Virginia Historical Society the Center for Virginia History

VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE CENTER FOR VIRGINIA HISTORY

Annual Report for 2001

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INTRODUCTION

CHARLES F. BRYAN, JR. Director and Chief Executive Officer

THE year 2001 will long be remembered. In response to the events of September 11th and in an effort to understand their consequences, many Americans thought more seriously than ever about what was important in their lives, in their com- munities, and in their nation. These events, and our reactions to them, have brought home to those of us who work at the Virginia Historical Society the value of preserving our common past, the touchstone of our democracy. As I wrote in our newsletter last fall, historical societies provide a sense of time, place, and sta- bility, and they nurture the collective memory of our people. In the face of national trauma, and despite the downturn in the economy, the members of the VHS stepped forward as never before in support of our work to protect that collective memory. And I can report that during the past year we put their generosity to very good use, as I hope this narrative makes clear. Because collections form the bedrock of our educational mission, in 2001 we devoted much of our energy to augmenting them, conserving them, cataloging them, and making them available to researchers and the general public. Those holdings of manuscripts, books, maps, and museum objects constitute one of the greatest collections of primary evidence on the history of Virginia in existence. As such, we know that they deserve special stewardship. Presiding over the 4 Virginia Historical Society development and care of our collections are the heads of our three curatorial departments, James C. Kelly, assistant director for museums; Frances S. Pollard, assistant director for library services; and E. Lee Shepard, assistant director for manuscripts and archives. Through the application of today’s technology, the use of our collections is no longer confined to our headquarters in Richmond. Scholars around the world can browse catalogs of the vast VHS holdings through the internet. As has been true for the past several years, the online catalog automation project, generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, dominated the workload of many of our staff members. During 2001 our archivists passed the halfway mark in the total number of manuscript records they expect to enter into the database before the project ends in 2005. Similarly, our librarians have added many thousands of records for printed materials to the database, and our museum curators acces- sioned a record number of objects. Although we still have a quarter of a million photographs to enter into the system, all other museum objects now have elec- tronic records. Despite the challenges of quality control, standardization of records and access tools, and refinement of the online system, we have made tremendous progress. Even with the demands of automation, we completed several other major projects that provide easier access to the riches of the VHS. With funding from the Best Products Foundation, we completed cataloging the records of the Best Products Co., Inc., and related personal papers of Sydney and Frances Lewis. These large, complex collections will prove enormously valuable for research on Virginia’s business and cultural history. At the same time, we have updated the Guide to African American Manuscripts in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society, first published in 1995 with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Publication of this enlarged edition is made pos- sible, in part, by a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy as part of its African American Heritage Program. From individual items to large collections of papers, this new edition expands by 45 percent the number of entries that illuminate centuries of African American history in Virginia. VHS Trustee Alan Voorhees, who has done so much to make our collections more widely accessible through automation, took another significant step on behalf of the Society in 2001. Through his generous financial support, we began to participate in an important project sponsored by the Library of Congress to dig- itize maps from the Civil War. As a result, images of some 450 maps in the Society’s Robert Knox Sneden diaries and scrapbooks, the Jeremy Gilmer Confederate engineers’ map collection, and other sources will be added to the American Memory section of the LC web site. Mr. Voorhees’s gift has also been instrumental in allowing us to begin scanning some of our most frequently 2001 Annual Report 5 requested images. During the year we also made great progress restoring the Custis family papers. Funded jointly by the Save America’s Treasures Initiative (through the Institute for Museum and Library Services) and a generous grant from the Elis Olsson Foundation (through the good efforts of our trustee Shirley Olsson), this important undertaking is rescuing a unique group of documents relating to Martha and George Washington and their relatives. In addition to improving the condition of current collections, this institution continues to be the fortunate recipient of new ones. Perhaps the most significant, both in size and in long-range influence, is the gift of records of the Reynolds Metals Company and of the Reynolds family. These documents are the latest evidence that we are the leading repository for the preservation of records of companies that have shaped the commonwealth’s history. The generosity of the Alcoa Foundation and the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation also enabled us to plan for the creation of the new Reynolds Center for Virginia Business History. Another grant from the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation will fund a related oral history project. Acquiring and preserving all of these manuscripts, books, and objects would be an undertaking of limited value if no one ever used them. But that is hardly the case at the VHS. Our reading room continues to welcome thousands of researchers from across the world, and the staff makes our collections available to one and all. We encourage professional historians to conduct research in our collections through our fellowship program, which in 2001 completed its four- teenth year of service (see pages 34–35). Since 1988 we have made 468 financial awards to a total of 348 individual scholars. The fellowship categories now number four: the Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowships, the Betty Sams Christian Fellowships in business history, the Frances Lewis Fellowships in women’s studies, and the Reese Fellowships in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas. Just as scholars use our manuscripts and books to illuminate their research into Virginia’s past, our museum collections help to reveal our common history through their display in our exhibitions. In 2001 an ambitious exhibition program mounted eleven new shows—an all-time high (see page 30). Perhaps the most important was Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of Americana. This exhibit, a handsome catalog, and a symposium on the Mellon collection and its significance celebrated the most important gift of its kind in the VHS’s 170- year history. In his capacity as Paul Mellon curator of rare books, Associate Director Robert F. Strohm in an introductory essay to the catalog described the accumulation and dispersal of this fabulous assemblage of rare books, maps, and manuscripts. Another signal collaborative effort was the publication of Images from the 6 Virginia Historical Society

Storm, which James C. Kelly, Nelson D. Lankford, and I had the pleasure of coediting. Following our best-selling Eye of the Storm, which first brought the spectacular Robert Knox Sneden collection of Civil War art to public notice, Images brings a further 300 watercolors and maps to light for the first time. After their showing at our Richmond headquarters, many of our exhibits traveled to additional venues last year across the state and nation. Among these traveling exhibits were The Virginia Landscape, displayed in Roanoke; Virginia’s Past Today: Photographs by Chiles Larson, which went to Lynchburg and Norfolk; and Eye of the Storm: Civil War Drawings by Robert Knox Sneden, which made stops in Atlanta, Chicago, and San Marino, California. Last year we also lent objects to other institutions to stage their own exhibitions. These included the Library of Virginia, the King and Queen County Museum, the Museum of the Confederacy, Wilton House Museum, the Gloucester Museum of History, and the Museum of American Frontier Culture in Staunton. Though our main long-term exhibit, The Story of Virginia, is hardly a new one, it enjoyed significant revisions in 2001. We added important objects to the George Washington section and installed additional ceramics in the Shenandoah pottery section. We redesigned the education gallery to resemble a one-room schoolhouse and added more descriptive interpretation. A splendidly illustrated catalog of The Story of Virginia, with an essay by James C. Kelly, was also published in 2001. Along with our roster of exhibits, lectures continued to be an extremely popular part of our programs. We held a record number of Banner Lectures in 2001, eleven in all, and generated record attendance (see page 31). When we began this series fourteen years ago, we hoped to attract a regular audience of close to a hundred. Now most of the events fill up the lecture hall, which seats just over three hundred. Our evening lectures continue to attract excellent speakers and capacity crowds as well. On 29 March the Alexander Wilbourne Weddell Lecturer for 2001 was Alan Crawford, whose topic, “Growing Up in Jefferson’s Shadow: The Unwise Passions of the Founders’ Children,” was drawn from his book, Unwise Passions. On 11 October, the J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr., Lecturer was Washington journalist and editor David Gergen, who intended originally to speak on his book describing his service in different presidential administrations, Eyewitness to Power. Given the events one month before, however, he spoke at length about what September 11th means for America’s future. Finally, on 14 November, our Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecturer was Bonnie Angelo, author of First Mothers, who regaled a full house with the topic “To Win the Presidency, First Choose the Right Mother.” In addition to lectures, we had more than the usual number of events for members. These included an opening in February for The Treasures of the National Portrait Gallery exhibit, sponsored by First Union; a reception in March to cele- 2001 Annual Report 7 brate the opening of A Studio Portrait: The Photography of the Dementi Family; our Annual Meeting and Garden Party in April; and the Richmond Museum Shoppers Fair in October. Members of the Marshall and Madison Councils were treated to a remarkable ride on vintage train cars and an overnight stay in Roanoke. In addition, a group of thirty of our Battle Abbey Council members went on a lecture tour of Spain and Portugal to study the age of discoveries and the clash of empires that accompanied the colonization of the New World. The support of VHS members allows us to do much more than stage special events: it permits us to achieve our core goals as an educational institution. Among the host of organizations that worked with us to maximize resources and reach diverse audiences were WCVE television, VCU’s school of architecture, Theatre IV, St. Gertrude’s High School, the African American Heritage Association (AAHA), convention and visitors bureaus across the state, and our sister museums in M.O.B. (Museums on the Boulevard). These efforts were reflected in national and international publicity, increased attendance, capacity crowds for programs, and a growing number of school-group visits. During the school year that ended in June, almost 20,000 students came to the Society. Under the leadership of Assistant Director for Education William B. Obrochta, our volunteer docents and museum educators did an outstanding job serving these large numbers of young patrons, a fact reflected by continued pos- itive teacher evaluations. Twenty-five percent of our student visitors traveled at least two hours (mostly from Northern Virginia and Tidewater) to visit The Story of Virginia and benefited from programs designed to prepare them for state SOL exams. On 11–12 October, the VHS held the third annual Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars Forum. This year, twenty high school juniors and seniors from across the state took part in a seminar with David Gergen, our Wilkinson Lecturer for the year. This year’s class included students from Central Virginia, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Rockbridge, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Rocky Mount, and Virginia Beach. In addition to students served at VHS headquarters, last year our outreach educators spoke to 18,000 children in schools across the commonwealth. Thanks to a generous grant from the Alcoa Foundation, we have been able to increase programs for heretofore underserved schools along the West Virginia border, from Tazewell in the south to Highland in the north. The end of the school year did not end our service to education in the state. In June, we hosted our eighth summer Teachers Institute and brought sixteen teachers to the Society for a two-week class on twentieth-century Virginia and American history. The Institute was led by Dr. Ronald L. Heinemann, professor of history at Hampden-Sydney College. The education department staff also con- ducted 38 workshops, in Richmond and around the state, for 1,076 Virginia 8 Virginia Historical Society school teachers. We also promote Virginia history through our publications, both print and vir- tual, which give us a reach far beyond our doors. Assistant Director for Publications and Scholarship Nelson D. Lankford and his staff made important changes in 2001 to VHS print periodicals and to the VHS web site. Our flagship publication, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, entered its 109th year of service, the longest run of any state historical journal in the South. In addition to increasing the number of illustrations, we expanded the number of book reviews by approximately 50 percent. By providing a forum for expert commentaries on important works in Virginia, southern, and U.S. history, we seek to assist those engaged in research or classroom preparation in making intelligent decisions on what recent publications require their attention. It was a landmark year in the history of the VHS newsletter, History Notes. For the first time in more than a decade, we entirely redesigned it to reflect the scope of Society activities better than ever before. With a new magazine format, History Notes includes features on VHS people and collections, and it presents lectures, exhibit openings and closings, and special events in a comprehensive, three-month calendar. During the course of 2001, we introduced and expanded a wide variety of resources, services, and learning experiences on the VHS web site, our newest, and constantly updated, “publication.” Nearly 250,000 visitors worldwide logged onto www.vahistorical.org during the year. On the education pages, we added bibliographies, book reviews, web links, a monthly calendar of programs and tours, and online preregistration for outreach programs. New features for the library pages include interactive forms for reference questions, photocopy requests, and genealogy research requests. In addition, users may now pay for photocopies and research online. Virginia House also has a new presence on the web, with a comprehensive site that focuses on the history of the house and gar- dens, the lives of its creators, Alexander and Virginia Weddell, and the site as a museum. The museum shop continued to expand its e-commerce efforts by increasing the number of products and services sold online. It is difficult to imagine any other year in the history of the Society when our supporters were more critical to our ability to open to the public seven days a week with consistently sound programming, quality exhibits, and convenient access to an immense research collection. The recession and loss of state funding contributed to anxieties about our financial well-being. Cancelled group tours and decreased attendance after September 11th led to uneasiness about planning for the future. Assistant Director for Development and Public Affairs Pamela R. Seay and her staff redoubled their efforts, and thanks to an inspirational outpour- ing of support from members, visitors, and donors, the VHS finished 2001 by exceeding our membership and annual fund goals. As a result, we did not have 2001 Annual Report 9 to cut programs, reduce hours, or in any other way compromise services. I attrib- ute these successes largely to the private individuals, corporations, foundations, and localities that rallied to our cause. In addition to those who gave monetarily to help the VHS maintain its course through turbulent times were those volunteers who give to the institution the valuable gift of their time. No category of volunteers has labored more enthusiasti- cally and selflessly to support our mission than our trustees. The system of rotat- ing terms of office among our trustees ensures a steady supply of fresh talent from around the state. We were pleased in 2001 to welcome four newcomers to the board: H. Furlong Baldwin, J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., Cecelia S. Howell, and Mark J. Kington. At the same time, it means that each year we have to say goodbye to those trustees whose terms expire. At the end of 2001 we said farewell to J. Stewart Bryan III, Robert M. Freeman, and the Rev. Grady W. Powell. At the same time, Gov. Gerald L. Baliles concluded his very successful two-year term as president of the board. Despite a time of economic uncertainty and a national crisis, the Society enjoyed great good fortune in its programs, in its finances, and in its direction under his leadership. I look forward to working with his able suc- cessor, Hugh R. Stallard, in building upon that record. To all those who supported the work of our institution, all of us at the Virginia Historical Society are most grateful. In addition, the year ended with an extraor- dinarily generous gift from the estate of Glasgow Clark of Richmond. Mr. Clark, who died in 1984, stipulated that this bequest come to the VHS upon the death of Katharina Reinhardt, life beneficiary of the charitable remainder trust established from his estate. Mr. Clark believed strongly in the VHS, and he devised his will so that the bequest would be added to the Society’s endowment. After Mrs. Reinhardt died last November, the trust, totaling $17.4 million, was transferred to the VHS endowment, thus fulfilling Mr. Clark’s wishes. A gift of this magnitude represents a strong endorsement of the Society and its mission. This report began with a discussion of our growing collections and our efforts to make them more accessible through automation. Ironically, it is our success in attracting new collections that presents a growing challenge for the VHS: we are rapidly running out of storage space to house these invaluable manuscripts and artifacts. Faced with this challenge, our board of trustees in autumn 2001 author- ized us to proceed with the design and development of another wing for our Richmond headquarters. This 54,000-square-foot structure, covering five floors, will address the storage problem and also provide a handsome new auditorium and an exhibit space for the new Reynolds Center for Virginia Business History. It will be a great challenge to raise funds to meet the cost of construction, but that is the task that now faces us. As we make that effort, we will consider every gift a vital one, an investment in the future of preserving and teaching about the collective past of the people of Virginia. 10 Virginia Historical Society

SELECTED ACCESSIONS

MANUSCRIPTS

1. Journal, 1692 April 5–1695 July 12, kept by Edward Randolph, concerns his activities as surveyor general of customs primarily in Virginia and Maryland. [5] p. on 3 leaves. Holograph. 7 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 2. Travel journal, 1698–1699, kept by Richard Traunter, concerns his exploration of an overland route from Virginia to South Carolina. [viii], 36, 30, [6], 4, [4], 7, [8] p. Handwritten. Bound volume. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 3. Papers, 1725–1910, of the Moody family (of Hanover County, Va.) concerning John Mills Moody, Samuel Moody, and Samuel Mills Moody. 204 items. Deposited by Robert B. Moody. 4. Papers, 1746–1986, of the Morton family (of Charlotte and Prince Edward counties and Richmond, Va., and New Orleans, La.). 116 items. Gift of Lucy M. Neill. 5. Letter, 1754 March 20, [Alexandria, Va.], of George Washington to [Governor RobertDinwiddie] 3 p. on 1 leaf. Holograph signed. 9 x 7 in. Accepts his commission as lieutenant colonel of Virginia militia and concerns an expedition to the Ohio River. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 6. Papers, 1764–1832, of the Blow family (of Portsmouth and Tower Hill, Sussex County, Va.) including correspondence of George Blow (concerning the Virginia General Assembly, the emancipation of Ben Godwin, service in the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812, and Edmund Ruffin’s analysis of the effects of enclosures and use of manures at Tower Hill) and financial records of members of the Cobb and Waller families. 11 items. Gift of the Samuel H. Coppage, Jr., family. 7. Papers, 1770–1777, of Sir Matthew Fetherstonaugh, relating to the Grand Ohio Company, including correspondence, memorials, accounts, and related materials regarding a grant from King George III for land west of the Allegheny Mountains. 68 items. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 8. Petition, 1772, of the Virginia House of Burgesses to King George III of Great Britain requesting a ban on the importation of slaves. 1 p. Handwritten on vellum. 13 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. Signed by Peyton Randolph as speaker. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 9. Diary, 1781 May 19–1782 March 30, kept by Benjamin Bartholomew (of the 5th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the United States Continental Army). 140, [20] p. Holograph. 6 x 7 3/4 in. Bound volume. Concerns a march from Pennsylvania to Virginia and the siege of Yorktown, Va. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 10. Letter, 1785 Oct[ober] 14, of Thomas Jefferson, Paris, to [Samuel Henley]. 2 p. Holograph signed. 9 x 7 3/4 in. Concerns, in part, Charles Bellini, Thomas Gwatkin, James McClurg, George Wythe, and the College of William and Mary. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 11. Papers, 1787–1998, of the Albert family (of Russell County, Va.) concerning Charles Allen Albert, James Albert, John Glenn Albert, Josephine Albert, Mary Elizabeth (Wyatt) Albert, Rosamond Gertrude Albert, and Mary Elizabeth (Albert) Alderson. 152 items. Gift of Richard E. Albert, Ruth Cowling Albert, and Sarah Albert Miller. 12. Deed, 1797 February [?], of the United Illinois and Quabache Land Companies to Alexander McRae for one share in the western lands held by the company. Sheet. 31 1/2 x 26 in. Handwritten. Gift of McRae Werth. 13. Order book, 1799 June 6–1800 April 21, of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army. [188] p. Handwritten. 7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Bound Volume. Contains orders largely issued at Richmond and Camp Warwick, Va. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 14. Records, 1801–1859, of Upper Goose Creek Baptist Church, Fauquier County, Va., including 2001 Annual Report 11

annual reports to the Ketocton Baptist Association, certificates of membership and dismissal, circular letters, and authorizations issued for the baptism of various slaves. 42 items. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 15. Papers, 1810–1962, of the Wyllie family (of Danville and Lynchburg, Va.) including correspondence, financial, legal, land, and slave records, and related materials of John Noble (shoemaker and investor), Allen Love Wyllie (merchant and planter), Frances Payne (Noble) Wyllie, John Noble Wyllie (tobacco businessman), and Kate Lewis (Scales) Wyllie. 659 items. Gift of Kate J. LePine. 16. Letter, 1813 Oct[ober] 12, of John Randolph, Roanoke [Charlotte County, Va.], to John Mason, Analston [Island, District of] Columbia. 1 p. Holograph signed. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. Concerns a recommendation for Thomas M. Deane to be a collector of internal revenue and Randolph’s traditional reluctance to recommend candidates for appointive office while a member of Con- gress. Gift of Meredith K. Light. 17. Papers, 1814–c. 1940, of the Blow family (of Tower Hill, Sussex County, Va.) including primarily militia and financial records of George Blow (1787–1870). 12 items. Gift of J. C. Williams, Jr., and Patriciann M. Williams. 18. Papers, 1818–1909, of the Gardner family (of Lynn, Mass., and Richmond, Va.) including family and business records of William Hedges Hubbard and James Henry Gardner. 219 items. Gift of Juliet H. Florance. 19. Papers, 1818–1957, of Walter Gwynn Turpin (1828–1874) (of Buchanan, Botetourt County, and Richmond, Va.) concerning his career as a merchant and as civil engineer on various railroad construction projects in the Midwest, in the Confederate States Army Engineer Corps, and on the James River Improvement Project. Also, include scattered papers of his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Wilson) Turpin, his daughter, Sarah Ann (Turpin) St. John Wilson, and other family members. 148 items. Gift of Mrs. Alexander A. Elder. 20. Records, 1821–1971, of Manakin Episcopal Church, Powhatan County, Va., including vestry books, parish registers, account books, and loose financial records. 21 items. Deposited by the vestry of Manakin Episcopal Church, Midlothian, Va., through the courtesy of Hugh H. Fraser. 21. Architectural drawing books, c. 1825–1858, compiled by Thomas R. Blackburn ([1795–1867] architect and carpenter of Staunton, Va.) including plans, elevations, detail drawings, and support materials for residences, public buildings, and institutions (including Western Lunatic Asylum [later Western State Hospital]) in Albemarle and Augusta counties, Va. 3 vols. Purchased through the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Fund. Open to researchers following conservation in 2002. 22. Minute book, 1828–1836, of the Temperance Society of Shenandoah County, Woodstock, Va., with records, 1840, of the Shenandoah Temperance Society Auxiliary to the Virginia State Temperance Society, Woodstock. 1 vol. Handwritten. Purchased. 23. Papers, 1828–1887, of the Meriwether family (of Farmington, Albemarle County, Va.) concerning Charles James Meriwether and Marcia Louisa Margaret (Miller) Meriwether. 20 items. Gift of Mrs. James A. Figg, Jr. 24. Record book, 1830–1856, of the New Salem Baptist Church, Madisonville, Charlotte County, Va. [109] p. Handwritten. 8 1/2 x 15 in. Bound volume. Includes minutes of church meetings, records of applications for church membership, lists of white and African American members, and financial records. Gift of William W. Hamilton. 25. Papers, 1842–1873, of Thomas R. Ware (as a purser in the United States Navy and a merchant in Fredericksburg, Va.). 67 items. Gift of Elizabeth A. Scott. 26. Letter, 1843 Jan[uar]y 31, Post Office, Lynchburg, Va., of Lilburn Henderson Trigg to Cha[rle]s 12 Virginia Historical Society

A. Wickliffe. 1 p. Holograph signed. 8 x 9 3/4 in. Concerns Trigg’s practice of law while serving as postmaster in Lynchburg and the duties of his office. Purchased. 27. Account book and loose accounts, 1847–1879, kept by Livingston P. Noell as a merchant in Pittsylvania County, Va. 4 items. Gift of Judith Elsbree Delaney. 28. Papers, 1850–1872, of the Munford family (of Richmond, Va.) including a Book of Common Prayer, possibly belonging to Charles Ellis Munford; diary of Charles Ellis Munford (of Letcher’s Virginia Artillery of the Confederate States Army) kept in Hanover and Spotsylvania counties; letter of Henry Alexander Wise to George Wythe Munford concerning the death of Charles Ellis Munford at the battle of Malvern Hill; and the Bible of Charles Henry Talbott. 5 items. Gift of Armistead Churchill Young III. 29. Papers, 1851–1931, of the Rose family (of Rosemont, Mecklenburg County, Va.) concerning Headley Howard Rose and Doctor Latinus Irving Rose. 4 items. Gift of Rubinette Rose Miller Niemann. 30. Letter, 1853 December 14, of Archibald Stuart, Richmond, [Va.], to [Thomas Salem Bocock]. 1 p. Holograph signed. 10 x 7 3/4 in. Concerns James Ewell Brown Stuart at the United States Military Academy and his desire to be appointed to the Board of Visitors there. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 31. Receipts, 1856 January 4, issued to Dickinson, Hill & Co. of Richmond, Va., for monies received for the sale of enslaved African Americans. [2] p. on 1 leaf. Handwritten. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Purchased. 32. Records, 1858–1998, of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and Grace and Holy Trinity Child Care Center, Richmond, Va. 13 boxes. Deposited by the vestry of Grace and Holy Trinity Church, Richmond, Va. 33. Letter, 1859 February 24, of Duncan N. Ingraham (of the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography) to George Minor concerning the inspection of guns at Bellona Arsenal in Chesterfield County, Va. [4] p. on 1 leaf. Handwritten signed. 13 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Purchased through the Margaret C. Schweidler Fund. 34. Survey journal, 1861–1865, kept by James M. Harris (of Big Island, Bedford County, Va.) while a civil engineer on the James River and Kanawha Canal. [106] p. Holograph. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. Bound volume. Includes survey notations, drawings, inventories of tools and supplies, lists of bridge and dam measurements, and water depths at various points on the James River west of Lynchburg. Purchased through the Douglas Huntly Gordon Fund and the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund. 35. Papers, 1861–1867, of Casper S. Gillingham (of Philadelphia, Pa.) relating to his service as adjutant of the 23d Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the United States Army and as clerk to the quartermaster of the 3d Division of the 1st Corps of the United States Army of the Potomac, primarily in Culpeper, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties, Va. Include a diary, reports, service record, and general orders. 15 items. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 36. Papers, 1861–1889, of William Alexander Stuart (merchant of Saltville, Washington County, and Elk Garden, Russell County, Va.) including letters written to him by his brother James Ewell Brown Stuart (while serving in the Confederate States Cavalry) and postwar financial and business records. 68 items. Gift of William Alexander Stuart, Jr., G. R. C. Stuart, W. Preston Stuart, Jr., and Mrs. Anne S. Richardson. 37. Letter, 1862 January 8, of Abel C. Thomas (of Philadelphia, Pa.) to Samuel S. Ford (while serving in the 95th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the United States Army) concerning, in part, the execution of a Union soldier in Virginia for desertion. 4 p. on 1 leaf. Holograph signed. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Gift of Sarah T. Bellamy. 38. Diary, 1862 August 11–1863 December 6, of Oscar D. Morhous, kept while serving in the 118th 2001 Annual Report 13

New York Infantry Regiment of the United States Army in New York State, Maryland, Eastern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. [106] p. Holograph. Purchased. 39. Papers, 1862–1882, of Paul M. Higginbotham (of the 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army) primarily concerning his service during the Peninsula and Petersburg campaigns. Include letters and a diary that offer descriptions of camp life and military operations. 15 items. Gift of Capt. Grover S. Higginbotham. 40. Scrapbook, 1862–1899, of Thomas Place (of Hempstead, N.Y.) documenting, in drawings and photographs, his service in Virginia as a member of the 1st New York Mounted Rifles of the United States Army. Bound volume. Largely concerns his activities during the siege of Suffolk and around Williamsburg, Va. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 41. Papers, 1862–1960, of the Powers family (of Nelson County, Va.) largely concerning Confederate veteran and canal barge captain John Gibson Powers and Sarah B. Powers. 31 items. Gift of Marion Waverly Payne, Jr. 42. Letter, 1863 February 6, of George V. Leech (of Port Republic, Va.) to Mason Mathews. 1 p. Holograph signed. Requests a pass for his wife and child to visit relatives in Maryland. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 43. Letter, 1863 November 22, of Thomas E. Dunn (of Saltville, Va.) to Stuart, Buchanan & Co. 1 p. Holograph signed. Concerns the medical treatment and removal from the Confederate States for health reasons of Mrs. [?] Lennard. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 44. Papers, 1863–1864, of Abner Dawson Ford (of Charlotte County, Va.) while serving in Shoemaker’s Battery (formerly Moorman’s Battery) of the Virginia Artillery, Confederate States Army, in Virginia. Also including letters written to his wife, Mary Jane (White) Ford, primarily by members of the Armistead family. 62 items. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hamilton. 45. Letterbook, 1863–1865, containing copies of letters written by E. C. Gordon (while serving as ordnance officer of the 1st Brigade of the Confederate States Army of Southwestern Virginia) concerning the status of ordnance supplies in the brigade. Bound volume. [114] p. Gift of R. Harris Kesler. 46. Papers, 1863–1865, of William H. Stith concerning his service in Virginia in the United States Army and Confederate States Army Corps of Engineers. 3 items. Purchased through the Margaret C. Schweidler Fund. 47. Autograph album, 1864–1865, kept by Beuhring Hampden Jones (of the 60th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army) while a prisoner of war at Johnson’s Island, Ohio. 76 leaves. Bound volume. Bears autographs of approximately 130 CSA officers, mostly from Virginia, along with lines of verse and other miscellaneous items. Purchased with funds provided by the Taubman Foundation through the courtesy of Nicholas F. Taubman. 48. Letters, 1864 June 14–19, written by William Henry Lewin (while serving in the United States Army of the Potomac) to his wife, Mary (of Fall River, Mass.). Concern, in part, the battle of Petersburg, Va. 2 items. Gift of Margaret Nevers. 49. Commonplace book, 1865, of Albert Gallatin Williams kept as a Confederate States Army prisoner of war at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, and the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C. [140] p. Holograph. Gift of Beverley Patton Browne. 50. Records, 1865–1890, of Jno. C. Mansfield & Co. of Holladay’s Mills, Va., concerning mercantile operations. 328 items. Gift of John S. Goodwin, Jr. 51. Telegram, 1865 July 16, of Augustus T. Dunton (of the United States Army Quartermaster’s Department) to W. H. D. Cochrane concerning the availability of a vessel currently being used to transport troops from City Point [now Hopewell], Va. 1 p. Handwritten. 8 1/4 x 5 14 Virginia Historical Society

1/4 in. Purchased through the Margaret C. Schweidler Fund. 52. Transportation pass, 1866 January 10, issued by the United States Army Quartermaster’s Department authorizing W. L. Kidder to be furnished with rail transportation from Richmond to City Point, Va. 1 p. Printed form with handwritten completions. 10 x 8 in. Purchased through the Margaret C. Schweidler Fund. 53. Letter, 1866 June 30, of Robert E. Lee to Doctor Samuel Merrifield Bemiss. 1 p. Holograph signed. 8 x 5 in. Concerns an invitation forwarded by Bemiss and their friendship. Gift of Samuel M. Bemiss III. 54. Papers, 1867–1977, of the Austin family (of Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Virginia) primarily concerning the activities of William Porter Austin and his son William O. Austin who between them served as commissioner of the 8th Military District of Virginia during Reconstruction, agent of the Internal Revenue Service, and chief deputy of the United States Marshal for the Western District of Virginia. 30 items. Purchased. 55. Papers, 1868–1950, of the Cole family (of Danville and Norfolk, Va.) concerning Elizabeth Lavalette (Dupuy) Cole, Howson White Cole (1830–1910), Howson White Cole (1878–1925), Lavillon Dupuy Cole, Mary Constance (Wiggins) Cole, Emily (Howe) Dupuy, and Mary Purnell Dupuy. 110 items. Gift of Howson W. Cole III. 56. Papers, 1869–1903, of the Call family (of Richmond, Va.) concerning Manfred Call, Norman Call, and Sallie Elizabeth (Watt) Call. 15 items. Gift of Lucy Todd Dabney. 57. Diary, 1874–1898, of Henrietta Cattell Curts Selecman recorded in Occoquan, Va. [38] p. Holograph. 6 x 3 1/2 in. Bound volume. Gift of C. Donald Jess. 58. Papers, 1877–1919, of James P. Still (of Brosville, Pittsylvania County, Va.) including correspondence and accounts. 62 items. Gift of Judith Elsbree Delaney. 59. Certificate of membership, 1886 February 7, issued by the Order of Railway Conductors to Edward Noble Lacy. 1 p. Printed form with handwritten completions. Gift of Catherine Burruss Lacy. 60. Papers, 1886–1997, of the Van Pelt family (of Richmond, Va.) concerning Edith Young (Myers) Cavan Gilman, William Carlyle Gilman, Charles Herman Myers (d. 1912), Charles Herman Myers (1903–1965), Margaret C. (Akers) Myers, Guildford Swain Van Pelt, John Thomas Van Pelt, Judith Lee Van Pelt, and Rose Margaret (Cavan) Van Pelt. 178 items. Gift of Judith Lee Van Pelt. 61. Papers, 1887–1913, of Joel Thomas Tucker (Baptist minister of Richmond, Va.) including correspondence while a student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., with Mattie E. Miller, whom he later married, and letters written to him by his brother Henry J. Tucker (attorney of Fayetteville, W.Va.) concerning the education of nieces and nephews and Henry’s eventual retirement to Richmond. 76 items. Gift of Anne Tucker Moore. 62. Records, 1890–1893, of Gloucester Point Alliance #920, Tidemill, Gloucester County, Va., of the Farmers’ Alliance of Virginia, concerning oystermen. 7 items. Gift of J. Edward Thornton. 63. Scrapbook, c. 1890–1930, compiled by an unidentified individual containing envelopes issued by mercantile firms in Norfolk and Richmond, Va. 48 p. Gift of Marilyn Sue Rainey. 64. Records, 1893–1963, of the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 of United Confederate Veterans, Richmond, Va., compiled largely by the commander, William McKendree Evans, and historian, Daisy Lester Avery. Include correspondence of officers, reunion materials, financial records, meeting minutes, publications, and photographs. c. 365 items. Purchased, in part, through the Douglas Huntly Gordon Fund. 65. Commission, 1896 June 20, issued by the United Confederate Veterans to Norman Vincent Randolph as colonel and assistant adjutant general. 1 p. Printed form with handwritten completions. Gift of Janet Randolph Turpin Ayers. 2001 Annual Report 15

66. Papers, 1897–1945, of the Bridges family including a memoir (typescript copy) of Laura Lucille (Bridges) Graner (of Gloucester County and Norfolk, Va.) and diaries of Charles Scott Bridges (as an executive of Libby, McNeill, & Libby of Chicago, Ill.) in Asia and postwar western Europe. 3 items. Gift of Peter S. Bridges. 67. Papers, c. 1900–1993, of Claud C. Kendall (genealogist of Mannington, W.Va.) chiefly concerning the Kendall and Baker families. c. 6,500 items. Gift of the estate of Claud C. Kendall through Mildred C. Kendall and Dr. Charles Robert Kendall. 68. Records, 1902–1994, of the Highland Springs Women’s Club, Highland Springs, Va., including minute books of meetings, scrapbooks, and membership and business records of the Woman’s Study Club for Right Living, which later became the Highland Springs Women’s Club. Also included are records of the Highland Springs Tennis Club, the Highland Springs Musical and Literary Society, the Highland Springs Junior Women’s Club, and the Red Bird Girl Scout Troop. 245 items. Gift of the Highland Springs Women’s Club through the courtesy of Mrs. Henry Allen. 69. Papers, 1911–1953, of Katherine Terrell Nufer, who attended Miss Turnbull’s School for Girls, Norfolk, Va., from 1949 to 1953. Collection also includes papers of her mother, Margaret Lane Terrell, and her mother’s sister, Mary Lane Hardison, concerning education and family history. 19 items. Gift of Mrs. William L. Nufer through the courtesy of Mrs. Wesley Wright. 70. Papers, 1918–1919, of Doctor Walter Armistead Williams (of Richmond, Va.) concerning service in the United States Army in France and the United States. 53 items. Gift of Mrs. Walter A. Williams, Jr. 71. Papers, 1922–1925, of Henry Harrison Wilson (of Harrisburg, Pa.) including correspondence with his cousin Richard Cunningham Wright (of Richmond, Va.) and materials concerning his career in highway construction. 37 items. Gift of Lily Wilson. 72. Journal, 1923, kept by Idear Steele Taylor concerning a trip by students and teachers of the Tray- Boy School of Dancing, Richmond, Va., to a dance camp at Atlantic City, N.J. [90] p. Holograph. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. 73. Minutes, 1928 January 26, of a meeting of the members of the Country Club of Virginia, Inc., Richmond. 98 leaves. Typescript. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Copy. Concern the construction of a golf course. Gift of Charles Lathrop Reed. 74. Records, 1930–1976, of Congregation Rodof Sholom of Petersburg, Va., including minutes of congregational and board of trustees meetings, correspondence of temple officers, records of Rodof Sholom Auxiliary, and materials concerning dissolution of the congregation and the gift of Temple Rodof Sholom to the City of Petersburg. 209 items. Gift of Louis A. Rosenstock III. 75. Papers, c. 1940–1964, of John Young (of Great Neck, N.Y.) including correspondence, notes, and notebooks concerning his research on the life of Pocahontas. c. 30 items. Gift of Gordon C. Young. 76. Papers, 1941–1991, of David T. Coiner concerning the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the lib- eration of Paris in 1944, and a poem by Elizabeth van Engelshoven. 4 items. Gift of David T. Coiner. 77. Papers, 1942–1945, of William Goode Beville (of Petersburg, Va.) including letters written to family members while serving in the United States Navy in Virginia, Oregon, and aboard the U.S.S. LST 457 in the Pacific during World War II. 35 items. Gift of William Goode Beville. 78. Papers, 1944–1997, of William Maury Hill (of Richmond, Va.) concerning his service as a pilot with the 445th Heavy Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Include diary of bombing missions over Germany, military records, corre- 16 Virginia Historical Society

spondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings. 11 items. Gift of William M. Hill. 79. Papers, 1945–1946, of Lieutenant Commander Byron Henry Palek of the United States Naval Reserve including letters to his parents copied to Thelma Stern, a female draftsman at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va. Concern Palek’s service on a minesweeper and his personal impressions of harbor ports he visited, including Pearl Harbor; Sasabo, Japan; and Shanghai, China. 18 items. Gift of Thelma Bendler Stern Neubauer. 80. Papers, 1946–1953, of Elise Bessie Hofheimer Wright, a student at Miss Turnbull’s School for Girls, Norfolk, Va. Include yearbooks, school papers, examinations, and a diploma. 81 items. Gift of Mrs. Wesley Wright. 81. Papers, 1947–1996, of Hope Christopoulas Mihalap, who was a student at Miss Turnbull’s School for Girls, Norfolk, Va. Include programs of plays performed by students and an article concerning the history of the school. Gift of Hope Christopoulas Mihalap. 82. Papers, 1948, of Virginia Taylor Forster, a student at Miss Turnbull’s School for Girls, Norfolk, Va. Include programs from a play, skits, and examinations. 9 items. Gift of Mrs. H. W. Forster. 83. Records, 1951–1953, of the News Leader Currents Events Class, Richmond, Va., founded by Douglas Southall Freeman, which later became the Forum Club of Richmond. 109 items. Gift of the Forum Club of Richmond, Va. 84. Papers, 1951–1998, of Edward Harden Peebles concerning his study of the integration of the public schools of Prince Edward County, Va. 4 items. Gift of Dr. Edward Harden Peebles. 85. Records, 1954–1967, of the Forum Club of Richmond, Va., an organization furthering public discussion of modern political, social, and cultural issues. 222 items. Gift of the Forum Club of Richmond, Va. 86. Typescript copy, undated, of the closing chapter of The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), signed by the author, William Styron. 9 p. Typescript. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Purchased. 87. Records, 1967–1995, of the Chorus of Alumni and Friends of the University of Richmond. 31 items. Gift of the Chorus of Alumni and Friends of the University of Richmond through the courtesy of Sally T. Warthen. 88. Records, 1968–1969, of the Monique Nursing Training Center of Richmond, Va., including a cur- riculum, advertisement, tax receipts, correspondence, and related materials. 8 items. Gift of Eleanor Forbes Randolph. 89. Records, 1969–1996, of the James River Corporation of Richmond, Va., including annual reports, employee newsletters, scrapbooks, press releases, facilities records, photographs and audio- visual materials, and related items concerning the founding of the company by Brenton S. Halsey and Robert C. Williams, its growth into the largest paper manufacturer in the world, various acquisitions of related companies, and merger with Fort Howard to create Fort James Corporation. c. 9,340 items. Gift of Fort James Corporation, Richmond, Va., through the courtesy of Benton S. Halsey, chairman emeritus of James River Corporation. 90. Papers, 1974, of James Clifton Wheat (of Richmond, Va.) concerning the Thomas Jefferson Public Service Award presented by the Public Relations Society of America, Old Dominion Chapter, Richmond, Va. 52 items. Gift of Wiley H. Wheat. 91. Papers, 1978–1990, compiled by Elizabeth B. Bauder, an executive with Thalhimer Bros. department stores in Richmond, Va. Include newspaper advertisement supplements, catalogs, and direct mail pieces created for Thalhimers, as well as examples of cooperative marketing. 112 items. Gift of Elizabeth B. Bauder. 92. Records, 1988–1998, of the Culinary Historians of Virginia (headquartered at Petersburg), including correspondence of officers, minutes of meetings, newsletters, program information, and membership lists. 292 items. Gift of Nancy Carter Crump. 2001 Annual Report 17

93. Records, 1988–1998, of the Every Monday Club of Richmond, Va., a women’s literary organization. Include minutes of meetings, yearbooks, and miscellany. 17 items. Gift of the Every Monday Club of Richmond, Va.

NEWSPAPERS

1. Daily Whig (Richmond, Va.), 17 October 1865. Gift of Juliet H. Florance. 2. Enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 22 December 1827 (semi-weekly). Gift of Steve Gant. 3. The Log Cabin (Albany and New York, N.Y.), 30 May and 26 September 1840. Gift of William Cole.

MAPS

1. William Mayo. A Map of the Northern Neck in Virginia. . . . [s.l.: s.n., 1745]. 42 x 48 cm. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 2. John Warner. A Survey of the Northern Neck of Virginia. [s.l.: s.n., 1745?]. 30 x 35 cm. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 3. Walter Hoxton. . . . Mapp of the Bay of Chesepeack, with the Rivers Potomack, Potapsco, North East, and part of Chester. [London]: Sold by W. Mount and T. Page, [c. 1750]. Hand colored on four sheets. 93 x 140 cm. (assembled). Bequest of Paul Mellon. 4. Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson. A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia Containing the Whole Province of Maryland. . . . London: Thos. Jefferys, 1755. Second edition, first state without longitude from London; second edition, third state with corrected longitude west from London. 2 items. Bequest of Paul Mellon.

BOOKS

1. Whitaker, Alexander. Good News From Virginia. Sent to the Counsell and Company of Virginia. From Alexander Whitaker, the Minister of Henrico in Virginia. . . . London, 1613. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 2. Waterhouse, Edward. A Declaration of the State of the Colony and Affaires in Virginia. With a Relation of the barbarous Massacre in the Time of Peace and League. . . . And a Treatise annexed, Written by a learned Mathematician Mr. Henry Biggs of the Northwest Passage to the South Sea through the Continent of Virginia. . . . London, 1622. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 3. [Baptist Brethren of Colour]. Fourth Meeting, 1829. Winchester, Va., 1829. Minutes of the Buck Marsh Corresponding Meeting of the Baptist Brethren of Colour. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 4. Woodnoth, Arthur. A Short Collection of the Most Remarkable Passages from the Original to the Dissolution of the Virginia Company. London, 1651. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 5. Makemie, Francis. A Plain and Friendly Persuasive to the Inhabitants of Virginia and Maryland, for Promoting Towns and Cohabitation. By a Well-Wisher to both Governments. London, 1705. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 6. Castell, William. A Petition of W. C. . . . for the Propagating of the Gospel in America and the West Indies. London, 1641. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 7. Jones, David. A Journal of Two visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West Side of the River Ohio in the years 1772 and 1773. Burlington, N.J., 1774. Purchased through the Leo J. Wellhouse Fund. 8. Lee, Charles. A Letter from General Lee to General Burgoyne, Upon His Arrival in Boston; and 18 Virginia Historical Society

Gen. Burgoyne’s Answer: Also General Lee’s Reply. London, 1775. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 9. Crashaw, William. A Sermon Preached in London before the Right Honorable the Lord Lawarre, Lord Governor and Captaine Generall of Virginea. . . . at His Leave of England His Native Countrey, and Departure for Virginea. . . . London, 1610. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 10. A Perfect Description of Virginia. Being, a Full and True Relation of the Present State of the Plantation, Their Health, Peace, and Plenty. . . . London, 1649. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 11. [Jefferys, Thomas]. The Conduct of the French with Regard to Nova Scotia, Virginia and Other Parts of the Continent of North America. London and Dublin, 1754. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 12. Purchas, Samuel. Purchas his pilgrimage. On the relations of the world and religions observed in all ages and places. 2d ed. London, 1614. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 13. Swan, Abraham. The carpenter’s complete instructor, in several hundred designs. London, 1768. Purchased through the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Fund. 14. Labelye, Charles. A description of Westminster bridge. London, 1751. Purchased through the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Fund. 15. Lederer, John. The discoveries of John Lederer, in three several marches from Virginia. London, 1672. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 16. Fenner, Thomas P. Cabin and plantation songs as sung by Hampton students. New York, 1876. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 17. The Lord Baltemore’s case, concerning the province of Maryland, adjoyning to Virginia. London, 1653. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 18. Brinsley, John. A consolation for our grammar schools. London, 1622. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 19. Smith, John. Advertisements for the unexperienced planters, New England, or anywhere. London, 1631. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 20. Smith, John. The generall historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles. 2d and 3d eds. London, 1625 and 1627. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 21. Smith, John. A true relation of such occurrences and accidents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that collony. London, 1608. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 22. Gatford, Lionel. Publick good without private interest. London, 1657. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 23. Gray, Robert. A good speed to Virginia. London, 1609. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 24. James I. An order banishing rogues to the New Found Lands. London, 1604. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 25. Hamor, Ralph. A true discourse of the present state of Virginia. London, 1615. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 26. The case of the separate traders to Africa, with remarks on the African-Company’s memorial. London, 1710. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 27. Hariot, Thomas. A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. Frankfort, 1590. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 28. de Bry, Theodore. [Great and small voyages.] Frankfort, 1590–1634. Twenty-six books bound in ten volumes. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 29. Birch, William. The country seats of the United States of North America. Springland, Pa., 1808. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 30. Brown, J. H. Spectropia, or, surprising spectral illusions. New York, 1864. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 31. National Society, Sons of the American Revolution. National year book. Baltimore and Washington, D.C., 1902–1911. Gift of the Virginia Society, Sons of the Revolution. 32. de Montigny, Dumont. Memoires historiques sur la Louisiane. . . . Paris, 1753. In two volumes. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 2001 Annual Report 19

33. Prentiss, Elizabeth E. Little Susy’s six teachers, by her Aunt Lucy. New York, 1856. Given in memory of Isabel and Henry Taylor. 34. Hale, Edward Everett. Christmas eve and Christmas day: ten Christmas stories. Boston, 1886. Given in memory of Isabel and Henry Taylor. 35. Mercer, Margaret. Popular lectures on ethics, or moral obligation: for the use of schools. Petersburg, Va., 1841. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Royal E. Cabell, Jr. 36. Wheeler, Jacob D. A practical treatise on the law of slavery: being a compilation of all the decisions made on that subject in the several courts of the United States. New York, 1837. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Royal E. Cabell, Jr. 37. Audubon, John James. The viviparous quadrupeds of North America. New York, 1845–1848. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 38. Brannon, Barrington. “Coming home again to the old Virginia shore.” Brooklyn, N.Y., 1907. Sheet music. Gift of Mrs. L. M. Harding. 39. Russell, Lao. Love: A scientific and living philosophy of love and sex. Waynesboro, Va., 1966. Purchased through the Donald Haynes Fund. 40. Land, Negroes, stock, &c for sale. [n.p.] 1827? Broadside signed by W. J. Barksdale, Haw- Branch, Amelia [County] Nov. 6, 1827. Gift of Mrs. Ruth Alexander Phillips. 41. Griswold, Rufus Wilmont. The republican court: or, American society in the days of Washington. New York, 1854. Gift of Alice and Parke Smith. 42. Gurley, Ralph Randolph. Mission to England, in behalf of the American Colonization Society. Washington, 1841. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 43. Hippocrates. Tou megalou Hippocratous panton ton iatron choryphaiou ta heurischomena: Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnivm. . . . Geneva, 1657 and 1662. In two volumes. Gift of Alice and Parke Smith. 44. Godwin, William. St. Leon: a tale of the sixteenth century. Alexandria, Va., 1801. In two volumes. Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 45. A letter addressed to the Right Rev. Father in God, Ricardus, D.D., by divine permission Bishop of the Diocese of Vigriain By Sopater, of Berea, a presbyter of the church. [n.p.] 1819. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 46. Nicholas, John. Mr. Nicholas’ motion, for amending the bill to provide for the execution of the 27th article of the treaty . . . with Great Britain. Philadelphia, 1800. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 47. Pierpont, Francis Harrison. To the people of Virginia. Wheeling, W. Va., 1862. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 48. Holt, Joseph. Letters of Joseph Holt, the Hon. Edward Everett, and Commodore Charles Stewart, on the present crisis. Philadelphia, 1861. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 49. Vinton, Samuel F. Substance of an argument of Samuel F. Vinton, for the defendants, in the case of the Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Peter M. Garner and others, for an alleged abduction of certain slaves. Marietta, Ohio, 1846. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 50. Markham, Gervase. Countrey contentments: or, the husbandmans recreations: contayning the wholesome experiences in which any man ought to recreate himself. London, 1654. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 51. Fournier, Daniel. A treatise of the theory and practice of perspective. . . . London, 1761. Purchased through the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Fund. 52. United States Congress. Joint Committee on the Library: Report of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress. Washington, 1814. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 53. United States President. James Monroe: Message from the President of the United States, trans- mitting treaties concluded with sundry tribes of Indians. Washington, 1810. Purchased 20 Virginia Historical Society

through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 54. Bowen, J. B. The Wheeling directory and advertiser. . . . Wheeling, [Va.], 1839. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 55. Costello, Louisa Stuart. Memoirs of eminent Englishwomen. London, 1844. In four volumes. Gift of Briscoe B. Guy. 56. The Beautiful Tree of Life, Being a Collection of Helpful Hints and Suggestions. . . . Richmond, Va., 1802. Gift of Bruce Halstead. 57. Luther, Martin. Doct. Martin Luther’s Smaller Catechism, Translated from the German. New Market, Va., 1841. Gift of John Foley. 58. Rutherford, Samuel. The Trial and Triumph of Faith. . . . Wheeling, Va., 1840. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 59. Picket, Albert. Picket’s Juvenile Spelling Book. . . . Wheeling, Va., 1825. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 60. Patteson’s Hand Book of Forms. Wytheville, Va., 1869. Gift of W. Hamilton Bryson. 61. Dumont, Henriette. The Language of Flowers. The Floral Offering. . . . Philadelphia, Pa., 1858. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 62. Armroyd, George. A Connected View of the Whole Internal Navigation of the United States. Philadelphia, Pa., 1830. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 63. Cooke, Edward Thomas. A Subaltern’s Furlough: Descriptive of Scenes in the United States. London, 1833. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 64. Stobo, Robert. Memoirs of Major Robert Stobo. London, 1800. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 65. Robertson, William. The History of Scotland During the Reign of Queen Mary. . . . London, 1794. Gift of Briscoe B. Guy. 66. Wirt, William. The Letters of the British Spy. New York, 1855. Gift of Briscoe B. Guy. 67. Stevenson, R. Randolph. The Southern Side; or, Andersonville Prison. Baltimore, Md., 1876. Gift of Briscoe B. Guy. 68. Rules for the House of Representatives of the Confederate States. Richmond, Va., 1862. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 69. Auction and Commission House, Odd-Fellows hall, corner Mayo & Franklin Streets. We have this day formed a co-partnership under the style and firm of Davis, Deupree & Co. for the purpose of selling negroes, at private and public sale, on commission. . . . Richmond, Va., c. 1860. Broadside. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 70. Captain Cook’s three voyages to the Pacific Ocean. Boston, 1797. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr. 71. Burnet, Thomas. A second tale of a tub: or, the history of Robert Powel the puppet-show-man. London, 1715. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr. 72. Upshur, Abel Parker. A. P. Upshur, of Richmond, to the citizens of Philadelphia, relative to John Hendree, and his late pamphlet, Richmond, Jun, 1822. Richmond, Va., 1822. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 73. Knapp, Samuel. Memoirs of General Lafayette: With an account of his visit to America, and of his reception by the people of the United States; from his arrival, August 15th, to the cele- bration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824. Boston, 1824. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 74. Bickersteth, Edward. A treatise on prayer: designed to assist the devout. . . . Richmond, Va., 1828. Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer. 75. “Favorite songs as sung by Hoy Hall and his Blue Ridge Entertainers.” Roanoke, Va., n.d. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole. 76. Gordon, Shao. “United States Spacemen.” Norfolk, Va., 1970. Sheet music. Gift of William 2001 Annual Report 21

Cole. 77. Barbette, Paul: Thesaurus Chirurgiae: The chirurgical & anatomical works of Paul Barbette. London, 1672. Purchased through the Joseph Miller Book Fund. 78. Virginia Department of Military Affairs. Report of the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Virginia. . . . Richmond, Va., various issues, 1931–1968. Gift of the Virginia National Guard. 79. Eggleston, Edward. The first book in American history. New York, 1889. Gift of Kathleen Marks. 80. Hampton Institute. A meeting in behalf of Negro and Indian education. Hampton, Va., 1878. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 81. Purchas, Samuel. A theater of political flying-insects: wherein especially the nature, the worth, the wonder, and the manner of right-ordering of the bee, is discovered and described. London, 1657. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 82. Gravesande, Willem Jacob. Mathematical elements of natural philosophy. London, 1726. In two volumes. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 83. Hinton, John Howard. The history and topography of the United States of America. Boston, 1834. In two volumes. Includes numerous descriptions and plates of Virginia scenes. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 84. Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt. Autobiography of an actress: or, eight years on the stage. Boston, 1854. Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer. 85. Register of the commissioned and warrant officers of the navy of the United States. Washington, 1855. Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer. 86. Dawson, Pierce. The artillerist; comprising the drill without arms. . . . Hartford, Conn., 1821. Gift of Nancy Read Schaefer. 87. Headly, J. T. The great rebellion; a history of the Civil War in the United States. Hartford, Conn., 1865–1866. In two volumes. Gift of Robert L. Dolbeare. 88. Campbell, Virginia Eppes Dance. Gems from a mother’s scrapbook. Richmond, Va., 1912. Gift of Kathleen Hill Marks. 89. Davis, Joseph Lee. The life story of a country lad. Richmond, Va., 1952. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund.

MUSEUM

1. Portrait miniature of Benjamin Ward (1778–1840); twenty-five daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of the Ward and related families, all but three identified, 1850–1860, all cased; four tintypes and eighty-nine paper photographs of the Ward and related families, mostly identified, 1860–1950. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 2. General Washington and The Lull in the Battle of Monmouth, oil on canvas, signed and dated “Julian Scott 1874–5.” Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 3. Autumn on Mossy River, Va., oil on canvas, signed “Bertha von Hillerin,” c. 1888. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 4. View of a Town [perhaps Lynchburg], oil on canvas, attributed to Edward Beyer (1820–1865), c. 1855. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 5. Stoneware churn with stencil decoration, marked “E. H. Miller & Co./ Danville, Va.” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 6. Wooden box, c. 1852, stencil decorated with words in a circle reading “Buckner and Jones/Lynchburg, VA.,” within which is an eagle holding a ribbon reading “Highest Price Ever Paid for Tobacco, $150 25/100, Extra Pound Lump.” Purchased through the Paul 22 Virginia Historical Society

Mellon Fund. 7. VMI cadet sword, 1850s, of Scott Ship (1839–1917), who later was commandant of cadets at the battle at New Market, 1864. Blade engraved “V.M.I.” Purchased with funds provided anonymously. 8. Eighteenth-century bookplate of House of Burgesses member Colonel Richard Corbin of Middlesex County and Laneville, King and Queen County, Va., with his coat-of-arms and reading “Richard Corbin/Laneville, VIRGINIA.” Purchased with funds provided anonymously. 9. Molded and painted plaster portrait bust of John Paul Jones, after Jean Antoine Houdon, interior with silver plaque reading “P. P. CAPRONI & BROS./Boston,” early twentieth century. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 10. Pair of coin silver sugar tongs by Charles G. Stewart, Charles Town, Va. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr. Fund. 11. Travel poster issued by Chesapeake & Ohio Railway showing the Carillon in Richmond, Va., c. 1950. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 12. Program for 28 March 1962 mass meeting of the Virginia State unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at First Baptist Church, Petersburg, Va., signed twice by Martin Luther King, Jr., and also by Ralph Abernathy, Curtis Harris, Dorothy Cotton, and St. Clair Drake. These signers were arrested immediately following the meeting. Also includes a lith- ographed portrait of James Farmer, signed by him; poster “Freedom and Responsibility: Negro History and a New Birth of Freedom,” 1962; and sign “We Serve Colored—Carry Out Only,” 1931. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 13. Camp Meeting, watercolor by J. Gari Melchers of Falmouth, Va., early twentieth century. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 14. English lady’s side saddle used by Elizabeth Sauer (1874–1935) of Richmond, Va. Gift of Barbara Boyd Sauer. 15. Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians, etching and aquatint by William Charles, Philadelphia, c. 1817 [War of 1812 caricature]. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 16. Salt-glazed stoneware storage jar with cobalt decoration, by Randolph Pottery at Norwich Mills, Henrico County, Va., c. 1815, inscribed “Margaret Cox” and “Quinces.” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 17. Coin silver ladle marked “Charles Lumsden,” Petersburg, Va., 1830s; coin silver pair of tongs marked “W. A. Williams,” Alexandria, active 1809–1835. Purchased. 18. “Junior Partner” filtered cigarettes in original pack manufactured by the Fairy Queen Cigarette Company of Lynchburg, Va., in business 1883–1887. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 19. Coin silver ladle marked “Johnson & Reat,” Richmond, Va., 1805–1815. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 20. Set of six coin silver spoons marked “HW” made by Henry White of Fredericksburg, Va., active 1790–1827. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 21. Cast iron lead ingot mold from Jackson’s shot tower, Wythe County, Va., c. 1850. Purchased. 22. Collection of War of 1812 U.S. military artifacts from site of Fort Norfolk. Purchased. 23. Digital photographic prints by Dementi Studio, Richmond, Va.: John Powell, Richard Schenkman, Mark Russell Smith, The Carter Sisters, Sunshine Sue, Ellen Glasgow, Douglas Southall Freeman, Rev. Theodore Adams, Ira Beatty, Undine Moore, Lt. Ernest Dervishian, Justice Lewis Powell, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, and “The Fiddlers.” 24. Three Trains Passing at Triple Junction, Virginia. Gift of Dementi Studio. 25. Chest of drawers attributed to Jacob Fry shop, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., c. 1800. 2001 Annual Report 23

Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 26. Above Charlottesville, oil on canvas, signed “Eliot Clark,” 1930s. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 27. Entrance to Rokeby, Upperville, Virginia, Home of Paul Mellon, pastel by Newton T. Mayo, 1997. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 28. Medal, reading on obverse “ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, ROANOKE, VA.” around a front view of the church; reverse reads “FIRST MASS/IN/ROANOKE VIRGINIA” above a railway car, and beneath it “NOVEMBER 19./1882.” Purchased. 29. Original large photograph of Robert E. Lee, full seated figure, by Alexander Gardner, 1866, possibly one of 100 sent by Gardner to Lee for distribution to friends and admirers. Gift of B. Randolph Whittle Family. 30. Three original, signed editorial cartoons by Fred O. Seibel: “The Annual Line-up” concerning taxation, inscribed to Dr. B. R. Wellford; “From This Day Forward, For Better, For Worse,” concerning aid to Greece and Turkey after World War II, inscribed to Virginia Wellford; and “Perpetual Motion,” concerning inflation, inscribed to Dr. B. R. Wellford. Gift of Virginia Wellford Jones. 31. Six photographs of Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Virginia P355-Co. 376, Waverly, Va. Gift of Mrs. Sidney G. Judkins. 32. Wooden washing machine stenciled “WHIRL”; and two patchwork quilts made by Lucinda Carter Mills (1879–1938) of Patrick County, Va., c. 1930. Gift of Lawrence W. DeHart. 33. Wood and iron corn sheller with original paint, stenciled “Starke’s Dixie Plow Works, Richmond, Va.” and “The Favorite Corn Sheller,” 1890–1910. Purchased. 34. Panoramic photograph of attendees at members of R. E. Lee Ku Klux Klan convention in Roanoke, Va., 30–31 May 1931, showing delegations from across the commonwealth. Purchased. 35. Oil portraits of Charles Hutzler (b. 1849), president of Central National Bank of Richmond, Va., by an unknown artist; and oil portrait of William H. Schwarzchild, Sr., president and chairman of the board of Central National Bank of Richmond, Va., by an unknown artist. Gift of Wachovia Bank. 36. Three watercolors by Augustus Köllner, c. 1845: Above Harpers Ferry, Virginia: Potomac River; Above Harpers Ferry, Virginia: Shenandoah River; and Opposite Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 37. Marriage [of Nellie Custis] at Mount Vernon, by Percy Moran, 1912. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 38. Four posters advertising professional wrestling matches in Virginia, c. 1950s. Purchased. 39. Seven glass bottles from Virginia businesses: Saal Distributing Co., Petersburg, Va.; Harman Bros./Whiskey Merchants/Staunton, Va.; Harman Bros./Whiskey Merchants/Staunton, Va.; Farmville Dispensary/Farmville, Va.; Wakefield Rye/The Culpeper Liquor Co./Culpeper, Va.; L. Lazarus/The Leading Liquor Dealer/Lynchburg, Va.; and Picketts H20/Farmville, Va. Purchased. 40. Pair of side chairs, late eighteenth century, possibly made in Richmond, Va., signed “AH Seaton.” Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 41. Oil painting, “P.[O.]W. CAMP WHITE HALL, VA.,” signed “Secker,” probably a German prisoner at the Albemarle County, Va., camp, c. 1944. Purchased. 42. Collection of black-and-white photographs, all but one of Rockbridge County, Va., by William D. Hoyt: Winter at the Beatty Mill, Whistle Creek, 1933 (signed); Horse Trading, Randolph Street [Lexington, Va.], 1925; The Ruins of Liberty Hall Academy (signed and dated 1924); Court Day [Lexington, Va.] (1925); A Farm in the Hills (1940); Old Vacation Cottages at 24 Virginia Historical Society

Wilson Springs (1940); Smaller log house on a hillside and among trees, 1936; Mrs. Armentrout feeding chickens in her back yard, with a good log cabin behind, 1932; The Jefferson Cottage on the grounds of the hotel at Natural Bridge, 1926; A Picturesque log cabin on the southern edge of Route 11 at East Lexington . . . 1937; West side of Main Street, 1925; An interesting group of farm buildings on the old road from Lexington to Buena Vista, 1932; and Farm scene with a mixture of buildings, including a barn larger than usual, 1937 [Madison County, Va.]. Purchased. 43. Sixteenth-plate commemorative tintype photograph, in copper frame, of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, first Union officer killed in the Civil War, at the Marshall House, Alexandria, Va., 23 May 1861. Purchased. 44. Pair of oil on canvas portraits of Philip Edward Tabb (1786–1851) and Emeline Allmand Tabb (1805–1838), by William James Hubard, before 1838. Gift of Robert C. Brockway. 45. Early twentieth-century glass lantern slides: boxed sets of 6, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, and glass lantern slides of Virginia churches; about 250 miscellaneous glass lantern slides of Virginia places. Transferred from the George Carrington Massey Papers. 46. Francis McFarland/Pastor of Bethel Church Lexington Presbytery, Virginia, print published by Joseph M. Wilson, Philadelphia, 1856. Purchased. 47. Small tin “tip” tray with circular color central image of “Arlington [House]” and “Virginia Rye Whiskey,” surrounded by words “J. & E. Mahoney Portsmouth–Alexandria–Norfolk.” Purchased. 48. Reynolds Metals collection: Aluminum Smelting, oil on canvas painting, by Wemyss; two works entitled Aluminum Smelting, oil on canvas, both by Robert Riggs; gold ingot mounted on a black pyramidal stand; View of Richmond, print drawn by John William Hill, 1840, and engraved by Fanny Palmer; “7 Per Cent Cotton Loan,” framed document; graphic panel showing Reynolds wrap boxes being stamped out; large wall graphic showing unveiling of Reynolds wrap at Miller & Rhoads Department Store, Richmond, Va., 1947; aluminum shovel used at groundbreaking for Reynolds Executive Office Building; aluminum plaque of Reynolds Metals logo; St. George and the Dragon, oil painting by P. Coccia; suite of “Italic” aluminum office furniture by General Fireproofing, 1958, consisting of a desk, desk chair, love seat, two side tables, marble-top commode chest, waste can, two planters of different sizes, calendar holder, in and out boxes, desk pad, note holder, ash tray with corporate logo, two wooden armchairs, and two cardboard stand-up advertisements. Gift of Reynolds Metals Corporation. 49. A large bronze posnet signed “N. TAYLOR RICHMOND,” early nineteenth century. Purchased. 50. Poplar desk, c. 1861, carved at top with eagle and talons and drapery with ten stars, the drop-leaf front carved with the Virginia state seal and motto, “SIC SEMPER TYRANNUS Va.” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 51. Copperplate engraving in full color, Le Port De Fredericsbourg Dans L’Amerique Gravee D’Apres Le Tableau de Vernet, an imaginary view by Claude Vernet (1714–1789) to meet French demand during the American Revolution. Purchased through the Frank G. Byram Fund. 52. Tall case clock, mahogany and mahogany veneers, signed “Williams & Victor, Lynchburg” on dial and by apprentices on interior parts, dated 23 May 1816. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 53. Washington at West Point, watercolor by Augustus Köllner, c. 1850. Purchased with funds provided by Lora M. Robins. 54. Oil on canvas portrait of Paul Mellon signed by Bernard Hailstone and dated 1970. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 2001 Annual Report 25

55. Collection of photographs taken by Marshall Garber: about 800 prints as well as color and black- and-white negatives, slides, and film, mostly documenting overseas trips by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 1950–1970, especially to Europe in 1958, also Queen Elizabeth II at Williamsburg in 1957, and views of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Gift of Francine Cleary. 56. Composite portrait of the Virginia General Assembly, March–April 1852, consisting of 204 individual daguerreotypes (each identified in ink on reverse and on typed slips on obverse) by William Pratt of Richmond, Va., in a single gilt mat, framed. Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor and by Hunter B. Andrews, Elmo G. Cross, John J. Davies, Clive L. DuVal, Elmon T. Gray, Edward M. Holland, W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr., Anne J. G. Rhodes, Elliot S. Schewel, and other sources. 57. Virginia Reserve Militia guidon, Co. 133, Fluvanna County, c. 1942; Virginia Reserve militia sleeve patch, Co. 7 (Arlington), 1943–1946; two Virginia State Guard sleeve patches, 1944–1946; Virginia Reserve Militia sterling silver button bearing Virginia seal and inscribed “Minute Men,” designed by Dieges and Clust, jewelers, New York. Gift of the Office of the Adjutant General, Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Va. 58. Shenandoah Valley redware flowerpot impressed “BAECHER/WINCHESTER, VA.” on the underside, c. 1880–1889. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 59. Shenandoah Valley redware canning jar impressed “Carver & Wightman/Edinburg.” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 60. Flag of the Richmond Red Cross Motor Corps, World War II. Gift of Mrs. Edward H. Gunst. 61. Cardboard sign reading “Ku Klux Klan/Will Hold Open Air Ceremony on the/Methodist Church Lawn, Aug. 13, 1926/Craddock, Virginia. . . .” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 62. “State of Virginia/Republican Whig Ticket/2nd November, 1852/For President/Winfield Scott. . . .” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 63. Cloisonné inlaid brass tray with seal of Virginia. Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 64. Collection of artworks by Pierre Daura (1896–1976): Street and Steeple [Lynchburg, Va.], char- coal, 1945–1959; Farmer & Son, watercolor, 1955–70; Chickens & Jump Mountain [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], pencil, 1939–1945; Cattle [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], pencil, 1939–1945; Shed & Hogback Mountain [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], tempera, 1941; Mohler Barn & Cattle [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor and ink, 1939–1945; Mabry Mill, watercolor, 1955–1970; Autumn Tree [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor, 1955–1970; Daura Garden [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor, 1955–1970; Red Barns & Jump Mountain [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor, 1945–1955; Corn Shocks & White Barn [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor, c. 1955; Woodland [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor, 1945–1955; Mohler Barn [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor, 1955–1970; Chicken Coop [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], watercolor, 1955–1970; Barn & Cattle [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], tempera, c. 1940; Cattle [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], oil, c. 1935; Corn Shocks & Jump Mountain [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], oil, c. 1935; Red Roof, Blue Mountains [Rockbridge Baths, Va.], oil, c. 1935; Milk Bottles & Glass, oil, c. 1935; Blue Black Face, oil, 1939–1955; Deep South Souvenir, oil, 1939–1965; Rockbridge Mountaineers, oil, c. 1939; Daura VI, oil, c. 1967; Daura in Beige Shirt, oil, 1950–1953; Janitor & Red Broom, oil, c. 1951; Martha in a Plaid Dress, oil, c. 1935; Shack & Jump Mountain [Rockbridge Baths], oil, 1939–1950. Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. 65. Coin silver child’s cup marked “C. F. Greenwood & Bro.,” Norfolk, Va., inscribed “Charlie T. Milligan Born Dec 25th 1866 Norfolk, Va.” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 66. Beer stein or mug, ceramic, c. 1880s, reads “Robert Portner Brewing Co./Tivoli/Alexandria, VA. U. S. A.” Purchased through the Paul Mellon Fund. 26 Virginia Historical Society

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT SECRETARY Gerald L. Baliles Robert F. Strohm

VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER Hugh R. Stallard Richard S. V. Heiman (succeeded Joseph Hayes Keenan) REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS Alan M. Voorhees Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Richmond REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE PIEDMONT Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Anne R. Worrell Mary Tyler McClenahan, Richmond Saul Viener, Richmond DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Charles F. Bryan, Jr.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

John B. Adams, Jr., Richmond Martin Kirwan King, Warsaw H. Furlong Baldwin, Baltimore, Md. Mark J. Kington, Alexandria C. Phillip Barger, Waynesboro Eddie N. Moore, Jr., Ettrick J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., Richmond Shirley C. Olsson, West Point J. Stewart Bryan III Richmond Grady W. Powell, Petersburg Robert L. Burrus, Jr., Richmond E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., Richmond Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., Richmond Elliot S. Schewel, Lynchburg Clifford A. Cutchins III, Virginia Beach Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Richmond W. Heywood Fralin, Roanoke Nancy St. Clair Talley, Millwood Robert M. Freeman, Richmond Nicholas F. Taubman, Roanoke Susan S. Goode, Norfolk L. Dudley Walker, Martinsville Mary Buford Hitz, Alexandria Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond Cecelia S. Howell, Falmouth

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL

Samuel D. Barham III, Richmond Benjamin J. Lambert III, Richmond FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond Janet Patton Lewis, Richmond Kathleen G. Bowman, Lynchburg John L. McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot Austin Brockenbrough, III, Manakin-Sabot W. P. (Bill) Miles, Charlottesville M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke Roger Mudd, McLean John M. Camp, Franklin Helen Turner Murphy, Montross B. Noland Carter II, Richmond Dorothy Parrish, Richmond Betty Christian, Richmond Charlotte Scott, Charlottesville William D. Eppes, Peterborough, N.H. William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond Bruce B. Gray, Waverly Thomas R. Towers, Richmond Earl Hamner, Studio City, Calif. Saul Viener, Richmond Vernard W. Henley, Richmond Hays T. Watkins, Richmond Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria Wiley Wheat, Caret Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr., New York, N.Y. 2001 Annual Report 27

ADMINISTRATION

DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Charles F. Bryan, Jr.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND PAUL MELLON CURATOR OF RARE BOOKS Robert F. Strohm

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR MUSEUMS James C. Kelly

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP AND VIRGINIUS DABNEY EDITOR OF THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Nelson D. Lankford

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR EDUCATION William B. Obrochta

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR LIBRARY SERVICES Frances S. Pollard

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Pamela R. Seay

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR MANUSCRIPTS AND ARCHIVES AND SALLIE AND WILLIAM B. THALHIMER III SENIOR ARCHIVIST E. Lee Shepard

DIRECTOR EMERITUS John Melville Jennings 28 Virginia Historical Society

PRESIDENTS OF THE VHS

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

DIRECTORS OF THE VHS

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

VOLUNTEERS OF THE VHS

Betty Andrews Lois Buchanan Jeanne Marie Andrews Margot Burgwy Gerry Baldwin Thomas C. Campbell Mary Ellen Bearse Richard H. Catlett, Jr. Sara Bearss Patricia Chen Frank Bedell Jerome Taylor Cherry James P. Berwick Ethel R. Chrisman Martha W. Black Louise Chrisman Pam Bowen Kathy Clarke Gretchen Bradley Phyllis H. Cline Barbara Brancoli Roberta Cline Sally J. Bridenstine Florence Cole Joanne Brooks James E. Corbett Mary Lou Brown Mary Jane Cox Mildred Bruce J. Robert Cross Carey Brush James E. Curtis Tinker Brush Matthew L. Cushman Cammy Bryan Libby Danforth 2001 Annual Report 29

VOLUNTEERS OF THE VHS (CONTINUED)

Rodney S. Darling Willie Mills Louis F. DeMarco Kathryn I. Moore Betty Ann Dillon Martha Morrill Jean M. Eggleston Shirley Morris Giles C. Engledove, Jr. Mirriam Oman Judy Enroughty C. Peter Parrish Cynthia Erdahl Norma Pennington Nikki Fairman David Porter Sara Flinn Leonard N. Rea Nancy Foley Jane C. Reid Phillip Forkner Margaret H. Reynolds Jacqueline Francis Doris J. Rhodes Claudie Gerwin Kim Richardson Willie Gillenwater Patricia L. Rose Ann F. Gladstone Millicent K. Ruddy Carol B. Godsey Winnie Rymer James Goetzinger Arleen Sanderson Joyce Goetzinger Herbert C. Scates John Goode Raymond L. Schreiner William Hamilton Chris Scruggs Audrey Harris Susan Shackelford Richard N. Harris Jacquelyn M. Shopland Sarah J. Holzgrefe Beatrice Spacone Thomas Howard Ernest Spacone Julie T. Hyman Bryce A. Stanley Lynne Jeffries John F. Stanton Sara Lupton Jennings Jay L. Taylor Virginia Wellford Jones Arnita Thompson Malikah A. Karim Donald Tobias Louise Karry Doris Tobias Ardie Kelly Marilyn Trownsell Karen Kincaid Phebe Van Valen Emily Damerel King Luke A. Vavra Nancy M. Knight Frederick C. Vogt Yoonjo Lee E. Parke West Betty Lewis-Smith Cynthia Womack David Litchfield Phyllis B. Yarbrough Jean T. Martin Charlotte Yates Roy M. Martin William R. Yates Ethel Metzger John Wesley Young 30 Virginia Historical Society

EXHIBIT SCHEDULE

LONG-TERM EXHIBITS

The Story of Virginia, an American Experience The War Horse (outdoor sculpture) Four Seasons of the Confederacy: Murals by Charles Hoffbauer Making the Confederate Murals: Studies by Charles Hoffbauer Arming the Confederacy Virginians on TIME

TEMPORARY EXHIBITS

A Studio Portrait: The Photography of the Dementi Family Charting the Future: Famous Explorers and Expeditions from Virginia Lost Virginia: Vanished Architecture of the Old Dominion Cussing Cousins: John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Reading the Word: The Church and African American Education Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of Americana Alexandria, 1749–1999 Child Labor in Virginia: Photographs by Lewis Hine The Banjo in Virginia George Washington: The Colonial Revival Image Virginia Treasures of the National Portrait Gallery

EXHIBITIONS AT VIRGINIA HOUSE

Hollywood Cemetery, 1849–1999 Campaigning for President: The Allen Frey Collection Wish You Were Here: Virginia Postcards, 1900–1925

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

Our Times: A Virginia Century The Virginia Landscape Virginia’s Past Today: Photographs by Chiles Larson Eye of the Storm: Civil War Drawings by Robert Knox Sneden 2001 Annual Report 31

LECTURES

ALEXANDER WILBOURNE WEDDELL LECTURE 29 March, Alan Crawford “Growing Up in Jefferson’s Shadow: The Unwise Passions of the Founders’ Children”

J. HARVIE WILKINSON, JR., LECTURE 11 October, David Gergen “Eyewitness to Power”

STUART G. CHRISTIAN, JR., LECTURE 14 November, Bonnie Angelo “To Win the Presidency, First Choose the Right Mother”

BANNER LECTURE SERIES

11 January, Keith D. Dixon “Some Kindred Spirit: Douglas Southall Freeman Interprets World War II”

25 January, Wayne Dementi, Elisabeth Dementi, and Corrine Hudgins “The Photography of Dementi Studio”

8 February, Lauranett L. Lee “Another Voice from the South: Recovering the Power of our History”

15 March, Larry I. Bland “Managing for Victory: George C. Marshall and the Administration of the Allied Military in World War II”

3 May, Calder Loth, William M. S. Rasmussen, and Bryan C. Green “Lost Virginia: The Vanished Architectural Landscape”

24 May, Robert Winthrop “Learning from Monument Avenue”

14 June, Fred Anderson “A Rusty Piece of Iron: The Virginia Baptist Contribution to the Struggle for Religious Liberty”

28 June, Hunter H. McGuire, Jr. “Hollywood Cemetery”

13 September, Robert Holsworth “Gubernatorial Elections in Virginia: Trends, Issues, and Forecasts”

4 October, Melvin I. Urofsky “Saving Mr. Jefferson’s House: The Levy Family and Monticello” 32 Virginia Historical Society

18 October, Billy Kennedy “The Scots-Irish in America”

GALLERY TALKS AND WALKS

24 January, Frances S. Pollard “Charting the Future”

14 February, James C. Kelly “Cussing Cousins: John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson”

7 March, Lauranett L. Lee

“Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia” 28 March, Wayne Dementi “A Studio Portrait: The Photography of the Dementi Family”

10 April, Bryan C. Green “Virginia’s Lost Architecture”

23 May, James C. Kelly “Becoming Equal: The Story of Virginia”

20 June, Lauranett L. Lee “Reading the Word: The Church and African American Education”

11 July, James C. Kelly “Religion and the Founding of the American Republic”

25 July, The Rev. Grady W. Powell “Reading the Word: The Church and African American Education”

5 September, Patrick H. Butler “Alexandria, 1749–1999”

26 September, Robert F. Strohm “The Founding of Virginia: Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library”

3 October, William B. Obrochta “Elementary Highlights from The Story of Virginia”

17 October, Bryan C. Green “Child Labor in Virginia: Photographs by Lewis Hine”

7 November, J. Roderick Moore “The Banjo in Virginia” 2001 Annual Report 33

28 November, Frances S. Pollard “Virginians at Work and Play: Treasures from the Paul Mellon Library”

12 December, E. Lee Shepard “Manuscript Treasures from the Paul Mellon Library”

AWARDS

BRENTON S. HALSEY TEACHING AWARD (Honoring excellence in teaching in 2001) Bobbie Johnson, Park View High School, Sterling

BOBBY CHANDLER STUDENT AWARD (Honoring an outstanding high school history student in 2001) Jennifer Sottosanti, Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville

WILLIAM M. E. RACHAL AWARD (Best overall article in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography) Jean B. Lee “Historical Memory, Sectional Strife, and the American Mecca: Mount Vernon, 1783–1853” Vol. 109, No. 3 (2001)

C. COLEMAN MCGEHEE AWARD (Best article by a graduate student in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography) Charles F. Irons “The Spiritual Fruits of Revolution: Disestablishment and the Rise of the Virginia Baptists” Vol. 109, No. 2 (2001)

RICHARD SLATTEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY Richard B. McCaslin Lee in the Shadow of Washington Louisiana State University Press, 2001

DIRECTOR’S AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE Tracy L. Bryan, Site Manager, Virginia House Thomas P. Illmensee, Web Production Manager

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD (In recognition of outstanding service in 2001) Mildred Bruce, VHS education department 34 Virginia Historical Society

FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Gretchen Adams, University of New Hampshire, for researching the changing meaning of the Salem witchcraft trials in American history.

Dara Baker, Harvard University, for researching how the developing ideas about citizenship during the antebellum period converged with the emerging two-party political system.

Susan Barber, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, for researching the history of prostitution in Richmond, Virginia (1830–1880) and rape and sexual assault during the Civil War.

Patricia Brady, of New Orleans, Louisiana, for researching a biography of Martha Washington.

Edwin Combs, University of Alabama, for researching the nineteenth-century southern economy and the American Civil War.

Lynda Crist, Papers of Jefferson Davis, for researching Volume 11 of the Papers of Jefferson Davis, which covers the last nine months of the Civil War.

Brian Daugherity, College of William and Mary, for researching the role of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the struggle over school desegregation in Virginia in the 1950s and 1960s.

Rand Dotson, Louisiana State University, for researching the history of Roanoke, Virginia, from 1880 to 1930.

K. R. Constantine Gutzman, John Jay College, CUNY, for researching Jeffersonian Republican hege- mony in Virginia after 1800 and the contemporary Virginia opinion of John Marshall’s tenure as chief justice of the United States.

Daniel Kilbride, John Carroll University, for researching Americans visiting Europe from 1790 to 1870.

Annette Laing, Georgia Southern University, for researching transatlantic personal relationships and identity in the age of the American Revolution.

Diana Laulainen-Schein, University of Minnesota, for researching witchcraft in early modern England and the colonial Chesapeake.

Deborah Lee, George Mason University, for researching Ann Randolph Meade Page and the role of women in the antislavery movement in the Upper South.

Randy Lichtenberger, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, for researching early nineteenth-century Virginia diaries.

Hilary Moss, Brandeis University, for researching African American education in the North and Upper South prior to the Civil War. 2001 Annual Report 35

Karen O’Brien, Northwestern University, for researching religion, obligation, and identity in the American Revolution.

Victoria Ott, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for researching young elite women in the Civil War and Reconstruction South, 1861–1877.

Jason Phillips, Rice University, for researching how southerners handled defeat following the Civil War.

James Rice, Plattsburgh State University of New York, for researching Indians, colonists, and envi- ronments in the Potomac Basin, 700–1850.

Honor Sachs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for researching gender and politics in the eighteenth- century Kentucky backcountry.

Nancy Schurr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for researching Confederate hospitals during the Civil War.

Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University, for researching the foreign policy of the Lyndon Johnson Administration toward Europe.

Aaron Sheehan-Dean, University of Virginia, for researching Virginia soldiers before and during the Civil War.

Werner Steger, Dutchess Community College, SUNY, for researching the formation of political and social identity among artisans and immigrants in Richmond, Virginia, 1847-1865.

Joanne Thomas, Western Michigan University, for researching Civil War music.

Moshe Usadi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for researching William H. Holcombe.

LeeAnn Whites, University of Missouri-Columbia, for researching the Minor family.

Susan Williams, of Oakland, California, for researching the Civil War photography of Andrew J. Russell. 36 Virginia Historical Society

STATEMENT OF OPERATING ACTIVITY YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2001

Revenue, gains and other support: Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Membership dues ...... 238,020 238,020 Annual giving...... 960,300 960,300 Investment return ...... (734,620) 40,778 (693,842) Contributions and bequests ...... 298,800 2,917,978 6,220,547 9,437,325 Grants ...... 295,012 386,453 681,465 Publications and merchandise sales ...... 384,812 384,812 Lease income ...... 258,000 258,000 Fees and admissions ...... 176,876 8,069 184,945 Other ...... 19,327 30,100 49,427 Net assets released from restrictions ...... 1,737,710 (1,737,710) ______Total revenue, gains, and other support ...... 3,634,237 1,645,668 6,220,547 11,500,452

Expenses: Program services: Library ...... 2,001,502 2,001,502 Publications/Education ...... 1,263,674 1,263,674 Museum ...... 2,306,655 2,306,655

Supporting services: General administration ...... 1,110,381 1,110,381 Development/ public relations ...... 983,476 983,476 ______

Total expenses ...... 7,665,688 7,665,688

Change in net assets ...... (4,031,451) 1,645,668 6,220,547 3,834,764

Net assets at beginning of year ...... 34,773,690 4,803,694 22,025,125 61,602,509

Net assets at end of year ...... 30,742,239 6,449,362 28,245,672 65,437,273

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.