of Fluvanna County and
formerly a student at Episcopal High School, Alexandria), including mathematical
problems and exercises, lines of verse, and drafts of letters to various correspondents. Also,
possibly concerns the attendance of his brother Robert at Episcopal High School during
the period 1852–53. [34] pp.: part holograph; 9 3/4 x 8 in. Bound volume. Purchased.
15. Papers, 1855–1962, of Charles Simeon Stringfellow (lawyer of Petersburg and
Richmond), including antebellum speeches on historical topics, a memoir including
information on Stringfellow’s service in the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the
Confederate States Army, a scrapbook, and estate papers. 29 items. Gift of the Stringfellow
family through the agency of Langhorne Gibson, Jr.
16. Commonplace book, 1858–c. 1888, of Gottfried Gross, which he kept as an apprentice
to wheelwright Thomas D. Eckerson in New Durham, N.J., and later as a carriage and
wagon manufacturer with Conrad Gross (as C. & G. Gross) in Richmond [120] pp.:
part holograph; 4 x 6 3/4 in. Bound volume. Includes drawings and descriptions of wagon
component parts and wagon construction. Purchased.
17. Account book, 1859–76, of George W. Rowan (of Bath County). [123] pp.:
handwritten; 6 x 7 1/2 in. Bound volume. Includes records of work done by agricultural
laborers, accounts with businesses in Warm and Hot Springs and individuals, and
merchandise purchased for home and farm use. Gift of Lt. Col. William H. Chandler
(USAFR).
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18. Circular, 1861 March [?], issued by Betts & Gregory, Auctioneers of Richmond, to
“Dear Sir.” 1 p.: printed form with handwritten completions; 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Concerns
prices current for the sale of African American slaves in Richmond, with listings of prices
for specific categories of persons. Gift of Richmond Mayo-Smith through the courtesy of
the Massachusetts Historical Society.
19. Letter, [18]65 July 3, Near Cartersville, of Robert E. Lee to Major Jno. W. Pegram
[i.e., James West Pegram]. [3] pp. on 1 leaf: holograph signed; 5 1/2 x 9 in. Concerns an
offer by a Mr. McHenry of cattle to repopulate herds in Virginia after the Civil War, which
Lee declines for lack of owning a farm; and Pegram’s responsibilities to his family
following the loss of his two brothers in the war. Gift of Henry Taylor, Jr.
20. Papers, 1867–1941, of Benjamin Lewis Stephens (farmer of Southampton County, Va.)
primarily consisting of accounts with various businesses in the town of Boykin, Va. 48
items. Gift of Neil Steverson.
21. Papers, 1876–99, of the Bass family (of Lynchburg), primarily concerning Dr.
David Ethelbert Bass and his wife, Sarah Judith (Leftwich) Bass. Include correspondence,
accounts, and deeds of trust concerning land in Lynchburg and in Campbell and Bedford
counties. 60 items. Gift of Mollie Stanley.
Pictured here is the first page of a letter written by
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) on 3 July 1865. In it
he discussed an offer from a Mr. McHenry of cattle to help repopulate herds in Virginia after the
war. He also gave advice to the letter’s recipient,
James West Pegram (1839–1881), concerning
Pegram’s responsibilities to his family following
the loss of two brothers in the war. Gift of Henry
Taylor, Jr.
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22. Papers, 1878–1903, of George Wilson (a Chesterfield County native) concerning his
service as a Buffalo Soldier in the 9th United States Cavalry, primarily in the western
United States, but also in the Philippine Islands and Cuba during the Spanish-American
War. Include commissions, discharge papers, and special orders. 7 items. Gift of the
Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.
23. Scrapbook, 1881–1968, kept in part by Margaret Briscoe Stuart Robertson. [78] pp.: 9
1/2 x 12 1/4 in. Bound volume. Includes poetry, correspondence and newspaper clippings
concerning her husband, Alexander F. Robertson, her father, Alexander H. H. Stuart
(United States secretary of the interior), and her son Archibald G. Robertson, along with
information on the Stuart and Baldwin families of Virginia. Gift of Mrs. Stuart G.
Christian, Jr.
24. Report, 1882 August 22, Commissioner’s Office, Richmond, of Thomas J. Evans to
the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond. 1, 11, [4] pp.: holograph signed; 8 x 12 1/2
in. Concerns settlement of the estate of Jane M. Ely (of 1112 E. Clay Street, Richmond)
by her executor, Robert A. Lancaster, Jr. (including the conversion of her former residence
into a rental property). Purchased with funds provided by Frances H. Mills in memory of
Waverly K. Winfree.
25. Diary, 1888 January 1–December 6, kept by Edward Daniels (of Gunston Hall, Fairfax
County) concerning agricultural and timber operations on the Gunston Hall
property and his activities as a Republican Party newspaper editor and speaker,
particularly concerning the presidential election of 1888. [408] pp.: holograph; 3 x 5 in.
Bound volume. Gift of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.
26. Diary, 1889–92, of James K. Galt (Baptist minister and lawyer of Reba, Bedford
County), primarily concerning his travels through Piedmont Virginia and his itinerant
preaching career, and later his law practice and interaction with fellow Confederate
veterans. 2 volumes. Purchased.
27. Commonplace book, 1889–92, of Thomas C. Ruffin (of Richmond). [55] leaves:
holograph; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Bound volume. Includes essays and speeches prepared for
debates participated in as a member of the Henrico Lyceum, as well as a travel account
concerning a convention of the Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew in Philadelphia, Pa.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Ruffin.
28. Commonplace book, 1892–99, of George J. Gross (of Richmond) primarily
cocerning the carriage and wagon manufacturing business of Conrad Gross. 1, 20, [72]
leaves: holograph; 3 1/2 x 6 in. Bound volume. Includes prices for manufactured parts for
wagons and carriages, as well as costs for construction and repair of vehicles and
descriptions and drawings of gears. Purchased.
20 • Virginia Magazine
29. Papers, c. 1894–1923, of James Allen Kline (of Richmond) primarily relating to his
company, the Kline Kar Corporation, including advertising, photographs, a scrapbook,
specifications of car manufacturing, and related materials; and including automobile race
photographs and biographical materials. 84 items. Gift of Ruth E. Kline.
30. Account book, 1897–1907, of W. K. Irvine (of Beverly Manor, Augusta County).
[138] pp.: handwritten; 6 x 8 1/2 in. Bound volume. The first part of the book,
1889–91, contains the medical notes of an unidentified medical student under Dr.
Janeway [likely Dr. Edward Gamliel Janeway] and Dr. Bryant [likely Dr. Joseph D.
Bryant]. The second part, 1895–1920, contains accounts kept by William K. Irvine,
including accounts for the wages of agricultural laborers, the purchase of supplies, repairs
to wagons, horseshoes, and farm implements. Gift of Lt. Col. William H. Chandler
(USAFR).
31. Letter, 1899 December 21, of F. H. Deane & Co. of Richmond to Davidson &
Quisenbury. 1 p.: printed; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Concerns prices for and sale of hay, clover, and
straw. Purchased.
32. Account book, 1899–1900, of M. J. Johnson & Co., a mercantile establishment operated
by Mary Jane (Wagner) Johnson, presumably in Sussex County. 312 pp.: handwritten;
8 x 13 in. Bound volume. Gift of Raymond J. Browder.
33. Papers, 1901–52, of James Allen Kline (of Richmond) concerning his interest in
automobiles and automobile racing, including records concerning the Labor Day Auto
Races held at the Fairgrounds in Richmond; manufacturing operations of the Kline Kar
Corporation of Richmond; business activities of the Sterling Finance Company; and
services as president of the Richmond Automotive Trade Association. 78 folders.
Purchased.
34. Papers, 1905–97, of Eleanor Gwathmey (Powell) Dewey (of Richmond,
Williamsburg, and New York City) chiefly consisting of Powell family
correspondence, along with genealogical materials and miscellany, including materials
related to her brother, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (Richmond attorney and United States Supreme
Court justice).
35. Specifications, 1907, agreed upon by the School Board of Caroline County (by Wesley
Wright, chairman) and J. T. Terrell concerning an addition to School House Number 3 at
Concord. 1 p.: handwritten; 9 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. Gift of Elizabeth Lee Wright through
the courtesy of Elise B. Hofheimer Wright.
36. Papers, 1908–10, of Helen Blackwood (Patterson) Gilkerson (of Montezuma),
including diaries and a commonplace book kept while a student at Tinkling Springs
Academy in Rockingham County. 5 items. Gift of Mary Ingles Fox.
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37. Records, 1910–60, of the Millwood Lodge No. 8501, Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows [an African American organization], including by-laws, ritual
books, correspondence, receipts, and membership information. 118 items. Gift of Stuart
E. Brown, Jr.
38. Papers, 1911–12, of the Withers family (of Suffolk) primarily consisting of
correspondence of Robert Walter Withers and his wife, Louise Brockenbrough
(McAdams) Withers (of Suffolk), with members of Robert’s family detailing his
eighteen-month battle with tuberculosis. 33 items. Gift of Louise McAdams Withers
Ellyson.
39. Specification of labor and materials for the construction of a bank building for the Peoples
National Bank of Charlottesville, compiled by architect Eugene M. Bradbury, c.
1916. 31 leaves: typescript; 13 1/2 x 9 in. Gift of the Historical Society of Washington,
D.C.
40. Papers, 1919–39, of Carter Nelson Williams (of Richmond) concerning the
mortgage on his home (2823 Grove Avenue) and the acquisition of property by Richmond
Structural Steel Company, Inc., of which he was president. 14 items. Gift of Morris
Weinstein, Jr.
41. Student notebook, c. 1920, kept by Collins Denny (of Richmond) for a course in
jurisprudence while attending Princeton University. [4], 160 [i.e., 161],
[23] pp.: holograph; 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. Bound volume. Also, includes loose class notes. 6
items. Gift of Dr. W. Hamilton Bryson.
42. Account book, 1925–29, of Charles C. Ellett (of Beaverdam, Hanover County)
concerning the purchase of household and farming supplies and including accounts of
Carrie Grice (Libby) Ellett (Mrs. Charles C. Ellett). [47] leaves: handwritten; 14 5/8 x 5
7/8 in. Bound volume. Gift of Margaret Ballard Thompson through the courtesy of
Virginia C. Ellett.
43. Papers, c. 1925–89, of the Gist family (of Richmond), primarily consisting of
church and education-related certificates and photographs of persons and events reflecting
on African American life in the city. 250 items. Represented are college instructor Lewis
Gist, Sr. (1897–1989), his wife, Leonia (Hill) Gist (1898–1991); and their children and
grandchildren. Purchased.
44. Papers, 1933–2001, of Alice (Jackson) Houston Stuart (secondary and college teacher, of
Richmond), including articles, writings, and photographs concerning her life and the
civil rights movement in general, as well as correspondence and school materials of her
son, Julian Towns Houston, Jr., now a judge in Massachusetts. 417 items. Purchased.
22 • Virginia Magazine
45. Letter, 1935 May 29, White Post, Clarke County, of Arthur Bowie Chrisman to Ethel
Chrisman, Waynesboro. [2] pp. on 1 leaf: typescript signed; 8 1/2 x 11 in. With
envelope. Concerns his writings as a children’s author [he was a Newberry Medal award
winner], his interest in Chinese folk tales, and a story he was developing. Gift of Ethel R.
Chrisman and Louise Chrisman.
46. Financial report, 1936, of the Peninsula Transit Corporation, Norfolk, primarily
concerning its operation of bus lines. Includes a balance sheet and loss statement as of
February 1936. [5] leaves: typescript; 11 x 17 in. Gift of Caroline White Dozier.
47. Papers, 1943–45, of Russell Greenway McAllister (of Winchester and Richmond),
including a commonplace book, diary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and related
materials concerning his service in the United States Army Air Corps Medical Corps in the
southwestern United States and in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 19 items. Gift
of Charlotte Croll.
48. Memoir, 1944, of Bland Selden Hobson Goddin (of Goochland County and Richmond)
primarily concerning her service with the United States Army Base Hospital no. 45 in
Toul, France, during World War I. [15] pp.: typescript; 8 1/2 x 11 in. With enclosures.
Gift of C. Hobson Goddin.
49. Papers, 1946–48, of Helen Bowman Jones (of Ettrick) including letters written by
H. W. and Bep Daniels (of Rotterdam) concerning their World War II
experiences in Java and as refugees in the Netherlands, and the aid provided by the Jones
family following the war. 7 items. Gift of Page Jones Traylor.
50. Papers, 1952–2005, of Georgia Bazacos Morgan (of Richmond) concerning her
employment by A. H. Robins Company, including documentation regarding her
establishment of a library for the company. 6 items. Gift of Georgia Bazacos Morgan.
51. Scrapbook, 1955–86, compiled for Jessie H. Meredith (of Glen Allen) on the
occasion of her retirement from the packaging division of the A. H. Robins Company of
Richmond. 1 volume. Gift of Jessie H. Meredith.
52. Papers, 1967–78, of Henry Irving Tragle compiled for his doctoral dissertation and
subsequent book, The Southampton Slave Revolt of 1831. Include research notes, oral
histories, correspondence, photographs and other illustrative matter, press releases, book
reviews, and a notebook/scrapbook concerning William Styron’s The Confessions of Nat
Turner. c. 500 items. Bequest of the late Henry Irving Tragle through the courtesy of
Linda Seidman, W. E. B. DuBois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
53. Records, 1974–2005, of the Every Monday Club (a women’s literary organization in
Richmond) including materials regarding club programs, along with minutes of
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meetings and a club history. Addition to previously donated club records. Gift of the Every
Monday Club through Rachel B. Rooke and Betty Andrews.
54. Papers, 1978–2002, of Edgar E. MacDonald (of Richmond), primarily consisting of
letters from Katharina Reinhart (of Wiesbaden, Germany) largely concerning
Glasgow Clark and his sister Josephine Clark (of Richmond) and the Virginia
Historical Society. With photographs. 56 items. Gift of Edgar E. MacDonald.
55. Papers, 1984–92, of Julia H. Davidson (of Richmond) concerning her employment
by A. H. Robins Company and her work at Quinton Instruments of Seattle, Washington,
a Robins subsidiary. 210 items. Gift of Julia H. Davidson.
NEWSPAPERS
1. Virginia Herald (Fredericksburg), 1804 November 23 and December 18. Purchased
through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund.
2. Enquirer (Richmond), 1828 February 5. Gift of Virginia W. Christian.
3. The Log Cabin (Albany & New York, N.Y.), 1840 August 1. Gift of William W. Cole.
4. The New York Times (New York), 1862 June 5. Gift of First Baptist Church,
Richmond, Va.
5. Camp Pickett News (Camp Pickett), 1943–45 (bound volume). Bequest of John
Mauro.
PRINTED MATERIAL
1. Allemong, Courtney, Don’t Forget Your Dear Old Mother. Roanoke, Va., 1916. Sheet
music. Gift of William Cole.
2. Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, Khedive
Temple, Norfolk, Va., Ancient Oriental Tribe, Khedive Patrol . . . Presenting 150 minutes of
history, mirth and talent from here, there and yonder . . . Norfolk, 1914. Gift of Nelson D.
Lankford.
3. Bellak, James, Rough and Ready Polka, composed by James Bellak and respectfully dedicated
to Gen. Zachary Taylor. . . . Philadelphia, 1848. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole.
4. Campbell, Alexander, An Address on Capital Punishment. Bethany, 1846. Delivered
to the Washington Literary Institute. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial
Foundation Fund.
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5. Casey, James W., Glory of Jamestown: Exposition March, 1607–1907. New York, 1907.
Sheet music. Gift of Randolph W. Campbell.
6. Childe, Lydia Marie, American Frugal Housewife. Dedicated to Those Who are not Ashamed
of Economy. Boston, 1833. Gift of Nancy Carter Crump.
7. Cobb’s Island Hotel (Cobb Island), Cobb’s Island Hotel in the Atlantic Ocean: The
Unrivalled Health and Summer Resort . . . Fishing, Gunning, and Bathing Unexcelled. . . .
Cheriton, Va. [1890?] Broadside. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
8. Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, Twenty-Four Negro Melodies. Transcribed for Piano by S.
Coleridge-Taylor . . . With a Preface by Booker T. Washington. Boston, 1905. Purchased
through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
9. Coles, Sade Catherine and John Lee Higgins, Gallant Commander. Dedicated to
Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd. Arlington, 1928. Sheet music. Gift of William
Cole.
10. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and
Domestic Worship. Richmond, 1847. From the library of John Melville Jennings, given
in his memory by George Stoner.
Pictured here is a broadside produced by the
Cobb’s Island Hotel in the 1890s. The advertisement claimed it to be the “Unrivalled Health and
Summer Resort of the Atlantic Coast.” For the
price of $2.50 per day or $40 per month, guests
could enjoy “surf-bathing,” “Snipe-shooting,” and
fishing during the spring and summer seasons.
Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
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11. Confederate States of America, War Department, Adjutant and Inspector General’s
Office, General Orders No. 3. The Following Act of Congress is Published for the Information
of the Army: An Act to Provide for the Appointment of a General in Chief of the Confederate
States. Richmond, 1865. Confederate Imprint. Broadside announcing the appointment
of Robert E. Lee as the supreme commander of the Confederate armies. Purchased
through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
12. Confederate States of America, War Department, Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office,
General Orders No. 138. Richmond, 1863. Confederate Imprint. An act “to regulate
impressments, in respect to labor of fortifications and other public service.” Purchased
through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
13. Conservatory of Music (Farmville), Fall term begins September 12, 1917; Spring term
begins January 21, 1918. [Farmville], 1917. Includes faculty members and their
musical specialties. Gift of L. & T. Respess Books.
14. A Copy of the Despatches from the American Envoys Extraordinary to the French Republic to
the Right Honourable John Adams, President of the United States of America. Glasgow, 1798.
Dispatches signed by Timothy Pickering, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall,
and Elbridge Gerry regarding the XYZ Affair. Gift of W. Hamilton Bryson.
15. Crummell, Alexander, A Defense of the Negro Race in America from the Assaults and Charges
of Rev. J. L. Tucker, D. D., of Jackson, Miss., in his paper before the “Church Congress” of
1882, on “The Relations of the Church to the Colored Race.” Prepared and Published at request
of the Colored Clergy of the Prot. Epis. Church, by Alex. Crummell, Rector of St. Luke’s Church,
Washington, D.C. . . . Washington, D.C., 1883. A reply to Tucker’s speech delivered at
the Richmond Church Congress. Gift of Brook Hill.
16. De Bow, James Dunwoody Brownson, Statistical View of the United States: Embracing its
Territory, Population—White, Free, Colored and Slave—Moral and Social Conditions,
Industry, Property, and Revenue. . . . Washington, D.C., 1854. Purchased through the
William Anderson Hagey Fund.
17. Dielman, Henry, La Fayette’s Dead March, Composed and Arranged for the Piano Forte.
Baltimore, [c. 1834]. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole.
18. Ebenezer Association of Old School Baptists, Minutes of the Ebenezer Association of Old
School Baptists. [n.p., 1829–1976.] This lot includes six issues ranging from 1907–30.
Included Primitive Baptist churches in Page, Shenandoah, Rappahannock, and
Rockingham counties. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.
19. Edwards, John Ellis, Masonic Discourse Delivered by Request of Loge Francaise, No. 53, A. F.
& A. M., on Sunday, December 24, 1871. Richmond, 1872. Purchased through the
William Anderson Hagey Fund.
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20. French, James Strange, Elkswatawa: or, The Prophet of the West: A Tale of the Frontier. First
edition. New York, 1836. In two volumes. Bears signature of Martha Rochelle (Mattie)
Tyler of New Jerusalem. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund.
21. Fry, Benjamin St. James, The Life of William M’Kendree. . . . New York, 1852.
Biography of a Methodist bishop who served as a circuit rider in Virginia. Purchased
through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
22. Fuller, Thomas, The Historie of the Holy Warre. Cambridge, Eng., 1640. From the library
of John Melville Jennings, given in his memory by George Stoner.
23. Gadsden, Christopher Philip, The Bible, the Only Safe Director of the Activity of the Day:
an Address Delivered Before the Cadet’s Bible Society of the Virginia Military Institute, June
3rd, 1859. Richmond, 1859. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
24. Galloway, Joseph, Cool Thoughts on the Consequences to Great Britain of American
Independence. On the Expense to Great Britain in the Settlement and Defence of the American
Colonies. London, 1780. From the library of John Melville Jennings, given in his
memory by George Stoner.
25. The Gift of Friendship: A Christmas, New Year’s, and Birth-day Present for 1836. London,
1836. Bears signatures of James Rochelle Tyler and Martha Rochelle (Mattie) Tyler.
Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund.
26. Graeme’s Executor, and Vial’s Executor, “The Mutual Assurance Society Against Fire on
Buildings of the State of Virginia:” brief for the appellants. [Richmond?], 1884. Litigation
concerning claims against the Mutual Assurance Society for losses incurred during the
1865 burning of Richmond. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
27. Harman, Frank P., A Review of the Pocahontas Strike and Its Causes from the Operators’
Standpoint . . . Together with a Reply by “Junius.” [n.p.], 1895. Gift of Nettie M. Gordon.
28. Henkel, Ambrose, Das Grosse ABC-Buch: Enthaltend: das ABC, Wurzelwörter, und
Wurzelwörter mit ihren angehängten Ableitungssylben. Nebst vielen Arten Buchstabier und
Lesenubüngen, &c., von Ambrosius Henkel. New Market, 1820. Illustrated with
twenty-six woodcuts. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund.
29. Hogshead, Alexander Lewis, The Gospel Self-Supporting. Wytheville, 1873. Purchased
through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.
30. Imboden, John D., Virginia, the Home for the Northern Farmer: Three Letters from Gen.
John J. Imboden, domestic agent of immigration for the state of Virginia, to Hon. Horace
Greeley. New York, 1869. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
31. James, George Payne Rainsford, The Old Dominion: A Novel. Leipzig, Germany, 1859.
Gift of William Cole.
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32. Kane, Amanda Stewart Bryan, The Whirlwind and the Little Girl. [n.p.], 1913. A
collection of stories for children by a Virginia author. Gift of Brook Hill.
33. Kent, Kendall & Atwater (Richmond), Richmond, 15th August, 1849, Dear Sir . . . By the
steamers Niagara and Europa, andthe ships Yorkshire, Siddons, Columbia, Montezuma and
other arrivals from Liverpool and Havre, we are receiving our fall supply of British & French
goods . . . your attention is invited to our stock of dress goods . . . our stock of English blankets
will be very large . . . we . . . offer a superb assortment of ready made clothing . . . [Richmond,
1849] Broadside. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.
34. Knox, John, The Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland: Containing Five
Bookes; Together with some Treatises Conducing to the Historie. London, 1644. Bears the
ownership signature of Frances Makemie, who settled on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and is
generally regarded as the founder of the Presbyterian Church in America. Gift of Margaret
Massie Disharoon, James Pleasants Massie, Jr., and Kate Roy Massie Christian.
35. Langston, John Mercer, Freedom and Citizenship: Selected Lectures and Addresses of Hon. Jon
Mercer Langston, LLD., U.S. Minister Resident at Haiti. Washington, D.C., 1883.
Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
36. Lee, James Kendall, A Volunteer’s Hand Book: Containing an Abridgement of Hardee’s
Infantry Tactics, Adapted to the use of the Percussion Musket in Squad and Company Exercises.
. . . Richmond, 1861. Confederate Imprint. Gift of Margaret Holladay Altman in
recognition of the Moore family.
37. The Letters of Junius. In two volumes. London, 1812. Both volumes bear the ownership
signature of Henry W. Tabb. Gift of Mike Kuenvik.
38. The Little Gleaner. Vol. 1, no. 6 [Jan. 1868]. Fredericksburg, 1868. Children’s
periodical. Gift of of the family of James Pleasants Massie, Jr.
39. Loriot, Antoine-Joseph, A Practical Essay on a Cement, and Artificial Stone, Justly Supposed
to be that of the Greeks and Romans, lately Re-discovered by Monsieur Loriot. . . . London,
1774. A copy of this was ordered by Landon Carter for his library at Sabine Hall.
Purchased through the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Fund.
40. Lolme, Jean Louis de, Constitution of England: or, An Account of the English Government,
in which it is compared, both with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other
Monarchies in Europe. Dublin, 1785. Gift of Margaret Massie Disharoon, James Pleasants
Massie, Jr., and Kate Roy Massie Christian.
41. Made-in-Richmond Exposition, 1921. A Classified List of Products Manufactured in
Richmond, Virginia for Special Use of Householders, Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers, and
Business Men of the Nation. Issued . . . under the auspices of the Richmond Chamber of
Commerce. Richmond, 1921. Gift of James A. Kline.
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42. Malone, John, Trial of Richard Wilson by John Malone, Colored Magistrate. (First trial by a
colored magistrate in Dinwiddie County, Virginia). [n.p.], 1903. Purchased through the.
Battle Abbey Council Fund.
43. Manson, Theodore, Pocahontas March and Two-Step. Chicago, 1903. Sheet music. Gift of
William Cole.
44. Martha Washington College (Abingdon, Va.), Announcement of the Character, Plan,
Government, &c., of Martha Washington College, Abingdon, Virginia: Projected by M’Cabe
Lodge, No. 56, I. O. O. F.: to be under the control of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Virginia. . . .
[n.p.], 1855. Addressed to Miss Carrie Massie, Orange Co., on cover. Gift of the family
of James Pleasants Massie, Jr.
45. Merrill, Rufus, 150 Stories About Indians. Concord, N.H., 1853. Gift of William Cole.
46. Minstrels! Minstrels! W. D. Crowell and J. P. Duncan’s All Star Minstrel Troupe from Norfolk,
Va. . . . W.M.C.A. Hall, Eastville, Thursday evening, April 19th. . . . [Norfolk? n.d.]
Broadside. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
47. Moore, Josiah Staunton, ed. and comp., History and By-laws of Henrico Union Lodge, No.
130, A. F. & A. M., Richmond, Virginia, with a list of officers and members. Richmond,
1905. Gift of Margaret Holladay Altman in recognition of the Moore Family.
48. Moore, Josiah Staunton, A Trans-Atlantic Itinerary. Richmond, 1901. Gift of Margaret
Holladay Altman in recognition of the Moore family.
49. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Racial Inequalities in
Education: “How about a decent school for me?” New York, 1938. Includes Virginia notes
throughout. Gift of Betsy Brinson.
50. Pemberton, Christopher Robert, A Practical Treatise on Various Diseases of the Abdominal
Viscera. Richmond, 1830. Bears signature of Samuel P. Hargrove. Gift of the family
of James Pleasants Massie, Jr.
51. Principles and Policy of the Conservatives. Charlottesville, 1838. “Re-printed from the
Jeffersonian Republican. Charlottesville, Va.” Three essays espousing opposition to
federal chartering of a national bank. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund.
52. Randolph, Cornelia J., The Parlor Gardener: A Treatise on the House Culture of Ornamental
Plants. Tr. from the French and adapted to American use, by Cornelia J. Randolph of
Virginia. Boston, [c. 1861]. Written by Thomas Jefferson’s granddaughter. Purchased
through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.
53. Rayner, B. L., Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson, with Selections
of the Most Valuable Portions of his Voluminous and Unrivaled Private Correspondence. New
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York, 1832. From the library of John Melville Jennings, given in his memory by George
Stoner.
54. Richmond Auto Show March. Revised by Claude Elam. Richmond, 1917. “Dedicated
to Richmond Auto Show Committee by the Coorley Piano Company.” Sheet music. Gift
of James A. Kline.
55. Salmon, Thomas, A Review of the History of England: As Far as it Relates to the Titles and
Pretensions of our Several Kings. . . . London, 1722. From the library of John Melville
Jennings, given in his memory by George Stoner.
56. Scott, John Calderhead, The Story of Sigma Nu: A Narrative History of the Fraternity 1869–
1926. Indianapolis, 1927. Includes a history of the fraternity at Virginia Military Institute
and Washington and Lee University. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
57. Scott, R. E., John Scott, plaintiff vs. Anne Brooke and Martin P. Brooke, in their own right,
and as heirs and distributees, and the said Martin P. Brooke, as administrator of Francis W.
Brooke, defendants. Washington, D.C., 1840. Case involving the settlement of a
partnership account and the purchase and hiring of slaves. Purchased through the Charles
S. Hutzler Fund.
59. State Normal School for Women, Views, State Normal School for Women (Farmville, Va.).
Lynchburg, [c. 1900]. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund.
60. Süd Seite von Virginia: Eduard Schäfer, Grundeigenthums-agent, South Hill, Va.,
Mecklenburg County. [n.p., 18—?] Bears stamp: “Roanoke Land & Development Co.
(Incorporated) successors to E. Schaefer.” Gift of Brook Hill.
61. Thornton, Phineas, The Southern Gardener and Receipt Book. . . . Camden, S.C., 1840.
Gift of the family of James Pleasants Massie, Jr.
62. Treasurer, Alleghany County, To J. Hobbs. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Alleghany
County, Virginia. I herewith file with you in conformity with the requirements of the
constitution of the state of Virginia . . . a list of all white and colored persons in the county
who prior to the 2nd day of May, 1915, have personally paid the state poll tax. . . . [n.p.],
1915. Signed: J. D. Mustoe, Treasurer. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
63. Tucker, Beverley, The Partisan Leader: A Tale of the Future. Washington, D.C., 1856.
Actually printed in 1836 under the pseudonym of “Edward William Sidney,” this copy
bears a handwritten personal statement of Thomas Alexander Ware explaining how this
book influenced his life. Ware subsequently edited and republished this book in 1861. Gift
of Kirkland Tucker Clarkson.
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64. Union Steam Fire Company (Winchester), Constitution of the Union Steam Fire
Company, No. 2, of Winchester, Virginia. Winchester, 1894. Purchased through the Elis
Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.
65. Vecellio, Cesare, Habiti Antitichi Ouero, Raccolta di Figure Delineate dal Gran Titiano, e
da Cesare Vecellio suo Fratello, Diligentemente Intagliate, conforme alle Nationi del Mondo
. . . . Venice, 1664. Third edition of a celebrated costume book originally published in
1590 that includes woodcuts of “Virginia” Indians. Purchased through the First Settlers
Fund.
66. Virginia Department of Public Instruction, Illiteracy in Virginia: Some Facts that Cannot be
Overlooked. Richmond, 1914. Purchased through the Donald Haynes Fund.
67. Virginia General Assembly, Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, adverse to the
movement made for the abolition of slavery, &c. Washington, D.C., 1836. Purchased
through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
68. Virginia Bondholders’ Committee, New York, A Settlement of the Debts of the State of
Virginia: Under the Bondholders’ Agreement of May 12, 1890. . . . New York, [c. 1892]. Gift
of Dr. W. Hamilton Bryson.
58. W. C. Smith, Manufacturer and Dealer in Pleasure and Business Vehicles, 314
N. Fifth Street, Richmond, Virginia. . . . Richmond, 1900. Gift of Brook Hill.
69. Walton, Izaak, The Complete Angler: or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse
on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing. . . . London, 1760. From the library of John
Melville Jennings, given in his memory by George Stoner.
70. Waterman, J., Rough and Ready Grand March: Composed for the Piano Forte with an
Accompaniment for the Flute. . . . Boston, 1848. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole.
71. William B. Isaacs & Co., Petition of William B. Isaacs & Co., of Richmond, Va.,
representatives of certain banks in Richmond, praying for the restoration of certain coin
belonging to them now in the Treasury of the United States. Washington, D.C., 1877.
Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
72. Woods, George Bryant, Essays, Sketches and Stories: Selected from the Writings of George
Bryant Woods: With a Biographical Memoir. Boston, 1873. Letters dated April 3d and 5th
of 1865 describing the author’s observations on the Union Army’s occupation of
Petersburg and Richmond. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial
Foundation Fund.
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MUSEUM OBJECTS
1. Coin silver punch ladle, c. 1850, retailed by and stamped “J. T. Young” and “Petersburg,”
also bearing horse head and chevron mark of unknown maker. Gift of Mary Gautreaux.
2. Scrapbook, assembled by family members, documenting the life of Clemenceau Givings
(1919–1944), a Tuskegee airman who died in aerial combat over Italy. Gift of Francis
Foster.
3. Virginia business history items: Sauer’s Extracts oak countertop showcase; City Produce
Exchange sign, Harrisonburg, 1908; Snyder’s Jewelry electric advertising clock,
Harrisonburg; large glass jar embossed “Goober Puffs/Lynchburg Candy Mfg. Company.”
Purchase.
4. World War II recruitment poster, 1941–42, with portrait of Robert E. Lee, reading “I
fought for Virginia now it’s your turn! Join The Lee Navy Volunteers.” Purchased
through the Paul Mellon Fund.
5. Oil on canvas portrait of Anne McClelland Walke Williamson (1790–1827) by Cephas
Thompson, c. 1809. Gift of Mrs. William M. B. Fleming.
6. Virginia business history items: large glass Planters Peanuts jar with molded peanuts on
side and top; Comb honey can of A. J. Zastrow [Co.], Spout Spring, Va.; cast iron cake
mold made at McWare Foundry, Lynchburg. Gift of Lila Ware Palmer.
7. Eight flags used at pre–World War II automobile races at the Virginia State Fairgrounds,
Richmond. Purchase.
8. Doll bed and bureau with mirror, made by Henry Lee Richardson (1873–1942) of
Pittsylvania County and Danville, c. 1930, for his daughter, Amanda Gloria Richardson
Motley (1926–2003). Gift of Bill and Merle Wysor.
9. Large silk flag of the John Marshall High School Cadet Corps, 20th century. Gift of the
John Marshall High School Cadet Corps Veterans.
10. C. 1917–18 typed list of signal codes for the USS Housatonic, a minelayer built at
Newport News. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund.
11. Canvas and wood stretcher stamped “Virginia Volunteers,” c. 1895–1920. Gift of Lori
Urso.
12. Section of a large water wheel from a grist mill of Maj. William Beavers in Pittsylvania
County, early 19th century. Gift of Christy L. Hicks, Robert A. Ricketts, and Robert D.
Ricketts.
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13. 1902 Chandler & Price printing press from Garnett Printing Shop, Richmond; oak type
cabinet; furniture (wood block) cabinet; makeup table with stone top; Model V Kelsey
press; assorted small tools. Gift of David Clinger.
14. Advertising card with portrait photograph of “G. A. Newman, Jr. Musician, Artist &
Penman, Asst. Prin. City Schools No. 3, Home Office 1200 Jackson St., Staunton, VA.,”
c. 1897, together with calligraphy bird stamped and inscribed by Newman, 1926.
Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund.
15. Five sketchbooks by William Jackson of Gloucester Courthouse, 1960s, containing sixty
pencil-and-ink drawings of water views, boatyards, seafood businesses, watermen, homes
and cottages, of Mathews, Middlesex, Gloucester, York, and King and Queen counties.
Purchased through the Frank G. Byram Fund.
16. Etched glass sign reading “Central National Bank” (Richmond); brass Art Deco plaque,
with logo of Central National Bank, from its building at Third and Broad streets,
Richmond, c. 1929. Gift of William G. Poston.
17. Dulcimer made and played by Tom Cobbs (c. 1870–1970), an African American of
Milton, Pittsylvania County; dulcimer thought to be from Meadows of Dan, Patrick
County, late 1800s; child’s banjo from Hillsville, Carroll County, 1930s or 1940s.
Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund.
18. Native American hammer stone (sandstone worked into a ball shape, used to hammer)
believed to be from Canterbury Plantation, King and Queen County, of indeterminate
date. Gift of Elizabeth Randolph, Richmond, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. L. G.
Mathews.
19. The Battle of Five Forks, oil on canvas, signed lower right by Paul D. Philippoteaux
(1846–1923), c. 1885. Given in loving memory of Peter Charles Bance, Jr., by his
mother and father.
20. Cast-iron stove by J. J. Loth Stove Company, Waynesboro, patented 1898. Gift of Paul
Craun.
21. Brass plaque reading “In Honor and affectionate appreciation of Isaac Thalhimer whose
integrity fine ideals generous vision and noble character have stamped him as a citizen to
be esteemed and as a man to be loved this tablet is erected by his associates and
co-workers on the occasion of his 70th birthday February 18th 1925”;
charcoal portraits of William B. Thalhimer, Sr., William Thalhimer, and Isaac Thalhimer.
Gift of Ms. Barbara Thalhimer.
22. Framed oil-on-canvas portrait of Mary Ellen Chamberlain, wife of Cam Pollard, c. 1818.
Gift of the Estate of Albert H. Stoddard, III.
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23. Two pistols belonging to Turner Ashby and an ambrotype, silver ladle, sampler, and prints
relating to the Ashby family. Gift of Betty M. Dietz.
24. “Feathered Star” quilt made by Emma Montague Mills Dabney, 1876. Gift of Ada-Clark
Nuckols Davis.
25. Oil portrait of Col. Sir Herbert Jeffreys, lieutenant governor of Virginia, by an
unknown artist, c. 1677. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund.
26. Materials relating to the 2005 Iraqi election. Gift of Russell McGuire (the
donor served in Iraq).
27. Two framed hand-colored engravings—Skirmish at Salem and Disabling and
Capturing the Federal Gunboats ‘Sachem’ and ‘Clifton,’ in the Attack on Sabine Pass,
Tex., September 8th, 1863. Gift of Karen Clarke.
28. Secretary owned by Dr. Daniel Stroughton Morgan at his former home Lime Farm in
Rockbridge County. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Louthan, in
memory of Mary Tyler Louthan.
29. Two fraternal masks of the Independent Order of St. Luke (Richmond), one child’s slate,
one Pullman Coach worker’s lunch pail, one doll cradle made of wood, one “Scramble
Stix” game, one Ku Klux Klan doll with greeting card. Gift of Barbara Grey.
30. Small leather purse from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. Gift of Anne W. Buford.
Colonel Sir Herbert Jeffreys (d. 1678) was sent to
Virginia with 1,000 soldiers to help put an end
to Bacon’s Rebellion. By the time he arrived,
however, Bacon was already dead, and the rebellion had run its course. When Gov. Sir William
Berkeley traveled to England to defend his conduct during the rebellion, Jeffreys proclaimed
himself to be the governor of Virginia. Following
Berkeley’s death in England, Charles II declared
Thomas Lord Culpeper governor and made
Jeffreys lieutenant governor, a post he held from
1677 until his death a year later. This oil painting of Jeffreys was purchased through the Paul
Mellon Fund.
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31. Blade of a sword owned by Robert E. Lee as superindendant of West Point, later given to
Robert E. Lee, Jr., to Chapman Maupin, and to Joseph Bryan of Laburnum. Sword
destroyed in a fire there, 1906, and the rescued blade re-fitted with a variation of the U.S.
Engineers Model 1840 sword hilt and scabbard. Gift of Mary Bryan Perkins, Florence
Bryan Fowlkes, and J. Stewart Bryan, III, in memory of Joseph Bryan.
32. Oil portrait of Mary Burton Augusta Bolling by H. C. Pratt, 1857. Gift of the estate of
Anne Bolling Fonde.
33. Last typeset “Flag” from the Bristol Herald Courier and the Bristol Virginia-Tennessean.
Gift of Anne R. Worrell.
34. Two rust-colored curtain valances with various Virginia themes and images, including the
state seal, ships at Jamestown, colonial buildings, and people. Made by Mae Lippincott
Stein, possibly during the 350th Jamestown anniversary. Gift of Karen Ann Moore.
35. Revolver (.32 caliber, 6 in. barrel), c. 1861–63, manufactured by Moore’s Patent
Firearms Company, Brookland, New York. Gift of Jeb J. Rosebrook, in memory of John
B. Rosebrook.
2006 Annual Report • 35
OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board
E. Claiborne Robins, Jr.
Secretary
Robert F. Strohm
Vice Chairman
J. Stewart Bryan, III
Treasurer
Richard S. V. Heiman
Regional Vice Chairman
Susan S. Goode, Norfolk
Honorary Vice Chairmen
Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester
Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Richmond
Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond
Saul Viener, Atlanta, Ga.
Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville
President and Chief Executive Officer
Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
John B. Adams, Jr., The Plains
H. Furlong Baldwin, Baltimore, Md.
William W. Berry, Richmond
J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., Richmond
Austin Brockenbrough, III, Manakin-Sabot
Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., Richmond
W. Heywood Fralin, Roanoke
Nancy Hays Gottwald, Richmond
Cecelia S. Howell, Falmouth
Mary Duke Trent Jones, Abingdon
Mark J. Kington, Alexandria
Helen Turner Murphy, Mount Holly
John R. Nelson, Richmond
Lloyd U. Noland, III, Newport News
Grady W. Powell, Petersburg
W. Taylor Reveley, III, Richmond
Anne G. Rhodes, Richmond
Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Richmond
William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond
Marcus M. Weinstein, Richmond
Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond
F. Blair Wimbush, Norfolk
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL
Samuel D. Barham III, Richmond
FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond
John M. Camp, Jr., Franklin
B. Noland Carter II, Richmond
Betty Christian, Richmond
Bruce B. Gray, Waverly
Earl Hamner, Studio City, Cal.
Vernard W. Henley, Richmond
Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria
Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington
Robert C. King, Sr., Richmond
Benjamin J. Lambert III, Richmond
John Lee McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot
W. P. (Bill) Miles, Charlottesville
Roger Mudd, McLean
Dorothy Parrish, Richmond
Charlotte H. Scott, Charlottesville
Hugh R. Stallard, Richmond
William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond
Thomas R. Towers, Goochland
B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond
Hays T. Watkins, Richmond
Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond
Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr., New York, N.Y.
James H. Willcox, Jr., Hopewell
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ADMINISTRATION
President and Chief Executive Officer
Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer, and Paul Mellon Curator of Rare Books
Robert F. Strohm
Director of Museums
James C. Kelly
Director of Publications and Scholarship and the
Virginius Dabney Editor of the Virginia Magazine
of History and Biography
Nelson D. Lankford
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Richard S. V. Heiman
Director of Education
William B. Obrochta
Director of Library Services
Frances S. Pollard
Vice President for Advancement
Pamela R. Seay
Director of Manuscripts and Archives and Sallie and
William B. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist
E. Lee Shepard
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
John B. Adams, Jr., Richmond
Gerald L. Baliles, Charlottesville
C. Phillip Barger, Charlottesville
FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond
Josiah Bunting III, Upperville
Robert L. Burrus, Jr., Richmond
M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke
Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester
B. Noland Carter II, Richmond
Gene R. Carter, McLean
Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Richmond
Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., Richmond
George M. Cochran, Staunton
Lee Stuart Cochran, Staunton
John R. Curtis, Jr., Williamsburg
W. Hunter deButts, Jr., Marshall
Anne Hobson Freeman, Callao
Bruce C. Gottwald, Richmond
Elmon T. Gray, Waverly
Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond
William R. Harvey, Hampton
Mary Buford Hitz, Alexandria
Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria
A. E. Dick Howard, Charlottesville
Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington
Ronald C. Johnson, Alexandria
Joseph F. Johnston, Jr., Alexandria
Daniel P. Jordan, Charlottesville
John O. Marsh, Jr., Winchester
John L. McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot
Hunter H. McGuire, Jr., Richmond
Eddie N. Moore, Jr., Ettrick
Roger Mudd, McLean
Shirley Carter Olsson, West Point
Merrill D. Peterson, Charlottesville
Charles Larus Reed, Jr., Richmond
James I. Robertson, Jr., Blacksburg
Toy D. Savage, Jr., Norfolk
Elliot S. Schewel, Lynchburg
Jane Bassett Spilman, Bassett
Hugh R. Stallard, Richmond
Robert Lee Stephens, Irvington
Henry F. Stern, Richmond
Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Richmond
Nancy St. Clair Talley, Millwood
Nicholas F. Taubman, Roanoke
Suzanne Foster Thomas, Alexandria
Eugene P. Trani, Richmond
B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond
Melvin I. Urofsky, Midlothian
Saul Viener, Atlanta, Ga.
L. Dudley Walker, Martinsville
Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville
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HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
Thad W. Tate, Williamsburg
Louis L. Tucker, Boston, Mass.
W. W. Abbot, Charlottesville
David McCullough, Tisbury, Mass.
PRESIDENTS OF THE VHS
John Marshall
Henry St. George Tucker
William Cabell Rives
Hugh Blair Grigsby
Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart
William Wirt Henry
Joseph Bryan
William Gordon McCabe
Joseph Bryan
William Gordon McCabe
Edward Virginius Valentine
Daniel Grinnan
John Stewart Bryan
Joseph Dupuy Eggleston
Alexander Wilbourne Weddell
Edmund Randolph Williams
Samuel Merrifield Bemiss
Wyndham Bolling Blanton
George MacLaren Brydon
1831–1835
1836–1847
1847–1868
1870–1881
1881–1891
1891–1892
1892–1902
1903–1905
1906–1908
1909–1920
1921–1929
1930–1935
1936–1937
1938–1943
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1958
1958–1960
1960–1960
DIRECTORS OF THE VHS
Thomas Hicks Wynne
Robert Alonzo Brock
Philip Alexander Bruce
William Glover Stanard
Robert A. Lancaster
William Clayton Torrence
John Melville Jennings
(after 2001 the title changed to Chairman of the Board)
Beverley Randolph Wellford
David John Mays
Eppa Hunton IV
Virginius Dabney
Edwin Cox
Joseph Clarke Robert
David Tennant Bryan
FitzGerald Bemiss
Lawrence Lewis, Jr.
John L. McElroy, Jr.
Stuart G. Christian, Jr.
C. Coleman McGehee
Brenton S. Halsey
Austin Brockenbrough, III
Gerald L. Baliles
Hugh R. Stallard
Hugh V. White Jr.
E. Claiborne Robins, Jr.
1960–1963
1963–1966
1966–1969
1969–1972
1972–1975
1975–1978
1978–1981
1981–1984
1984–1986
1987–1988
1989–1991
1992–1994
1995–1997
1998–1999
2000–2001
2002–2003
2004–2005
2006–2007
(after 2001 the title changed to President and CEO)
1870–1875
1875–1892
1892–1898
1898–1933
1933–1940
1940–1953
1953–1978
Edwin L. Dooley, Jr.
William M. E. Rachal (interim)
Paul Chester Nagel
Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim)
Donald Haynes
Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim)
Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
1979–1980
1980–1988
1981–1985
1985–1986
1986–1988
1988–1988
1988–1988
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SOCIETY GUILD VOLUNTEERS
Gale Abell • Betty Andrews • Ruth Auburn • Terry Barnes-Pirke • Mary Ellen Bearse • Robert Bergner
• Martha W. Black • Sarah Bouchey • Pam Bowen • Gretchen Bradley • Sally Brandenburg • Joanne
Brooks • Mary Lou Brown • Mildred Bruce • Carey Brush • Tinker Brush • Carolyn M. Bryan • Lois
Buchanan • Paula Butz • Elaine S. Canas • Patricia L. Chen • Betie Cherry • Jerome Taylor Cherry •
Ethel R. Chrisman • Louise Chrisman • Kathy Clarke • Florence Cole • James E. Corbett • J. Robert
Cross • Kelly Cushman • Matthew L. Cushman • Libby Danforth • Rodney S. Darling • Causey Davis
• Lou DeMarco • Betty Ann Dillon • Gerald Dzura • Jean M. Eggleston • Judy Enroughty • Richard C.
Erickson • Virginia Nikki Fairman • Sara Flinn • Emily Gianfortoni • Sharon L. Giese • Willie
Gillenwater • James Goetzinger • Joyce Goetzinger • John Goode • Karrin Gordon • Paul Michael
Halstead • William Hamilton • Sally Cameron Harrison • LeAnn Hensche • Brian Hilton • Jenny
Holzgrefe • Thomas Howard • Randee Humphrey • Janet Jenkins • Pat Jordan • Sheila Keating •
Emily Damerel King • David Litchfield • Jean T. Martin • Roy M. Martin • James May • Sorrel McElroy
• Ethel Mezger • Willie Mills • Betty Moore • Kathryn I. Moore • John W. Myers • Mary S. Myers •
Mirrian Oman • Kathy Pantele • Richard Pantele • C. Peter Parrish • Sharon Peery • James F.
Pierson • Virginia Refo • Peter M. Rippe • Edward Rose • Patricia L. Rose • Winnie Rymer • Arleen
Sanderson • Louise Schaedler • Raymond L. Schreiner • Randall Scott • Susan Schufeldt • Brenda
Shimchick • Beatrice Spacone • Ernest Spacone • Ruth Stotts • Anthony Sykes • Jay L. Taylor • Zach
Thurston • Donald Tobias • Doris Tobias • Newton Todd • Marilyn Trownsell • Phebe Van Valen •
Ronald Waller • Josh Watson • Jonathan Weiler • Patricia Wells • E. Parke West • James H. Willcox, Jr.
• Anita Williams • Thomas Wilson • Helen Wood • Colin Woodward • John Wesley Young
2006 Annual Report • 39
Exhibitions
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
Virginia’s Diplomats
Safely Harbored: Recent African American Acquisitions
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart: A Centennial Celebration
Quilts of the Old Dominion
175 Years of Collecting: A Virginia History Quiz
Pierre Daura’s Vision of Virginia
LONG-TERM EXHIBITIONS
The Story of Virginia, an American Experience
Virginians at Work
The War Horse (outdoor sculpture)
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
American Visions of Liberty and Freedom
The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia
Early Views of Virginia Indians: The William W. Cole Collection
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Lectures
ALEXANDER WILBOURNE WEDDELL LECTURE
James I. Robertson, Jr., “What the Civil War Teaches Us,” 23 March 2006
J. HARVIE WILKINSON, JR., LECTURE
David McCullough, “George Washington and the Lessons of Leadership,” 19 October
2006
STUART G. CHRISTIAN, JR., TRUSTEES LECTURE
Melvin I. Urofsky, “A New Look at an Old Institution: The Virginia Historical Society
since 1945,” 15 November 2006
BANNER LECTURE SERIES
Heather Andrea Williams, “Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and
Freedom,” 2 February 2006
Harold Holzer, “Art in the Civil War South,” (jointly sponsored with Museum of the
Confederacy), 16 March 2006
Peter R. Henriques, “‘A Votary to Love’: George Washington’s Relationship with Sally
Cary Fairfax,” 6 April 2006
Peter S. Carmichael, “Defending Virginia, the South, and the Union: Young Virginians
during the Civil War Era,” 13 April 2006
Simon Schama, “Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution,”
(jointly sponsored with English Speaking Union of Richmond), 23 May 2006
Thomas Pickering, “The Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities” (jointly sponsored
with World Affairs Council), 25 May 2006
Warren Hofstra, “The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and Landscape in the
Shenandoah Valley,” 8 June 2006
Michael Quinn, “James Madison and Religion,” 22 June 2006
Richard Labunski, “James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights,” 3 August 2006
Oliver Everett, “Treasures and Curiosities from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle,” 11
October 2006
Calder Loth, “Menokin: Virginia’s Most Unusual Preservation Adventure” (jointly sponsored with the Menokin Foundation), 16 November 2006
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GALLERY TALKS
Jeffrey Ruggles, “Virginia Manufactory of Arms Collection,” 11 January 2006
Lauranett L. Lee, “Recent African American Acquisitions,” 15 February 2006
Muriel B. Rogers, “Virginia’s Diplomats,” 8 March 2006
Stephanie Jacobe, “Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Centennial,” 5 April 2006
Eileen “Bunnie” Jordan, “Quilts of the Old Dominion” (first rotation), 11 May 2006
Amb. Randolph Bell, “Virginia’s Diplomats,” 7 June 2006
Frances S. Pollard, “175 Years of Collecting: A Virginia History Quiz,” 12 July 2006
James C. Kelly, “Virginians at Work,” 9 August 2006
Behind the Scenes Tours, 6 September 2006
William M. S. Rasmussen, “Pierre Daura in Virginia,” 20 September 2006
Behind the Scenes Tours, 4 October 2006
James C. Kelly “What’s New in The Story of Virginia after Eight Years?” 11 October 2006
Behind the Scenes Tours, 1 November 2006
Eileen “Bunnie” Jordan, “Quilts of the Old Dominion” (third rotation), 8 November
2006
Marc Wagner, “Researching Your House,” 6 December 2006
Awards
Brenton S. Halsey Teaching Award • Excellence in Teaching in 2006
Kristi Titus, Leesburg Elementary, Loudoun County
Bobby Chandler Student Award • Outstanding High School History Student in 2006
Mayo Rives, Monticello High School, Albemarle County
William M. E. Rachal Award • Best Overall Article in the Virginia Magazine of History and
Biography in 2006
Ellen Eslinger, “Freedom Without Independence: The Story of a Former Slave and Her
Family,” volume 114, number 2
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C. Coleman McGehee Award • Best Article by a Graduate Student in the Virginia Magazine
of History and Biography in 2005–6
Owen Stanwood, “Captives and Slaves: Indian Labor, Cultural Conversion, and the
Plantation Revolution in Virginia,” volume 114, number 4
Richard S. Slatten Award • Excellence in Virginia Biography in 2006
Jeff Broadwater, George Mason: Forgotten Founder (University of North Carolina Press,
2006)
President’s Awards for Excellence • Outstanding Service by VHS Staff in 2006
Canan Boomer, assistant director of education
James “Al” Johnson, security officer
Lora Robins Award • Leadership, Foresight, and Generosity in Collecting the Evidence of
Virginia’s History in 2006
D. P. Newton
Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer of the Year Award • Outstanding Service
in 2006
Doris Tobias, Manuscripts and Archives
Distinguished History Service Award • For Long-term Contributions to the Field of Virginia
History
Robert Bluford, Jr.
Research Fellows (and topics)
Matthew Mace Barbee, Bowling Green State University • the history and historical memory
of Richmond’s Monument Avenue from the end of the World War II through the unveiling
of the Arthur Ashe Monument
Jodi A. Barnes, American University • historical archaeology of tenant farming in the Brown
Mountain Creek area of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Joshua Beatty, College of William and Mary • a cultural history of the Stamp Act Crisis
David A. Brown, College of William and Mary • the changing landscapes of southeastern
Chesapeake plantations, particularly Fairfield in Gloucester
Kevin Butterfield, Washington University • Americans’ proclivity for voluntary associations in
the early to middle nineteenth century
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William J. Campbell, McMaster University • the varied interests of the parties involved in the
1768 Treaty at Fort Stanwix regarding land in the Ohio River Valley
Benjamin L. Carp, University of Edinburgh • the use of pyromachy during the Revolutionary
War—its impact on military strategy, civilians’ political allegiances, and the collective memory of the war
Katherine Chilton, Carnegie Mellon University • gender and labor relations of both free and
enslaved African Americans in Richmond, comparing the dynamics before and after
Emancipation
Karen L. Cox, University of North Carolina at Charlotte • neo-Confederate culture from the
late nineteenth century through World War II
Wayne K. Durrill, University of Cincinnati • Nat Turner and the Southampton Slave
Insurrection
Glenn T. Eskew, Georgia State University • jazz lyricist Johnny Mercer and jazz music in
Virginia
Ellen Eslinger, DePaul University • free black society in rural Virginia from the early to middle nineteenth century
Kali N. Gross, Drexel University • the early life of Mary Hannah Tabbs, a native Virginian,
who stood trial for committing a notorious murder in 1887 Philadelphia
Gerardo Gurza-Lavalle, Instituto Mora, Mexico City • early nineteenth-century reform initiatives put forth in an effort to “modernize” Virginia slavery
Uriel Heyd, Royal Holloway, University of London • the dynamics and “mental topography”
of the eighteenth-century press via a comparative examination of English and colonial newspapers
Warren R. Hofstra, Shenandoah University • the wheat economy in the Shenandoah Valley
Thomas J. Humphrey, Cleveland State University • the development and dynamics of land
tenancy in Virginia during the Revolutionary era
William P. Hustwit, University of Mississippi • James J. Kilpatrick’s life, role in the civil rights
movement, and views on segregation
Charles F. Irons, Elon University • Virginia black evangelicals’ influence on their white coreligionists in the nineteenth century
Jeffrey Kosiorek, University of Southern California • Revolutionary War commemoration in
nineteenth-century America
Angela M. Leonard, Loyola College in Maryland • Virginia gravesites of enslaved people of
African descent
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John G. McCurdy, Eastern Michigan University • the politics of bachelorhood in early
America
Gregory Mixon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte • black southern militias in
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia during the period 1865–1910
Diane Mutti-Burke, University of Missouri, Kansas City • Paulina and Thomas Stratton,
slaveowners in Salem, Virginia—who migrated to central Missouri—in preparation for the
publication of Paulina Stratton’s diary
Elizabeth Pryor, U.S. Department of State • Robert E. Lee’s correspondence, to investigate his
attitudes toward slavery, his marriage, and his decision to fight for the Confederacy
Justin Roberts, Johns Hopkins University • enslaved peoples’ work regimes on Chesapeake
plantations in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
Daniel Rood, University of California at Irvine • the slave labor that drove antebellum southern ironworks and the ironworks’ role in America’s expanding international business interests
J. L. Calvin Schermerhorn, University of Virginia • how enslaved people in the Virginia
Chesapeake resisted family disruption caused by slave trafficking in the antebellum period
Yael A. Sternhell, Princeton University • the human mobility that rapidly accelerated in the
South, particularly Virginia, during the Civil War
Eric Taylor, University of Pennsylvania • the relationship between historical memory and
political struggle in Virginia from 1865 to 1902
Joan-Maria Thomas-Andreu, Universitat Rovira i Virgili • Alexander Weddell’s ambassadorship to Spain and his role in U.S./Spanish relations at the onset of World War II
Robert E. Wright, New York University • holders of the U.S. national debt who registered
their bonds in Virginia in the 1790s and early nineteenth century
2006 Annual Report • 45
Statement of Operating Activity for the Year ended 31 December 2006
REVENUE
Membership Dues
Annual Giving
Investment Return
Contributions
Grants
Publications and
merchandise sales
Royalties
Rental Income
Fees & admissions
Other
Net assets release
from restrictions
Unrestricted
Temporarily
Restricted
Permanently
Restricted
2006
Total
Audited
2005
245,745
1,070,380
6,640,402
391,577
390,268
*
*
334,729
4,231,512
1,842,886
*
*
*
252,235
*
245,745
1,070,380
6,975,131
4,875,324
2,233,154
239,786
1,056,078
3,195,399
4,575,909
1,897,755
244,077
5,208
277,289
214,728
16,745
*
*
*
13,000
*
*
*
*
*
244,077
5,208
277,289
227,728
16,745
251,499
7,208
272,364
189,668
11,335
*
*
*
252,235
16,170,781
11,697,001
4,559,227
Total revenue, gains, (losses)
& other support 14,055,646
(4,559,227)
1,862,900
EXPENSES
Program services:
Library
Publications/
Education
Museum
2,118,867
*
*
2,118,867
2,030,765
1,539,208
3,086,665
*
*
*
*
1,539,208
3,086,665
1,306,199
2,078,016
Support services:
General
administration
Development/
public relations
1,708,847
*
*
1,708,847
1,280,113
1,221,012
*
*
1,221,012
1,158,448
Total expenses:
9,674,599
*
*
9,674,599
7,853,541
*
*
39,147
126,390
1,862,900
252,235
6,535,329
3,969,850
11,353,773
28,859,450
74,679,199
70,709,349
13,216,673
29,111,685
81,214,528
74,679,199
Fair Value change of
39,147
interest rate swaps:
Change in net
4,420,194
assets:
Net assets at
beginning of year: 34,465,976
Net assets at end
38,886,170
of year:
Investment return includes earned income and realized and unrealized capital gains (losses). Net assets
were released from donor restrictions by incurring expenses satisfying the restrictions.