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Invitation to the formal opening of the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, 1907
Late in the 19th century, some Virginians became interested in preserving historic buildings and landscapes that documented the state's illustrious past. White women led the effort to establish the Association for the Preservation of Virginia…
Proclamation in recognition and honor of our beloved president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, J.L. Bland, 1945
On April 14, 1945, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was buried in Hyde Park, New York following funeral services at the White House. Roosevelt had been elected four times to the office of President, a feat never matched, and now…
Hurricane Recovery in Tidewater Virginia: A Partial Report on Red Cross Relief and Rehabilitation in the Area Damaged by Wind and Tidal Wave, 1933
The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1 and ends November 30, with the season’s peak occurring between August and October. During the very active hurricane season of 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane hit coastal Virginia on…
Klan Rally Broadside, 1966
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), also known as the Klan or the Invisible Empirehas emerged mostly in Southern states in three different time periods of U.S. history. Each iteration of the group changed slightly to promote their beliefs and values in ways…
Governor Stanley’s Farewell Remarks to Queen Elizabeth II, 1957
On October 16, 1957, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Virginia during the commonwealth’s 350th anniversary celebration of the founding of Jamestown. The Queen’s visit prompted intense interest from citizens, government officials, and the…
The Space Flight of Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Poem, c. 1962
John Glenn was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. In 1957, he set a new speed record for traveling from Los Angeles to New York. It was his involvement in the U.S. Space Program, however, that earned him the most fame- a place in American…
Autograph Album (First Five Entries), Library of Virginia, September 11, 2002
On the morning of September 11, 2001 four flights were hijacked by members of the Islamic extremist group, al- Qaeda, in coordinated attack against the United States. All four hijacked planes were scheduled to be cross-country flights from the East…
Helps For Homemakers Booklet, ca. 1943–1945
During World War II booklets were published to assist homemakers, who were mostly women at that time, provide for their families and meet the requirements of the wartime ration system created after the U.S. entered the war in December 1941. President…
Diploma from Tobacco Exposition, 1888
Tobacco has been a major part of Virginia commerce for more than four centuries. Early tobacco art usually took the form of the planters' brand that makers used to distinguish their crop. Most planters used a form of their initials to distinguish…
Arthur Ashe Accepting Trophy at Fidelity Bankers Invitational Tennis Tournament, Photograph, 1970
Arthur Robert Ashe was a Black tennis player and human rights activist who became one of the greatest tennis players in American history. To date he is the first and only Black man to win the singles title in three of tennis' Grand Slam events, the…