Virginia Historical Society THE CENTER FOR HISTORY

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2004 ANNUAL MEETING, 23 APRIL 2005 Annual Report for 2004 Introduction

Charles F. Bryan, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer

he most notable public event of 2004 for the Virginia Historical Society was undoubtedly the groundbreaking ceremony on the first of TJuly for our building expansion. On that festive afternoon, we ushered in the latest chapter of growth and development for the VHS. By turning over a few shovelsful of earth, we began a construction project that will add much-needed programming, exhibition, and storage space to our Richmond headquarters. It was a grand occasion and a delight to see such a large crowd of friends and members come out to participate. The representative individuals who donned hard hats and wielded silver shovels for the formal ritual of begin- ning construction stood in for so many others who made the event possible. Indeed, if the groundbreaking was the most important public event of the year, it represented the culmination of a vast investment behind the scenes in forward thinking, planning, and financial commitment by members, staff, trustees, and friends. That effort will bear fruit in 2006 in a magnifi- cent new facility. To make it all happen, we directed much of our energy in 2004 to the 175th Anniversary Campaign–Home for History in order to reach the ambitious goal of $55 million. That effort is on track—and for that we can be grateful—but much work remains to be done. Moreover, we also need to continue to devote resources and talent to sustain the ongoing programs and activities of the VHS. Only by continuing to do these things well can we keep faith with our mission. I hope you will agree that our effort in 2004, recounted below, gives us much to be proud of and adds to a solid base for future achievements.  4 • Virginia Historical Society

As important as sound and adequate structures are, what goes on inside the VHS determines how successful we are in fulfilling our mission. Fun- damentally, our collections of rare books, manuscripts, and museum objects provide the bedrock of evidence for what we do: interpret Virginia history. In fact, the collections undergird our exhibitions, publications, lectures, and other public programs, as this report will demonstrate. Our holdings of these priceless materials are not static but continue to grow in number. Indeed, that growth drives our need for additional space in the new building. The acquisition, preservation, and cataloging of collections present our staff with daily challenges, which are ably met by the heads of our three curatorial departments: James C. Kelly, director of museums; Frances S. Pollard, direc- tor of library services; and E. Lee Shepard, director of manuscripts and archives and Sallie and William B. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist. The lists of selected accessions beginning on page 15 are but a sampling of the rich variety of materials that these curatorial departments acquired during 2004. We logged in numerous new acquisitions, ranging from indi- vidual letters, diaries, books, and museum objects to large collections of personal and family papers and orga- nizational records and artifacts from many periods of Virginia’s past. The fact that donors continue to unearth rich resources in attics and basements and other out-of-the-way places, and that they turn to the VHS to secure these materials permanently and to make them accessible to researchers from across the world, is a source of much encouragement to all of us. At the same time, it presents a challenge for us to house and care for these items properly. Thanks to generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, during 2004 our archival staff spent a major portion of its time on two long- term projects: making more than eight million cataloging records of processed manuscript items available electronically and conducting an exten- sive survey of collections that have been received by the VHS over the past 2004 Annual Report • 5

few years but are not yet processed. We also completed work on our contri- bution to the Civil War Maps Project on American Memory, hosted on the web site of the . Through a grant from Regional Vice Chairman Alan Voorhees, we scanned and cataloged more than 400 original manuscript maps in our collection relating to the . Among the large collections that occupied much of our attention during the year are three that warrant particular notice. First are the Lane Company records covering the influential history of that Altavista furniture company. Similarly, conservation work progressed significantly on the A. H. Robins Company archive, while our staff began an oral history project with former employees of that important pharmaceutical firm. At the same time, work also went forward on the massive Reynolds Metals Company archive, a rich resource on Virginia and international business during the twentieth centu- ry. In this context, we took advantage of an especially helpful planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It allowed us to invite three business history consultants for a daylong meeting to brainstorm the future of the Reynolds Center for Business History, particularly in regard to public programming. If our rich resources were never consulted, of course, all of this work would be fruitless. Happily, past grants and gifts enabled our research fellow- ship program to complete its seventeenth year of giving short-term grants that bring scholars to examine our collections. We make awards for general research (Mellon Fellows), women’s history (Lewis Fellows), business and economic history (Christian Fellows), and American bibliography and the history of the book (Reese Fellows). During most weeks, visitors to our library could find scholars funded by the program exam- ining our collections and pre- senting their findings at our Wednesday morning colloquia. In 2004, we awarded forty fel- lowships to scholars from twenty-one states, the Russian Federation, the United King- dom, and . 6 • Virginia Historical Society

These Fellows work alongside our other library researchers—students, teachers, genealogists, and local history enthusiasts who mine our collections for information on their incredible variety of topics. During 2004, the staff in our reading room helped nearly 4,000 researchers who visited from forty- six states and five foreign countries. Our librarians also completed a series of forty-eight history vignettes featuring landmark actions of the General Assembly. These legislative moments were read to the Virginia Senate each morning of the 2004 legislative session. Behind the scenes, librarians and conservators preserved and processed numerous books and other works on paper to be added to the VHS collections. Research conducted in the collections often leads to articles in our flag- ship publication, the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, which entered its 112th year of service to the scholarly community, presenting the latest work of historians on Virginia and southern topics. The publications staff, under the leadership of our director for publications and scholarship, Nelson D. Lankford, began the volume with a top- to-bottom redesign that gives the journal a clean, modern look, incorporating numerous new features that make it more accessible and easier to use. Our newsletter, History Notes, continues to bring a wide range of opportunities, collections, and achieve- ments to the attention of members. A generous grant from trustee Shirley Carter Olsson enabled us to publish an important eighteenth-century docu- ment at the end of the year, The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717–1742, edited by Josephine Little Zuppan and printed by Rowman and Littlefield. Our fastest-growing “publication” is the society’s web site, with page views increasing 32% over the previous year and the size of the site expand- ing by 20% more pages over 2003. We made a major upgrade to the e-com- merce component of the site, added the capacity for online purchase of dig- ital images, and conducted a full usability study of the site. We created a sec- tion of the site devoted to the 175th Anniversary Campaign–Home for History, including regularly updated photographs of progress on the new 2004 Annual Report • 7

building. Through the web site, too, researchers access descriptions of our collections in our online catalog at any hour, day or night. In turn, the interpretations gleaned from these collections by scholars from around the globe form the basis for many of our popular lectures for mem- bers and the general public. The noon- time series of Banner Lectures last year featured fourteen events on a disparate array of topics in Virginia and Ameri- can history (see page 40), including Civil War spies, the African American string band tradition, , and Salvadore Dali’s Virginia interlude. The highlight of the spring lecture season was the annual Alexander Wilbourne Weddell Lecture on 27 May. Professor Walter Edgar, director of the Institute of Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina spoke to a full auditorium on the topic “It Didn’t Happen Up North: Where the was Really Won.” The annual J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr., Lecture, our premier members-only lecture took place on 21 October. It brought to the VHS the Pulitzer-Prize winning writer with , Rick Atkinson, who spoke on his best-selling book An Army at Dawn about the American army in the early days of World War II. The next morning, Mr. Atkinson enthralled twenty high school seniors at the sixth-annual Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars Forum. In a seminar setting, Mr. Atkinson discussed the subject of his book and broader issues of writing history with the students, select- ed in a highly competitive process from around the com- monwealth. The capstone of our evening lectures each year, the Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Trustees Lecture, took place on 17 November. Professor William C. Davis of Virginia Tech, perhaps the most prolific historian writ- 8 • Virginia Historical Society

ing on the Civil War today, gave a highly entertaining and informative talk entitled “The Making of the Confederacy: The Birth of the Confederate Government.” Educational opportunities, of course, extend beyond our lecture hall. In appreciation for their support, members of our giving councils–the John Marshall, , and Battle Abbey councils—were offered opportunities for special educational tours and events that included a train trip on Norfolk Southern Railroads to Roanoke in May; a World War II Discovery trip throughout Europe in Octo- ber; and a November behind-the- scenes tour and appreciation event at VHS headquarters. Through our exhibition programming, we offer audiences the chance to see and learn history through the treasures in our collections and those bor- rowed from institutions across the nation. During the year we mounted three major museum exhibitions and many smaller ones (see page 39). Our first major exhibition of 2004, The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia, included not only graphics, text, and objects but also vintage television footage shown in a simulated period living room and videotaped interviews with veterans of the civil rights movement. The state’s Department of Historic Resources co-sponsored the exhibition and additional funding was provided by Philip Morris U.S.A., the Jackson Foundation, the Virginia Founda- tion for the Humanities and Public Policy, and the Hon. and Mrs. Eliott Schewel. The exhibition is sched- uled to travel around the state to Roanoke, Lynchburg, Portsmouth, Alexandria, and Fredericksburg. In con- nection with the exhibition, on 2 April we held a sym- posium entitled “Before and After Brown in Virginia,” a fifty-year retrospective of the landmark Supreme Court case on school desegregation. This event was 2004 Annual Report • 9

made possible by grants from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy and from the Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia. One of the key speakers was our own trustee, the Rev. Dr. Grady W. Powell. The principal exhibition during the summer was a spectacular traveling display with a one-word title that still conveys the excitement that the name commanded when it burst on the international scene three-quarters of a century ago: Lindbergh. Organized by the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis, the exhibition featured hundreds of artifacts, photographs, telegrams, and medals that document the achievement of Charles A. Lind- bergh, America’s hero of the interwar years. Generous support from Mr. and Mrs. T. Fleetwood Garner made the exhibition possible at the VHS. Our major fall exhibition, American Visions of Liberty & Freedom, bene- fitted from the advice of consulting historians David Hackett Fischer, , James McPherson, and Pauline Maier and funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It explores how liberty and freedom have been contested ideas in American history; how they are not static but evolving visual concepts; and how each generation of Americans debates anew the boundaries of freedom. Nearly 200 objects and images—firearms, flags, folk art, and furniture; car- toons, coins, ceramics, silver, and sheet music; prints, paintings, photographs, and license plates— illustrate the dynamic story of changing ideals of American freedom. After its display at the VHS, the exhibition will travel to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Missouri. Large exhibitions require multi-year planning, and it was especially grat- ifying that last year the Robins Foundation notified us of a $500,000 grant for our signature exhibition for the year 2007, Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: 10 • Virginia Historical Society

Three American Beginnings. This ambitious display, being planned with our partner, the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institu- tion), will travel to Washington, D.C.; Gatineau, Québec; and Santa Fe, New Mexico. On Saturday, 24 April, the VHS held its annual meeting to review the accomplishments of the previous year. A highlight of the meeting was the announcement of awards given for out- standing achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service to the VHS (see page 41). Following the annual meeting at VHS headquarters was the annual garden party at nearby Virginia House. Treated to the beautiful surroundings of the gardens at their peak of spring bloom, about 800 members and their guests enjoyed perfect weather and lively conversation. Virginia House also hosted a new summer program, “Diggin’ in the Dirt,” a two-week educational camp run in conjunction with Agecroft Hall for schoolchildren interested in gardening, indigenous insects and flowers, and historic horticulture. This was but one of many programs that we held during the year for students. Director of Education William B. Obrochta and his colleagues made impressive strides in bringing students and their teachers to VHS headquarters and also taking our programs to them. During the 2003–04 school year, more than 18,000 students toured our long-term exhibition, The Story of Virginia. As always, spring was our busiest time, with about 13,000 of these schoolchildren vis- iting the Society in March, April, and May. Our outreach educators took our history boxes on the road, and their efforts served almost 10,000 students in their classrooms. We also conducted 22 teacher workshops, in Richmond and around the state, for 782 Virginia school teachers. And for the third consecutive year, we co-sponsored the Virginia Council of History Educa- tion’s annual conference. We held the eleventh-annual summer Teachers Institute, a program that since 1994 has brought together more than 235 teachers from across the 2004 Annual Report • 11

state to study various facets of Virginia and American history. Last year’s institute, “Slavery in Virginia,” was underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Robert Hill Carter Fund for Virginia Local History, and the Soci- ety’s M&M/Mars Education Fund. The sixteen teachers in the class of 2004 spent two weeks attending lectures, participating in discussions, visiting local plantations and other his- torical sites, and examining VHS resources. Our NEH institute was only the first of our teacher institutes last sum- mer. Thirty-five Chesterfield County sixth-, seventh-, and eleventh-grade teachers participated in a second two-week institute as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History initiative. As we reported last year, the VHS was asked to partner with a number of Virginia school systems under this special program designed to improve teacher con- tent knowledge in history. Indeed, of the ten grants to Virginia school sys- tems, five named the VHS as a partner in the schools’ efforts to provide pro- fessional development for their teachers. An especially gratifying connection is the one we maintain with our near neighbor, St. Gertrude High School. During the year, members of the jun- ior class visit our reading room to learn research skills and use our collections to explore various top- ics they are studying. This year, the partnership between the VHS and St. Gertrude was recognized as the outstanding school pro- gram in the Catholic Diocese of Richmond’s parochial system. Yet another collaboration was made possible in 2004 by the award of $35,000 from the Cameron Foundation to support a strategic, three-year plan to improve history and social science instruction in the Petersburg pub- 12 • Virginia Historical Society

lic schools. The VHS worked closely with the school system to design the program, which includes teacher workshops, classroom activities, teacher memberships, and instructional resource materials designed to advance the learning experience for fourth and fifth graders. The resources will help teachers and students address Virginia’s state-mandated Standards of Learn- ing requirements. To keep pace with these and other growing programs, our financial con- trols need constant attention, and for that supervision we reply on the lead- ership of Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Richard S. V. Heiman. We reached several major milestones during the year, including the implemen- tation of a new chart of accounts in the software system that will provide much more detailed financial reporting in the future. The year also wit- nessed the retention of a new auditing firm—Keiter, Stephens—after an exhaustive round of interviewing with four highly recommended firms, as well as the successful conclusion of $14,165,000 in bond financing to underwrite the immediate costs of constructing the new wing. With that proj- ect, our building opera- tions grew increasingly complex, but we could rely on the experienced supervision of Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Robert F. Strohm, who has now overseen three building expansions at VHS headquarters. Under his direction, during the year we instituted substantial upgrades to information technology, security, and building systems, while devoting many hours to monitoring the construc- tion of the new wing, which is proceeding on time and within budget toward completion by March 2006. Under the direction of Vice President for Advancement Pamela R. Seay, fundraising efforts achieved notable successes during the past year. The Annual Fund raised more money in 2004 than any other year in its history. 2004 Annual Report • 13

Of course, a large focus of fundraising for the year centered on the 175th Anniversary Campaign–Home for History, which will support not only the much-needed new wing and programs for the new Reynolds Center for Business History but also exist- ing programs and the enhancement of our endowment. By the end of the year, we had made great strides and were on a promising trajectory to complete the campaign by 2006. In addition to the generous grants mentioned elsewhere in this report, the VHS successfully acquired local funding from a number of cities and counties in the commonwealth. In 2004, we received grants for educational programs from the following: The Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium (City of Richmond, Hanover County, Henrico County; Chesterfield County); the City of Colonial Heights; the City of Hopewell; and the City of Petersburg. Further generous support came from the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation, the R.E.B. Foundation, and generous individuals. Led by the sterling example of our board of trustees, volunteers con- tributed many valuable hours of devoted service to the VHS during 2004. In fact, the total of volunteer hours worked exceeded 8,000. (For a list of vol- unteers, please see page 37.) This would be a much-diminished place with- out their help. Hugh V. White Jr. completed his first and very eventful year as chairman of the board of trustees, ably assisted by the vice chairman, E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. It has been a pleasure to serve with both of them. At the beginning of 2004, the board welcomed three new trustees to begin six- year terms: John B. Adams of The Plains, J. Stewart Bryan III of Richmond; and Helen Turner Murphy of Mount Holly. We also welcomed back the Rev. Dr. Grady W. Powell in July to fill an unexpired term. The trustees who rotated off the board at the end of 2004 were Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., of Richmond; Shirley Carter Olsson of West Point; Hugh R. Stallard of Richmond; and L. Dudley Walker of Martinsville. Sadly, in December, we lost an important link with our past in the death of our director emeritus, John Melville Jennings, who did so much to strengthen our collections and library in the mid-twentieth century. 14 • Virginia Historical Society

As the year ended, the foundations for the new wing had been poured, ready to receive the steel superstructure that will support the next phase of construction. The building that will arise in the new year could not enjoy a firmer foundation—physically, financially, and perhaps most important, philosophically. For, as I hope this report has shown, the VHS completed another year guided by our devotion to the core concept of stewardship of the historical treasures entrusted to us. This year the General Assembly rec- ognized that commitment by designating the VHS, although a private insti- tution, the Official State Historical Society, for its special commitment to schoolteachers and their students, to collections, and to ongoing compre- hensive programs. This stewardship principle is the essence of our mission, which we hold up to light the path as we walk toward the future, the new wing, and our 175th anniversary in 2006.  2004 Annual Report • 15

Selected Accessions

MANUSCRIPTS 1. Assignment of a lease, 1684 October 1, by John Smith (of St. Martins in the Field, England) to John Day. 1 sheet: handwritten signed; 23 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. Parchment. Con- cerns a lot, tenement, garden, and grounds in the Borough of Devizes, Wiltshire, Eng- land. Gift of Sidney Buford Scott, Margery Scott Johnson, Ms. Elizabeth Scott Porter, Mary Denny Wray, and George Ross Scott. 2. [Report], c. 1700, of Thomas Bray to [the Bishop of London] and other members of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. [30] pp.: handwritten; 8 x 12 3/4 in. Concerns his mission as commissary of the Bishop of London to Maryland and his voy- age from England to the Virginia Capes, 1699–1700. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 3. Loyalty oath, 1771–75, to King George III of Great Britain signed by seventeen justices of the peace, attorneys, militia officers, and other officials of Goochland County. 1 p.: hand- written; 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. Gift of Margaret F. Henley. 4. Account book, 1775–1810, of Trents, Crump & Co., Chesterfield County. 168 leaves: handwritten; 19 x 7 in. Bound volume. Kept, presumably, by Richard Crump while in partnership with Alexander and Peterfield Trent, and Daniel Bates, operating a store at Rocky Ridge in Chesterfield County (later Manchester and then a part of the City of Richmond). Gift of Mrs. R. W. Vanderslice. 5. Commission (blank form), 1777 Aug[us]t 9, issued by the of the Westmoreland County Militia to the “chief of the patrolers.” 1 p.: handwritten; 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Signed by John Aug[us]t[ine] Washington as colonel. Concerns the authorization and duties of patrollers in Westmoreland County, especially regarding the regulation of unlawful assem- blies and unauthorized travel by slaves. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund. 6. Papers, 1790–1917, of the Bernard family (of Buckingham County) and the related fami- lies of Blair, Gordon (of Richmond), and Whittle (of Norfolk) primarily consisting of per- sonal, professional, and business correspondence. 24 items. Gift of the estate of James W. Gordon, Jr., through the courtesy of Helen G. Rolfe. 7. Deed, 1791 May 1, of Robert Brent to Richard Brent (of Prince William County) for three parcels of land in Stafford County, totaling 216 acres. [3] pp. on 2 leaves: handwritten; 8 x 13 1/2 in. Gift of the Catholic Woman’s Club, Richmond, through the courtesy of Luella Kessener. 16 • Virginia Historical Society

8. Papers, 1791–1975, of the Hankins family (of Bacon’s Castle, Surry County). 1,472 items. Concern the family of John Henry Hankins and his wife, Louisianna (Wilson) Hankins and their children, including James Dewitt Hankins, Virginia Wilson Hankins, Louis Hankins, Mark O’Donaugh Wilson Hankins, William Albert Hankins, and Mary Dorcas (Hankins) Fontaine. These papers include extensive family correspondence, materials concerning education and teachers, and records of the careers of several sons as civil engi- neers on a variety of post–Civil War American railroads. Gift of Mary Aylett Creath Payne. 9. Account book, 1797–1815, of Minor Winn. [12], 121, [15] leaves: part holograph; 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. Bound volume; partially indexed. Kept, in part, by James Sanford Pickett as executor of the estate of Minor Winn. Ledger concerns the operations of a mill and dis- tillery in Fauquier County. Includes accounts with customers (including some free African Americans) primarily concerning the purchase of whiskey, and with women spinners, weavers, tailors, and midwives; also concerns the use of hired slave labor and the produc- tion of crops of wheat, corn, and tobacco. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 10. Memoranda book, 1803–1815, of John Wharton (1775–1829). [178] pp.: holograph; 4 x 6 1/2 in. Bound volume. Kept by Wharton as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh and in London and while practicing medicine at Stevensville and Culpeper Court House. Gift of the Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, Mich., through the courtesy of Dr. Jim Zuleski, curator of collections. 11. Letter, 1808 March 3, [Washington, D.C.], of to W[illia]m L. Morton. 1 p.: holograph signed; 8 x 9 in. Concerns the Philadelphia Aurora (newspa- per); the negotiations of George Henry Rose of Great Britain concerning reparations for the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair; and a duel fought in Bladensburg, Md., by George Wash- ington Campbell and Barent Gardiner (the first recorded duel between members of Con- gress). Gift, through the courtesy of William S. Reese, of Bruce G. Harmon in memory of Porter A. McCray. 12. Papers, 1808–1935, of the Cabell family (of Inglewood, Nelson County) concerning, in part, agricultural operations, the buying and hiring of African American slaves, the edu- cation of children at various Virginia schools and colleges, running a boardinghouse and school at Inglewood, and family affairs. Also, include correspondence of scientist Joseph Laidley (1829–1861) and papers of the related Robertson family concerning the admin- istration of Rebecca P. (Keim) Robertson’s estate. c. 1,500 items. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Royal E. Cabell. 13. Arithmetic books, 1809–11 and 1852–63, kept by William Epps Temple and William Thomas Temple (of Prince George County) primarily consisting of principles and exer- cises in the study of accounting and surveying. 2 items. Gift of Frances Bush Johnson through the courtesy of James H. Willcox, Jr. 2004 Annual Report • 17

14. Account book, 1814–15, of William H. Hampton. [166] pp.: part holograph; 13 x 8 in. Bound volume. Daybook records daily transactions of a mercantile operation at Rockhill (later known as Greystone), Fauquier County. Includes references to goods supplied to another store at Salem (now Marshall) in Fauquier County. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 15. Letter, 1817 April 22, Edinburgh, of James Whyte to James White, merchant of . [3] pp. on 1 leaf: holograph signed; 8 x 10 in. Concerns the Virginia and Maryland tobac- co trade and the importation of tobacco into Great Britain; and the binding of and trade in Bibles. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Business History Fund. 16. Letter, 1819 Dec[ember] 15, of Hugh Davis (of Centre Plains, Henrico County) to Capt. Nicholas Davis, near Huntsville, Alabama. [3] pp. on 1 leaf: holograph signed; 9 3/4 x 8 in. Concerns the death and estate of their mother, Anne Ragland (Tinsley) Davis, and how religion is helping him cope with the recent death of his son Hugh. Gift of Karen H. Cullen. 17. Papers, 1820–57, of Williams Carter. 2 items. Include deed of trust (copy made in 1849) of Carter (of Westover, Charles City County) to [Robert] Beverley Randolph for 2,751 acres in Caroline County (North Wales) to secure a debt owed to Bernard M. Carter; and an assignment by Bernard Carter to William Overton Winston of all rights in and claims to his portion of the debt due to the estate of Bernard M. Carter. Gift of Lee A. Wallace, Jr. 18. Letter, 1829 Nov[embe]r 23, Alex[andri]a, [D.C.], of Thomas, Baron Fairfax, to George Mason, George Town, D.C. 1 p.: holograph signed; 8 x 10 in. Concerns the recovery of land at the Great Falls of the Potomac previously leased to George H. Lee and the firm of Wilson & Potts of Alexandria, merchants. Gift of Stuart E. Brown, Jr. 19. Account book, 1831 April 24–November 9, of Ficklin & Fant of Aquia Run Mills [13], 37, [115] leaves: handwritten; 8 x 13 in. Bound volume. Daybook records the daily oper- ations of a general store operated at Aquia Run Mills, Stafford County by the partnership, presumably, of Strother Ficklin and John M. Fant. Volume also contains (leaves 1–37) a ledger (indexed), 1805–1814, kept by Benjamin Ficklin as a deputy sheriff and land spec- ulator in Stafford County. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 20. Account books, 1832–36, of Thomas Hord. 3 vols. Concern general mercantile opera- tions at Auburn, Fauquier County, possibly in partnership with Stephen McCormick. Include daybook of daily transactions, ledger covering accounts with customers, and store blotter (notes of daily transactions). Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 21. Papers, 1833–44, of George T. Adams (of Fauquier County). 12 items. Compiled by Adams concerning his mercantile career in the county. Include records of George T. Adams & Co. and of Adams & Turner, both of which firms appear to have operated at Oak Hill in Fauquier County. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 18 • Virginia Historical Society

22. Account book, 1838–40, of James Madison Catlett. [20], 48, [230] pp.: holograph; 8 x 13 1/2 in. Bound volume (some pages are loose). Indexed. Concerns mercantile opera- tions at Auburn, Fauquier County, undertaken possibly by a partnership between Samuel Catlett and Stephen McCormick. Ledger lists accounts by customer and details operations primarily in an eight-month period in 1838. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 23. Account book, 1843–46, of Fant & Ficklin of Millview [4], 73, [11] pp.: handwritten; 8 x 12 1/4 in. Bound volume; partially indexed. Ledger includes customer accounts of a blacksmith shop operated in partnership by John M. Fant and William P. Ficklin at Mill- view (later Remington), Fauquier County. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 24. Papers, 1843–80, of the Kidd family (of Albemarle County) including letters written by Richard Cole Murray (formerly of Fluvanna County, concerning his life as a cotton plan- tation overseer in Rapides Parish, La.) and his mother, Sarah (Tilman) Murray (concern- ing the difficulties of her life in Louisiana). 6 items. Gift of Hunter A. Grumbles. 25. Account book, 1844–48, of Fant & Jennings of Foxville, [12], 164–277, [106] pp.: hand- written; 8 x 12 1/4 in. Bound volume; imperfect: back and cover missing. Daybook, 1844–45, concerns the daily transactions of the mercantile firm operated at Foxville, a post village in Fauquier County, by the partnership of John M. Fant and Edwin D. Jen- nings. The second portion of the volume includes ledger entries for partners and cus- tomers of this firm, records of the settlement of the dissolution of the partnership, and a list of blacksmith’s tools belonging to Fant in a shop at Millview (later Remington) in 1848. Gift of Frederick W. Fanck. 26. Letter, 1847 March 10, Executive Department, Richmond, of the governor of Virginia [William Smith] to the governor of Florida [William Dunn Moseley]. 1 p.: printed; 7 3/4 x 10 in. Concerns resolutions adopted by the Virginia General Assembly regarding the extension of slavery into any territory acquired through war or treaty negotiations with the nation of Mexico. Enclosure: resolutions of Virginia. 1 p.: printed; 7 3/4 x 10 in. Adopted by the Virginia General Assembly, 7 March 1847. Gift of Stuart E. Brown, Jr. 27. Account books, 1848–52, of Stewart & Nelson of Rixeyville. 3 vols. Concern the opera- tion of a general store in Rixeyville, Culpeper County, by the partnership of Richard P. Stewart and Lewis P. Nelson. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 28. Papers, 1849–1909, of the Neer family (of Loudoun County) including correspondence and accounts of children attending school in Alexandria and Leesburg, of family members working as merchants in , and of others as wheat farmers and merchants in Loudoun County; some papers concern Nathan Neer (1794–1865) and David C. Neer (1825–1904). Purchased, in part, through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 29. Papers, 1850–1916, collected by Nettie M. Gordon (of Irvington). 44 items. Include a wide variety of documents relating to Central Virginia history and historical figures, pri- 2004 Annual Report • 19

marily focusing on tobacco manufacturing and the tobacco trade; service in the Confed- erate States Army; and slavery in Virginia. Gift of Nettie M. Gordon. 30. Papers, 1852–53, of William Parker Terry (of Pittsylvania County). Include materials con- cerning the purchase and sale of slaves. 3 items. Gift of Thomas R. Terry. 31. Account book, 1855–66, of Shackelford & Spilman, Warrenton. [34], 549, [5] pp.: hand- written; 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Bound volume; indexed. Ledger records accounts arranged by client name of this Warrenton law firm operated by Benjamin Howard Shackelford and Edward Martin Spilman. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 32. Papers, 1857–60, of Nelson Samuel Waller. 2 items. Include letters written to Dr. Waller (of Spotsylvania County) by Alfred L. Holladay (of Richmond, concerning the hiring out of slaves Peter and Lewis) and P. H. Jackson (of Farmville, concerning the sale of a slave woman, Sarah, and including a letter written for Sarah’s husband, Peter Shelton, a slave of Dr. Waller). Gift of Lee A. Wallace, Jr. 33. Commonplace book, c. 1858–63, of Nathan Stover. 70, [34] pp.: holograph; 7 1/2 x 6 in. Bound volume. Kept in Winchester, and Moorefield, Hardy County [now West Vir- ginia]. Includes “List of Prices of the House-Joiners and Carpenters” of Winchester (pp. 1–36) including detailed information on the various services of those construction trades and their costs. Also, includes lines of verse and songs, some written by Stover himself. Among these are a temperance hymn (pp. 44–45); “Poor Old Slave” (pp. 47–48); and “Virginia,” a patriotic song written c. 1862 (pp. 65–66). Purchased. 34. Letter, 1861 June 18, of J. E. B. Stuart to his wife, Flora (Cooke) Stuart, concerning Con- federate Cavalry operations near Harpers Ferry [now ]), Joseph Eggleston Johnston, and the “traitorous” George Henry Thomas. Gift of Jeb J. Rosebrook in mem- ory of John Rosebrook. 35. Letter, 1861 August 23, of John W. Fitzgerald to his wife, Martha (Gregory) Fitzgerald, while he was serving in the 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, at Centreville. [3] pp. on 1 leaf: holograph; 10 x 8 in. Concerns camp life and lack of pay and rations. Gift of Nancy W. and George R. Woltz. 36. Letters, 1861–62, of Charles H. Ashton (1841?–1867) written to his mother, Emeline S. Ashton. 7 items. Written while serving in Company I, 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment, Army, at Camp Hamilton and Norfolk. Also, include cover from package of “Soldier’s Camp Stationary” featuring images of Federal troop encampments around Washington, D.C., as well as Newport News, Fortress Monroe, and Camp Hamilton. Gift of Susan K. Rhode on behalf of herself and her siblings, Stephen A. Kuntz and Elizabeth K. Held. 20 • Virginia Historical Society

37. Bond, 1862 July 25, of Daniel B. Conrad and J[ohn] R[andolph] Tucker to the Bank of Virginia. [2] pp. on 1 leaf: handwritten signed; 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Concerns securing the bank for paying out funds from the estate of Powell Conrad in the absence of authoriza- tion from the administrator of the estate, Robert Young Conrad, resident of Winchester, then occupied by Federal troops. Gift of Lee A. Wallace, Jr. 38. Poem, 1862 December 5, addressed to “Miss Belle Hart” by J. E. B. Stuart while serving in the Confederate States Cavalry. 1 p.: holograph signed; 8 x 7 in. Gift of Jeb J. Rose- brook in memory of John Rosebrook. 39. Letter, 1863 Jan[uar]y 6, Fort Keyes, Gloucester Point, of John N. Donaldson to “broth- er Andrew.” 1 p.: holograph signed; 7 1/2 x 12 in. Concerns Donaldson’s service with the 169th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army of Virginia, contraband African American slaves coming across the Union lines, and picket duty. Verso: letter, 1863 Febr[uary] 6, of John N. Donaldson to “Sister Sarah.” 1 p.: holograph signed; 7 1/2 x 12 in. Concerns conditions at Fort Keyes and incidents during the transportation of the reg- iment to Virginia. Gift of Mrs. Alan McKean Welty, Jr. 40. Records, 1863, of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. 2 items. Include bonds of Peter Vivian Daniel, Jr., and James B. Winston to the company concerning advances on their projected future salaries as president and treasurer respectively of the company. Gift of Lee A. Wallace, Jr. 41. Diary, 1865 January 1–September 1, of Charles Baker Fields. [104] pp.: holograph; 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. Bound volume. Kept while serving in the 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, CSA, and at his home near Abingdon. Entries describe, in brief fashion, Fields’s journey from the to Abingdon while on leave, picket duty east of Richmond in late March, the retreat through Richmond on 3 April, and the march toward Appomattox, culminating in the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Entries after the surren- der describe Fields’s return to Washington County, daily activities there as a farmer, and attendance at numerous church services. Purchased. 42. Sketch books, 1865, compiled by Freeman Richardson (of Boston). 2 vols. Various sizes. Kept while traveling through Maryland and Virginia presumably during May and June 1865 and include pencil sketches of scenery, military installations, and structures in Balti- more, Northern Virginia, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond. Pur- chased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund, the Margaret C. Schweidler Fund, the William Anderson Hagey Fund, and the Paul Mellon Acquisitions Fund. 43. Account book, 1865–67, of Brown, Yates & Co, Warrenton. [32], 262 pp.: handwritten; 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. Bound volume; indexed. Ledger contains records of accounts (arranged by customer) of this mercantile firm organized in October 1865 by W. J. Brown and James E. Yates. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 2004 Annual Report • 21

44. Account books, 1866–67, of Sedwick and Shepperd of Warrenton. 2 vols. Bound vol- umes; indexed. Concern mercantile operations in Warrenton carried on by Benjamin Sed- wick and Hambleton Shepperd, with customers primarily in Fauquier and Rappahannock counties. Include accounts of John Singleton Mosby and former Virginia governor William Smith. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 45. Account book, 1867–77, of Hambleton Shepperd. 169, 1 p.: part holograph; 7 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. Bound volume; many pages are blank. Kept in Warrenton by Shepperd as an agent for the sale of coupon bonds for the Orange, Alexandria & Manassas Railroad Company. Gift of Frederick W. Franck. 46. Papers, 1877–1935, of the Hopkins family (of Portsmouth and Newport News) con- cerning the service in the of Andrew J. Hopkins (1833?–1912), legal affairs regarding his adopted son, William Tipton Hopkins (a naval steam engineer and postmaster of Newport News), and his grandson, Andrew J. Hopkins. 78 items. Pur- chased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 47. Records, c. 1915–2003, of the Friedman-Marks Clothing Co. of Richmond. Include doc- uments regarding the company’s history, but primarily consist of undated black-and-white photographs of factory exteriors, employees and owners, union activities, company events, such as retirements, and working scenes in the factory. Materials gathered by Neil Novem- ber, former officer of the company, and include an oral history interview with him. Gift of Neil November. 48. “Wartime Memoirs: November 1944,” by Frank E. Gatewood, Jr. (of Richmond). 50 pp.: typescript; 8 1/2 x 11 in. Concern his service as a platoon leader in Western Europe dur- ing World War II and include copies of photographs taken 1944–45. Gift of Ruth Gate- wood.

NEWSPAPERS 1. The Landmark (Norfolk), 6 July 1887. Gift of Mary Aylett Creath Payne. 2. Richmond Whig & Advertiser, 4 February 1870. Gift of Mary Aylett Creath Payne. 3. Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, 20 December 1861, 22 July 1862. Gift of Mary Aylett Creath Payne. 4. The Sportsman (New York), 9 December 1876–24 November 1877. Bound volume. Includes frequent references to sporting events in Virginia, particularly horse-racing. Gift of Sarah Jane Wright. 22 • Virginia Historical Society

MAPS 1. Pieter van den Keere, Nova Virginiae Tabula (Amsterdam, 1623). 2. Frederick De Wit, Nova Orbis Tabula (Amsterdam, c. 1670). 3. Pieter van den Keere, Virginiae Item et Florida Americae Provinciarum, Nova (Amsterdam, 1673). 4. Henricus Hondius, Nova Virginiae Tabula (Amsterdam, c. 1694). 5. Herman Moll, A New Map of Virginia, and Maryland (London, 1708). 6. Universal Magazine, A Map of British and French Settlements in North America (London, 1755). 7. Lewis Evans, A General Map of the Middle British Colonies (London, 1776). 8. Georges Louis le Rouge, Amerique Septentrionale Avec les Routes, Distances en Miles, Villages et Establissments Francois et Anglois par le Docteur Mitchel (, 1778). 9. Rigobert Bonne, Carte de la Partie Nord, des Estats Unis, de l’Amerique Septentrionale (Geneva, 1780). 10. N. de la Porte, Carte de la Virginie et du Mariland (Paris, 1781). 11. United States Coastal Survey, Rappahannock River Virginia from Moss Neck to Port Royal (Washington, D.C., c. 1878). All maps were the gifts of Summit Enterprises, Inc., of Virginia, through the courtesy of Alan M. Voorhees.

RARE BOOKS 1. Ammen, Samuel Zenas, Caverns of Luray, the Property of the Valley Land and Improvement Company. Philadelphia, 1890. Gift of Sue Waterman. 2. An Appeal to the Legislature of Virginia, by the Friends of Literary, Benevolent and Religious Associations in Virginia, for the Passage of a Law Authorizing Them to Receive and Hold Bequests. Richmond, 1844. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 3. Arscott, Alexander, Some Considerations Relating to the Present State of the Christian Religion . . . . Philadelphia, 1732. Printed and sold by . Gift of Summit Enter- prises, Inc., of Virginia, through the courtesy of Alan M. Voorhees. 4. Barrows, Cliff, Billy Graham Greater Richmond Crusade Song Book. Minneapolis [c. 1956]. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 2004 Annual Report • 23

5. Bell, Annie Gertrude, Voyage of the Titanic. Roanoke, 1912. Sheet music. Gift of William W. Cole. 6. Bray, Thomas, Apostolick Charity, Its nature and Excellence Consider’d. In a Discourse Upon Dan. 12.3. Preached at St. Paul’s at the Ordination of some Protestant Missionaries to be sent into the Plantations. . . . London, 1700. Includes notes on Virginia and the College of William and Mary. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 7. Campbell, Alexander, Letters to a Skeptic. Cincinnati [1859?]. A tract by the Founder of the Disciples of Christ, based in Bethany, Virginia (later West Virginia). Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 8. Carrington, Henry Beebee, The Obelisk and its Voices: or, the Inner Facings of the Washington Monument with their Lessons. Boston, 1887. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund. 9. Carroll, Daniel Lynn, Inaugural Address of the Rev. D. L. Carroll, President of Hampden Sydney College: Delivered on his Induction Into that Office. Richmond, 1835. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 10. The Chaplet: a Bridal Gift. New York, 1850. Includes poems: “Washington at the Battle of Princeton,” “Sonnets on ,” and “Blue Ridge.” Purchased through the Doug- las H. Gordon Fund. 11. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, M. Tully Cicero’s Five Books of Tusculan Disputations. . . . London, 1715. Bears ownership signature on title page: “.” Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund and the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 12. Clinton, Henry, Narrative of Clinton, Reply, Letters, Memorandums, Etc. [Binder’s title] including five contemporary pamphlets regarding the controversy between Sir Henry Clinton and Gen. Charles Cornwallis over the British defeat at Yorktown in 1781. Bears armorial bookplate of the marquis de Cornwallis. Gift of Stuart E. Brown, Jr. 13. Conrad, Robert Taylor, The Career and Claims of Winfield Scott, the Hero, Statesman, Philanthropist and Patriot: As contained in the Remarks of Hon. Robert T. Conrad, of Phila- delphia, before the Great Whig Mass Convention, held at Harrisburg, August 20th, 1852. Philadelphia, 1852. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 14. Crosby, Fanny, Monterey, and Other Poems. New York, 1851. Includes verses on Washing- ton’s birthday, Winfield Scott, and the death and funeral procession of . Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 15. Dietz, Frieda Meredith, Photographic Studies of Old Virginia Homes and Gardens. First edi- tion. Richmond, 1940. Gift of W. Hamilton Bryson. 24 • Virginia Historical Society

16. Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, Laws of Virginia with Regard to Women Contrasted with Laws where Women Vote. Richmond, 1918. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 17. Faulkner, Charles James, Argument of Hon. Chas. J. Faulkner, Counsel for West Virginia: Before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of the Commonwealth of Virginia vs. the State of West Virginia. Delivered February 14, 1871. Washington, 1871. Concerns boundary dispute between the two states. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 18. The Following of Christ, in Four Books. Written in Latin by Thomas Kempis; Translated into English by Richard Chaloner. Baltimore, 1810. Bears inscription and seal of Bishop John M’Gill of the Diocese of Richmond. Gift of the Brady Collection, Rev. Robert B. Glois- ten. 19. Fox, William Fayette, Civil Government of Virginia; Text-Book for Schools, Based Upon the Constitution of 1902 and Conforming to the Laws Enacted in Accordance Therewith. . . . New York and Chicago, 1904. Gift of Patricia Wasiuk. 20. Freemasons Dove Lodge, No. 51, Historical Sketch and By-Laws of the Dove Lodge, No. 51 . . . . Richmond, 1891. Gift of Anne and Joseph Johann. 21. Frost, John, Pictorial Life of : Embracing Anecdotes, Illustrative of his Character, and Embellished with Engravings. . . . Philadelphia, 1846. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund. 22. Gales, Joseph, A Sketch of the Personal Character and Qualities of General Zachary Taylor. Washington, D.C., 1848. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 23. Grotius, Hugo, Christ’s Passion: A Tragedy, with annotations by George Sandys. London, 1687. Translated and dedicated to Charles I by George Sandys. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 24. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, The Need for Hampton. Hampton, 1916. Bears lengthy manuscript note describing a 1918 visit to the school by Ida Falk. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 25. Harris, Harrison Llewellyn, Harris Masonic Test-Book: a Concise Historical Sketch of Masonry, and the Organization of Masonic Grand Lodges, and Especially of Masonry among Colored Men of America. . . . Petersburg, [c.1902]. Purchased through the William Ander- son Hagey Fund. 26. The Last Slanders of the Bolters Nailed to the Counter. . . . Harrisonburg, 1869. Broadside. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 2004 Annual Report • 25

27. Harris, Samuel, Story of the War of the Rebellion. Why I Was Not Hung. Chicago, 1897. The narrative of a Union prisoner of war who was held at Libby Prison. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 28. Here’s to You Harry Clay. Boston, 1844. Campaign sheet music. Gift of William W. Cole. 29. Hobeika, John E., Lee, the Soul of Honor: An Appreciation by an Orientalist, with Addition- al Facts. Boston, 1932. Includes a forward by . Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 30. The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament and the New. Newlie translated out of ye orig- inall Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Majes- ties speciall Commandment. . . . London, 1633. George Sandys’s Bible. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 31. Hurst, Samuel, Virginia Business and Legal Guide for the Business Man and Citizen. Appa- lachia, 1928. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 32. Johnston, James, A Speech Delivered Before the Rough and Ready Club of Greensburgh Aug- ust 5th, 1848. [Greensburg, Pa.?], 1848. Campaign address for Zachary Taylor. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 33. Lance, William, Georgii Washingtonis vita. . . . Carolopoli [Charleville], France, 1836. The first, and only one published, of what was intended to be a multi-volume life of Washing- ton. Cover bears imprinted presentation: “Mrs. Madison. Montplier [sic] Virginia with the respects of the author.” Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer in memory of John Mason Read. 34. Langston, John Mercer, For the Relief of John M. Langston . . . from the Committee on Claims . . . 51st Congress, sd Session, House Report 3806. Washington, D.C., 1891. A claim by Virginia’s first African American congressman to recover costs incurred in the legal challenge to his contested election. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 35. Lee, James Kendall, Volunteer’s Hand-book: Containing an Adridgement of Hardee’s Infantry Tactics. . . . Richmond, 1861. Confederate imprint. Bears ownership inscription of Archer Anderson of Richmond, later superintendent of the Tredegar Iron Works. Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer in memory of John Mason Read. 36. Letcher, John, Speeches and Extracts from Speeches of the Hon. John Letcher, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Virginia, Touching the Subject of Slavery, During his Several Terms as Representative in Congress From the State of Virginia. Washington, D.C., 1859. Pur- chased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 37. Leslie, Charles, A Short and Easy Method with Deists: Wherein the Certainty of the Christian Religion is Demonstrated, in a Letter to a Friend. Philadelphia, 1783. Bears presentation inscription from George W. Peterkin, the first Episcopal Bishop of West Virginia, to his 26 • Virginia Historical Society

father, Joshua Peterkin, a minister in Richmond. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund. 38. Lovejoy, Joseph C., Memoir of Rev. Charles T. Torrey who died in the Penitentiary of Mary- land: Where He was Confined for Showing Mercy to the Poor. Boston, 1846. Includes account of Torrey’s time in Virginia when he helped John Webb, a fugitive slave. Pur- chased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 39. Magoon, Elias L., Orators of the American Revolution. New York, 1857. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph B. Cardozo. 40. Mason, Emily Virginia, Popular Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Baltimore, 1872. Bears author’s presentation inscription. Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer in memory of John Mason Read. 41. May, James Vance, Mental Diseases: Public Health Problems. Boston, 1922. Bears book- plate of the Library of Westbrook Sanitarium. Gift of Wesley E. McEntire, M.D. 42. M’Gill, John, The True Church: Indicated to the Inquirer. A Brief Tract for Circulation. Richmond, 1862. Confederate Imprint. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 43. Miller, Kelly, As to the Leopard’s Spots: an Open Letter to Thomas Dixon, Jr. Washington, D.C, 1905. Bears stamp: “Compliments of the Author.” Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 44. National Geographic Magazine. Washington, D.C., various volumes 1952–70. Bear book- plate: “George Crews McGhee, United States Ambassador to Turkey.” Gift. Anonymous. 45. O’Donnell, Red, and Tom Mackin, Every Time I Fall in Love. Yorktown, 1944. Sheet music. Gift of William W. Cole. 46. Petersburg Police Relief Association, Police Blue Book. Police Department of Petersburg, Vir- ginia. Petersburg, 1918. Includes biographical profiles of police officers and other city officials. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 47. Phillips, Samuel, Essays from the London Times: a Collection of Personal and Historical Sketches. New York, 1852. Bears signature of John Y. Mason and his son, Lewis Mason of Fortsville. Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer in memory of John Mason Read. 48. Plumer, William S., The Child an Hundred Years Old: or, a Memoir of Ann Eliza Williams. An Authentic Narrative. New York, [1850s] Includes engraving of the house in Richmond where A. E. Williams died. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 49. Preston, Robert A., Monumentum Aere Perennius. Bristol, Tenn., 1900. Poems commem- orating . Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 50. Robin, Jean, Histoire des Plantes, Nouvellement trouveesen l’Isle Virgine, & autres lieux, lesquelles ont este prises & cultivees au Jardin de Monsieur Robin, Arboriste du Roy. Paris, 2004 Annual Report • 27

1620. Possibly the earliest work to describe and illustrate the plants of Virginia. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 51. Rucker, Benjamin, Black Herman’s Secrets of Magic-Mystery & Legerdemain. New York, 1938. Includes Black Herman’s life in Virginia. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 52. Segar, Joseph Eggleston, Speech of Mr. Joseph Segar: (of Elizabeth and Warwick) on the Wil- mot Proviso; Delivered in the House of Delegates, January 19, 1849. Richmond, 1849. Regards extension of slavery into the territories. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gor- don Fund. 53. Senior Baptist Young People’s Union Association of Lynchburg, Annual Training School for B. Y. P. U. Workers of Lynchburg and Vicinity. . . . Lynchburg, 1919. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 54. Shakespeare, William, Dramatic Works of. . . . Hartford, Conn., 1837. Bears ownership signature of Joseph Mayo. Gift of Mr. And Mrs. Randolph B. Cardozo. 55. Smith, Seba, Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing of Downingville, Away Down East in the State of Maine. Boston, 1835. Bears inscription: “ James O. Lewis, Fortsville, South- ampton, Virginia.” Gift of Nancy Read Schaeffer in memory of John Mason Read. 56. Souvenir, Camp Lee, Va., 1918–19. Richmond, c. 1919. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 57. Talmadge, T. DeWitt, Earth Girdled. The World as Seen Today. Richmond, 1896. Pur- chased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 58. “The Pamphlet,” or Thoughts on High Church Principles and the Probable connection between Church and State. By a layman. Lynchburg, 1830. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 59. Through Rates via Western & Atlantic and Va. And Tenn Railway Line between Boston and, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Atlanta, Ga. . . . to take effect on and after Sept. 30, 1866. n.p., 1866. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 60. Timrod, Henry, Poems of Henry Timrod: With a Memoir and Portrait. Richmond, 1901. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 61. United States Bureau of Naval Personnel, Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirteenth Day of September, 1817; Together With the Names, Force, and Condition, of all the Ships and Vessels. . . .Washington, D.C., 1818. Gift of James C. Ruehmund. 28 • Virginia Historical Society

62. Verne, Jules, The Chase of the Golden Meteor. London, 1909. Set in the fictional town of Whaston, Va. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 63. The Virginia Almanack for the Year of our Lord God 1776, being Bissextile, or Leap Year: Containing the Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses . . . Also a List of His Majesty’s Honourable Council, and of the House of Burgesses . . . And a Variety of Matter calculated for Instruction and Amusement. Williamsburg, 1775. Gift of Nettie M. Gordon. 64. The Virginia Almanack, for the Year of our Lord, 1792, being Bisextile or Leap Year, calcu- lated to the Meridian of Virginia and North Carolina. . . . Richmond, 1791. Gift of Nettie M. Gordon. 65. The Virginia Debt! How Mahone before the Union League Club Deliberately Misrepresented Plain Matters of Fact; Messrs. Keiley and Ficklin at the Club Insisting That the Old Dominion Should Pay Her Debts. n.p., 1881. Purchased through the William Ander- son Hagey Fund. 66. Virginia Penitentiary. “From the Virginia Compiler.” [Richmond], 1817. A history and description of the Virginia Penitentiary. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 67. Virginia State College, Virginia State College Gazette. Petersburg, June 1941–June 1944. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 68. When the Bomb Goes Off, Don’t be There! Mass or Tactical Evacuation Guide for Civil Defense. Washington, D.C., [1960s]. Includes Northern Virginia map and evacuation route. Gift of Bonnie Atwood, J.D. 69. Willey, Waitman Thomas, Speech delivered by Waitman T. Willey, of Monongalia: on Mr. Moore’s Resolutions on Federal Relations in the Convention of Virginia, March 2, 1861. Rich- mond, 1861. A speech supporting southern grievances but opposing secession as uncon- stitutional. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 70. Wing, Frank, Ye Hysterical Historie of Norfolke Towne. Norfolk, 1931. Gift of Mrs. Wing Stanworth Siglar.

MUSEUM OBJECTS 1. Group photograph of the faculty and students of Dunsmore Commercial and Business College in Staunton, 1893, with each teacher identified by name and subject taught and each student by name and hometown. Museum purchase. 2. Large coin silver pitcher made in Alexandria by William A. Williams, c. 1815, given to the donor’s parents by Rebecca Singleton Haskell Gilmer (1862–1946), who inherited it from 2004 Annual Report • 29

one of her Carter, Cocke, or Coles family relations. Gift of Betsy Gilmer Tremain, Char- lottesville. 3. Cast-iron stove, “CHEERFUL” model, in the form of a Victorian house with a mansard roof, made by Richmond Stove Co., patented 1873. Museum purchase. 4. Large silver photographic print of African American workers breaking ground at Gravelly Point for the construction of National Airport, c. 1938–39. Museum purchase. 5. Wooden newspaper delivery wagon, 1940s, with straps for holding papers, stenciled on one side “Times-Dispatch” and on the other “News Leader.” Purchased with funds provided by J. Stewart Bryan, III. 6. Panzer T70B tractor made in Waynesboro, 1961–63, by Panzer Tractors, a division of Vir- ginia Metalcrafters. Museum purchase. 7. Wooden bucket with brass fittings and a washing machine, both made and marked by Richmond Cedar Works. Museum purchases. 8. Family collection from Surry County: Virginia-made walnut drop-leaf dining table with yellow pine secondary, c. 1800; Surry County yellow pine blanket chest, c. 1800; white- painted cedar chest, probably Virginia, c. 1900; Victorian cherry rocking chair, c. 1870; splint market basket with paper inscribed “Inherited from Roxie Faison (Steele) Jones b. 1868 Surry Co.”; wicker basket with paper inscribed “This basket was used as an egg bas- ket by Alice Spalding Capps” and “Ammas Egg Basket 1910 or Alice Spalding Capps, Norfolk, Va.”; small splint basket with paper inscribed “Very old key basket from Faison or Watkins or Lane, Surry Co., Va.”; child’s yellow pine potty chair made in Dendron for David L. Steele III (b. 1897); three hooked rugs made by Roxie Faison (Steele) Jones of Dendron, early 20th century; “Black Sally” rag doll made for Ethel Faison by her mother Pernelia Lane Faison, late 19th century. Gift of Mrs. B. Buchanan, Brunswick, Maine. 9. Standard Red Cedar Chest Company (predecessor to Lane) cedar chest, 1912–22, Alta- vista; Danish modern cedar chest with label dated Dec. 1957, and plant stand, c. 1970s, made by Lane Furniture Company, Altavista. Museum purchase. 10. Stoneware sleeping lamb doorstop, unglazed with original white paint by the maker, attributed to J. Eberly & Company, Strasburg, c. 1885. Gift of Dr. Jean F. Wine. 11. Pastel portrait of Annabella (Ravenscroft) Gibson Jenkins (1827–1901), founder of Retreat for the Sick (now Retreat Hospital). Gift of the Jenkins Foundation. 12. Four china place settings by Hopewell China Company. Museum purchase. 13. Trunk labeled “H. W. Roundtree & Bro. Trunk & Bag Company, Richmond, Va.” Museum purchase. 30 • Virginia Historical Society

14. “Tip Top” fire grate by Southern Stove Works, Richmond. Museum purchase. 15. Uniform worn by “Call for Philip Morris” Johnny Roventini, 1960s. Museum purchase. 16. Pair of “General Putnam” andirons by Appomattox Iron Works, Petersburg; pair of “Gen- eral Putnam” andirons by Virginia Metalcrafters, Waynesboro; pair of metal bookends by Richmond Foundry, c. 1938, shaped as the Egyptian Building, Richmond. Museum pur- chases. 17. Collection of model Virginia trucks and trains: model 1955 Ford tractor made in Nor- folk; miniature Southern States 60th anniversary truck and tanker, Harrisonburg; minia- ture Shenandoah Pride Dairy Products truck, Mt. Crawford; miniature Shenandoah Pride Dairy Products tanker, Mt. Crawford; miniature Rockingham County school bus; minia- ture Chesapeake & Ohio railroad car; miniature CSX railroad car; miniature Norfolk & Southern railroad car; miniature Southern Railroad car; miniature Seaboard Railroad car. Museum purchase. 18. Side plate for a six-plate stove cast at Derick Pennybacker’s Redwell Furnace, Page (for- merly Shenandoah) County, inscribed “HIR EST EIN JEGER AUF DER JAGT ALSO” (“Here is a Hunter on the Hunt”) above a lower panel showing a hunter and hounds pur- suing deer, c. 1775–1800. Museum purchase.

A pair of c. 1938 metal bookends by Rich- mond Foundry, shaped as the Egyptian Building, Richmond. Museum purchase. 2004 Annual Report • 31

19. Cast-iron Franklin fireplace in seven plates, marked twice under base “ABRAHAM BYRD VA,” attributed to Byrd’s Craney Island Foundry on Smith’s Creek in Rockingham County, 1810–50. Museum purchase. 20. Rupp family collection, primarily related to William Frederick Rupp (1834–1908), fres- co, decorative and ornamental painter of churches and homes in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, who lived in New Market, 1855–1908, consisting of study sketches, paint- ings, stencils, templates, pattern books, sales catalogs, instruction manuals, paint boxes, storage chest, business signs, brushes, rollers, combing tools, a cabinet-size photograph of Rupp, newspaper obituary, a reverse-painted name plaque, invoices, architectural draw- ings by Rupp’s father, and some 20th-century material by Rupp’s son. [Account book and correspondence transferred to Manuscripts Department]. Museum purchase. 21. Richmond Stove Company porcelain sign reading “RICHMOND STOVE CO./RICH- MOND, VA. [followed by the seal and motto of the commonwealth] HANDSOME, DURABLE, ECONOMICAL/STOVES & RANGES.” Museum purchase. 22. Ovoid stoneware jar stamped “B. Du Val & Co./Richmond,” c. 1811–17, one of few sur- viving examples made at one of the earliest stoneware potteries in the Southeast. Museum purchase. 23. Group of food product containers of Virginia businesses, including Luter’s, Smithfield; Petersburg Peanuts; Sauer’s, Richmond; Old Mansion, Richmond; Picnic Peanuts, Suf- folk; Planters Peanuts, Suffolk; Robinson Crusoe Peanuts, Lynchburg; Woods Bros. Cof- fee, Roanoke; Gold Medal, Richmond; Gunston Hall, Fredericksburg; Peanut Kids, Suffolk; FFV, Richmond; Miller & Rhoads, Richmond; Blue Plate Tea, Richmond; Darn Good Coffee, Norfolk; Richmond Maid; Madolene, Norfolk; New Treat, Norfolk; Janney Candy, Fredericksburg; Mann’s Potato Chips, Richmond and Roanoke; Pilot Knob Cof- fee, Richmond; Beale’s Lard, Courtland. Museum purchases. 24. Group of beverage bottles of Virginia businesses: Coppahaunk Ginger Ale Spring, Waver- ly; Chero Bott Co., Hopewell; Coca Cola (various cities); Bain’s Ginger-Ale and Soda Waters, Petersburg; Sum-Pop, L.C.C., Portsmouth; City Bottling Works, Portsmouth; soda water bottle marked “Staunton, VA.”; Giant Beverages, Richmond; E. J. Graft, New- port News; M. Hofheimer & Co., Norfolk; Beaufont Co., Richmond; Richbrau, Rich- mond; Home Brewing Co., Richmond; Arlington Brewing Company; Consumers Brewing Company, Norfolk; Big Boy, Roanoke; Lemon Kola, Charlottesville; Garst Brothers, Roanoke; Olde Virginia, Roanoke; Dr. Pepper, Roanoke; J. C. Subley, Rich- mond; Diet Rite Cola, Winchester; Petersburg Liquor Co.; Christo Cola, Petersburg; F. Dusch & Son, Richmond; Rhythm Punch, Tazewell; Indian Rock Ginger Ale, Richmond; Pepsi Cola (various cities); Virginia Brewing Company, Roanoke; Cherry Smash, Rich- mond; Tango Cola, Richmond; Queen Cola, Petersburg; Capitol Bottling Works, Richmond; Beer; I.X.L., Richmond; Howdy, Exmore; Continental Carbonat- 32 • Virginia Historical Society

ing, Norfolk; C. C. Soda, Blackstone; Old Shirley Whiskey, Petersburg. Museum pur- chases. 25. Group of pharmaceutical products of Virginia businesses: Blair’s Linament, Lynchburg; Strother Drug Co., Lynchburg; J. W. Frayser, Richmond; Bodeker, Richmond; Harrison’s, Richmond; L. P. Routt, Richmond; Echols, Lynchburg; Booker’s, Norfolk; Purcell Ladd & Co., Richmond; Powers-Taylor Drug Co., Richmond. Museum purchases. 26. Group of oyster tins by Virginia businesses: Ellwood (Gwynn’s Island); Kellum Oysters; T.A. Treakle & Son, Palmer; Sparrer, Seaford; Doggett Brothers, Mollusk; Cowart Sea- food, Lottsburg; Rappahannock Oysters, Lancaster. Museum purchases. 27. Group of dairy product containers of Virginia businesses: Peninsula Dairy; Blue Ribbon Creamery, South Boston; Chatham Hall Dairy; Alexandria Dairy; Colony Farms Dairy, Denbigh; Curles Neck Dairy, Richmond; Westover Dairy, Lynchburg; Greenfield Dairy, Suffolk; Thorn Hill Dairy, Lexington; Riverside Dairy, Rocky Mount; The Service Creamery Inc., Lynchburg; Bircherd, Norfolk; Oak Lawn Dairy, Danville; Shenandoah Pride; Willowmere Dairy; Norfolk Avenue Dairy; Staunton Creamery; Maple Lawn, Staunton; Maple Grove, Lexington; Augusta Creamery, Staunton; Monticello Ice Cream, Charlottesville; Dolly Madison Ice Cream, Richmond; Millner Dairies, Norfolk; Peerless Creamery, Covington; Farris Brothers, Dublin; Yoder Dairy, Newport News; Richmond Dairy; Eureka Ice Cream, Staunton; Marshall Dairy, Victoria; Quality Milk, Lynchburg; Glenn Dairy, Richmond; Royal Ice Cream, Front Royal; Windsor Lake Dairy, Tappahan- nock. Museum purchases. 28. Group of Virginia neon signs: large “Miller & Rhoads” department store outdoor sign; outdoor and indoor signs for Dolly Madison Ice Cream (made in Richmond), 1940s or 1950s; “Haddis” sign for Richmond bar; 1940s clock with WLEE, Richmond; early 1950s clock with “Alma’s Barbecue,” Richmond; name and “Entrance” signs for Chester- field Hotel, Hopewell; two-sided sign for “Florence’s,” an African American beautician, Richmond; “Our Gang” Restaurant sign, Alexandria, 1960s or 1970s. Museum purchas- es. 29. Group of tobacco tins and containers of Virginia businesses: H. Sutcliffe Tobacco; Dill’s Best Smoking Tobacco; Roll-o-Cigarette, Danville; Reed Tobacco Co., Richmond; B. F. Gravely’s Henry County Virginia Smoking Tobacco. Museum purchases. 30. Group of flour bags of Virginia mills: Weyers Cave Milling Co.; Victory Flour, Purdy; Galveston Mills, Gretna; Jennings Brothers, Roanoke; Cosby’s, Grottoes; Rockbridge Mills, Lexington; Natural Bridge Flour, East Lexington; Amherst Milling; Great Falls Mills’ Harrell’s Cornmeal, Waverly. Museum purchases. 31. Group of labels and containers for Virginia fruit and vegetable products: Blue Sky Fruits, Charlottesville; Gala Tomatoes, Roanoke; Algoma Apples, Callaway; Fairfax Hall, Rich- 2004 Annual Report • 33

mond; Edgemont Orchards, Swoope; Paul James Orchards, Elkton; White House, Win- chester; Bandana, Roanoke; Orchard Boy, Winchester; Old Virginia, Front Royal; Skyline Drive, Winchester; Shenandoah Maid, Winchester; Shenandoah Diced Apples, Winches- ter; Thomas Apple Syrup, Bridgewater; Suntint Pie, Winchester; Plee-zing Fruit, Winchester; W. E. Stickley, Strasburg. Museum purchases. 32. Group of labels and containers related to Virginia ham products: Southampton Virginia Cured Ham, Ivor; Deviled Smithfield Ham, Smithfield; Luter’s Ham, Smith- field; Hudson Ham, Culpeper; Gwaltney Ham, Smithfield. Museum purchases. 33. Mahogany sideboard by William or James Green of Alexandria, c. 1822–30; dresser with label reading “From/James Green/Manufacturer of/Every Description/of/Cabinet Furni- ture/Cor. of Prince and Fairfax Sts./Alexandria/and C & 10th Streets/Washington, D.C.” en suite with a bed—headboard, footboard, and original side rails; chest-of-drawers with label of John or W. H. Muir, Alexandria. Museum purchase. 34. Two-piece plaster mold, each half bearing the impression of opposing side of a spaniel, used at the Bell Pottery in Strasburg, c. 1840–80, by Solomon Bell, Samuel Bell, and Samuel’s sons Richard Franklin Bell, Turner Ashby Bell, and Charles Bell, to produce red ware spaniels, signed “Bell” in script on the reverse. Museum purchase. 35. Oil painting by Sidney King, Golden Harvest, 1983, museum purchase; oil painting by Sidney King, Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, 1984. Purchased through the Leo J. Well- house Fund. 36. Pair of coin silver serving spoons by John Foster of Winchester, c. 1827; pair of coin sil- ver teaspoons by John Hough of Leesburg, c. 1846. Gift of James H. Willcox, Jr. 37. Photograph of , A. P. Carter, and Sara Carter, the Original Carter Family, from the estate of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 38. Lead, manganese, and copper-glazed (over slip wash) earthenware bird attributed to Anthony Bacher, Winchester, 1853–89. Gift of Dr. Jean F. Wine. 39. Series of five lithographs, “SMOKE OLD VIRGINIA CHEROOTS, THE CAKE WALK,” 1899. Museum purchase. 40. Collection of Richmond tobacco tins, late-19th and early 20th centuries. Gift of William W. Cole. 41. Eighteenth-century wrought-iron loom light found in Hanover County; pine and poplar child’s swing found in the Shenandoah Valley; 18th-century iron and brass small kitchen bell found in a dependency of the Jeneele McMullan farm near Standardsville, Greene County; 18th-century wrought-iron standing fireplace crane found on a farm near Scotts- 34 • Virginia Historical Society

ville; 18th-century wrought-iron long handle fireplace trivet found in Halifax County; six cast-iron griddles, of various sizes, found on Virginia farms. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 42. Corn sheller stenciled “CHARLOTTESVILLE HARDWARE CO.” Museum purchase. 43. RF&P Railroad lantern; Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad lantern; three Virginia railroad conductor caps. Museum purchases. 44. Collection of 20th-century Richmond circus posters. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 45. Group of advertisements or containers representing manufacturers of miscellaneous Vir- ginia products: Bradley & Boswell Fertilizer, Ellerson; W. J. Loth Stove Company, Waynesboro; Covington & Ritchie grass seed, Petersburg; Spartan Products Corporation, Petersburg; Best Products, Richmond; Hite Brand, Roanoke; AJD Hat Company, Rich- mond; Southern Brick Works, Richmond; Pocahontas Guano Company, Lynchburg; Cobb’s Best Blue Dye, Richmond; Blue Ridge Products putty, Henry; Beasley-Harwood Shoe Co., Lynchburg; Fair-Acre Feed, Lindsey-Robinson Co., Roanoke; Westwood Springs Water; Buffalo Lithia Water; Richmond Broom Company; Nelson’s Hairdressing, Richmond; Radio Supply Company, Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk; Happy Home Clean- er, Bedford; Parabo Moth Destroyer, Alexandria; Whitaker Oil, Waynesboro; Farm Bureau Grain, Weyer’s Cave; Wells Coal Company, Petersburg. Museum purchases. 45. Corner cupboard built into the eighteenth-century home Morattico, Hale’s Point, Rich- mond County, with some later parts; late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century carved wood fireplace mantel from Morattico. Gift of Dr. And Mrs. Richardson Grinnan, Richmond. 2004 Annual Report • 35

OFFICERS Chairman Secretary Hugh V. White Jr. Robert F. Strohm Vice Chairman Treasurer E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. Richard S. V. Heiman Regional Vice Chairmen Honorary Vice Chairmen Alan M. Voorhees, Alexandria Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Richmond President and Chief Executive Officer Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Charles F. Bryan, Jr. Mary Tyler McClenahan, Richmond Saul Viener, Atlanta, Ga. BOARD OF TRUSTEES John B. Adams, Jr., The Plains Ronald C. Johnson, Alexandria H. Furlong Baldwin, Baltimore, Md. Martin Kirwan King, Warsaw C. Phillip Barger, Waynesboro Mark J. Kington, Alexandria William W. Berry, Richmond Eddie N. Moore, Jr., Ettrick J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., Richmond Helen Turner Murphy, Mount Holly Austin Brockenbrough, III, Manakin-Sabot Shirley C. Olsson, West Point J. Stewart Bryan, III, Richmond Grady W. Powell, Petersburg Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., Richmond W. Taylor Reveley, III, Richmond W. Heywood Fralin, Roanoke Anne Gregory Rhodes, Richmond Susan S. Goode, Norfolk Hugh R. Stallard, Richmond Nancy Hays Gottwald, Richmond Nicholas F. Taubman, Roanoke Cecelia S. Howell, Falmouth L. Dudley Walker, Martinsville PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Gerald L. Baliles, Richmond Benjamin J. Lambert III, Richmond Samuel D. Barham III, Richmond John L. McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond W. P. (Bill) Miles, Charlottesville Kathleen G. Bowman, Lynchburg Roger Mudd, McLean M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke Dorothy Parrish, Richmond John M. Camp, Franklin Charlotte H. Scott, Charlottesville B. Noland Carter II, Richmond William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond Betty Christian, Richmond Thomas R. Towers, Goochland Bruce B. Gray, Waverly B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond Earl Hamner, Studio City, Calif. Hays T. Watkins, Richmond Vernard W. Henley, Richmond Wiley Wheat, Caret Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr., New York, N.Y. Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington James H. Willcox, Jr., Hopewell Robert C. King, Sr., Richmond 36 • Virginia Historical Society

ADMINISTRATION President and Chief Executive Officer Director of Education Charles F. Bryan, Jr. William B. Obrochta Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Library Services and Paul Mellon Curator of Rare Books Frances S. Pollard Robert F. Strohm Vice President for Advancement Director of Museums Pamela R. Seay James C. Kelly Director of Manuscripts and Archives and Director of Publications and Scholarship and Sallie and William B. Thalhimer III Senior the Editor of the Virginia Archivist Magazine of History and Biography E. Lee Shepard Nelson D. Lankford Director Emeritus John Melville Jennings

FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES John B. Adams, Jr., Richmond Joseph F. Johnston, Jr., Alexandria Hunter B. Andrews, Hampton Daniel P. Jordan, Charlottesville Gerald L. Baliles, Richmond John O. Marsh, Jr., Winchester FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond Mary Tyler McClenahan, Richmond Josiah Bunting III, Newport, R.I. John L. McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot Robert L. Burrus, Jr., Richmond Hunter H. McGuire, Jr., Richmond M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke Roger Mudd, McLean Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester Merrill D. Peterson, Charlottesville B. Noland Carter II, Richmond Charles Larus Reed, Jr., Richmond Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Richmond James I. Robertson, Jr., Blacksburg George M. Cochran, Staunton Frank W. Rogers, Jr., Roanoke Lee Stuart Cochran, Staunton Toy D. Savage, Jr., Norfolk John R. Curtis, Jr., Williamsburg Elliot S. Schewel, Lynchburg W. Hunter deButts, Jr., Marshall Jane Bassett Spilman, Bassett Anne Hobson Freeman, Callao Robert Lee Stephens, Irvington Robert M. Freeman, Richmond Henry F. Stern, Richmond Vernon M. Geddy, Jr., Williamsburg Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Richmond Bruce C. Gottwald, Richmond Nancy St. Clair Talley, Millwood Elmon T. Gray, Waverly William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Suzanne Foster Thomas, Alexandria William R. Harvey, Hampton Edgar Allan Toppin, Ettrick Mary Buford Hitz, Alexandria Eugene P. Trani, Richmond Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond A. E. Dick Howard, Charlottesville Melvin I. Urofsky, Midlothian Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington Saul Viener, Atlanta, Ga. 2004 Annual Report • 37

HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY W. W. Abbot, Charlottesville Alice Hanauer Strauss, Brandy Station Alice Munro Haagensen, Palisades, N.Y. Thad W. Tate, Williamsburg Thomas H. Moorer, McLean Louis L. Tucker, Boston, Mass.

PRESIDENTS OF THE VHS (after 2001 the title changed to Chairman of the Board)

John Marshall 1831–1835 George MacLaren Brydon 1960 Henry St. George Tucker 1836–1847 Beverley Randolph Wellford 1960–1963 William Cabell Rives 1847–1868 David John Mays 1963–1966 1870–1881 IV 1966–1969 Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart 1881–1891 Virginius Dabney 1969–1972 William Wirt Henry 1891–1892 Edwin Cox 1972–1975 Joseph Bryan 1892–1902 Joseph Clarke Robert 1975–1978 William Gordon McCabe 1903–1905 David Tennant Bryan 1978–1981 Joseph Bryan 1906–1908 FitzGerald Bemiss 1981–1984 William Gordon McCabe 1909–1920 Lawrence Lewis, Jr. 1984–1986 Edward Virginius Valentine 1921–1929 John L. McElroy, Jr. 1987–1988 Daniel Grinnan 1930–1935 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. 1989–1991 1936–1937 C. Coleman McGehee 1992–1994 Joseph Dupuy Eggleston 1938–1943 Brenton S. Halsey 1995–1997 Alexander Wilbourne Weddell 1944–1948 Austin Brockenbrough, III 1998–1999 Edmund Randolph Williams 1948–1952 Gerald L. Baliles 2000–2001 Samuel Merrifield Bemiss 1952–1958 Hugh R. Stallard 2002–2003 Wyndham Bolling Blanton 1958–1960 Hugh V. White Jr. 2004–2004

DIRECTORS OF THE VHS (after 2001 the title changed to President and CEO)

Philip Alexander Bruce 1892–1898 William M. E. Rachal (interim) 1980–1985 William Glover Stanard 1898–1933 Paul Chester Nagel 1981–1985 Robert A. Lancaster 1933–1940 Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim) 1985–1986 William Clayton Torrence 1940–1953 Donald Haynes 1986–1988 John Melville Jennings 1953–1978 Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim) 1988–1988 Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. 1979–1980 Charles F. Bryan, Jr. 1988–1988

SOCIETY GUILD VOLUNTEERS Gale Abell • Betty Andrews • Jeanne Marie Andrews • Louise Armstrong • Jeff Baker • Gerry Baldwin • Terry Barnes-Pirke • Maureen Baxter • Mary Ellen Bearse • Annemarie Beebe • Robert Bergner • William Bjork • Martha W. Black • Steven Bookman • Ashley Bourne • Pam Bowen • Gretchen Bradley • Susan Bradshaw • Barbara Brancoli • Sally Brandenburg • Joanne Brooks • Mary Lou Brown • Mildred 38 • Virginia Historical Society

SOCIETY GUILD VOLUNTEERS (continued) Bruce • Carey Brush • Tinker Brush • Cammy Bryan • Lois Buchanan • Daniel Campbell • Thomas C. Campbell • Elaine S. Canas • Rae Carmicheal • Laura Carr • Joie Carter • Adele Castillo • Patricia L. Chen • Jerome Taylor Cherry • Ethel R. Chrisman • Louise Chrisman • Kathy Clarke • Phyllis Cline • Roberta Cline • Florence Cole • Matthew Compton • James E. Corbett • J. Robert Cross • Matthew L. Cushman • Libby Danforth • Rodney S. Darling • Edward Davis • Amy Di Natale • Betty Ann Dillon • Helen Draney • Suzanna Dutton • Gerald Dzura • Mary Alice Edwards • Jean M. Eggleston • Judy Enroughty • Virginia Nikki Fairman • Michael Fawley • Sara Flinn • Jacqueline Francis • Claudie Gerwin • Emily Gianfortoni • Sharon L. Giese • Willie Gillenwater • Ann F. Gladstone • James Goetzinger • Joyce Goetzinger • John Goode • Debbie Gordon • Karrin Gordon • Doris Gullotta • Jerry Ham • William Hamilton • Sheila S. Harrelson • Richard N. Harris • Sally Cameron Harrison • Karen Hatch • Thomas Howard • Donald W. Jacobson • Janet Jenkins • Sarah Jones • Louise Karry • Gunit Kaur • Laura Keefe • Karen Kincaid • Emily Damerel King • Samuel Kravitz • Stephanie Kulenguski • Sophie Laforet • Judy Lang • Reid Lankford • Tammy Lippman • David Litchfield • Jean T. Martin • Roy M. Martin • Sorrel McElroy • Ethel Mezger • Willie Mills • Catherine Mishler • Kathryn I. Moore • Mary Beth Morgan • Martha Morrill • Shirley Morris • John W. Myers • Mary S. Myers • Mirriam Oman • C. Peter Parrish • Charles Pecci • Norma Pennington • Ron Petitt • James F. Pierson • Bill Poveromo • Peter M. Rippe • Patricia L. Rose • Millicent Ruddy • Winnie Rymer • Judith Scardina • Raymond L. Schreiner • Susan Schufeldt • Gudrun Sexton • Victor Sexton • Beatrice Spacone • Ernest Spacone • Anthony Sykes • Jay L. Taylor • Donald Tobias • Doris Tobias • Newton Todd • Marilyn Trownsell • Monique Tyson • Phebe Van Valen • Heather Veneziano • Enid Virago • Ann Wade • Charlotte Weaver • E. Parke West • James H. Willcox, Jr. • Anita Williams • Thomas Wilson • John Wesley Young

Frederick De Wit’s c. 1670 map, Nova Orbis Tabula, was displayed in the 2004 exhibition, Charting the Old Dominion: Maps and Books from the Collection of Alan M. Voorhees. 2004 Annual Report • 39

Exhibitions

LONG-TERM EXHIBITIONS The Story of Virginia, an American Experience The War Horse (outdoor sculpture) Four Seasons of the Confederacy: Murals by Making the Confederate Murals: Studies by Charles Hoffbauer Arming the Confederacy: The Maryland-Steuart Collection Virginians on TIME Solving History’s Mysteries: The History Discovery Lab (Department of Historic Resources) Silver in Virginia

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS Soldier of Peace: George C. Marshall and the Nobel Peace Prize Charting the Old Dominion: Maps and Books from the Collection of Alan M. Voorhees The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Painted History: Landscapes of Valley View Farm Southern Architecture in the Balance: Photographs by Gaston Ward Callum, II Pivotal Presidential Elections, 1789–1968: The Allen Frey Collection Lindbergh Stoneware Pottery of Eastern Virginia, 1720–1865 American Visions of Liberty & Freedom

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS Reading the Word: The Church and African American Education

EXHIBITIONS AT VIRGINIA HOUSE Warwick to Windsor Farms: Building Virginia House (long-term exhibition) 40 • Virginia Historical Society

Lectures

ALEXANDER WILBOURNE WEDDELL LECTURE Walter Edgar, “It Didn’t Happen Up North: Where the American Revolution was Really Won,” 27 May 2004

J. HARVIE WILKINSON, JR., LECTURE Rick Atkinson, “An Army at Dawn,” 21 October 2004

STUART G. CHRISTIAN, JR., TRUSTEES LECTURE William C. Davis, “The Making of the Confederacy: The Birth of the Confederate Gov- ernment,” 17 November 2004

BANNER LECTURE SERIES Thomas E. Buckley, S.J., “Divorce in Antebellum Virginia,” 15 January 2004 Kara Miles Turner, “‘Liberating Lifescripts’: Prince Edward County, Va., and the Roots of Brown v. Board,” 19 February 2004 Elizabeth R. Varon, “, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy,” 4 March 2004 Joe Thompson and Bob Carlin, “The African American String Band Tradition in the Upper South,” 18 March 2004 Oliver Everett, “Windsor Castle: Its History and Occupants, 1080–2002,” 21 April 2004 John Pagan, “Ann Orthwood’s Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia,” 13 May 2004 Helen Rountree, “Powhatan, Pocahontas, and Opechancanough, Part I,” 15 June 2004 Sharon Smith, “Lindbergh,” 29 June 2004 Pete Henriques, “Reluctant Enemies: The Increasingly Strained Relationship Between George Washington and ,” 9 July 2004 (sponsored by the Society of Colonial Wars in Virginia) Kevin Concannon, “Salvadore Dali in Virginia,” 29 July 2004 Henry Wiencek, “George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America,” 9 Sep- tember 2004 David Johnson, “Douglas Southall Freeman, Internationalist,” 28 October 2004 (co- sponsored with the World Affairs Council) James C. Kelly, “American Visions of Liberty & Freedom,” 4 November 2004 2004 Annual Report • 41

Rhys Isaac, “Colonial Dissenters and the Evolution of Freedom of Religion,” 11 Novem- ber 2004 (co-sponsored with the Historic Polegreen Foundation) David Hackett Fischer, “American Visions of Liberty & Freedom,” 18 November 2004

GALLERY TALKS Robert Hunter, “The Stoneware Pottery of Eastern Virginia, 1720–1865,” 22 September 2004 Allen Frey, “Pivotal Presidential Elections, 1789–1968: The Allen Frey Collection,” 20 October 2004 James C. Kelly, “American Visions of Liberty & Freedom,” 8 December 2004

Awards

Brenton S. Halsey Teaching Award • Excellence in Teaching in 2004 Sally Ryan Burgess, Virginia Randolph Community High School, Henrico County Bobby Chandler Student Award • Outstanding High School History Student in 2004 Alice Gissinger, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County William M. E. Rachal Award • Best Overall Article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2004 Philip Levy, “A New Look at an Old Wall: Indians, Englishmen, Landscape, and the 1634 Palisade at Middle Plantation,” Volume 112, no. 3 (2004) Coleman C. McGehee Award • Best Article by a Graduate Student in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2003–2004 Sarah Hand Meacham, “‘They Will Be Adjudged by Their Drink, What Kinde of House- wives They Are’: Gender, Technology, and Household Cidering in England and the Chesapeake, 1690–1760,” Volume 111, no. 2 (2003) Richard Slatten Award • Excellence in Virginia Biography in 2004 Warren M. Billings, Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia (Louisiana State University Press, 2004) President’s Awards for Excellence • Outstanding Service by VHS Staff in 2004 Toni Carter, assistant librarian Keith Cox, security supervisor 42 • Virginia Historical Society

Lora Robins Award • Leadership, Foresight, and Generosity in Collecting the Evidence of Vir- ginia’s History in 2004 William W. Cole Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer of the Year Award • Outstanding Service in 2004 Bill Hamilton, Manuscripts and Archives Department Howson Cole Award • For Long and Dedicated Staff Service Valerie Padgett

Research Fellows (and topics)

Paul C. Anderson, Clemson University • a cultural history of the Shenandoah Valley Jacob Blosser, University of South Carolina • pursuing happiness: Latitudinarianism and the Anglo-American mind Douglas M. Bradburn, Newberry Library • opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts Lauren H. Braun, University of Illinois at Chicago • economic development and agricultural colonization in the U.S. South between 1884 and 1924 Steven C. Bullock, Worcester Polytechnic Institute • the politics of politeness: culture, class, and power and provincial America, 1690–1760 Leslie Campbell, Michigan State University • “Better Living”: black female material culture, 1916–1937 Scott Casper, University of Nevada, Reno • Sarah Johnson’s Mount Vernon: African American life at an American shrine, from slavery to Jim Crow Lynda L. Crist, Papers of • a volume of the Papers of Jefferson Davis A. Glenn Crothers, Indiana University Southeast • Quaker communities in northern Virginia, 1750–1860 John Davies, University of Delaware • connections between the Haitian Revolution and com- munities of African Americans in the United States Jose O. Diaz, Ohio State University • imprisoned soldiers during the Civil War Brandon Dupont, University of Kansas • the development of credit market institutions in the South following the Civil War Rebecca A. Goetz, • “Lurking Indians, Outlying Negroes, and Christian English”: religion and the construction of race in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake 2004 Annual Report • 43

John Wess Grant, Michigan State University • the limitations of free black communities and post-colonial nationalism: a comparative history of Richmond, Virginia, and Monrovia, Liberia, black communities, 1817–1870 Barbara Hahn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • making tobacco bright: big business, small farms, and the creation of an agricultural commodity, 1830s–1930s Kimberly Harrison, Florida International University • writing in tumultuous times: the rhetorics of Confederate women’s Civil War diaries Kathleen M. Hilliard, University of South Carolina • slaves’ consumer activity in the antebel- lum South Reiko Hillyer, • designing Dixie: landscape, tourism, and memory in the New South, 1870–1930 John G. Jacobsen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln • U.S. Supreme Court Justice Philip Pen- dleton Barbour Caroline E. Janney, • the role of white women in the celebration and creation of the Confederate past James C. Klotter, Georgetown College • and the American presidency Michael A. LaCombe, New York University • food and authority in the English Atlantic World, 1570–1640 Timothy Lockley, University of Warwick • charity in the antebellum South Thomas Mackey, University of Louisville • law in the ranks: legal culture among Civil War soldiers Aaron W. Marrs, University of South Carolina • railroads in the antebellum South Rebecca Montgomery, Georgia Perimeter College • biography of Celeste S. Parrish Kenneth W. Noe, Auburn University • reasons behind enlistment in armies during the course of the Civil War Gregory E. O’Malley, • Final Passages: the British inter-colony trade in slaves in the long eighteenth century Eric W. Plaag, University of South Carolina • how travels to the South during the antebellum era helped shape notions and create a national consciousness of the region Paul Quigley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • disordered nation: the evolution of southern nationalism, 1848–1865 J. F. Saddler, Temple University • republic of Zion: piety, purity, and nation, 1780–1830 Wendy St. Jean, Boston University • Chickasaw Indians 44 • Virginia Historical Society

James J. Schaefer, University of Toledo • “Popular Clamour Runs Very High”: the politics of cowardice during the Revolutionary era, 1763–83 Beth Barton Schweiger, University of Arkansas • reading slavery: literacy, virtue, and freedom in the early South Tristan Stubbs, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge • plantation overseers in the eigh- teenth-century South Michael Ayers Trotti, Ithaca College • murder and modern sensibility: sensationalism and cultural change in a southern city from the Victorian era to the age of ragtime Maria Troyanovsky, Moscow State University • the ideological origins of American foreign policy François Weil, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales • cultural history of genealogy in the United States Tomoko Yagyu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • the slave trade in antebellum Richmond and Alexandria John Zaborney, University of Maine at Presque Isle • slave hiring in antebellum Virginia 2004 Annual Report • 45

Statement of Operating Activity for the Year ended 31 December 2004 (Draft Unaudited)

REVENUE, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT Temporarily Permanently Audited Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total 2003

Membership Dues 246,887 * * 246,887 253,071 Annual Giving 995,516 * * 995,516 951,548 Investment Return 4,800,191 202,276 * 5,002,467 9,042,388 Contributions 331,327 5,396,727 445,338 6,173,393 2,736,026 Grants 71,199 1,921,640 * 1,992,839 732,459 Publications and merchandise sales 263,324 * * 263,324 288,976 Royalties 9,389 * * 9,389 3,604 Rental Income 268,464 * * 268,464 264,836 Fees & admissions 172,089 3,510 * 175,599 214,037 Other 18,946 11,980 * 30,926 95,248 Net assets release from restrictions 2,051,446 (2,051,446) * * * Total revenue, gains, (losses) & other support 9,228,777 5,484,686 445,338 15,158,802 14,582,193

EXPENSES

Program services: Library 2,104,760 * * 2,104,760 2,123,100 Publications/ Education 1,292,726 * * 1,292,726 1,173,863 Museum 2,181,999 * * 2,181,999 2,095,757

Support services: General administration 1,433,617 * * 1,433,617 1,337,900 Development/ public relations 1,202,522 * * 1,202,522 1,111,648 Total expenses: 8,215,625 * * 8,215,625 7,842,268 Fair Value of interest rate swap on Series 2004 Bonds: 67,366 * * 67,366 Change in net assets: 945,787 5,484,686 445,338 6,875,812 6,739,925 Net assets at beginning of year: 29,018,724 6,413,062 28,401,387 63,833,173 57,093,248 Net assets at end of year: 29,964,511 11,897,748 28,846,725 70,708,985 63,833,173

Investment return includes earned income and realized and unrealized capital gains (losses). Net assets were released from donor restrictions by incurring expenses satisfying the restrictions. VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY • FOUNDED 1831

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