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Glencoe diary the war-time journal of Elizabeth Curtis Wallace Edited by Eleanor P. Cross and Charles B. Cross, Jr

Author:
Wallace, Elizabeth Curtis 1816-1868  Search this
Physical description:
156 p illustrations, facsimiles, map, ports 26 cm
Type:
Diaries
Journaux intimes
Personal narratives
Personal narratives, Confederate
Récits personnels des confédérés
History
Récits personnels
Place:
Virginia
Chesapeake
Norfolk County
Virginie
Chesapeake (Va.)
Glencoe (Va.)
Norfolk County (Va.)
United States
États-Unis
Glencoe
Date:
1968
Civil War, 1861-1865
1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Topic:
Plantation life  Search this
Women  Search this
Femmes  Search this
Vie dans les plantations  Search this
History  Search this
Sources  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
F232.N8 W18
F232.N8W18
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_10346

Virginia, the new dominion

Author:
Dabney, Virginius 1901-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 629 p illus 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Virginie
Date:
1971
Topic:
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
F226 .D114
F226.D114
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_11127

Marion Harland's autobiography the story of a long life

Author:
Harland, Marion 1830-1922  Search this
Physical description:
ix, [1] pages, 1 leaves, 497, [1] pages 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Gilt edges (Binding)
Gold blocked bindings (Binding)
Headbands (Binding)
History
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)
Untrimmed edges (Binding)
Place:
Virginia
Southern States
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1910
19th century
19e siècle
Civil War, 1861-1865
1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Topic:
Authors, American  Search this
Home economics  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Écrivains américains  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
CT275.T31 A1
CT275.T31A1
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_10211

Landon Carter An inquiry into the personal values and social imperatives of the eighteenth-century Virginia gentry [by] Jack P. Greene

Author:
Greene, Jack P  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 98 pages 22 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Virginie
Date:
1967
1752
18th century
To 1775
Jusqu'à 1775
Topic:
Carter, Landon  Search this
Gentry--Attitudes--History  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Call number:
CT275.C319 G8
CT275.C319G8
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9261

Here lies Virginia an archaeologist's view of colonial life and history

Author:
No el Hume, Ivor  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 316, [13] pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Virginie
Date:
1963
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
History  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
F229 .N76
F229.N76
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9702

The image of Washington the history of the Houdon statue by Ronald E. Heaton

Author:
Heaton, Ronald E 1898-1987  Search this
Physical description:
31 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Richmond
Virginie
Richmond (Va.)
Date:
1971
Topic:
Monuments  Search this
Washington statue (Richmond, Va.)  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
N7628.W31 H4
N7628.W31H4
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8028

The Yorktown campaign and the surrender of Cornwallis, 1781

Author:
Johnston, Henry Phelps 1842-1923  Search this
Physical description:
206 pages illustrations, facsimile, maps, ports 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Southern States
Yorktown (Va.)
États-Unis (Sud)
Yorktown (Virg.)
United States
Virginia
Yorktown
Date:
1971
Revolution, 1775-1783
Siege, 1781
1775-1783 (Révolution)
1781 (Siège)
Topic:
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
E241.Y6 J72 1971
E241.Y6J72 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8399

History of southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870

Author:
Summers, Lewis Preston 1868-1943  Search this
Physical description:
912 pages illustrations, ports 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia, Southwest
Virginia
Washington County (Va.)
Southwest Virginia
Washington County
Date:
1971
1903
Topic:
History  Search this
Call number:
F232.W3 S92 1971X
F232.W3S92 1971X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8822

Souvenir Spoon

Physical Description:
silver (overall material)
gold (gold wash material)
Measurements:
spoon, souvenir: 4 1/2 in x 15/16 in; 11.43 cm x 2.3876 cm
overall: 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 11.43 cm x 2.54 cm
Object Name:
spoon
Object Type:
flatware
Place made:
United States
Created for:
United States: Virginia, Jamestown Island, Jamestown
Place sold:
United States: Virginia, Sewell Point
Place owned; place used:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
1907
Subject:
Exploration and Discovery  Search this
History  Search this
Settlement  Search this
Navy  Search this
Ships  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Men  Search this
Women  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
Indians  Search this
coat-of-arms  Search this
Virginia  Search this
Souvenirs  Search this
Tourist trade  Search this
Worlds Fair  Search this
Related event:
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn
ID Number:
DL.63.0213
Catalog number:
63.0213
Accession number:
243466
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a465-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_322729
Online Media:

Diorama of Fisk University Jubilee Singers

Depicted:
Fisk University Jubilee Singers  Search this
Maker:
Keyser, Stephney J.  Search this
Keyser, Stephney J.  Search this
Visual artist:
Havel, Edmund  Search this
Physical Description:
wood; plexiglass (case material)
porcelain; wool; silk (figures material)
Measurements:
overall: 26 cm x 49 cm x 32 cm; 10 1/4 in x 19 5/16 in x 12 5/8 in
Object Name:
Diorama
Place made:
United States: Virginia, Falls Church
Date made:
1994 - 1998
Subject:
Music  Search this
Education  Search this
African American History  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Diedra J. Bell and Dr. Stephney J. Keyser
ID Number:
1999.0174.01
Accession number:
1999.0174
Catalog number:
1999.0174.01
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Education
Music & Musical Instruments
Cultures & Communities
Religion
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-9fb9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_376210
Online Media:

A little child shall lead them a documentary account of the struggle for school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia edited by Brian J. Daugherity and Brian Grogan

Title:
Documentary account of the struggle for school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia
Editor:
Daugherity, Brian J., 1972-  Search this
Grogan, Brian 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xxii, 263, [1] page, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations
Type:
Sources
Electronic books
History
Place:
Virginia
Prince Edward County
United States
Date:
2019
20th Century
Topic:
School integration--History  Search this
Segregation in education--History  Search this
HISTORY  Search this
School integration  Search this
Segregation in education  Search this
Call number:
LC214.22.V8 L37 2019 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156290

Restoring Williamsburg / by George Humphrey Yetter and Carl R. Lounsbury

Author:
Yetter, George Humphrey  Search this
Lounsbury, Carl  Search this
Issuing body:
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation  Search this
Physical description:
290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 30 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
History
Place:
Virginia
Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.)
Date:
2019
Topic:
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--History  Search this
Architecture--Conservation and restoration--History  Search this
Historic buildings  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Capital and capitol  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110602

Slave labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad Mary E. Lyons

Author:
Lyons, Mary E  Search this
Subject:
Blue Ridge Railroad Company (Va.) History  Search this
Physical description:
159 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Virginie
Date:
2020
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
Slavery--History  Search this
Slave labor--History  Search this
Railroad construction workers--History  Search this
Railroads--History  Search this
Esclaves--Travail--Histoire  Search this
Ouvriers de la construction des chemins de fer--Histoire  Search this
Chemins de fer--Histoire  Search this
Railroad construction workers  Search this
Railroads  Search this
Slave labor  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163914

11033 IBe' Crawley

Title:
One one oh three three
One one zero three three
Book artist:
Crawley, IBe' Bulinda H  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
Publisher:
Women's Studio Workshop  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (20 unnumbered pages) illustrations 29 cm + clay figure + pamphlet folder (36 cm)
Type:
Sources
Specimens
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
History
Kozo fibers (Paper)
Abaca fibers (Paper)
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Livres d'artistes
Place:
Virginia
Virginie
New York (State)
Rosendale
Date:
2022
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
African American prisoners--History  Search this
Women prisoners  Search this
Female offenders  Search this
Children of women prisoners  Search this
African American families--Effect of imprisonment on  Search this
Pregnant women--Effect of imprisonment on  Search this
Women prisoners--Family relationships  Search this
African American women--Social conditions  Search this
Prison administration--History  Search this
Women prisoners in art  Search this
Pregnant women in art  Search this
Artists' books  Search this
Maternal and infant welfare  Search this
Reproductive rights  Search this
Prison administration  Search this
Prisonnières  Search this
Criminelles  Search this
Protection maternelle et infantile  Search this
Droits génésiques  Search this
Prisonnières--Relations familiales  Search this
Noires américaines--Conditions sociales  Search this
Prisons--Administration  Search this
Prisonniers noirs américains--Histoire  Search this
Enfants de prisonnières  Search this
Familles noires américaines--Effets de l'emprisonnement sur  Search this
Femmes enceintes--Effets de l'emprisonnement sur  Search this
Prisons--Administration--Histoire  Search this
Prisonnières dans l'art  Search this
Femmes enceintes dans l'art  Search this
African American prisoners  Search this
Families  Search this
Book sculpture  Search this
African American women prisoners--Imprisoned mothers--1920s  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164402

The adventvres and discovrses of Captain Iohn Smith sometime president of Virginia, and admiral of New England London, New York, Cassell, 1883

Author:
Ashton, John 1834-1911  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 309 p illustrations, maps, ports 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Virginie
Date:
1969
1883
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Topic:
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
F229.S65 A82 1969
F229.S65A82 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7159

A sidelight on history Being the letters of James McHenry [to Thomas Sim Lee, written during the Yorktown campaign, 1781

Author:
McHenry, James 1753-1816  Search this
Author:
Lee, Thomas Sim 1745-1819  Search this
Physical description:
77 p facsim 23 cm
Type:
Books
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
History
Place:
Yorktown (Va.)
Yorktown (Virg.)
Virginia
Yorktown
Date:
1971
1931
Siege, 1781
1781 (Siège)
Topic:
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
E241.Y6 M14 1971
E241.Y6M14 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7410

Letters of Joseph Jones of Virginia, 1777-1787 Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford

Author:
Jones, Joseph 1727-1805  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 157 p 23 cm
Type:
Books
Sources
Autobiographies
History
Place:
United States
Virginia
Virginie
United States, Virginia
Date:
1971
1889
Revolution, 1775-1783
1775-1865
Topic:
Politics and government  Search this
History  Search this
Politique et gouvernement  Search this
Military history  Search this
Call number:
F230 .J77 1889a
F230.J77 1889a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7512

Memoir of Indian wars, and other occurrences Edited by Charles A. Stuart

Author:
Stuart, John 1749-1823  Search this
Physical description:
38-68 p 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
États-Unis
Virginia
Virginie
West Virginia
Date:
1971
1833
1750-1815
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Topic:
Wars  Search this
Point Pleasant, Battle of, W. Va., 1774  Search this
Bataille de Point Pleasant, Virg.-Occ., 1774  Search this
Peuples autochtones--Guerres  Search this
Indians of North America--Wars  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
F229 .S931 1971
F229.S931 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7583

Memoir of Lieut. Col. Tench Tilghman

Author:
Harrison, S. A (Samuel Alexander) 1822-1890  Search this
Physical description:
176 p port 23 cm
Type:
Traités
History
Treaties
Place:
Yorktown (Va.)
Yorktown (Virg.)
Virginia
Yorktown
Date:
1971
1876
Siege, 1781
1781 (Siège)
Topic:
Iroquois Indians--Treaties  Search this
Treaties, 1775  Search this
Iroquois  Search this
Iroquois Indians  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
E207.T57 H322 1971
E207.T57H322 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7612

Folk art in stone, southwest Virginia by Klaus Wust

Author:
Wust, Klaus German 1925-  Search this
Physical description:
[28] p illustrations, maps 27 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
History
Place:
Virginia, Southwest
Virginia
Southwest Virginia
United States, Virginia
Date:
1970
Topic:
Folk art--History  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Sepulchral monuments  Search this
Cemeteries  Search this
Call number:
NK835.S6 W8X
NK835.S6W8X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_5780

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