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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR 2009
SELECTED ACCESSIONS
Manuscripts
1. Ledger, 1791–93, kept by Dr. John Thompson (of Seven Oaks, Amherst County) concerning the operation of a still.
95 l.: handwritten; 12 1/2 x 8 in. Bound volume. Includes records of purchases of wheat, rye, and corn and of the sale
of whiskey, brandy, and other spirits. Also, includes lists of customers. Gift of Mrs. Warren W. Watts.
2. Records, 1793–1941, concerning ownership of Cedar Park Farm, Middlesex County, by members of the Healy and
Muse families. 8 items. Gift of the estate of Betty Sams Christian.
3. Papers, 1798–1881, of the Wyllie family (of Danville and Lynchburg) including correspondence, financial materials,
and related items concerning Capt. John Noble, merchant and real estate investor, real estate developer Allen Love
Wyllie, and tobacco manufacturer John Noble Wyllie. 117 items. Gift of Kate Wyllie James LePine.
4. Papers, 1800–1953, collected by Thornton Tayloe Perry (of Charles Town, W.Va.) primarily concerning the history of
Jefferson County (now W. Va.), the life and career of lawyer and statesman Charles James Faulkner (of Martinsburg,
Va. [now W. Va.]), and the history of other areas of Virginia, West Virginia, and nearby states. 39 items. Purchased
through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.
5. Papers, 1810–2004, of the Taliaferro family (of Gloucester County) including correspondence of the related Catlett,
Lee, Montague, and Seddon families; Civil War letters of Taliaferro family members who served as officers in the
Confederate Army; correspondence of artist Harriotte Lee (Taliaferro) Montague while she was studying in Germany
and France; and correspondence of her son, historian Ludwell Lee Montague. 1,018 folders. Gift of Ann Jeffrey
Montague Ours and Letitia Nelson Montague Grant.
6. Papers, 1824–2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson ([1893–1970] investment banker of Richmond) including personal and professional records primarily concerning his service with the U.S. Army Air Service in World War I and the
Air Service Reserves, chief of the U.S. Lend-Lease Mission to Australia, 1943–44, American minister at the U.S.
Embassy at Chungking (Chongqing), China, 1945–46, and Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs,
1953–59. Also, include travel diaries, correspondence, and scrapbooks of his wife, Mary Dade (Taylor) Robertson, and
papers of her parents, Jaquelin P. Taylor and Katherine (Wall) Taylor of Meadowfarm, Orange. 6,828 items. Gift of
Mrs. Catherine Robertson Claiborne, Jacquelin T. Robertson, and Walter S. Robertson.
7. Papers, 1825–1902, of the Mason family (of Southampton County) consisting primarily of letters received by John
Young Mason (1799–1859) while serving as U.S. secretary of the navy under presidents John Tyler and James
K. Polk, as U.S. attorney general, 1845–46, as president of the James River and Kanawha Canal
Company, 1849–53, and as U.S. minister to France, 1854–59. Also, includes records of plantations in
Isle of Wight County (Day’s Neck) and Southampton (Fortsville) counties and Coahoma County, Miss.; and
papers of his wife, Mary Ann (Fort) Mason, and children (including Lewis Edmunds Mason, John Young Mason, Jr.,
Elizabeth Harris [Mason] Heath, Mary Ann [Mason] Anderson, St. George Tucker Mason, and others). 4,972 items.
Gift of the late Nancy Read Schaefer.
8. Papers, 1829–1900, of John Coles Rutherfoord (lawyer and state legislator of Rock Castle, Goochland County) largely concerning Virginia and national politics and the Democratic Party in the 1850s, and including some records
regarding the expansion of the plantation house at Rock Castle. 283 items. Gift of Henry R. Miller, III, and Helen
Rutherfoord Miller Owen.
9. Papers, 1844–1958, of the Cary family (of Hampton and Richmond) including correspondence and other records of
Col. John B. Cary concerning his Civil War service, postwar business travels, and involvement with Confederate
veterans groups. 1,021 items. Gift of Patricia Cecil Hass.
10. Diary, 1848–49, of Junius Augustus Littlepage (of King William County), kept while a student at Delaware College,
Newark, Del. [32], 193 [i.e., 192] pp.: part holograph; 8 x 10 1/4 in. Bound volume. Also, includes the diary, 1849,
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of Caroline Burnley (Ellett) Littlepage and the diary, 1853, of Rose Burnley Littlepage. Typed transcription accompanies the original. Gift of Louise E. Schroeder in memory of Ruth Littlepage Barnette Eichhorn.
11. Papers, 1850–1918, of John Edwin Roller (of Harrisonburg) largely concerning his work as a post–Civil War attorney
and his interest in local history and literature. 845 items. Purchased.
12. Papers, 1853–1997, of the Golden family (of Richmond) including correspondence, educational materials, church
records, photographs, and related items of or concerning this Irish immigrant family including Genevieve Agnes
(Kelly) Golden, Robert Emmet Golden (editor of the Richmond State), Francis Xavier Golden (of the U.S. Navy
before and during World War II), and Helen Louise (Golden) Jenkins (public health and registered nurse during and
just after World War II). 276 items. Gift of the estate of Helen Louise Golden Jenkins through the courtesy of the
Hon. Daniel T. Balfour, executor.
13. Diary, 1864–67, of Caroline Burnley (Ellett) Littlepage (of Woodbury, King William County). [304] pp.: holograph; 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Bound volume. Typed transcription accompanies the original. Gift of Louise E. Schroeder
in memory of Ruth Littlepage Barnette Eichhorn.
14. Materials, c. 1865–70, compiled by Mary Smith (Ruffin) Jones (of Amelia County) pertaining to Confederate blockade runner, poet, and Catholic priest John Banister Tabb. Include two letters of Tabb to Mary Jones, a Bible she loaned
to Tabb, which he used while imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md., at the end of the Civil War, and lines of verse
addressed to or written about Mary. 5 items. Gift of Julien J. Mason through the courtesy of Kathi E. Mason.
15. Papers, 1865–85, of James B. Graves (African American merchant in Petersburg) including accounts for the payment
of bills for rent, water, taxes, and a business license. Also, include genealogical notes and charts concerning the Graves
family. 22 items. Deposited by Janice M. Graves.
16. Records, 1877–1992, of Retreat for the Sick (now Retreat Hospital), Richmond, including minute books of the board
of directors and board of managers, annual reports, and miscellany concerning the history of Retreat for the Sick, and
materials concerning the School of Nursing. 447 items. Gift of The Retreat Health System, Inc., Richmond.
17. Papers, 1880–1966, of the Bryan family (of Millwood and Petersburg) including correspondence, diaries, commonplace books, and related materials of Episcopalian clergyman Corbin Braxton Bryan and his wife, Mary Sidney
Caldwell Scott Bryan, daughters Mary Sidney Caldwell Bryan, Frances Bland Tucker Bryan, and Elizabeth Scott
(Bryan) Townsend, and granddaughter Elizabeth Bryan (Townsend) Tasker (while living in postwar Japan) and her
husband, Clayton Briggs Tasker (of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps and Adjutant General’s Office). 113
items. Gift of Elizabeth Townsend Tasker.
18. Records, 1885–2007, of the A. H. Robins Company, Richmond, concerning the pharmaceutical business conducted
for a large portion of the company’s history by E. Claiborne Robins. Include corporate materials, product information,
company publications, photographs, scrapbooks, Robins family personal records, audio/visual materials, and oral histories of former employees and officers. 21 records center boxes. Gift of the family of E. Claiborne Robins through the
courtesy of E. Claiborne Robins, Jr.
19. Student exercise book, 1886–87, of Camilla Webb (later Davis) while a student at Augusta Female Seminary (now
Mary Baldwin College), Staunton. 124 pp.: holograph; 10 x 7 1/2 in. Bound volume. Contains exercises in German
language studies. Gift of Dr. W. Hamilton Bryson.
20. Papers, 1887–1906, of Charles Euker (German immigrant to Richmond) largely concerning his life as a Confederate
veteran, as well as his service in the cavalry of the Virginia militia in the 1880s and 1890s. 25 items. Gift of Ben W.
Price.
21. Records, 1887–1954, of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company including ledgers and loose
materials concerning financial and insurance claims, correspondence regarding troop transportation during World War
II, correspondence and other materials concerning fare increases, and related items. c. 500 items. Gift of the Science
Museum of Virginia, Richmond.
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22. Papers, 1887–1994, of Edward Reeves Adams (of Richmond), in part concerning the service of his aunt Elizabeth
Dietrich as a nurse with the U.S. Army during World War I and including records of his own service in the
U.S. Navy during World War II. 138 items. Gift of Edward R. Adams.
23. Papers, 1889–2001, of Stuart E. Brown (of Berryville) concerning his work editing and publishing the autobiography
of George Freeman Pollock, entitled “Skyland: The Heart of the Shenandoah National Park.” The collection contains
correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and related items concerning Pollock, creation of the Park, and the
resort known as Skyland. 299 items. Gift of Stuart E. Brown, Jr.
24. Papers, 1894–1999, of Dr. Betsy Brinson (of Richmond) concerning her work with the American Civil Liberties
Union Southern Women’s Rights Project, Virginia Women’s Cultural History Project, and the Richmond Branch of
the Young Women’s Christian Association, as well as her research on women’s history. c. 2,000 items. Gift of Betsy
Brinson.
25. Record books, 1905–81, kept by dispatchers of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad in Richmond. 25
vols. Gift of the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society through the courtesy of William
F. Todd, Jr.
26. Records, 1906–2003, of the Central Coca Cola Bottling Company, Inc., Richmond, including board of directors minutes and meeting materials, financial records, human resource and labor materials, legal and operations records,
marketing and sales promotion materials, publications, sponsorship and philanthropic records, historical compilations,
and personal records of Walter Lee Sams, Lottie Crass Sams, Bettie Sams Christian, and Langdon T. Christian as
owners and officers. 86 records center boxes. Gift of the estate of Betty Sams Christian.
27. Minute book, 1908–22, of Local #28 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron
Workers, Richmond. 300 pp.: handwritten; 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. Gift of the estate of Ann Paul Maynes through
the courtesy of Dale Harman Saunders.
28. Records, 1909–98, of the Richmond Branch of the American Association of University Women, including minutes of
directors and members meetings, bylaws and policy statements, directories of members, newsletters, scrapbooks, historical files, and related materials. 190 folders (3.5 linear feet). Gift of the Richmond Branch of the American
Association of University Women through the courtesy of Laura Wimmer and Janet B. Schwarz.
29. Commonplace book, 1913–21, of Katherine Christine (Parrish) Snyder (of McLean) including accounts, planting
records, weather reporting, and records pertaining to livestock on the family farm in Fairfax County. [72] l.: holograph; 3 3/4 x 6 in. Bound volume. Gift of Sophy Burnham.
30. Papers, 1918–48, of Hugh E. Moser (of Roanoke) concerning his service in Company B of the First Battalion, 602d
Engineer Regiment of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War I. Primarily consist of diaries, correspondence, and a memoir. 232 items. Gift of Anne M. Copley.
31. Papers, 1921–41, of Mollie Bell McLaughlin (bookkeeper in Richmond) including correspondence with family
members in Dunmore, W.Va., and with boyfriends concerning economic and social conditions (especially during the
Great Depression), courtship, and health issues. 423 items. Gift of Julia Davidson.
32. Papers, c. 1924–85, of Dorothy Marie Mosby Wickham (dancer and socialite of Richmond and Chicago, Ill.),
including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks concerning her theatrical career and
philanthropic work. c. 500 items. Gift of the late Ellen Douglas Bruce Crane Fisher.
33. Records, 1926–84, of the Hollywood Cemetery Company of Richmond, primarily consisting of a minute book of the
company’s executive committee, with related loose papers, and four minute books of the company’s board of directors.
16 items. Deposited by the Hollywood Cemetery Company, Richmond, through the courtesy of Nelson D. Lankford.
34. Papers, 1931–93, of Floyd Woodrow Cardwell (of Richmond) primarily concerning his service in the 92d
Construction Battalion of the U.S. Navy during World War II. Include service records, published log book
of the battalion, newsletters, photographs, and separation papers. 66 items. Gift of Mrs. Sarah Louise Rose Hayes
Cardwell.
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35. Autobiographical essays, c. 1942–54, of Margaret R. Larson, an English war bride who moved to Yakima, Wash., and
later Richmond, Va. 4 items. Gift of Margaret R. Larson.
36. Records, 1946–75, of the Monument Avenue Crest Garden Club, Richmond, primarily consisting of scrapbooks
compiled by officers and members and some loose papers concerning club activities, projects, and involvement with
the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., and the Richmond Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. 72 items. Gift of
Henry R. Gonner.
37. Papers, 1949–60, of FitzGerald Bemiss (of Richmond) concerning his correspondence with and writings about Dr.
Albert Schweitzer. 7 items. Gift of FitzGerald Bemiss.
38. Papers, 1961–65, compiled by Virginia state senator FitzGerald Bemiss (of Richmond) concerning restoration of the
Bell Tower in Capitol Square in Richmond. 41 items. Gift of FitzGerald Bemiss.
39. Papers, 1966–91, of Phyllis Eason Galanti (of Richmond) primarily consist
ing of correspondence with various local and national politi
cians and government officials, POW/MIA organizers and
organizations, Richmond community leaders, and other
members of POW/MIA families seeking information on and
release of her husband, downed U.S. Navy pilot Paul
Galanti, and other POWs in the Vietnam War. Also,
include materials concerning the National League of
Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast
Asia; photographs, and scrapbooks compiled by Mrs. Galanti;
and materials, 1979–80, of the Women’s Bank of Richmond,
of which she was a director. 155 folders. Gift of Phyllis E. POW bracelets stamped “Paul Galanti” (Mss1G1315a Section 4)
Galanti.
40. Papers, 1968–81, of Caroline M. Gillespie (of Lynchburg) consisting entirely of letters received in response to those
she wrote to U.S. congressmen M. Caldwell Butler and Richard H. Poff, and to U.S. senators Harry F. Byrd, Jr.,
William B. Spong, Jr., Paul Trible, and John W. Warner. 8 items. Purchased.
41. Papers, 1977–2000, of William Tayloe Murphy, Jr. (of Westmoreland County) primarily concerning his years of
service in the Virginia General Assembly as delegate for the 99th District, and including correspondence, reports, studies, and other supporting materials especially relating to his involvement in conservation of natural resources and
reclamation of the Chesapeake Bay; also, include campaign materials and personal papers. 388 folders. Gift of W.
Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
42. Records, 1980–96, of the Junior Leagues of Virginia State Public Affairs Committee, including by-laws, minutes,
annual reports, correspondence, and materials of the Association of Junior Leagues International; much of the
material concerns legislative matters at the state and national levels. 279 items. Deposited by the Junior Leagues of
Virginia State Public Affairs Committee, Richmond.
43. Additional papers, 1982–2001, of Patricia Smith Ticer (of Alexandria) concerning her service as a Democratic Party
member of the Virginia Senate from 1999 to 2001. Include constituent letters, invitations, committee materials, and
related items. 500 folders. Gift of the Hon. Patricia S. Ticer.
44. Records, 1993–95 of the Virginia Gay Lesbian Bisexual Community Center of Richmond including board of directors materials and questionnaires. c. 250 items. Gift of Stephen Kent Jones.
45. Papers, 1995–2001, of Dr. Betsy Brinson (of Richmond) concerning her friendship with and research about Stephen
M. Lenton, gay activist and member of the Richmond Aids Ministry. c. 50 items. Gift of Betsy Brinson.
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1. Map of the City of Richmond, Va.: A Souvenir of the Yorktown Centennial, October 18, 1881 (Richmond?, 1881).
Gift of the late Nancy Read Schaefer.
2. United States Forest Service, Eastern Region. George Washington National Forest, Virginia and West
Virginia (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1933). Gift of William B. Baylor.
3. Smith, Robert Persall. Smith’s Map of Henrico County, Virginia . . . (Richmond: Henrico County Public Information
Office, 1994). Gift of Johnnie S. Taggart.
4. Virginia Department of Transportation. Scenic Roads in Virginia . . . (Richmond: Office of Public Affairs, 2007). Gift
of Paulette Schwarting.
5. [Unidentified compiler. Map of the Kanawha River Valley (n.p., n.d.)]. Hand drawn. Gift of Donald J. Ellwood.
Printed Materials
1. Abbott, Henry L. Siege Artillery in the Campaigns Against Richmond: With Notes on the 15-Inch Gun, Including
an Algebraic Analysis of the Trajectory of a Shot in Its Ricochets Upon Smooth Water . . . . New York, 1868. Gift of
William B. Baylor.
2. Alsop, George. A Character of the Province of Maryland: Described in Four Distinct Parts; Also a Small Treatise on
the Wild and Naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Maryland . . . Together with a Collection of Historical Letters. A
new ed. With an Introduction and Copious Historical Notes. New York, 1869. Reprint of London edition, 1666.
Bequest of Paul Mellon.
3. Anderson, Henry W. The Human Side of History: An Address by Henry W. Anderson, Co-Receiver Seaboard Air Line
Railway before the Traffic Club, Jacksonville, Florida, November 6, 1933. Richmond, 1933. Gift of W. Birch Douglass.
4. Annual Jollification Program Souvenir: Norfolk Police and Relief Association. Norfolk, 1922. Purchased through the
Donald Haynes Fund.
5. Archer, Adair Pleasants. The Mystery of the King’s Birth. By Adair Archer . . . Presented December 29th and 30th by the
Little Theater League of Richmond, Va., which He Founded. Richmond, 1919. Gift of Richmond Public Library.
6. Armistead, Robert Alexander. Abridgement of Armistead’s Lectures on American Grammar: Explaining the Elementary
Principles of the English Language . . . . Norfolk, 1823. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund.
7. Blackford, Susan Leigh. Memoirs of Life In and Out of the Army in Virginia during the War Between the States: Compiled
by Susan Leigh Blackford from Original and Contemporaneous Correspondence and Diaries; Annotated and Edited
Exclusively for the Private Use of Their Family and Her Husband, Charles Minor Blackford. Lynchburg, 1894–96. Gift of
John L. McElroy, Jr.
8. Boston Harrison Club. The Constitution and By-Laws of the Harrison Club of Boston; With a List of Its Members;
Instituted April 3, 1840. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
9. Britania Triumphalis: A Brief History of the Warres and Other State-Affairs of Great Britain: From the Death of the Late
King, to the Dissolution of the Last Parliament. 1st ed. London, 1654. Includes information concerning Virginia.
Purchased through the First Settlers Fund.
10. Brownlow, William Gannaway. Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal
Adventures among the Rebels. Philadelphia, 1862. Gift of Richard R. Duncan.
11. Bunker Hill Songster; Containing National and Patriotic Songs: as Sung by the Principal Vocalists. New York, 185–? Gift
of Richmond Public Library.
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12. Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac,
Based on Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps. New York and London, 1915. Bears presentation inscription
to Walter S. Robertson. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne.
13. [Colton, Calvin]. The Crisis of the Country. By Junius. [and] Sequel to The Crisis of the Country. By Junius. Philadelphia,
1840. Whig pamphlets written in support of William Henry Harrison’s successful 1840 presidential campaign against
Martin Van Buren. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
14. [Colvin, John B.]. A Letter to the Honorable John Randolph, by Numa. [Philadelphia, c. 1810]. An attack against
Randolph by a pro-Madison Jeffersonian Republican occasioned by Randolph’s splitting away from the party.
Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund.
15. Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury. Additional Estimates for the Support of the Government [January
1 to June 30, 1864]. [Richmond, 1864] Concerns salary increases authorized by Congress. Purchased through the
Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
16. Confederate States of America. War Dept. Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army.
Richmond, 1861. Bears signature: Dr. Paul Clay, Camp Mill Springs, Ky., Dec. 1, 1861, Surgeon 28th Regmt.
Tenn. Vol. Gift of Robert Young Clay.
17. Crooks, Elizabeth Willets. Life of Rev. A. Crooks, A. M., Written and Compiled by His Wife. Syracuse, N.Y., 1875.
Includes material on Grayson County and other Virginia locales. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
18. De Grey, Thomas. The Compleat Horseman and Expert Farrier: in Two Bookes: the First, Shewing the Best Manner of
Breeding Good Horses, with Their Choyce, Nature, Riding and Dyeting, as Well for Running and Hunting, and How the
Rider ought to Behave Himself in the Breaking and Riding of Colts . . . . London, 1639. Gift of Pegram Johnson.
19. Democratic National Committee. “It is the right inherent in every freeman to possess himself of the political principles and
opinions of those into whose hands the administration of the government may be placed.” Gen Taylor to Mr. Deloney.
Washington, 1848. Attack on the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, for failing to express his views about slavery
during the campaign. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.
20. Du Verney, M. Tractatus de Organo Auditus. Continens Structuram, Usum et Morbos Ominum, Auris Partim. Lugduni
Batavorum, 1730. Bears manuscript genealogical notes on Halyburton family and stamp of J. B. Halyburton. Gift of
Richmond Public Library.
21. Eisenhower, Milton. The Wind is Bitter: The United States and Latin America. Garden City, N.Y., 1963. Bears author’s
presentation inscription to Walter S. Robertson. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne.
22. Farmer, C. M. The Fairy of the Stream: and Other Poems. Richmond, 1847. Gift of Richmond Public Library.
23. The Federalist: On the New Constitution. Written in the Year 1788, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay;
with an Appendix Containing the Original Articles of Confederation; the Letter of George Washington, as President of the
Convention, to the President of Congress . . . A New Ed.: with a Table of Contents, and . . . index. The Numbers Written
by Mr. Madison Corrected by Himself. Washington, 1831. Bears ownership signature of John Marshall on the title page.
Acquired by exchange with William Reese Company.
24. Flavel, John. The Fountain of Life Opened: or, A Display of Christ, in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory: Containing
Forty-two Sermons . . . . 1st American ed. Richmond, 1824. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne.
25. Free Demonstration. Cleopatra Facial given by Beauty Culture . . . at Mrs. Gattie Doughtry’s Spanish Beauty Salon, 514
Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia . . . September 3, 1934 . . . . [n.p.], 1934. Purchased through the Betty Sams
Christian Fund.
26. The Freemasons’ Library and General Ahiman Rezon: Containing a Delineation of the True Principles of Freemasonry
. . . . Baltimore, 1817. Gift of Richmond Public Library.
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27. Gauger, Nicholas. Fires Improved: Or, A New Method of Building Chimnies, so as to Prevent Their Smoking, in Which a
Small Fire Shall Warm a Room Much Better Than a Large One Made the Common Way: and the Method of Altering Such
Chimnies as are Already Built, so They Shall Perform to the Same Effects . . . Made English from the French Original by J.
T. Desaguliers. London, 1736. In Helen Park’s List of Architectural Books Available in America Before the Revolution.
Purchased through the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Fund.
28. Governor’s Message Delivered Dec. 4, 1872. Richmond, 1872. Virginia governor Gilbert C. Walker’s midReconstruction report on the state, with information on Hampton Institute, Virginia A&M, University of Virginia,
Virginia Military Institute; financial matters, efforts to promote immigration; progress of railroads and highways.
Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
29. Guise, D. W. The War March of the Virginians. Baltimore,
1918. Sheet music. Dedicated to the “Hon.
Westmoreland Davis, Governor of Virginia.” Gift of
William Cole.
30. Hanover Academy (Taylorsville). Catalogue of Hanover
Academy, Virginia. Taylorsville, 1881–82. Gift of Brenton
S. Halsey.
31. Hard Cider and Log Cabin Almanac for 1841: Harrison
and Tyler. Washington, D.C., 1840. Campaign literature
for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. Purchased
through the William A. Hagey Fund.
32. Hardee, William Joseph. Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics:
for the Exercise and Manoeuvers of Troops When Acting as
Light Infantry or Riflemen, by Lieut. Col. W. J. Hardee, Late
of the U.S. Army, Now of C. S. Army. Memphis, Tenn.,
1861. Gift of William B. Baylor.
33. Harland, Marion. Marion Harland’s Cook Book of Tried
and Tested Recipes . . . . Baltimore, 1907. Virginia author.
Gift of Nancy Carter Crump.
34. Hays, William Shakespeare. “God Bless Robert E. Lee”:
Song and Chorus. New York, 1872. Sheet music.
Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation
Fund.
War March of the Virginians (Sheet music)
35. Headley, Joel Tyler. The Lives of Winfield Scott and Andrew Jackson. New York, 1861. Originally printed as campaign
literature for Scott in 1852, it was reprinted when Scott became commander of the Union Army at the outbreak of
the Civil War. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
36. Henkel, Paul. Church Hymn Book: Consisting of Hymns and Psalms, Original and Selected: Adapted to Public Worship,
and Many Other Occasions. 4th ed. New Market, 1857. Bears inscription: “Eleanora C. Henkel’s book, presented by
her cousin, Dr. G. C. Henkel, May 1887, New Market, Va.” Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.
37. Jefferson Literary and Social Circle (Richmond). Catalogue of the Library of Jefferson Literary and Social Circle:
Organized June 12th, 1867. Library Committee: Leon Wallerstein, H. H. Levy, L. Z. Morris. Librarian: Moses S. Block.
Richmond, 1893. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.
38. Johnston, Charles. A Narrative of the Incidents Attending the Capture, Detention, and Ransom of Charles Johnston, of
Botetourt County Virginia: Who was made Prisoner by the Indians, on the River Ohio, in the Year 1790: Together with an
Interesting Account of the Fate of His Companions, Five in Number, One of Whom Suffered at the Stake: To which is added,
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Sketches of Indian Character and Manners, with Illustrative Anecdotes. New York, [1827]. Bears inscription by Frances
Royall Johnston: “To be given to Charles Johnston,” dated Nov. 12, 1907. Gift of Virginia Johnston Marsden.
39. Kennard, George S. “Preach the Word”: A Doctrinal Sermon, II Timothy, 4:2, by Rev. G. S. Kennard, Williamsburg, Va.
Petersburg, 1904. Gift of Mary Tyler Louthan.
40. Mansfield, Edward Deering. Eulogy on the Life and Character of William Henry Harrison: Ninth President of the United
States, Delivered in Wesley Chapel, Cincinnati, on Fast Day, 14th of May, 1841. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1841. Purchased
through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
41. The Mexican War and its Heroes: Being a Complete History of the Mexican War, Embracing all the Operations under
Generals Taylor and Scott, with a Biography of the Officers: Also, an Account of the Conquest of California and New Mexico
. . . . Philadelphia, 1858. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
42. Mills, John. A New System of Husbandry. London, 1767. Five volumes. Volume five only, bearing bookplate of Thomas
Lewis of Augusta County with his ownership signature dated 1773. Gift of Richard H. Dilworth.
43. Moore, H. E. To the Stockholders of the Montrose Land and Improvement Company: Statement showing the Proceeds
arising from the Sale and Rentals of the Property of the South Buena Vista land and Improvement Company . . . respectfully submitted, H. E. Brooks. [n.p.], 1902. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.
44. Moore, Thomas Verner. Inspiration of the Scriptures: Morell’s Theory Reviewed: A Lecture, in Course, on the Evidences of
Christianity, Delivered at the University of Virginia, November 24, 1850. Richmond, 1850. Gift of Richmond Public
Library.
45. Moton, Robert Russo. What the Negro Thinks. Garden City, NewYork, [c. 1929]. Virginia author. Purchased through
the Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
46. Murphy, Edgar Gardner. Problems of the Present South: A Discussion of Certain of the Educational, Industrial and Political
Issues in the Southern States. New York, 1904. Gift of Virginia P. Tharrington.
47. Newcomb, Robert Hughes (Bobby). Newcomb’s Essence of Old Virginia Songster. Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1870s. An
extremely rare collection of compositions by a popular song and dance man, including a number of songs as “Sung by
Newcomb’s Minstrels.” Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.
48. Northrup, Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northrup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnaped in
Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River in Louisiana. Auburn, N.Y.,
1853. Gift of Richard R. Duncan.
49. Proceedings of the Opponents of the Present Administration, at Public Meetings, Held in the City of Washington, February
15 and 18, 1840: with the Address of Philip R. Fendal, Esq. Washington, D.C., 1840. Whig pamphlet supporting
William Henry Harrison’s successful 1840 presidential campaign against Martin Van Buren. Purchased through the
Douglas H. Gordon Fund.
50. Proctor, Edna Dean. Poems. . . . New York, 1866. Includes “The Shenandoah” and “Virginia Scaffold.” Purchased
through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund.
51. Red Guy, 21,052: Bay horse, 16 hands high, and weighs 1,100 lbs. Was foaled in 1892, bred by M. Walker & Son,
Lexington, Ky. . . . will make the season of 1900 at Overly, Va. and Farmville, Va. . . . [n.p.], 1900. Broadside. Purchased
through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund.
52. Richmond, the Pride of Virginia; An Historical City. . . . Philadelphia, 1900. Bears the inscription “Property of Asa
Johnson, Richmond, Va.,” and manuscript annotations throughout. Gift of Randolph McElroy.
53. Roanoke Collegian. Salem, 1891. “A journal devoted to the interests of Roanoke College.” Purchased through the
William A. Hagey Fund.
54. Roberts, Joseph. The Hand-Book of Artillery: For the Service of the United States (Army and Militia), by Capt. Joseph
Roberts . . . . 2d edition. Richmond, 1862. Gift of William B. Baylor.
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55. Robinson, Conway. No. 62, McCann, Com’ee v. Zetelle, &c. 65, Myers Ex’or v. Zetelle, &c.: Appeals from Decree of
Circuit Court of City of Richmond, by Conway Robinson, One of Counsel for Appellant Meyers.
[Richmond, 1871]. Concerns the validity of investments in Confederate bonds and sales of property with payment
made in Confederate bonds, and their effect on the estate trustees’ liability. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon
Fund.
56. Snead, George Tillman. The Story of Agatha Ann, by Georgie Tillman Snead. Philadelphia, 1913. Fiction set in Virginia.
Bears a presentation signature from the author to Zuleime Edmonds Chappelear, Glen Allen and Pocahontas, dated
1920. Gift of Diane Curling.
57. Southern College (Petersburg). The Dramatic Club Presents Readings from Victorian Novels, Saturday, April 13, 1935
. . . . n. p., 1935. Broadside. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.
58. Tourists Guide and Descriptive Book of the Shenandoah Valley R. R., 1882 . . . Hagerstown, Md. Philadelphia, 1882.
Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.
59. Tucker, Beverley. A Discourse on the Dangers That Threaten the Free Institutions of the United States: Being an Address to
the Literary Societies of Hampden Sidney College, Virginia, Read on the 22nd of September, 1841, at the Request of the
Philanthropic Society of That College. Richmond, 1841. Bears the author’s signature on front flyleaf. Bears
inscription from Moses D. Hoge. Gift of Richmond Public Library.
60. United States. Army. Official Report of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Embracing a History of the Operations of the Armies
of the Union from March, 1862 to the Closing Scene of the Rebellion: Complete. New York, 1865. Gift of William B.
Baylor.
61. United States. Dept. of State. United States Relations with China: With Special Reference to the Period 1944–1949, Based
on the Files of the Dept. of State. [Washington, D.C., 1949]. Bears signature of Walter S. Robertson, later assistant
secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne.
62. An Universal History: From the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from the Original Authors, and Illustrated with Maps,
Cuts, Notes, &c.; With a General Index to the Whole. London, 1747–68. Sixty-five volumes. Volume 13 only, bearing
the ownership of Thomas Lewis of Augusta County. Gift of Richard H. Dilworth.
63. Virginia, or, Lord MacDonald’s Reel: Hull’s Victory. Boston, [183?]. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole.
64. Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts. Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812: Being a Supplement to the
Pay Rolls Printed and Distributed in 1851 . . . . Richmond, 1852. Gift of Marcellus Wright, Cox & Smith, Architects.
65. Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. A Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the Affairs of the James
River & Kanawha Company, 1852–3. Richmond, [1853]. Concerns the prospects of extending the canal beyond
Lynchburg to the Kanawha River, thus providing a route to the Ohio. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon
Fund.
66. Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. Robert’s Adm’r v. Petty’s Adm’r et als. [Richmond, 1854]. A contest over Roger
Abbott’s estate and the disposition of enslaved workers bequeathed under his will. Purchased through the Douglas H.
Gordon Fund.
67. The Virginia Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1794: Being the Second after Leap Year. And the Eighteenth of American
Independence. By Robert Andrews. Richmond, 1793. Gift of Richmond Public Library.
68. Witherspoon, John. A Serious Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Stage; and a Letter Respecting Play Actors. By the
Rev. John Witherspoon; Also a Sermon, on the Burning of the Theater at Richmond, &c. by Samuel Miller; Together with
an Introductory Address by Several Ministers in New York, &c. New York, 1812. Gift of Richmond Public Library.
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Museum Objects
1. Edwin Forbes Collection consisting of 156 pen-and-ink drawings and art work by the Civil War artist, Edwin Forbes.
Gift of the William R. Berkley Family.
2. Photographic print of Randolph Scott by George Hurrell. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.
3. Coverlet made in Augusta County by Nora Carlisle Swortzel or her mother, Marion Helen Carlisle, c.
1892–1895. Gift of Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., Fayetteville, Ark.
4. Silver cup trophy inscribed to S. G. Johnston by the Virginia State Fair Association as the first prize in the ten-mile
motorcycle race. Dated 10 October 1908. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund.
5. Gilt watch fob made for the C. F. Sauer Company, c. 1907, including miniatures of medals won at World’s Fairs.
Purchase. William A. Hagey Fund.
6. Glass bottle and wood crate labeled “Radium Water,” “Blackrock Springs, Va.,” “R.T. Miller,” and “Grottoes, Va.,” c.
1920–1930. Gift of Janet Lefferts in memory of James Samuel Patterson, Round Hill.
7. Committee chair used in the Virginia State Capitol by the Virginia General Assembly in the 1960s. Purchased.
8. Confederate drum found near Seven Pines in 1935. Gift of Robert B. Bass, Richmond.
A series of pen-and-ink sketches, entitled
“The Chief Cook; A Warm Breakfast,
Winter; An Evening Meal, Summer
Camp,” drawn by Civil War artist Edwin
Forbes. (Accession no. 2008.139.13)
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9. Beaded sash, possibly made by the Shawnee or Wyandot in Ohio, brought back to Virginia by Charles Johnston as a
souvenir of his capture in 1790 (together with a published account of his captivity transferred to the library). Gift of
Virginia Johnston Marsden, Elmira, N.Y.
10. Photograph of Hampton High School Football Team, Cheynes Studio, Hampton, 1912; photograph of a band in
Harrisonburg, Morrison Studio, Harrisonburg, taken 9 October 1894. Purchased through the William A.
Hagey Fund.
11. Cibachrome pinhole photograph titled Fruits and Flowers: Homage to Roger Fenton by Willie Anne Wright. Gift of
the photographer, Richmond.
12. Papier-mâché doll, an artistic rendering of slave insurrectionist Gabriel Prosser, by George Hubbs, late 1970s. Gift of
Barbara R. Grey, Richmond.
13. Liverpool creamware plate with transfer image of the seal of Virginia in the center surrounded by thirteen linked names
of states, c.1790–1805. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia Decorative Arts Purchase Fund.
14. Bell chocolate glaze pottery statue of woman; seven gallon crock, gray with blue slip, by Keister, Strasburg; Bell crock,
Strasburg; Samuel Bell molded pottery picture frame with eagle motif, inset with mirror. Bequest of Dr. Jean F. Wine.
15. “Leesburg, VA,” 1930s etching by Hirst Millhillen. Purchased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund.
16. Set of three photographic prints, c. 1900, of Henry Towles House, a seventeenth-century structure in Lancaster
County since demolished, and one print of the estate dock. Purchased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund.
17. Photograph album of the Saal family; various crochet and hand embroidered tablecloths made by Mamie Saal; woven
fabric by Hortense Saal Winston Rosenstock. Gift of Barbara Saal Bolton, Henrico.
18. Oil on canvas painting of the Richmond Armory and canal attributed to James Mooney. Gift of Heth Owen, Jr.,
Richmond.
19. Oil on canvas portraits of Robert Douthat, 2nd (1796–1828) and Eleanor Lewis Douthat (1799–1862) painted by
William Dunlop. Gift of Eleanor Lewis Douthat, Richmond.
20. Nineteenth-century photographic prints of men, women, and children from the Stearns and Robinson families,
primarily from Norfolk and Newport News. Gift of Elise Robinson Tuve and Cabell B. Robinson, Marblehead,
Mass.
21. Civil War–era Sibley stove. Gift of Ley and Merideth Watson, Richmond.
22. Pre-printed fabric for embroidered table linens marked Thalhimer Bros., c. 1930. Gift of Deborah Jean W. Morrell,
Richmond.
23. Two commemorative plates from Moore Street Baptist Church, Richmond. Gift of Ethel R. Jones and L.
Kingsbury, Randallstown, Md.
24. Print of The Marriage of Pocahontas, after the painting by Henry Brueckner, 1855, published by Joseph Laing,
London, Edinburgh, New York, engraved by John C. McRae. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David G. Taylor, Richmond.
25. Presentation torch inscribed “BH Thomas / Compliments of Richmond Locomotive Works,” late 1800s. Purchased
through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.
26. English “Sheffield” silver plate epergne with cut lead crystal bowls, c. 1820−40. Gift of Bensley H. L. and Maureen D.
Field, Toano.
27. Benjamin Hodges Smith World War I accoutrement belt with a holster for Colt .45, a rifle bayonet for a Springfield
1903 rifle, a trench knife for hand to hand combat, 1918. Gift of George W. Sydnor, Jr., Fincastle.
28. The “Morgan-Hranicky” Mississippian ceremonial axe, about 1400 A.D., Smyth County. Gift of Wm. Jack Hranicky,
Alexandria.
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29. Cradle with carved German motifs, Shenandoah Valley, c. 1820–60; miniature sample or toy cradle, Shenandoah
Valley, c. 1820–60; chair by Johnson Company, Mecklenburg County, 1800s. Gift of Herbert R. Collins, Milford.
30. Entrenching tool crafted from a bayonet (found at Harpers Ferry), c. 1861−65. Purchased.
31. Virginia state seal banner, cotton oilcloth, c. 1875–85. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia
Decorative Arts Purchase Fund.
32. A George III sterling silver and crystal cruet set marked by silversmith James Delmester, London, c. 1760–61, with
Epes family provenance. Gift of I. Stuart T. Gravatt, Richmond.
33. Ceramic plate with Virginia state seal, circa 1840s. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia Decorative
Arts Purchase Fund.
34. McClellan saddle used at VMI, probably twentieth century. Gift of Jim Weigand, Midlothian.
35. Oil on canvas portraits of Hay Taliaferro (1774–1834) and Susannah Conway Taliaferro (b. 1779), of Rose Hill,
Orange County. Gift of James Bolton, Jr., Rockville.
36. Twelve coin silver buttons marked “JP” and attributed to J. Pittman, Alexandria, c. 1800. Purchased through the
Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund.
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GOVERNANCE
Officers
Chairman of the Board
J. Stewart Bryan III, Richmond
Vice Chairman
W. Taylor Reveley III, Williamsburg
Regional Vice Chairman, Southside
Grady W. Powell, Petersburg
President and Chief Executive Officer
Paul A. Levengood
Secretary
Robert F. Strohm
Treasurer
Richard S. V. Heiman
Honorary Vice Chairmen
Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester
Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond
Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville
Board of Trustees
John B. Adams, Jr., The Plains
Edward L. Ayers, Richmond
Paul Brandon Barringer II, Charlottesville
Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., Richmond
Beverley E. Dalton, Altavista
Roger L. Gregory, Richmond
Conrad M. Hall, Norfolk
H. Hiter Harris III, Richmond
James W. Hazel, Oakton
Mary Duke Trent Jones, Abingdon
Helen Turner Murphy, Mount Holly
John R. Nelson, Richmond
Lloyd U. Noland III, Newport News
E. Bryson Powell, Richmond
Josiah P. Rowe III, Fredericksburg
Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Richmond
Thomas G. Snead, Jr., Richmond
William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond
Marcus M. Weinstein, Richmond
F. Blair Wimbush, Norfolk
Clifton A. Woodrum III, Roanoke
President’s Council
Samuel D. Barham III, Richmond
FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond
B. Noland Carter II, Richmond
Mary Rutherfoord Ferguson, Richmond
Allen Mead Ferguson, Richmond
Bruce B. Gray, Waverly
Vernard W. Henley, Richmond
Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria
Cecelia Howell, Falmouth
William J. Howell, Falmouth
Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington
Robert C. King, Sr., Richmond
Benjamin J. Lambert III, Richmond
Carolyn M. Lambert, Richmond
John Lee McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot
Sorrel McElroy, Manakin-Sabot
W. P. (Bill) Miles, Charlottesville
Roger Mudd, McLean
Shirley Carter Olsson, West Point
John R. Pagan, Richmond
Evelia Margarita Porto, Richmond
E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., Richmond
Ann Spence, Richmond
Raymond Spence, Richmond
B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond
Hays T. Watkins, Richmond
Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond
Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr., New York, N.Y.
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Administration
President and Chief Executive Officer
Paul A. Levengood
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
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
President Emeritus
Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
Richard S. V. Heiman
Honorary Members of the Virginia Historical Society
W. W. Abbot, Charlottesville
David McCullough, Tisbury, Mass.
Thad W. Tate, Williamsburg
Louis L. Tucker, Boston, Mass.
Reynolds Business History Center Advisory Board
Sean P. Adams, Gainesville, Fla.
J. Stewart Bryan III, Richmond
David Camden, Richmond
Sylvia Clute, Richmond
James E. Fogerty, St. Paul, Minn.
David R. Goode, Norfolk
Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond
H. Hiter Harris III, Richmond
James W. Hazel, Oakton
Hugh D. Keogh, Richmond
John R. Nelson, Richmond
E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., Richmond
Michael Sesnowitz, Richmond
Maryan D. Smith II, Oakton
Thomas G. Snead, Jr., Richmond
Joseph L. Williams, Richmond
Educators Advisory Board
Chris Averill, Chesterfield County
Carolyn Brandt, Henrico County
Lilian Carter, Richmond
Joel M. Dexter, Chesterfield County
Mary Magee Davis, Hanover County
Robert Earl Patterson, Chesterfield County
Renee Serrao, Chesterfield County
Carol Anne K. Simopoulos, Henrico County
Loraine Stewart, Virginia Commonwealth
University
Thelma Williams Tunstall, Richmond
Jim Weigand, Amelia County
Sabra Willhite, Henrico County
Elisabeth E. Wray, University of Richmond
Victoria Wray-Alley, Richmond
Editorial Advisory Board
Karen Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Theodore Carter DeLaney, Washington and Lee University
Ellen Eslinger, DePaul University
Charles F. Irons, Elon University
Caroline E. Janney, Purdue University
Kevin Levin, St. Anne’s-Bellfield School
Michal Jan Rozbicki, Saint Louis University
Anthony Stanonis, Queen’s College, Belfast
Brent Tarter, Library of Virginia
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Former Members of the Board of Trustees
John B. Adams, Jr., Richmond
Gerald L. Baliles, Charlottesville
C. Phillip Barger, Charlottesville
FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond
William W. Berry, Richmond
J. Alfred Broaddus, Richmond
Austin Brockenbrough III, Manakin-Sabot
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
George M. Cochran, Staunton
Lee Stuart Cochran, Staunton
John R. Curtis, Jr., Williamsburg
W. Hunter deButts, Jr., Marshall
W. Heywood Fralin, Roanoke
Anne Hobson Freeman, Callao
Susan S. Goode, Norfolk
Bruce C. Gottwald, Richmond
Nancy Hays 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
Cecelia Howell, Falmouth
Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington
Ronald C. Johnson, Alexandria
Joseph F. Johnston, Jr., Alexandria
Daniel P. Jordan, Charlottesville
Mark J. Kington, Alexandria
John O. Marsh, Jr., Winchester
John Lee 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
Anne Gregory Rhodes, 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., Saltville
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
L. Dudley Walker, Martinsville
Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond
Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville
Presidents of the Virginia Historical Society (after 2001 the title changed to Chairman of the Board)
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 1963
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.
J. Stewart Bryan III
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
2008–2009
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Directors of the Virginia Historical Society (after 2001 the title changed to President and CEO)
Thomas Hicks Wynne
Robert Alonzo Brock
Philip Alexander Bruce
William Glover Stanard
Robert A. Lancaster
William Clayton Torrence
John Melville Jennings
Edwin L. Dooley, Jr.
1870–1875
1875–1892
1892–1898
1898–1933
1933–1940
1940–1953
1953–1978
1979–1980
William M. E. Rachal (interim)
Paul Chester Nagel
Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim)
Donald Haynes
Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim)
Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
Paul A. Levengood
1980–1988
1981–1985
1985–1986
1986–1988
1988–1988
1988–2008
2008–2008
Society Guild Volunteers
Gale Abell • Kathy Alcaine • Betty Andrews • Pamela Barbour • Robert B. Bergner • Martha W. Black • Genna Boomer
• Gretchen Bradley • Sally Brandenburg • Joanne Brooks • Mary Lou Brown • Mildred Bruce • Lois Buchanan • Lydia
Call • Bonnie Charles • Patricia L. Chen • Betie Cherry • Jerome Taylor Cherry • Kathy Clarke • James E. Corbett • J.
Robert Cross • Matthew L. Cushman • Libby Danforth • Edward Diehl • Betty Ann Dillon • Gerald Dzura • Jean M.
Eggleston • Judy Enroughty • Faith Eury • Virginia Nikki Fairman • Evamon Fleming • Sara Flinn • Emily Gianfortoni
• Sharon L. Giese • Willie Gillenwater • James Goetzinger • Joyce Goetzinger • Patricia Golden • John Goode • Sandra
Griffin • Paul Michael Halstead • Erin Heath • LeAnn Hensche • Thomas Howard • Steven Inglis • Diane Jadlowski •
Janet Jenkins • Pat Jordan • John Kelzer • Jo Lee Kenney • Karen Kincaid • Emily Damerel King • Sharon Logan • Joyce
Mandarino • Jean T. Martin • Roy M. Martin • James May • Ethel Mezger • Betty Moore • Kathryn I. Moore • Edward
Morrow • Mary Murray • John W. Myers • Mary S. Myers • Larry Olson • C. Peter Parrish • Virginia Refo • Nancy
Reinardy • Peter M. Rippe • Helen Rolfe • Edward Rose • Patricia L. Rose • Winnie Rymer • Gary Savage • Louise
Schaedler • Raymond L. Schreiner • Randall Scott • Susan Schufeldt • Brenda Shimchick • Ruth Stotts • Jay L. Taylor •
Donald Tobias • Marilyn Trownsell • United Methodist Family Services/Charterhouse School • Phebe Van Valen • Ronald
Waller • Kathy Watkins • Fritz Will • Thomas Wilson
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ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Exhibitions
Temporary Exhibitions
The African American Image in Virginia
Heads and Tales: Portraits of Outstanding Virginians
Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam
Soul Soldiers: African Americans in the Vietnam Era
Bring Paul Home: Phyllis Galanti and Vietnam War POWs
The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American Memory
With support from grants from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and the Virginia Commission for the
Humanities
The John Marshall High School Corps of Cadets
Zachary Taylor: The 225 Anniversary
Long-Term Exhibitions
The Story of Virginia, an American Experience
With support for The Floyd Dewey Gottwald Permanent Exhibition of Virginia History from Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D.
Gottwald, Jr. • Nancy and Bruce Gottwald • Gottwald Foundation • Dr. and Mrs. William M. Gottwald • Lindsay and
Brenton S. Halsey • Fort James Corporation • Ethyl Corporation • Albemarle Corporation • Marietta McNeill Morgan &
Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Foundation
Virginians at Work
With support from BB&T/Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. • Helen I. Graham Charitable Foundation • The Minnie and Bernard
Lane Foundation • Philip Morris USA • Robins Foundation • Susan Bailey and Sidney Buford Scott • William B.
Thalhimer, Jr. & Family Foundation • Universal Leaf Foundation • Verizon Foundation • Wachovia Foundation
The War Horse (outdoor sculpture)
Gift of Paul Mellon
Four Seasons of the Confederacy: Murals by Charles Hoffbauer
Making the Confederate Murals: Studies by Charles Hoffbauer
Arming the Confederacy: The Maryland-Steuart Collection
The Virginia Manufactory of Arms
Solving History’s Mysteries: The History Discovery Lab (Department of Historic Resources)
Silver in Virginia
Traveling Exhibitions
Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings
With support from LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. • Robins Foundation • Jamestown 2007 Commission • Virginia
Department of Historic Resources
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Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia
Cosponsored by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Lectures
Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Trustees Lecture
Daniel P. Jordan, “Jefferson in Perspective,” 21 May 2009
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr., Lecture
Frank Deford, “The Athlete as Gentleman: From Christy Mathewson to Arthur Ashe,” 22 October 2009
Alexander W. Weddell Trustees Lecture
Josiah Bunting III, “George Marshall, His Men, and the Recovery of Europe,” 18 November 2009
Banner Lecture Series
Robert J. Norrell, “Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington,” 5 February 2009
Denise Bethel, “When History Becomes Art: Some Adventures with Photographs at Auction,” 5 March 2009
Joan Cashin, “First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War,” 26 March 2009
Cosponsored with the Museum of the Confederacy
David Brown and Thane Harpole, “Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten
Landscapes of Gloucester County,” 2 April 2009
Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in Virginia
Lorri Glover, “The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America,”
16 April 2009
Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in Virginia
John Ferling, “The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon,” 28 May
2009
Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in Virginia
Phyllis and Paul Galanti, “For Better or For Worse: The Journey of a POW and His Wife,” 11 June 2009
Ray McAllister, “Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks,” 23 July 2009
Lt. Gen. G. R. Christmas, “Battle of Hue City, South Vietnam, 1968,” 20 August 2009
Edward G. Lengel, “Meuse-Argonne, 1918: the Battle That Ended World War I,” 17 September 2009
Julian Hudson, “Prestwould: Gracious Living on the American Frontier, 1790–1830,” 1 October 2009
William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American Memory,” 15 October 2009
Margaret Bemiss and Will Rieley, “Historic Virginia Gardens: Preservation Work of The Garden Club of Virginia,”
4 November 2009
Anna Gibson Holloway, “‘So Ends This Day’: An Illustrated Update on the Life and Times of the USS Monitor,
from 1861 to Yesterday,” 12 November 2009
Cosponsored with The Mariners Museum
George Grayson, “Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State? The Struggle with Drugs and Thugs in U.S.-Mexican
Relations,” 3 December 2009
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Gallery Talks
Lauranett L. Lee, “The African American Image in Virginia,” 11 February 2009
Jeffrey Ruggles, “Photography in Virginia,” 8 April 2009
James C. Kelly, “Heads and Tales: Portraits of Outstanding Virginians,” 6 May 2009
Art Beltrone, “Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam,” 17 June 2009
Lauranett L. Lee, “Soul Soldiers: African Americans in the Vietnam War Era,” 8 July 2009
L. Paige Newman, “Bring Paul Home: Phyllis Galanti and Vietnam War POWs,” 5 August 2009
Jeffrey Ruggles, “The John Marshall High School Corps of Cadets,” 28 October 2009
William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American Memory,” 2 December 2009
Awards
Brenton S. Halsey Teaching Award • Excellence in teaching in 2009
Debra Velasco, Farmwell Station Middle School, Loudoun County
Bobby Chandler Student Award • Outstanding high school history student in 2009
Asya Simons, Clover Hill High School, Chesterfield County
Anne R. Worrell Student Award • Outstanding middle school history student in 2009
Annina Zelkin, Lorton Station Elementary School, Fairfax County
Wyndham B. Blanton Scholarship • Excellence in scholarship by a high school student in 2009
Maryam M. Patton, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, Richmond
William M. E. Rachal Award • Best overall article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2009
Thomas Aiello, “The Champion and the Corpse: Art and Identity in Richmond, 1950,” vol. 117, no. 1
C. Coleman McGehee Award • Best article by a graduate student in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in
2009
Adam Wesley Dean, “‘Who Controls the Past Controls the Future’: The Virginia History Textbook Controversy,”
vol. 117, no. 4
Richard Slatten Award • Excellence in Virginia biography in 2009
A. J. Angulo, William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MIT (Johns Hopkins University, 2009)
President’s Awards for Excellence • Outstanding service by VHS staff in 2009
L. Eileen Parris, archivist
Rebecca A. Rose, registrar
Lora Robins Award • Leadership, foresight, and generosity in collecting the evidence of Virginia’s history in 2009
Jean B. and Robert N. McKenney
Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer of the Year Award • Outstanding service in 2009
Virginia “Nikki” Fairman, Institutional Advancement
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Research Fellows
John Barr, Lone Star College • for research on criticism of Abraham Lincoln from the Civil War to present day
William Belko, University of West Florida • for research on the life and contributions of statesman and jurist Philip
Pendleton Barbour
Evan Bennett, Florida Atlantic University • for research on Virginia tobacco culture in the twentieth century
Seth Bruggeman, Temple University • for research on George Washington Parke Custis’s contributions to the history of
American public memory
Thomas Chambers, Niagara University • for research on the contrast between Virginians’ enthusiastic reception of the
Marquis de Lafayette during his 1824 tour and the relative lack of interest in remembering or commemorating the
Yorktown battlefield
James Davis, State University of New York at Fredonia • for research on music in the daily life of soldiers and civilians during winter quarters of 1863–64 in central Virginia
Kelley Deetz, University of California at Berkeley • for research on the experiences of plantation cooks as laborers, family
members, and individuals in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Virginia
Radoslaw Dylewski, Adam Mickiewicz University • for a linguistic comparison of Civil War letters written by less literate
privates from Virginia and New England
Christine Eisel, Bowling Green State University • for research on gendered speech and punishment in colonial Virginia
John Ellis, Purdue University • for research on the influence of early Methodists’ radically egalitarian message on youths
who lived in the Upper South
Daniel Flaherty, University of Oklahoma • for research on the Chickasaws’ diplomacy with Virginia at the end of the
American Revolution and their role as an ally to the Confederate States of America in the Civil War
Shennette Garrett, University of Texas • for research on black entrepreneurs in insurance and banking in Virginia before
World War II
William Hardin, Vanderbilt University • for research on the Pleasants v. Pleasants case of 1800, involving the manumission of slaves by a Quaker antislavery activist and member of the Tidewater merchant-planter elite
Vanessa Holden, Rutgers University • for research on the participation of African American women, enslaved and free, in
Nat Turner’s rebellion
James Jewell, North Idaho College • for research on the first battle of Bull Run and how the battle shaped the course of
events
Matthew Karp, University of Pennsylvania • for research on antebellum southern attitudes toward international affairs
Deborah Lee, independent scholar • for research on Mary Lee (Fitzhugh) Custis and her involvement with the American
Colonization Society
Kay Wright Lewis, Rutgers University • for research on the ideas of race war and extermination in antebellum America
Whitney Martinko, University of Virginia • for research on the popular conceptions of progress and history in the United
States viewed through the ways in which Americans improved and preserved the landscape
Kristine McCusker, Middle Tennessee State University • for research on death rituals in the South from 1918 to 1945
Benjamin Miller, University of Florida • for research on the construction of religious spaces by clergy in the Civil War era
Paul Musselwhite, College of William and Mary • for research on the social and cultural significance of towns and cities
in colonial Chesapeake society
Daniel Peart, University College London • for research on political action and political organization in the 1820s in the
United States
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Robin Sager, Rice University • for research on marital cruelty in antebellum Virginia, Texas, and Wisconsin
Kendra Smith-Howard, University at Albany, SUNY • for research on the history of milk and dairy farming in twentiethcentury America
Thomas Strange, University of Manchester • for research on the role of the black preacher in the antebellum South
Drew Swanson, University of Georgia • for research on the transition from dark leaf to bright leaf tobacco culture along
the border of Virginia and North Carolina from 1840 to 1900
Albert Tillson, University of Tampa • for research on watermen of Virginia’s Chesapeake region during the late eighteenth
and early nineteenth centuries
Nicole Myers Turner, University of Pennsylvania • for research on the role of black churches in shaping the politics of freed
communities in post-emancipation Virginia
Jennifer Van Horn, University of Virginia • for research on the ways that elite British colonists in North America used
objects to create and maintain their civility
Jamie Warren, Indiana University • for research on the experiences and meaning of death on antebellum slave plantations
of the Chesapeake and southern seaboard regions
Angela Zombek, University of Florida • for research on the development and evolution of nineteenth-century punishment
and imprisonment, placing particular emphasis on the Civil War’s affect on institutions of confinement
Schools Served in 2009 (private schools are noted without county or city designations)
Academy of Math and Sciences (Roanoke) • Adams Elementary (Henrico County) • A. G. Richardson Elementary
(Culpeper County) • Alberta Smith Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Amelia Academy • An Achievable Dream
Academy (Newport News) • Armstrong Elementary School (Hampton) • Armstrong Leadership Program (Richmond) •
Arthur Ashe, Jr., Elementary (Henrico County) • Associated Educational Services of Virginia (Richmond) • Auburn
Middle School (Montgomery County) • Baileys Elementary (Fairfax County) • Banner Christian School • Barron
Elementary School (Hampton) • Bassette Elementary School (Hampton) • Beech Tree Elementary (Fairfax County) •
Belle View Elementary (Fairfax County) • Bethel Elementary (Gloucester County) • Bon Air Elementary (Chesterfield
County) • Booker Elementary (Hampton) • Bridgeport Academy • Broadway High School (Rockingham County) • Bryan
Elementary (Hampton) • Bucknell Elementary (Fairfax County) • Burlington Elementary (Roanoke) • Cale Elementary
(Albemarle County) • Camelot Elementary (Fairfax County) • Campostella Elementary (Norfolk) • Canterbury Woods
Elementary (Fairfax County) • Cedarhouse School • Centreville Elementary (Fairfax County) • Chandler Middle School
(Richmond) • Charles Barrett Elementary (Alexandria) • Catholic School • Cherry Run Elementary (Fairfax County) •
Chimborazo Elementary (Richmond) • Clearview Elementary (Fairfax County) • Collegiate School • Colonial Trail
Elementary (Henrico County) • Colvin Run Elementary (Fairfax County) • Cool Spring Elementary (Hanover County)
• Country Day • Courtland Elementary (Spotsylvania County) • Crenshaw Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Crestview
Elementary (Henrico County) • Crestwood Elementary School (Fairfax County) • Crestwood Elementary (Chesterfield
County) • Crozet Elementary (Albemarle County) • Crystal Springs Elementary (Roanoke) • Cunningham Park
Elementary (Fairfax County) • Donahoe Elementary (Henrico County) • Dumbarton Elementary (Henrico County) •
Dupont Elementary (Hopewell) • E. S. H. Green Elementary (Richmond) • Eagle View Mill Elementary (Arlington) •
Elizabeth Davis Middle School (Chesterfield County) • Elk Hill School • Enon Elementary (Chesterfield County) •
Ettrick Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Evergreen Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Fair Oaks Elementary (Henrico
County) • Fairfield Court Elementary (Richmond) • Fairhill Elementary (Fairfax County) • Faith Christian School •
Falling Creek Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Farmington Elementary (Culpeper County) • Fitzgerald Elementary
(Prince William County) • Forestdale Elementary (Fairfax County) • Forestville Elementary (Fairfax County) • Galax
Elementary (Galax) • George Mason Elementary (Alexandria) • Gesher Jewish Day School • Gilbert Linkus Elementary
(Montgomery County) • Glade Spring Middle School (Washington County) • Glen Lea Elementary (Henrico County) •
Grafton Village Elementary (Stafford County) • Great Falls Elementary (Fairfax County) • Green Hedges School (Fairfax
County) • Greenfield Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Grove Avenue Christian School • Grove Hill Elementary
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(Shenandoah County) • Groveton Elementary School (Alexandria) • Hampton Oaks Elementary (Stafford County) •
Henderson Elementary (Prince William County) • Henderson Middle School (Richmond) • Henning Elementary
(Chesterfield County) • Highland Springs Elementary School (Henrico County) • Holladay Elementary School (Henrico
County) • Hopkins Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Hospital Education Services (Richmond) • Hybla Valley
Elementary (Fairfax County) • Iqra Academy of Virgina • J. B. Watkins Elementary (Chesterfield County) • J. E. B. Stuart
Elementary (Richmond) • John B. Cary Elementary (Hampton) • John B. Cary Elementary (Richmond) • Johnson
Elementary (Henrico County) • Jouett Elementary (Louisa County) • Keene Mill Elementary (Fairfax County) •
Kingsbury Day School • L. C. Bird High School (Chesterfield County) • La Crosse Elementary (Mecklenburg County) •
Laburnum Elementary (Henrico County) • Lane Elementary (Fairfax County) • Laurel Meadow Elementary School
(Hanover County) • Lees Corner Elementary (Fairfax County) • Lightfoot Elementary (Orange County) • Linwood
Holton Elementary (Richmond) • Lorton Station Elementary (Arlington) • Lucille Brown Middle School (Richmond) •
Machen Elementary (Hampton) • Maggie Walker Governor's School (Richmond) • Mallory Elementary (Hampton) •
Mary Munford Elementary (Richmond) • Matoaca Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Maymont Elementary
(Richmond) • McNair Elementary (Arlington) • Metropolitan Day School (Richmond) • Midlothian Children’s Academy
• Miles Jones Elementary (Richmond) • Mill Elementary (Arlington) • Montclair Elementary (Prince William County) •
Montrose Elementary (Henrico County) • Mt. Eagle Elementary School (Alexandria) • Mt. Vernon Elementary (Fairfax
County) • New Bridge Academy (Henrico County) • The Noble Academy • Nottinham Elementary (Arlington) • Nuckols
Farm Elementary (Henrico County) • Oak Grove Elementary (Richmond) • Oak View Elementary (Fairfax County) •
Our Lady of Lourdes • Page Middle School (Gloucester County) • Park View Middle School (Mecklenburg County) •
Peasley Middle School (Gloucester County) • Petsworth Elementary (Gloucester County) • Poplar Tree Elementary
(Fairfax County) • Potomac View Elementary (Prince William County) • Providence Elementary (Chesterfield County) •
Providence Elementary (Fairfax County) • Ratcliffe Elementary (Henrico County) • REACH Homeschool Group
(Orange County) • Red Hill Elementary (Albemarle County) • Redd Elementary School (Richmond) • Preparatory
Academy (Richmond) • Technical Center (PLC Program) • Ridge Elementary (Henrico County) • Rivers Edge
Elementary (Henrico County) • Robert E. Lee Elementary (Petersburg) • Rosa Parks Elementary (Prince William County)
• Ruby F. Carver Elementary (Henrico County) • Sabot at Stony Point • Salem Christian School • Salem Church Middle
School (Chesterfield County) • Salem Elementary (Virginia Beach) • Shawsville Elementary (Montgomery County) •
Shelton Park Elementary School (Virginia Beach) • Short Pump Middle School (Henrico County) • Skipwith Elementary
(Henrico County) • South Hill Elementary (Mecklenburg County) • Spotswood Elementary School (Spotsylvania
County) • St. Anne’s Belfield School • St. Benedict • St. Bridget’s School • St. Catherine’s School • St. Edward Epiphany
School • St. Joseph’s Villa • St. Pius X School • St. Stephens and St. Agnes • Sterling Elementary School (Loudoun County)
• Steward School • Stonehouse Elementary (James City County) • Stone-Robinson Elementary (Albemarle County) •
Stratford Landing Elementary (Fairfax County) • Swansboro Elementary (Richmond) • Sweet Briar College Campus
School (Amherst County) • Sycamore ESL • Tabb Elementary (York County) • Thelma Crenshaw Elementary
(Chesterfield County) • Troutville Elementary (Botetourt County) • Union Mill Elementary (Fairfax County) • Varina
High School (Henrico County) • Venable Elementary (Charlottesville) • Veritas Classical Christian School • Victoria
Elementary (Lunenburg) • Walker Upper Elementary School (Spotsylvania County) • Waverly-Yowell Elementary
(Madison County) • Waynewood Elementary (Arlington) • West Springfield Elementary (Fairfax County) • William Fox
Elementary (Richmond) • William Halley Elementary (Fairfax County) • William Perry Elementary (Waynesboro) •
Winterpock Elementary (Spotsylvania County) • Woodville Elementary (Richmond) • Woolwine Elementary (Patrick
County) • W. W. Gordon Elementary School (Chesterfield County) • W. W. Robinson Elementary (Shenandoah County)
• Youth Empowerment Services (Richmond)