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Oral history interview between Aaron Moorer and James Ghee, conducted on April 26, 2021.

Dr. Isaac Coles, 1837, of Halifax Co., VA. Surgeon in the C.S.A. He was one of the 600 officers of the C.S.A. who were taken from Ft. Delaware + Johnson Island; Prisoners, carried to Charleston, S.C. harbor(?), and exposed to the Federal officers to…

Amsterdam; Based on the Thornton and Fisher chart of 1689 and Augustine Herrman's 1673 map of Maryland and Virginia, this map appeared in the volume 3 of Le Neptune Francois. It is oriented with north to the right. Focused on the Chesapeake Bay, the…

23 x 18 cm
Black & White
Handwritten on back: "Library Annex, Hampden-Sydney College"

Class of 1868. From a photograph sent January 1937 by his sister Mrs. J. S. Royster.

Democrats take Congressional and Gubernatorial elections

A letter about the state of integration in Virginia

From the collection of Henry and Kaye Spalding.

From the collection of Henry and Kaye Spalding.

Amsterdam, 1630/1636; The first derivative of Smith's map of Virginia appeared in Atlas Novus in the editions of 1636, 1638, 1641, and 1644. It is the only Smith derivative with the Indian facing the Chesapeake Bay. Powhatan's Lodge appears in the…

Note: Image depicts back of map. Amsterdam; The first derivative of Smith's map of Virginia appeared in Atlas Novus in the editions of 1636, 1638, 1641, and 1644. It is the only Smith derivative with the Indian facing the Chesapeake Bay. Powhatan's…

Nuremburg; Created to encourage German emigration to America, Homann's map contains an elaborate cartouche stressing wealth and riches. A prosperous gentleman oversees a full tobacco warehouse, gold, and natural resources. German settlements are…

This resource consists of two digital scans of three lottery tickets, front and back. Each ticket has its own unique identifying number (handwritten), a typed paragraph that is the same for each ticket, and then the name of the ticket seller…

This resource consists of two digital scans of three lottery tickets, front and back. Each ticket has its own unique identifying number (handwritten), a typed paragraph that is the same for each ticket, and then the name of the ticket seller…

This resource consists of two digital scans of three lottery tickets, front and back. Each ticket has its own unique identifying number (handwritten), a typed paragraph that is the same for each ticket, and then the name of the ticket seller…