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Alexandria Library, Special Collections Subject Index to Northern Virginia History Magazines Alexandria Library, Special Collections Subject Index to Northern Virginia History Magazines SUBJECT TITLE MAG DATE VOL ABBEY MAUSOLEUM LAND OF MARIA SYPHAX & ABBEY MAUSOLEUM AHM OCT 1984 VOL 7 #4 ABINGDON ABINDGON MANOR RUINS: FIGHT TO SAVE AHM OCT 1996 V 10 #4 ABINGDON OF ALEXANDER HUNTER, ET. AL. AHM OCT 1999 V 11 #3 AMONG OUR ARCHIVES AHM OCT 1979 VOL 6 #3 ARLINGTON'S LOCAL & NATIONAL HERITAGE AHM OCT 1957 VOL 1 #1 LOST HERITAGE: EARLY HOMES THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED NVH FEB 1987 VOL 9 #1 VIVIAN THOMAS FORD, ABINGDON'S LAST LIVING RESIDENT AHM OCT 2003 V 12 #3 ABOLITION SAMUEL M. JANNEY: QUAKER CRUSADER NVH FEB 1981 VOL 3 #3 ADAMS FAMILY SOME 18TH CENTURY PROFILES, PT. 1 AHM OCT 1977 VOL 6 #1 AESCULAPIAN HOTEL HISTORY OF SUNSET HILLS FARM FHM 1958-59 VOL 6 AFRICAN-AMERICANS BLACK HISTORY IN FAIRFAX COUNTY FXC SUM 1977 VOL 1 #3 BRIEF HISTORY & RECOLLECTIONS OF GLENCARLYN AHM OCT 1970 VOL 4 #2 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (GUM SPRINGS) AAVN JAN 1988 VOL 6 #1 GUM SPRINGS COMMUNITY FXC SPR 1980 VOL 4 #2 GUM SPRINGS: TRIUMPH OF BLACK COMMUNITY FXC 1989 V 12 #4 NEW MT. VERNON MEMORIAL: MORE THAN GW'S SLAVES FXC NOV 1983 VOL 7 #4 SOME ARL. AREA PEOPLE: THEIR MOMENTS & INFLUENCE AHM OCT 1970 VOL 4 #1 SOME BLACK HISTORY IN ARLINGTON COUNTY AHM OCT 1973 VOL 5 #1 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ADVISORY COM. MEETING AAVN FEB 1995 V 13 #2 AFRICAN-AMERICANS-ALEXANDRIA ARCHAEOLOGY OF ALEXANDRIA'S QUAKER COMMUNITY AAVN MAR 2003 V 21 #2 AFRICAN-AMERICANS-ARCHAEOLOGY BLACK BAPTIST CEMETERY ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVEST AAVN AUG 1991 VOL 9 #8 CEMETERY DISCOVERIES AAVN FEB 1992 V 10 #2 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (AFRICAN AMERICAN EXCAVATIONS) AAVN FEB 1992 V 10 #2 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECTS) AAVN FEB 1994 V 12 #2 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (CERAMICS FROM THE "BOTTOMS") AAVN JUL 1994 V 12 #7 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (COIN PENDANTS WORN BY BLACKS) AAVN FEB 1995 V 13 #2 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (FREEDMEN'S CEMETERY) AAVN MAY 1997 V 15 #5 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (HARMONICA FOUND IN HAYTI DIG) AAVN NOV 1994 V 12 #11 Monday, May 23, 2016 Page 1 of 135 SUBJECT TITLE MAG DATE VOL AFRICAN-AMERICANS-ARCHAEOLOGY DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (HAYTI, ALEXANDRIA) AAVN AUG 1994 V 12 #8 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (ROBERT MILLER ARTIFACT) AAVN SEP 1994 V 12 #9 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (SLAVE ARTIFACTS) AAVN FEB 1994 V 12 #2 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (SLAVE DEALERS, BONE FRAGMENT) AAVN MAY 1994 V 12 #5 DISCOVERIES IN HAYTI AAVN NOV 1992 V 10 #11 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SLAVERY AT GW'S MT VERNON WP SPR 2002 V 37 #1 EXCAVATING GEORGE SEATON'S HOUSE AAVN SEP 1991 VOL 9 #9 FREEDMEN REMEMBERANCE AAVN JUN 1998 V 16 #6 FREEDMEN'S CEMETERY HISTORIC HIGHWAY MARKER AAVN SEP 2000 V 18 #9 SOME ARTIFACTS RECOVERED, OTHERS LOST AT TRADE CENTER ( AAVN DEC 2001 V 19 #12 AFRICAN-AMERICANS-BIOGRAPHY ALEXANDER L. HAIGHT (CLEO - SLAVE GIRL w/photo) EH MAY 1971 VOL 1 #4 ALEXANDER L. HAIGHT (GEORGE CURRY w/photo) EH MAY 1971 VOL 1 #4 AUNT LINDY AXC SUM2002 V 10 #2 AUNT MARY HURLEY AXC SUM2002 V 10 #2 BLACK MAN RESPONDS/CASE OF FELIX QUANDER NVH OCT 1988 V 10 #3 COUNT DE LEMONADE - HEPBURN FAMILY FS FEB 1991 VOL 5 #2 DEAR MASTER: UNIQUE LETTER FROM WEST FORD DISCV'D FXC MAY 1986 V 10 #2 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (MILLER FAMILY) PART 1 AAVN MAR 1987 VOL 5 #3 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (MILLER FAMILY) PART 2 AAVN APR 1987 VOL 5 #5 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (MILLER FAMILY) PART 3 AAVN MAY 1987 VOL 5 #5 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (MILLER FAMILY) PART 4 AAVN JUN 1987 VOL 5 #6 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (MILLER FAMILY) PART 5 AAVN FEB 1988 VOL 6 #2 GRIFFIN DOBSON: SERVANT TO A COMMODORE FHM 1995-96 VOL 25 GRIFFIN DOBSON; VA SLAVE, CALIFORNIA FREEMAN VC AUT 1997 V 46 #6 JAMES LEE SCHOOL, 1948-PHOTO TEACHERS/PRINCIPAL FXC 1989 V 12 #4 JOHN A. SEATON-1ST AFR-AM-BOARD OF ALDERMEN, p. 12 AXC WIN99/00 VOL 7 #4 LAND OF MARIA SYPHAX & ABBEY MAUSOLEUM AHM OCT 1984 VOL 7 #4 LUTHER JACKSON SCHOOL-T.M. WILLIAMS 1ST PRINCIPAL FXC FEB 1983 VOL 7 #1 MOSES HEPBURN PROPERTIES, PT. 1 AAVN DEC 2000 V 18 #11 MOSES HEPBURN PROPERTIES, PT. 2 AAVN JAN 2001 V 19 #1 MOSES HEPBURN PROPERTIES, PT. 3 AAVN FEB 2001 V 19 #3 OLD JOHN; IN SEARCH OF HIS STORY (LEE FAMILY) FHM 1999-00 VOL 27 SKINNERS-KATIE & BUSTER-20TH C ALEX BLACK BUSINESS AXN SUM 1979 VOL 5 #4 TO KNOW HIS BROTHER BETTER (EDWIN B. HENDERSON) FXC SUM 1977 VOL 1 #3 WILLIAM SYPHAX: COMMUNITY LEADER AHM OCT 1977 VOL 6 #1 AFRICAN-AMERICANS-FREDERICKSBURG THAT SABLE HERO; AFR-AMER IN FRED'BURG BATTLEFIELDS JFH 2003 VOL 7 WILLINGNESS ALONE….GARFIELD LIGHT INFANTRY, 1881-1895 JFH 2003 VOL 7 Monday, May 23, 2016 Page 2 of 135 SUBJECT TITLE MAG DATE VOL AFRICAN-AMERICANS-HISTORY, 1619-1863 "..PRIZE OF LIBERTY:" LOUDOUN CO FAMILY IN LIBERIA VMHB JUL 1989 V 97 #3 AND PROCURE...AMENITIES-SLAVE LIFE AT MT. VERNON VC AUT 1999 V 48 #4 ANTHONY BURNS AFFAIR (1854 - FUGITIVE SLAVE) AXC FAL 1999 VOL 8 #3 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (ALEXANDRIA SLAVE TRADE) AAVN APR 1994 V 12 #4 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (ALEXANDRIA SLAVES) AAVN SEP 1990 VOL 8 #9 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (FREE BLACKS) AAVN JUN 1994 V 12 #6 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SLAVERY AT GW'S MT VERNON WP SPR 2002 V 37 #1 FREE AND BLACK IN NO VA BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR NVH FEB 1983 VOL 5 #1 LETTER FROM HARRIET BRENT JACOBS/ABOLITION FS FEB 1991 VOL 5 #2 MARITIME ALEXANDRIA: THE SLAVE TRADE AAVN JUL 1991 VOL 9 #7 NEGRO REGIMENT BEING RAISED IN ALEX (p.20) AXC FAL 1999 VOL 8 #3 NEW INSIGHTS INTO SLAVE LIFE AT WOODLAWN PLANT. AAVN JUN 1994 V 12 #6 OUT OF BONDAGE: HISTORY OF ALEX COLONIZATION SOC AXH 1987 VOL 7 AFRICAN-AMERICANS-HISTORY, 1863-1900 ALADDIN'S LAMP: EDUCATION IN FREEDMAN'S VILLAGE AHM OCT 1995 V 10 #3 BLACK CW SOLDIERS IN ALEX NATIONAL CEMETERY, PT 1 HAQ FAL 1998 BLACK CW SOLDIERS IN ALEX NATIONAL CEMETERY, PT 2 HAQ WIN 1998 BLACK SETTLEMENT: FORESTVILLE, VIENNA, LEWINSVILLE FHM 1982 VOL 18 BURIAL OF US COLORED TROOPS AT ARL NATL CEMETERY AHM OCT 1997 V 11 #1 CIVIL WAR FREEDMEN'S SCHOOL AT FALLS CHURCH NVH JUN 1981 VOL 3 #2 COMING FR SHADOW: FREEDMEN'S VILLAGE, 1863-1900 VMHB OCT 1987 V 95 #4 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (FREEDMEN'S CEMETERY) AAVN JUL 1997 V 15 #7 FALLS CHURCH COLORED SCHOOL FXC FEB 1985 VOL 9 #1 FREEDMAN'S VILLAGE: ARL, VA, 1863-1900 NVSC 1984 FREEDMEN'S VILLAGE NVH FEB 1985 VOL 7 #1 FREEDPEOPLE OF ALEX: OVERVIEW, 1861-1870 AAVN JUL 1997 V 15 #7 SEARCH FOR SUMNERVILLE (ALEX.) AAVN FEB 1997 V 15 #2 VIRGINIA'S BLACK 'IMMUNES' IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR HAQ SUM 2001 AFRICAN-AMERICANS-HISTORY, 1900- "WILLING WORKERS" BLACK COMMUNITY/MASON NECK FHM 1997-98 VOL 26 HEY HO! COME TO THE FAIR (FFX CO "COLORED FAIR") FHM 1997-98 VOL 26 AFRICAN-AMERICANS-RESOURCES AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH AT LLOYD HOUSE: SUCCESS FS FEB 1990 VOL 4 #2 ALEX RECORDS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY RESEARCH FS FEB 1990 VOL 4 #2 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFR.-AMER. ARCHAEOLOGY IN ALEX. AAVN FEB 1992 V 10 #2 BLACK HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER REOPENS AAVN MAR 1989 VOL 7 #3 BLACK HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER SEEKS ARTIFACTS AAVN FEB 2001 V 19 #3 MEMORIALS (FREEDMEN/CEMETERIES/NATIONAL CEMETERY) AAVN MAY 1998 V 16 #5 NEW RESOURCE FOR BLACK HISTORY AAVN MAY 1984 VOL 2 #5 Monday, May 23, 2016 Page 3 of 135 SUBJECT TITLE MAG DATE VOL AFRICAN-AMERICANS-RESOURCES PAM'S VIEWPOINT - NEW GUIDE TO ALEX AFRICAN-AMER HIST AAVN SEP 2001 V 19 #9 AGRICULTURE SEE FARMING AIRPORTS/AVIATION AIRPORTS IN NO VA: HOOVER; WASH NAT'L, DULLES AHM OCT 1967 VOL 3 #3 ALEXANDER'S ISLAND AHM OCT 1981 VOL 7 #2 ALEXANDRIA & THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY AAVN JUL 1997 V 15 #7 ART AT THE AIRPORT AAVN DEC 2001 V 19 #12 FIRST CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT BY AIR AHM OCT 1959 VOL 1 #3 FLYING THE CAPITAL WAY, PART II HAQ SPR 1998 FLYING THE CAPITAL WAY-CAPITAL AIRLINES HAQ WIN 1997 VOL 2 #4 GHOST AIRPORTS OF FFX CO: FALLS CHURCH FXC 1996 V 19 #1 GHOST AIRPORTS OF FFX CO: HYBLA, BEACON HILL FXC 1996 V 19 #1 GHOST AIRPORTS OF FX CO: WASH & VA-BAILEY'S XROADS FXC 1996 V 19 #1 HYBLA VALLEY'S GOING TO HAVE/BOY'S BAND-AIRPORT FHM 1989-90 VOL 22 JULY 30, 1909, AT SHUTER'S HILL AXN JUL 1977 VOL 3 #7 NO VA & THE ROOTS OF ARMY AVIATION NVSC 1984 U.S.BALLOON CORPS IN ACTION IN NO. VA. DURING AHM OCT 1986 VOL 8 #2 WINGS OF FLIGHT, PT 2 (ALEX AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY) AAVN AUG 1997 V 15 #8 AIRPORTS/AVIATION SEE ALSO BALLOONS ALCOVA HEIGHTS EARLY HISTORY OF ALCOVA HEIGHTS AHM OCT 1975 VOL 5 #3 ALEXANDER FAMILY FAMILY GRAVEYARDS IN ARLINGTON COUNTY AHM OCT 1986 VOL 8 #2 LOST HERITAGE: EARLY HOMES THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED NVH FEB 1987 VOL 9 #1 PERILS OF A RESPECTABLE FAMILY FS MAY 1991 VOL 5 #5 SOME 18TH CENTURY PROFILES, PT. 1 AHM OCT 1977 VOL 6 #1 ALEXANDER'S ISLAND ALEXANDER'S ISLAND AHM OCT 1982 VOL 7 #2 ALEXANDRIA (SHIP) SCHOONER ALEXANDRIA SINKS (1996) AAVN JAN 1997 V 15 #1 ALEXANDRIA ALMS HOUSE ALEXANDRIA ALMS HOUSE & WORK HOUSE AHM OCT 1980 VOL 6 #4 ALEXANDRIA CANAL SEE CANALS ALEXANDRIA COUNTY SEE ALSO ARLINGTON Monday, May 23, 2016 Page 4 of 135 SUBJECT TITLE MAG DATE VOL ALEXANDRIA COUNTY-HISTORY ALEXANDRIA COUNTY AHM OCT 1988 VOL 8 #4 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY IN 1861 RCHS 1926 VOL 28 GOOD OLD DAYS AHM OCT 1985 VOL 8 #1 ALEXANDRIA FORUM ALEXANDRIA FORUM AXN APR 1976 VOL 2 #4 ALEXANDRIA FORUM (FALL, 1979) AXN FAL 1979 VOL 5 #5 CREATING/RECREATING A LIVELY WATERFRONT TRADITION AAVN MAY 1984 VOL 2 #5 ALEXANDRIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALEXANDRIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AAVN MAR 1984 VOL 2 #3 ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL SEE HOSPITALS ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY COMPANY SEE LIBRARIES-ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL CEMETERY BLACK CW SOLDIERS IN ALEX NATIONAL CEMETERY, PT 1 HAQ FAL 1998 BLACK CW SOLDIERS IN ALEX NATIONAL CEMETERY, PT 2 HAQ WIN 1998 ALEXANDRIA-HISTORY ALEXANDRIA MARKET SQUARE AXH 1980 VOL 2 ANNE NEWPORT ROYALL: QUIXOTE IN ENCHANTED ARMOR NVH JUN 1983 VOL 5 #2 CAPTAIN'S ROW AXN OCT 1976 V 2 #10 CITY OF ALEXANDRIA & ALEXANDRIA (ARLINGTON) COUNTY AXH 1983 VOL 5 DECLINE/RENEWAL: ALEX BEFORE CIVIL WAR VC SUM 1981 V 31 #1 DEEDS FOR
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