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S O C I E ANNUAL REPORT T Y FOR 2009 SELECTED ACCESSIONS

Manuscripts

1. Ledger, 1791–93, kept by Dr. John Thompson (of Seven Oaks, Amherst County) concerning the operation of a still. 95 l.: handwritten; 12 1/2 x 8 in. Bound volume. Includes records of purchases of wheat, rye, and corn and of the sale of whiskey, brandy, and other spirits. Also, includes lists of customers. Gift of Mrs. Warren W. Watts. 2. Records, 1793–1941, concerning ownership of Cedar Park Farm, Middlesex County, by members of the Healy and Muse families. 8 items. Gift of the estate of Betty Sams Christian. 3. Papers, 1798–1881, of the Wyllie family (of Danville and Lynchburg) including correspondence, financial materials, and related items concerning Capt. John Noble, merchant and real estate investor, real estate developer Allen Love Wyllie, and tobacco manufacturer John Noble Wyllie. 117 items. Gift of Kate Wyllie James LePine. 4. Papers, 1800–1953, collected by Thornton Tayloe Perry (of Charles Town, W.Va.) primarily concerning the history of Jefferson County (now W. Va.), the life and career of lawyer and statesman Charles James Faulkner (of Martinsburg, Va. [now W. Va.]), and the history of other areas of , , and nearby states. 39 items. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund. 5. Papers, 1810–2004, of the Taliaferro family (of Gloucester County) including correspondence of the related Catlett, Lee, Montague, and Seddon families; Civil War letters of Taliaferro family members who served as officers in the Confederate Army; correspondence of artist Harriotte Lee (Taliaferro) Montague while she was studying in Germany and ; and correspondence of her son, historian Ludwell Lee Montague. 1,018 folders. Gift of Ann Jeffrey Montague Ours and Letitia Nelson Montague Grant. 6. Papers, 1824–2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson ([1893–1970] investment banker of Richmond) including person- al and professional records primarily concerning his service with the U.S. Army Air Service in World War I and the Air Service Reserves, chief of the U.S. Lend-Lease Mission to Australia, 1943–44, American minister at the U.S. Embassy at Chungking (Chongqing), China, 1945–46, and Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1953–59. Also, include travel diaries, correspondence, and scrapbooks of his wife, Mary Dade (Taylor) Robertson, and papers of her parents, Jaquelin P. Taylor and Katherine (Wall) Taylor of Meadowfarm, Orange. 6,828 items. Gift of Mrs. Catherine Robertson Claiborne, Jacquelin T. Robertson, and Walter S. Robertson. 7. Papers, 1825–1902, of the Mason family (of Southampton County) consisting primarily of letters received by John Young Mason (1799–1859) while serving as U.S. secretary of the navy under presidents and James K. Polk, as U.S. attorney general, 1845–46, as president of the and Kanawha Canal Company, 1849–53, and as U.S. minister to France, 1854–59. Also, includes records of plantations in Isle of Wight County (Day’s Neck) and Southampton (Fortsville) counties and Coahoma County, Miss.; and papers of his wife, Mary Ann (Fort) Mason, and children (including Lewis Edmunds Mason, John Young Mason, Jr., Elizabeth Harris [Mason] Heath, Mary Ann [Mason] Anderson, St. George Tucker Mason, and others). 4,972 items. Gift of the late Nancy Read Schaefer. 8. Papers, 1829–1900, of John Coles Rutherfoord (lawyer and state legislator of Rock Castle, Goochland County) large- ly concerning Virginia and national politics and the Democratic Party in the 1850s, and including some records regarding the expansion of the plantation house at Rock Castle. 283 items. Gift of Henry R. Miller, III, and Helen Rutherfoord Miller Owen. 9. Papers, 1844–1958, of the Cary family (of Hampton and Richmond) including correspondence and other records of Col. John B. Cary concerning his Civil War service, postwar business travels, and involvement with Confederate veterans groups. 1,021 items. Gift of Patricia Cecil Hass. 10. Diary, 1848–49, of Junius Augustus Littlepage (of King William County), kept while a student at Delaware College, Newark, Del. [32], 193 [i.e., 192] pp.: part holograph; 8 x 10 1/4 in. Bound volume. Also, includes the diary, 1849, 2 • Virginia Historical Society

of Caroline Burnley (Ellett) Littlepage and the diary, 1853, of Rose Burnley Littlepage. Typed transcription accompa- nies the original. Gift of Louise E. Schroeder in memory of Ruth Littlepage Barnette Eichhorn. 11. Papers, 1850–1918, of John Edwin Roller (of Harrisonburg) largely concerning his work as a post–Civil War attorney and his interest in local history and literature. 845 items. Purchased. 12. Papers, 1853–1997, of the Golden family (of Richmond) including correspondence, educational materials, church records, photographs, and related items of or concerning this Irish immigrant family including Genevieve Agnes (Kelly) Golden, Robert Emmet Golden (editor of the Richmond State), Francis Xavier Golden (of the U.S. Navy before and during World War II), and Helen Louise (Golden) Jenkins (public health and registered nurse during and just after World War II). 276 items. Gift of the estate of Helen Louise Golden Jenkins through the courtesy of the Hon. Daniel T. Balfour, executor. 13. Diary, 1864–67, of Caroline Burnley (Ellett) Littlepage (of Woodbury, King William County). [304] pp.: holo- graph; 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Bound volume. Typed transcription accompanies the original. Gift of Louise E. Schroeder in memory of Ruth Littlepage Barnette Eichhorn. 14. Materials, c. 1865–70, compiled by Mary Smith (Ruffin) Jones (of Amelia County) pertaining to Confederate block- ade runner, poet, and Catholic priest John Banister Tabb. Include two letters of Tabb to Mary Jones, a Bible she loaned to Tabb, which he used while imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md., at the end of the Civil War, and lines of verse addressed to or written about Mary. 5 items. Gift of Julien J. Mason through the courtesy of Kathi E. Mason. 15. Papers, 1865–85, of James B. Graves (African American merchant in Petersburg) including accounts for the payment of bills for rent, water, taxes, and a business license. Also, include genealogical notes and charts concerning the Graves family. 22 items. Deposited by Janice M. Graves. 16. Records, 1877–1992, of Retreat for the Sick (now Retreat Hospital), Richmond, including minute books of the board of directors and board of managers, annual reports, and miscellany concerning the history of Retreat for the Sick, and materials concerning the School of Nursing. 447 items. Gift of The Retreat Health System, Inc., Richmond. 17. Papers, 1880–1966, of the Bryan family (of Millwood and Petersburg) including correspondence, diaries, common- place books, and related materials of Episcopalian clergyman Corbin Braxton Bryan and his wife, Mary Sidney Caldwell Scott Bryan, daughters Mary Sidney Caldwell Bryan, Frances Bland Tucker Bryan, and Elizabeth Scott (Bryan) Townsend, and granddaughter Elizabeth Bryan (Townsend) Tasker (while living in postwar Japan) and her husband, Clayton Briggs Tasker (of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps and Adjutant General’s Office). 113 items. Gift of Elizabeth Townsend Tasker. 18. Records, 1885–2007, of the A. H. Robins Company, Richmond, concerning the pharmaceutical business conducted for a large portion of the company’s history by E. Claiborne Robins. Include corporate materials, product information, company publications, photographs, scrapbooks, Robins family personal records, audio/visual materials, and oral his- tories of former employees and officers. 21 records center boxes. Gift of the family of E. Claiborne Robins through the courtesy of E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. 19. Student exercise book, 1886–87, of Camilla Webb (later Davis) while a student at Augusta Female Seminary (now Mary Baldwin College), Staunton. 124 pp.: holograph; 10 x 7 1/2 in. Bound volume. Contains exercises in German language studies. Gift of Dr. W. Hamilton Bryson. 20. Papers, 1887–1906, of Charles Euker (German immigrant to Richmond) largely concerning his life as a Confederate veteran, as well as his service in the cavalry of the Virginia in the 1880s and 1890s. 25 items. Gift of Ben W. Price. 21. Records, 1887–1954, of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company including ledgers and loose materials concerning financial and insurance claims, correspondence regarding troop transportation during World War II, correspondence and other materials concerning fare increases, and related items. c. 500 items. Gift of the Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond. 2009 Annual Report • 3

22. Papers, 1887–1994, of Edward Reeves Adams (of Richmond), in part concerning the service of his aunt Elizabeth Dietrich as a nurse with the U.S. Army during World War I and including records of his own service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. 138 items. Gift of Edward R. Adams. 23. Papers, 1889–2001, of Stuart E. Brown (of Berryville) concerning his work editing and publishing the autobiography of George Freeman Pollock, entitled “Skyland: The Heart of the Shenandoah National Park.” The collection contains correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and related items concerning Pollock, creation of the Park, and the resort known as Skyland. 299 items. Gift of Stuart E. Brown, Jr. 24. Papers, 1894–1999, of Dr. Betsy Brinson (of Richmond) concerning her work with the American Civil Liberties Union Southern Women’s Rights Project, Virginia Women’s Cultural History Project, and the Richmond Branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association, as well as her research on women’s history. c. 2,000 items. Gift of Betsy Brinson. 25. Record books, 1905–81, kept by dispatchers of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad in Richmond. 25 vols. Gift of the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society through the courtesy of William F. Todd, Jr. 26. Records, 1906–2003, of the Central Coca Cola Bottling Company, Inc., Richmond, including board of directors min- utes and meeting materials, financial records, human resource and labor materials, legal and operations records, marketing and sales promotion materials, publications, sponsorship and philanthropic records, historical compilations, and personal records of Walter Lee Sams, Lottie Crass Sams, Bettie Sams Christian, and Langdon T. Christian as owners and officers. 86 records center boxes. Gift of the estate of Betty Sams Christian. 27. Minute book, 1908–22, of Local #28 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers, Richmond. 300 pp.: handwritten; 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. Gift of the estate of Ann Paul Maynes through the courtesy of Dale Harman Saunders. 28. Records, 1909–98, of the Richmond Branch of the American Association of University Women, including minutes of directors and members meetings, bylaws and policy statements, directories of members, newsletters, scrapbooks, his- torical files, and related materials. 190 folders (3.5 linear feet). Gift of the Richmond Branch of the American Association of University Women through the courtesy of Laura Wimmer and Janet B. Schwarz. 29. Commonplace book, 1913–21, of Katherine Christine (Parrish) Snyder (of McLean) including accounts, planting records, weather reporting, and records pertaining to livestock on the family farm in Fairfax County. [72] l.: holo- graph; 3 3/4 x 6 in. Bound volume. Gift of Sophy Burnham. 30. Papers, 1918–48, of Hugh E. Moser (of Roanoke) concerning his service in Company B of the First Battalion, 602d Engineer Regiment of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War I. Primarily consist of diaries, correspon- dence, and a memoir. 232 items. Gift of Anne M. Copley. 31. Papers, 1921–41, of Mollie Bell McLaughlin (bookkeeper in Richmond) including correspondence with family members in Dunmore, W.Va., and with boyfriends concerning economic and social conditions (especially during the Great Depression), courtship, and health issues. 423 items. Gift of Julia Davidson. 32. Papers, c. 1924–85, of Dorothy Marie Mosby Wickham (dancer and socialite of Richmond and Chicago, Ill.), including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks concerning her theatrical career and philanthropic work. c. 500 items. Gift of the late Ellen Douglas Bruce Crane Fisher. 33. Records, 1926–84, of the Hollywood Cemetery Company of Richmond, primarily consisting of a minute book of the company’s executive committee, with related loose papers, and four minute books of the company’s board of directors. 16 items. Deposited by the Hollywood Cemetery Company, Richmond, through the courtesy of Nelson D. Lankford. 34. Papers, 1931–93, of Floyd Woodrow Cardwell (of Richmond) primarily concerning his service in the 92d Construction Battalion of the U.S. Navy during World War II. Include service records, published log book of the battalion, newsletters, photographs, and separation papers. 66 items. Gift of Mrs. Sarah Louise Rose Hayes Cardwell. 4 • Virginia Historical Society

35. Autobiographical essays, c. 1942–54, of Margaret R. Larson, an English war bride who moved to Yakima, Wash., and later Richmond, Va. 4 items. Gift of Margaret R. Larson. 36. Records, 1946–75, of the Monument Avenue Crest Garden Club, Richmond, primarily consisting of scrapbooks compiled by officers and members and some loose papers concerning club activities, projects, and involvement with the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., and the Richmond Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. 72 items. Gift of Henry R. Gonner. 37. Papers, 1949–60, of FitzGerald Bemiss (of Richmond) concerning his correspondence with and writings about Dr. Albert Schweitzer. 7 items. Gift of FitzGerald Bemiss. 38. Papers, 1961–65, compiled by Virginia state senator FitzGerald Bemiss (of Richmond) concerning restoration of the Bell Tower in Capitol Square in Richmond. 41 items. Gift of FitzGerald Bemiss. 39. Papers, 1966–91, of Phyllis Eason Galanti (of Richmond) primarily consist ing of correspondence with various local and national politi cians and government officials, POW/MIA organizers and organizations, Richmond community leaders, and other members of POW/MIA families seeking information on and release of her husband, downed U.S. Navy pilot Paul Galanti, and other POWs in the Vietnam War. Also, include materials concerning the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia; photographs, and scrapbooks compiled by Mrs. Galanti; and materials, 1979–80, of the Women’s Bank of Richmond, of which she was a director. 155 folders. Gift of Phyllis E. POW bracelets stamped “Paul Galanti” (Mss1G1315a Section 4) Galanti. 40. Papers, 1968–81, of Caroline M. Gillespie (of Lynchburg) consisting entirely of letters received in response to those she wrote to U.S. congressmen M. Caldwell Butler and Richard H. Poff, and to U.S. senators Harry F. Byrd, Jr., William B. Spong, Jr., , and John W. Warner. 8 items. Purchased. 41. Papers, 1977–2000, of William Tayloe Murphy, Jr. (of Westmoreland County) primarily concerning his years of service in the Virginia General Assembly as delegate for the 99th District, and including correspondence, reports, stud- ies, and other supporting materials especially relating to his involvement in conservation of natural resources and reclamation of the Chesapeake Bay; also, include campaign materials and personal papers. 388 folders. Gift of W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. 42. Records, 1980–96, of the Junior Leagues of Virginia State Public Affairs Committee, including by-laws, minutes, annual reports, correspondence, and materials of the Association of Junior Leagues International; much of the material concerns legislative matters at the state and national levels. 279 items. Deposited by the Junior Leagues of Virginia State Public Affairs Committee, Richmond. 43. Additional papers, 1982–2001, of Patricia Smith Ticer (of Alexandria) concerning her service as a Democratic Party member of the Virginia Senate from 1999 to 2001. Include constituent letters, invitations, committee materials, and related items. 500 folders. Gift of the Hon. Patricia S. Ticer. 44. Records, 1993–95 of the Virginia Gay Lesbian Bisexual Community Center of Richmond including board of direc- tors materials and questionnaires. c. 250 items. Gift of Stephen Kent Jones. 45. Papers, 1995–2001, of Dr. Betsy Brinson (of Richmond) concerning her friendship with and research about Stephen M. Lenton, gay activist and member of the Richmond Aids Ministry. c. 50 items. Gift of Betsy Brinson. 2009 Annual Report • 5

Maps

1. Map of the City of Richmond, Va.: A Souvenir of the Yorktown Centennial, October 18, 1881 (Richmond?, 1881). Gift of the late Nancy Read Schaefer. 2. Forest Service, Eastern Region. George Washington National Forest, Virginia and West Virginia (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1933). Gift of William B. Baylor. 3. Smith, Robert Persall. Smith’s Map of Henrico County, Virginia . . . (Richmond: Henrico County Public Information Office, 1994). Gift of Johnnie S. Taggart. 4. Virginia Department of Transportation. Scenic Roads in Virginia . . . (Richmond: Office of Public Affairs, 2007). Gift of Paulette Schwarting. 5. [Unidentified compiler. Map of the Kanawha River Valley (n.p., n.d.)]. Hand drawn. Gift of Donald J. Ellwood.

Printed Materials

1. Abbott, Henry L. Siege Artillery in the Campaigns Against Richmond: With Notes on the 15-Inch Gun, Including an Algebraic Analysis of the Trajectory of a Shot in Its Ricochets Upon Smooth Water . . . . New York, 1868. Gift of William B. Baylor. 2. Alsop, George. A Character of the Province of : Described in Four Distinct Parts; Also a Small Treatise on the Wild and Naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Maryland . . . Together with a Collection of Historical Letters. A new ed. With an Introduction and Copious Historical Notes. New York, 1869. Reprint of edition, 1666. Bequest of Paul Mellon. 3. Anderson, Henry W. The Human Side of History: An Address by Henry W. Anderson, Co-Receiver Seaboard Air Line Railway before the Traffic Club, Jacksonville, Florida, November 6, 1933. Richmond, 1933. Gift of W. Birch Douglass. 4. Annual Jollification Program Souvenir: Norfolk Police and Relief Association. Norfolk, 1922. Purchased through the Donald Haynes Fund. 5. Archer, Adair Pleasants. The Mystery of the King’s Birth. By Adair Archer . . . Presented December 29th and 30th by the Little Theater League of Richmond, Va., which He Founded. Richmond, 1919. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 6. Armistead, Robert Alexander. Abridgement of Armistead’s Lectures on American Grammar: Explaining the Elementary Principles of the English Language . . . . Norfolk, 1823. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 7. Blackford, Susan Leigh. Memoirs of Life In and Out of the Army in Virginia during the War Between the States: Compiled by Susan Leigh Blackford from Original and Contemporaneous Correspondence and Diaries; Annotated and Edited Exclusively for the Private Use of Their Family and Her Husband, Blackford. Lynchburg, 1894–96. Gift of John L. McElroy, Jr. 8. Harrison Club. The Constitution and By-Laws of the Harrison Club of Boston; With a List of Its Members; Instituted April 3, 1840. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 9. Britania Triumphalis: A Brief History of the Warres and Other State-Affairs of Great Britain: From the Death of the Late King, to the Dissolution of the Last Parliament. 1st ed. London, 1654. Includes information concerning Virginia. Purchased through the First Settlers Fund. 10. Brownlow, William Gannaway. Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal Adventures among the Rebels. , 1862. Gift of Richard R. Duncan. 11. Bunker Hill Songster; Containing National and Patriotic Songs: as Sung by the Principal Vocalists. New York, 185–? Gift of Richmond Public Library. 6 • Virginia Historical Society

12. Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based on Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps. New York and London, 1915. Bears presentation inscription to Walter S. Robertson. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne. 13. [Colton, Calvin]. The Crisis of the Country. By Junius. [and] Sequel to The Crisis of the Country. By Junius. Philadelphia, 1840. Whig pamphlets written in support of ’s successful 1840 presidential campaign against . Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 14. [Colvin, John B.]. A Letter to the Honorable John Randolph, by Numa. [Philadelphia, c. 1810]. An attack against Randolph by a pro-Madison Jeffersonian Republican occasioned by Randolph’s splitting away from the party. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 15. Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury. Additional Estimates for the Support of the Government [January 1 to June 30, 1864]. [Richmond, 1864] Concerns salary increases authorized by Congress. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 16. Confederate States of America. War Dept. Regulations for the Medical Department of the . Richmond, 1861. Bears signature: Dr. Paul Clay, Camp Mill Springs, Ky., Dec. 1, 1861, Surgeon 28th Regmt. Tenn. Vol. Gift of Robert Young Clay. 17. Crooks, Elizabeth Willets. Life of Rev. A. Crooks, A. M., Written and Compiled by His Wife. Syracuse, N.Y., 1875. Includes material on Grayson County and other Virginia locales. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 18. De Grey, Thomas. The Compleat Horseman and Expert Farrier: in Two Bookes: the First, Shewing the Best Manner of Breeding Good Horses, with Their Choyce, Nature, Riding and Dyeting, as Well for Running and Hunting, and How the Rider ought to Behave Himself in the Breaking and Riding of Colts . . . . London, 1639. Gift of Pegram Johnson. 19. Democratic National Committee. “It is the right inherent in every freeman to possess himself of the political principles and opinions of those into whose hands the administration of the government may be placed.” Gen Taylor to Mr. Deloney. Washington, 1848. Attack on the Whig candidate, , for failing to express his views about slavery during the campaign. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 20. Du Verney, M. Tractatus de Organo Auditus. Continens Structuram, Usum et Morbos Ominum, Auris Partim. Lugduni Batavorum, 1730. Bears manuscript genealogical notes on Halyburton family and stamp of J. B. Halyburton. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 21. Eisenhower, Milton. The Wind is Bitter: The United States and Latin America. Garden City, N.Y., 1963. Bears author’s presentation inscription to Walter S. Robertson. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne. 22. Farmer, C. M. The Fairy of the Stream: and Other Poems. Richmond, 1847. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 23. The Federalist: On the New Constitution. Written in the Year 1788, by Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay; with an Appendix Containing the Original Articles of Confederation; the Letter of George Washington, as President of the Convention, to the President of Congress . . . A New Ed.: with a Table of Contents, and . . . index. The Numbers Written by Mr. Madison Corrected by Himself. Washington, 1831. Bears ownership signature of John Marshall on the title page. Acquired by exchange with William Reese Company. 24. Flavel, John. The Fountain of Life Opened: or, A Display of Christ, in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory: Containing Forty-two Sermons . . . . 1st American ed. Richmond, 1824. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne. 25. Free Demonstration. Cleopatra Facial given by Beauty Culture . . . at Mrs. Gattie Doughtry’s Spanish Beauty Salon, 514 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia . . . September 3, 1934 . . . . [n.p.], 1934. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund. 26. The Freemasons’ Library and General Ahiman Rezon: Containing a Delineation of the True Principles of Freemasonry . . . . , 1817. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 2009 Annual Report • 7

27. Gauger, Nicholas. Fires Improved: Or, A New Method of Building Chimnies, so as to Prevent Their Smoking, in Which a Small Fire Shall Warm a Room Much Better Than a Large One Made the Common Way: and the Method of Altering Such Chimnies as are Already Built, so They Shall Perform to the Same Effects . . . Made English from the French Original by J. T. Desaguliers. London, 1736. In Helen Park’s List of Architectural Books Available in America Before the Revolution. Purchased through the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Fund. 28. Governor’s Message Delivered Dec. 4, 1872. Richmond, 1872. Virginia governor Gilbert C. Walker’s mid- Reconstruction report on the state, with information on Hampton Institute, Virginia A&M, , Virginia Military Institute; financial matters, efforts to promote immigration; progress of railroads and highways. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 29. Guise, D. W. The War March of the Virginians. Baltimore, 1918. Sheet music. Dedicated to the “Hon. Westmoreland Davis, .” Gift of William Cole. 30. Hanover Academy (Taylorsville). Catalogue of Hanover Academy, Virginia. Taylorsville, 1881–82. Gift of Brenton S. Halsey. 31. Hard Cider and Log Cabin Almanac for 1841: Harrison and Tyler. Washington, D.C., 1840. Campaign literature for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 32. Hardee, William Joseph. Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics: for the Exercise and Manoeuvers of Troops When Acting as Light Infantry or Riflemen, by Lieut. Col. W. J. Hardee, Late of the U.S. Army, Now of C. S. Army. Memphis, Tenn., 1861. Gift of William B. Baylor. 33. Harland, Marion. Marion Harland’s Cook Book of Tried and Tested Recipes . . . . Baltimore, 1907. Virginia author. Gift of Nancy Carter Crump. 34. Hays, William Shakespeare. “God Bless Robert E. Lee”: Song and Chorus. New York, 1872. Sheet music. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation War March of the Virginians (Sheet music) Fund. 35. Headley, Joel Tyler. The Lives of Winfield Scott and . New York, 1861. Originally printed as campaign literature for Scott in 1852, it was reprinted when Scott became commander of the at the outbreak of the Civil War. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 36. Henkel, Paul. Church Hymn Book: Consisting of Hymns and Psalms, Original and Selected: Adapted to Public Worship, and Many Other Occasions. 4th ed. New Market, 1857. Bears inscription: “Eleanora C. Henkel’s book, presented by her cousin, Dr. G. C. Henkel, May 1887, New Market, Va.” Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 37. Jefferson Literary and Social Circle (Richmond). Catalogue of the Library of Jefferson Literary and Social Circle: Organized June 12th, 1867. Library Committee: Leon Wallerstein, H. H. Levy, L. Z. Morris. Librarian: Moses S. Block. Richmond, 1893. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 38. Johnston, Charles. A Narrative of the Incidents Attending the Capture, Detention, and Ransom of Charles Johnston, of Botetourt County Virginia: Who was made Prisoner by the Indians, on the River Ohio, in the Year 1790: Together with an Interesting Account of the Fate of His Companions, Five in Number, One of Whom Suffered at the Stake: To which is added, 8 • Virginia Historical Society

Sketches of Indian Character and Manners, with Illustrative Anecdotes. New York, [1827]. Bears inscription by Frances Royall Johnston: “To be given to Charles Johnston,” dated Nov. 12, 1907. Gift of Virginia Johnston Marsden. 39. Kennard, George S. “Preach the Word”: A Doctrinal Sermon, II Timothy, 4:2, by Rev. G. S. Kennard, Williamsburg, Va. Petersburg, 1904. Gift of Mary Tyler Louthan. 40. Mansfield, Edward Deering. Eulogy on the Life and Character of William Henry Harrison: Ninth President of the United States, Delivered in Wesley Chapel, Cincinnati, on Fast Day, 14th of May, 1841. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1841. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 41. The Mexican War and its Heroes: Being a Complete History of the Mexican War, Embracing all the Operations under Generals Taylor and Scott, with a Biography of the Officers: Also, an Account of the Conquest of California and New Mexico . . . . Philadelphia, 1858. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 42. Mills, John. A New System of Husbandry. London, 1767. Five volumes. Volume five only, bearing bookplate of Thomas Lewis of Augusta County with his ownership signature dated 1773. Gift of Richard H. Dilworth. 43. Moore, H. E. To the Stockholders of the Montrose Land and Improvement Company: Statement showing the Proceeds arising from the Sale and Rentals of the Property of the South Buena Vista land and Improvement Company . . . respectful- ly submitted, H. E. Brooks. [n.p.], 1902. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund. 44. Moore, Thomas Verner. Inspiration of the Scriptures: Morell’s Theory Reviewed: A Lecture, in Course, on the Evidences of Christianity, Delivered at the University of Virginia, November 24, 1850. Richmond, 1850. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 45. Moton, Robert Russo. What the Negro Thinks. Garden City, NewYork, [c. 1929]. Virginia author. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 46. Murphy, Edgar Gardner. Problems of the Present South: A Discussion of Certain of the Educational, Industrial and Political Issues in the Southern States. New York, 1904. Gift of Virginia P. Tharrington. 47. Newcomb, Robert Hughes (Bobby). Newcomb’s Essence of Old Virginia Songster. Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1870s. An extremely rare collection of compositions by a popular song and dance man, including a number of songs as “Sung by Newcomb’s Minstrels.” Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 48. Northrup, Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northrup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnaped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River in Louisiana. Auburn, N.Y., 1853. Gift of Richard R. Duncan. 49. Proceedings of the Opponents of the Present Administration, at Public Meetings, Held in the City of Washington, February 15 and 18, 1840: with the Address of Philip R. Fendal, Esq. Washington, D.C., 1840. Whig pamphlet supporting William Henry Harrison’s successful 1840 presidential campaign against Martin Van Buren. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 50. Proctor, Edna Dean. Poems. . . . New York, 1866. Includes “The Shenandoah” and “Virginia Scaffold.” Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 51. Red Guy, 21,052: Bay horse, 16 hands high, and weighs 1,100 lbs. Was foaled in 1892, bred by M. Walker & Son, Lexington, Ky. . . . will make the season of 1900 at Overly, Va. and Farmville, Va. . . . [n.p.], 1900. Broadside. Purchased through the Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 52. Richmond, the Pride of Virginia; An Historical City. . . . Philadelphia, 1900. Bears the inscription “Property of Asa Johnson, Richmond, Va.,” and manuscript annotations throughout. Gift of Randolph McElroy. 53. Roanoke Collegian. Salem, 1891. “A journal devoted to the interests of Roanoke College.” Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 54. Roberts, Joseph. The Hand-Book of Artillery: For the Service of the United States (Army and Militia), by Capt. Joseph Roberts . . . . 2d edition. Richmond, 1862. Gift of William B. Baylor. 2009 Annual Report • 9

55. Robinson, Conway. No. 62, McCann, Com’ee v. Zetelle, &c. 65, Myers Ex’or v. Zetelle, &c.: Appeals from Decree of Circuit Court of City of Richmond, by Conway Robinson, One of Counsel for Appellant Meyers. [Richmond, 1871]. Concerns the validity of investments in Confederate bonds and sales of property with payment made in Confederate bonds, and their effect on the estate trustees’ liability. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 56. Snead, George Tillman. The Story of Agatha Ann, by Georgie Tillman Snead. Philadelphia, 1913. Fiction set in Virginia. Bears a presentation signature from the author to Zuleime Edmonds Chappelear, Glen Allen and Pocahontas, dated 1920. Gift of Diane Curling. 57. Southern College (Petersburg). The Dramatic Club Presents Readings from Victorian Novels, Saturday, April 13, 1935 . . . . n. p., 1935. Broadside. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 58. Tourists Guide and Descriptive Book of the Shenandoah Valley R. R., 1882 . . . Hagerstown, Md. Philadelphia, 1882. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund. 59. Tucker, Beverley. A Discourse on the Dangers That Threaten the Free Institutions of the United States: Being an Address to the Literary Societies of Hampden Sidney College, Virginia, Read on the 22nd of September, 1841, at the Request of the Philanthropic Society of That College. Richmond, 1841. Bears the author’s signature on front flyleaf. Bears inscription from Moses D. Hoge. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 60. United States. Army. Official Report of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Embracing a History of the Operations of the Armies of the Union from March, 1862 to the Closing Scene of the Rebellion: Complete. New York, 1865. Gift of William B. Baylor. 61. United States. Dept. of State. United States Relations with China: With Special Reference to the Period 1944–1949, Based on the Files of the Dept. of State. [Washington, D.C., 1949]. Bears signature of Walter S. Robertson, later assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Gift of Catherine Robertson Claiborne. 62. An Universal History: From the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from the Original Authors, and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c.; With a General Index to the Whole. London, 1747–68. Sixty-five volumes. Volume 13 only, bearing the ownership of Thomas Lewis of Augusta County. Gift of Richard H. Dilworth. 63. Virginia, or, Lord MacDonald’s Reel: Hull’s Victory. Boston, [183?]. Sheet music. Gift of William Cole. 64. Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts. Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the : Being a Supplement to the Pay Rolls Printed and Distributed in 1851 . . . . Richmond, 1852. Gift of Marcellus Wright, Cox & Smith, Architects. 65. Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. A Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the Affairs of the James River & Kanawha Company, 1852–3. Richmond, [1853]. Concerns the prospects of extending the canal beyond Lynchburg to the Kanawha River, thus providing a route to the Ohio. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 66. Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals. Robert’s Adm’r v. Petty’s Adm’r et als. [Richmond, 1854]. A contest over Roger Abbott’s estate and the disposition of enslaved workers bequeathed under his will. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 67. The Virginia Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1794: Being the Second after Leap Year. And the Eighteenth of American Independence. By Robert Andrews. Richmond, 1793. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 68. Witherspoon, John. A Serious Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Stage; and a Letter Respecting Play Actors. By the Rev. John Witherspoon; Also a Sermon, on the Burning of the Theater at Richmond, &c. by Samuel Miller; Together with an Introductory Address by Several Ministers in New York, &c. New York, 1812. Gift of Richmond Public Library. 10 • Virginia Historical Society

Museum Objects

1. Edwin Forbes Collection consisting of 156 pen-and-ink drawings and art work by the Civil War artist, Edwin Forbes. Gift of the William R. Berkley Family. 2. Photographic print of Randolph Scott by George Hurrell. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 3. Coverlet made in Augusta County by Nora Carlisle Swortzel or her mother, Marion Helen Carlisle, c. 1892–1895. Gift of Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., Fayetteville, Ark. 4. Silver cup trophy inscribed to S. G. Johnston by the Virginia State Fair Association as the first prize in the ten-mile motorcycle race. Dated 10 October 1908. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 5. Gilt watch fob made for the C. F. Sauer Company, c. 1907, including miniatures of medals won at World’s Fairs. Purchase. William A. Hagey Fund. 6. Glass bottle and wood crate labeled “Radium Water,” “Blackrock Springs, Va.,” “R.T. Miller,” and “Grottoes, Va.,” c. 1920–1930. Gift of Janet Lefferts in memory of James Samuel Patterson, Round Hill. 7. Committee chair used in the Virginia State Capitol by the Virginia General Assembly in the 1960s. Purchased. 8. Confederate drum found near Seven Pines in 1935. Gift of Robert B. Bass, Richmond.

A series of pen-and-ink sketches, entitled “The Chief Cook; A Warm Breakfast, Winter; An Evening Meal, Summer Camp,” drawn by Civil War artist Edwin Forbes. (Accession no. 2008.139.13) 2009 Annual Report • 11

9. Beaded sash, possibly made by the Shawnee or Wyandot in Ohio, brought back to Virginia by Charles Johnston as a souvenir of his capture in 1790 (together with a published account of his captivity transferred to the library). Gift of Virginia Johnston Marsden, Elmira, N.Y. 10. Photograph of Hampton High School Football Team, Cheynes Studio, Hampton, 1912; photograph of a band in Harrisonburg, Morrison Studio, Harrisonburg, taken 9 October 1894. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 11. Cibachrome pinhole photograph titled Fruits and Flowers: Homage to Roger Fenton by Willie Anne Wright. Gift of the photographer, Richmond. 12. Papier-mâché doll, an artistic rendering of slave insurrectionist , by George Hubbs, late 1970s. Gift of Barbara R. Grey, Richmond. 13. Liverpool creamware plate with transfer image of the seal of Virginia in the center surrounded by thirteen linked names of states, c.1790–1805. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia Decorative Arts Purchase Fund. 14. Bell chocolate glaze pottery statue of woman; seven gallon crock, gray with blue slip, by Keister, Strasburg; Bell crock, Strasburg; Samuel Bell molded pottery picture frame with eagle motif, inset with mirror. Bequest of Dr. Jean F. Wine. 15. “Leesburg, VA,” 1930s etching by Hirst Millhillen. Purchased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund. 16. Set of three photographic prints, c. 1900, of Henry Towles House, a seventeenth-century structure in Lancaster County since demolished, and one print of the estate dock. Purchased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund. 17. Photograph album of the Saal family; various crochet and hand embroidered tablecloths made by Mamie Saal; woven fabric by Hortense Saal Winston Rosenstock. Gift of Barbara Saal Bolton, Henrico. 18. Oil on canvas painting of the Richmond Armory and canal attributed to James Mooney. Gift of Heth Owen, Jr., Richmond. 19. Oil on canvas portraits of Robert Douthat, 2nd (1796–1828) and Eleanor Lewis Douthat (1799–1862) painted by William Dunlop. Gift of Eleanor Lewis Douthat, Richmond. 20. Nineteenth-century photographic prints of men, women, and children from the Stearns and Robinson families, primarily from Norfolk and Newport News. Gift of Elise Robinson Tuve and Cabell B. Robinson, Marblehead, Mass. 21. Civil War–era Sibley stove. Gift of Ley and Merideth Watson, Richmond. 22. Pre-printed fabric for embroidered table linens marked Thalhimer Bros., c. 1930. Gift of Deborah Jean W. Morrell, Richmond. 23. Two commemorative plates from Moore Street Baptist Church, Richmond. Gift of Ethel R. Jones and L. Kingsbury, Randallstown, Md. 24. Print of The Marriage of Pocahontas, after the painting by Henry Brueckner, 1855, published by Joseph Laing, London, Edinburgh, New York, engraved by John C. McRae. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David G. Taylor, Richmond. 25. Presentation torch inscribed “BH Thomas / Compliments of Richmond Locomotive Works,” late 1800s. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund. 26. English “Sheffield” silver plate epergne with cut lead crystal bowls, c. 1820−40. Gift of Bensley H. L. and Maureen D. Field, Toano. 27. Benjamin Hodges Smith World War I accoutrement belt with a holster for Colt .45, a rifle bayonet for a Springfield 1903 rifle, a trench knife for hand to hand combat, 1918. Gift of George W. Sydnor, Jr., Fincastle.

28. The “Morgan-Hranicky” Mississippian ceremonial axe, about 1400 A.D., Smyth County. Gift of Wm. Jack Hranicky, Alexandria. 12 • Virginia Historical Society

29. Cradle with carved German motifs, Shenandoah Valley, c. 1820–60; miniature sample or toy cradle, Shenandoah Valley, c. 1820–60; chair by Johnson Company, Mecklenburg County, 1800s. Gift of Herbert R. Collins, Milford. 30. Entrenching tool crafted from a bayonet (found at Harpers Ferry), c. 1861−65. Purchased. 31. Virginia state seal banner, cotton oilcloth, c. 1875–85. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia Decorative Arts Purchase Fund. 32. A George III sterling silver and crystal cruet set marked by silversmith James Delmester, London, c. 1760–61, with Epes family provenance. Gift of I. Stuart T. Gravatt, Richmond. 33. Ceramic plate with Virginia state seal, circa 1840s. Purchased through the James H. Willcox, Jr., Virginia Decorative Arts Purchase Fund. 34. McClellan saddle used at VMI, probably twentieth century. Gift of Jim Weigand, Midlothian. 35. Oil on canvas portraits of Hay Taliaferro (1774–1834) and Susannah Conway Taliaferro (b. 1779), of Rose Hill, Orange County. Gift of James Bolton, Jr., Rockville. 36. Twelve coin silver buttons marked “JP” and attributed to J. Pittman, Alexandria, c. 1800. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Fund. 2009 Annual Report • 13

GOVERNANCE

Officers

Chairman of the Board Secretary J. Stewart Bryan III, Richmond Robert F. Strohm Vice Chairman Treasurer W. Taylor Reveley III, Williamsburg Richard S. V. Heiman Regional Vice Chairman, Southside Honorary Vice Chairmen Grady W. Powell, Petersburg Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester President and Chief Executive Officer Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Paul A. Levengood Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville

Board of Trustees

John B. Adams, Jr., The Plains John R. Nelson, Richmond Edward L. Ayers, Richmond Lloyd U. Noland III, Newport News II, Charlottesville E. Bryson Powell, Richmond Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., Richmond Josiah P. Rowe III, Fredericksburg Beverley E. Dalton, Altavista Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Richmond Roger L. Gregory, Richmond Thomas G. Snead, Jr., Richmond Conrad M. Hall, Norfolk William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond H. Hiter Harris III, Richmond Marcus M. Weinstein, Richmond James W. Hazel, Oakton F. Blair Wimbush, Norfolk Mary Duke Trent Jones, Abingdon Clifton A. Woodrum III, Roanoke Helen Turner Murphy, Mount Holly

President’s Council

Samuel D. Barham III, Richmond John Lee McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond Sorrel McElroy, Manakin-Sabot B. Noland Carter II, Richmond W. P. (Bill) Miles, Charlottesville Mary Rutherfoord Ferguson, Richmond Roger Mudd, McLean Allen Mead Ferguson, Richmond Shirley Carter Olsson, West Point Bruce B. Gray, Waverly John R. Pagan, Richmond Vernard W. Henley, Richmond Evelia Margarita Porto, Richmond Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., Richmond Cecelia Howell, Falmouth Ann Spence, Richmond William J. Howell, Falmouth Raymond Spence, Richmond Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond Robert C. King, Sr., Richmond Hays T. Watkins, Richmond Benjamin J. Lambert III, Richmond Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond Carolyn M. Lambert, Richmond Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr., New York, N.Y. 14 • 2009 Annual Report

Administration

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

Honorary Members of the Virginia Historical Society

W. W. Abbot, Charlottesville Thad W. Tate, Williamsburg David McCullough, Tisbury, Mass. Louis L. Tucker, Boston, Mass.

Reynolds Business History Center Advisory Board Sean P. Adams, Gainesville, Fla. James W. Hazel, Oakton J. Stewart Bryan III, Richmond Hugh D. Keogh, Richmond David Camden, Richmond John R. Nelson, Richmond Sylvia Clute, Richmond E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., Richmond James E. Fogerty, St. Paul, Minn. Michael Sesnowitz, Richmond David R. Goode, Norfolk Maryan D. Smith II, Oakton Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Thomas G. Snead, Jr., Richmond H. Hiter Harris III, Richmond Joseph L. Williams, Richmond

Educators Advisory Board Chris Averill, Chesterfield County Loraine Stewart, Virginia Commonwealth Carolyn Brandt, Henrico County University Lilian Carter, Richmond Thelma Williams Tunstall, Richmond Joel M. Dexter, Chesterfield County Jim Weigand, Amelia County Mary Magee Davis, Hanover County Sabra Willhite, Henrico County Robert Earl Patterson, Chesterfield County Elisabeth E. Wray, University of Richmond Renee Serrao, Chesterfield County Victoria Wray-Alley, Richmond Carol Anne K. Simopoulos, Henrico County

Editorial Advisory Board

Karen Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Kevin Levin, St. Anne’s-Bellfield School Theodore Carter DeLaney, Washington and Lee University Michal Jan Rozbicki, Saint Louis University Ellen Eslinger, DePaul University Anthony Stanonis, Queen’s College, Belfast Charles F. Irons, Elon University Brent Tarter, Library of Virginia Caroline E. Janney, Purdue University 2009 Annual Report • 15

Former Members of the Board of Trustees

John B. Adams, Jr., Richmond Ronald C. Johnson, Alexandria Gerald L. Baliles, Charlottesville Joseph F. Johnston, Jr., Alexandria C. Phillip Barger, Charlottesville Daniel P. Jordan, Charlottesville FitzGerald Bemiss, Richmond Mark J. Kington, Alexandria William W. Berry, Richmond John O. Marsh, Jr., Winchester J. Alfred Broaddus, Richmond John Lee McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot Austin Brockenbrough III, Manakin-Sabot Hunter H. McGuire, Jr., Richmond Josiah Bunting III, Upperville Eddie N. Moore, Jr., Ettrick Robert L. Burrus, Jr., Richmond Roger Mudd, McLean M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke Shirley Carter Olsson, West Point Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester Merrill D. Peterson, Charlottesville B. Noland Carter II, Richmond Charles Larus Reed, Jr., Richmond Gene R. Carter, McLean Anne Gregory Rhodes, Richmond Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Richmond James I. Robertson, Jr., Blacksburg George M. Cochran, Staunton Toy D. Savage, Jr., Norfolk Lee Stuart Cochran, Staunton Elliot S. Schewel, Lynchburg John R. Curtis, Jr., Williamsburg Jane Bassett Spilman, Bassett W. Hunter deButts, Jr., Marshall Hugh R. Stallard, Richmond W. Heywood Fralin, Roanoke Robert Lee Stephens, Irvington Anne Hobson Freeman, Callao Henry F. Stern, Richmond Susan S. Goode, Norfolk Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Saltville Bruce C. Gottwald, Richmond Nancy St. Clair Talley, Millwood Nancy Hays Gottwald, Richmond Nicholas F. Taubman, Roanoke Elmon T. Gray, Waverly Suzanne Foster Thomas, Alexandria Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Eugene P. Trani, Richmond William R. Harvey, Hampton B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond Mary Buford Hitz, Alexandria Melvin I. Urofsky, Midlothian Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria L. Dudley Walker, Martinsville A. E. Dick Howard, Charlottesville Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond Cecelia Howell, Falmouth Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington

Presidents of the Virginia Historical Society (after 2001 the title changed to Chairman of the Board) John Marshall 1831–1835 Wellford 1960–1963 Henry St. George Tucker 1836–1847 David John Mays 1963–1966 1847–1868 IV 1966–1969 Hugh Blair Grigsby 1870–1881 Virginius Dabney 1969–1972 Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart 1881–1891 Edwin Cox 1972–1975 William Wirt Henry 1891–1892 Joseph Clarke Robert 1975–1978 Joseph Bryan 1892–1902 David Tennant Bryan 1978–1981 William Gordon McCabe 1903–1905 FitzGerald Bemiss 1981–1984 Joseph Bryan 1906–1908 Lawrence Lewis, Jr. 1984–1986 William Gordon McCabe 1909–1920 John L. McElroy, Jr. 1987–1988 Edward Virginius Valentine 1921–1929 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. 1989–1991 Daniel Grinnan 1930–1935 C. Coleman McGehee 1992–1994 John Stewart Bryan 1936–1937 Brenton S. Halsey 1995–1997 Joseph Dupuy Eggleston 1938–1943 Austin Brockenbrough III 1998–1999 Alexander Wilbourne Weddell 1944–1948 Gerald L. Baliles 2000–2001 Williams 1948–1952 Hugh R. Stallard 2002–2003 Samuel Merrifield Bemiss 1952–1958 Hugh V. White Jr. 2004–2005 Wyndham Bolling Blanton 1958–1960 E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. 2006–2007 George MacLaren Brydon 1960 1963 J. Stewart Bryan III 2008 –2009 16 • 2009 Annual Report

Directors of the Virginia Historical Society (after 2001 the title changed to President and CEO)

Thomas Hicks Wynne 1870–1875 William M. E. Rachal (interim) 1980–1988 Robert Alonzo Brock 1875–1892 Paul Chester Nagel 1981–1985 Philip Alexander Bruce 1892–1898 Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim) 1985–1986 William Glover Stanard 1898–1933 Donald Haynes 1986–1988 Robert A. Lancaster 1933–1940 Virginius C. Hall, Jr. (interim) 1988–1988 William Clayton Torrence 1940–1953 Charles F. Bryan, Jr. 1988–2008 John Melville Jennings 1953–1978 Paul A. Levengood 2008–2008 Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. 1979–1980

Society Guild Volunteers Gale Abell • Kathy Alcaine • Betty Andrews • Pamela Barbour • Robert B. Bergner • Martha W. Black • Genna Boomer • Gretchen Bradley • Sally Brandenburg • Joanne Brooks • Mary Lou Brown • Mildred Bruce • Lois Buchanan • Lydia Call • Bonnie Charles • Patricia L. Chen • Betie Cherry • Jerome Taylor Cherry • Kathy Clarke • James E. Corbett • J. Robert Cross • Matthew L. Cushman • Libby Danforth • Edward Diehl • Betty Ann Dillon • Gerald Dzura • Jean M. Eggleston • Judy Enroughty • Faith Eury • Virginia Nikki Fairman • Evamon Fleming • Sara Flinn • Emily Gianfortoni • Sharon L. Giese • Willie Gillenwater • James Goetzinger • Joyce Goetzinger • Patricia Golden • John Goode • Sandra Griffin • Paul Michael Halstead • Erin Heath • LeAnn Hensche • Thomas Howard • Steven Inglis • Diane Jadlowski • Janet Jenkins • Pat Jordan • John Kelzer • Jo Lee Kenney • Karen Kincaid • Emily Damerel King • Sharon Logan • Joyce Mandarino • Jean T. Martin • Roy M. Martin • James May • Ethel Mezger • Betty Moore • Kathryn I. Moore • Edward Morrow • Mary Murray • John W. Myers • Mary S. Myers • Larry Olson • C. Peter Parrish • Virginia Refo • Nancy Reinardy • Peter M. Rippe • Helen Rolfe • Edward Rose • Patricia L. Rose • Winnie Rymer • Gary Savage • Louise Schaedler • Raymond L. Schreiner • Randall Scott • Susan Schufeldt • Brenda Shimchick • Ruth Stotts • Jay L. Taylor • Donald Tobias • Marilyn Trownsell • United Methodist Family Services/Charterhouse School • Phebe Van Valen • Ronald Waller • Kathy Watkins • Fritz Will • Thomas Wilson 2009 Annual Report • 17

ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

Exhibitions

Temporary Exhibitions The African American Image in Virginia Heads and Tales: Portraits of Outstanding Virginians Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam Soul Soldiers: African Americans in the Vietnam Era Bring Paul Home: Phyllis Galanti and Vietnam War POWs The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American Memory With support from grants from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and the Virginia Commission for the Humanities The John Marshall High School Corps of Cadets Zachary Taylor: The 225 Anniversary

Long-Term Exhibitions The Story of Virginia, an American Experience With support for The Floyd Dewey Gottwald Permanent Exhibition of Virginia History from Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. • Nancy and Bruce Gottwald • Gottwald Foundation • Dr. and Mrs. William M. Gottwald • Lindsay and Brenton S. Halsey • Fort James Corporation • Ethyl Corporation • Albemarle Corporation • Marietta McNeill Morgan & Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Foundation Virginians at Work With support from BB&T/Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. • Helen I. Graham Charitable Foundation • The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation • Philip Morris USA • Robins Foundation • Susan Bailey and Sidney Buford Scott • William B. Thalhimer, Jr. & Family Foundation • Universal Leaf Foundation • Verizon Foundation • Wachovia Foundation The War Horse (outdoor sculpture) Gift of Paul Mellon Four Seasons of the Confederacy: Murals by Charles Hoffbauer Making the Confederate Murals: Studies by Charles Hoffbauer Arming the Confederacy: The Maryland-Steuart Collection The Virginia Manufactory of Arms Solving History’s Mysteries: The History Discovery Lab (Department of Historic Resources) Silver in Virginia

Traveling Exhibitions Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings With support from LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. • Robins Foundation • Jamestown 2007 Commission • Virginia Department of Historic Resources 18 • Virginia Historical Society

Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia Cosponsored by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources

Lectures

Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Trustees Lecture Daniel P. Jordan, “Jefferson in Perspective,” 21 May 2009 J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr., Lecture Frank Deford, “The Athlete as Gentleman: From Christy Mathewson to Arthur Ashe,” 22 October 2009 Alexander W. Weddell Trustees Lecture Josiah Bunting III, “George Marshall, His Men, and the Recovery of Europe,” 18 November 2009

Banner Lecture Series

Robert J. Norrell, “Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington,” 5 February 2009 Denise Bethel, “When History Becomes Art: Some Adventures with Photographs at Auction,” 5 March 2009 Joan Cashin, “First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War,” 26 March 2009 Cosponsored with the Museum of the Confederacy David Brown and Thane Harpole, “Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten Landscapes of Gloucester County,” 2 April 2009 Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in Virginia Lorri Glover, “The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America,” 16 April 2009 Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in Virginia John Ferling, “The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon,” 28 May 2009 Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in Virginia Phyllis and Paul Galanti, “For Better or For Worse: The Journey of a POW and His Wife,” 11 June 2009 Ray McAllister, “Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks,” 23 July 2009 Lt. Gen. G. R. Christmas, “Battle of Hue City, South Vietnam, 1968,” 20 August 2009 Edward G. Lengel, “Meuse-Argonne, 1918: the Battle That Ended World War I,” 17 September 2009 Julian Hudson, “Prestwould: Gracious Living on the American Frontier, 1790–1830,” 1 October 2009 William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American Memory,” 15 October 2009 Margaret Bemiss and Will Rieley, “Historic Virginia Gardens: Preservation Work of The Garden Club of Virginia,” 4 November 2009 Anna Gibson Holloway, “‘So Ends This Day’: An Illustrated Update on the Life and Times of the USS Monitor, from 1861 to Yesterday,” 12 November 2009 Cosponsored with The Mariners Museum George Grayson, “Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State? The Struggle with Drugs and Thugs in U.S.-Mexican Relations,” 3 December 2009 2009 Annual Report • 19

Gallery Talks

Lauranett L. Lee, “The African American Image in Virginia,” 11 February 2009 Jeffrey Ruggles, “Photography in Virginia,” 8 April 2009 James C. Kelly, “Heads and Tales: Portraits of Outstanding Virginians,” 6 May 2009 Art Beltrone, “Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam,” 17 June 2009 Lauranett L. Lee, “Soul Soldiers: African Americans in the Vietnam War Era,” 8 July 2009 L. Paige Newman, “Bring Paul Home: Phyllis Galanti and Vietnam War POWs,” 5 August 2009 Jeffrey Ruggles, “The John Marshall High School Corps of Cadets,” 28 October 2009 William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American Memory,” 2 December 2009

Awards

Brenton S. Halsey Teaching Award • Excellence in teaching in 2009 Debra Velasco, Farmwell Station Middle School, Loudoun County

Bobby Chandler Student Award • Outstanding high school history student in 2009 Asya Simons, Clover Hill High School, Chesterfield County

Anne R. Worrell Student Award • Outstanding middle school history student in 2009 Annina Zelkin, Lorton Station Elementary School, Fairfax County

Wyndham B. Blanton Scholarship • Excellence in scholarship by a high school student in 2009 Maryam M. Patton, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, Richmond

William M. E. Rachal Award • Best overall article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2009 Thomas Aiello, “The Champion and the Corpse: Art and Identity in Richmond, 1950,” vol. 117, no. 1

C. Coleman McGehee Award • Best article by a graduate student in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2009 Adam Wesley Dean, “‘Who Controls the Past Controls the Future’: The Virginia History Textbook Controversy,” vol. 117, no. 4

Richard Slatten Award • Excellence in Virginia biography in 2009 A. J. Angulo, and the Idea of MIT (Johns Hopkins University, 2009)

President’s Awards for Excellence • Outstanding service by VHS staff in 2009 L. Eileen Parris, archivist Rebecca A. Rose, registrar

Lora Robins Award • Leadership, foresight, and generosity in collecting the evidence of Virginia’s history in 2009 Jean B. and Robert N. McKenney

Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer of the Year Award • Outstanding service in 2009 Virginia “Nikki” Fairman, Institutional Advancement 20 • Virginia Historical Society

Research Fellows

John Barr, Lone Star College • for research on criticism of from the Civil War to present day William Belko, University of West Florida • for research on the life and contributions of statesman and jurist Philip Pendleton Barbour Evan Bennett, Florida Atlantic University • for research on Virginia tobacco culture in the twentieth century Seth Bruggeman, Temple University • for research on George Washington Parke Custis’s contributions to the history of American public memory Thomas Chambers, Niagara University • for research on the contrast between Virginians’ enthusiastic reception of the Marquis de Lafayette during his 1824 tour and the relative lack of interest in remembering or commemorating the Yorktown battlefield James Davis, State University of New York at Fredonia • for research on music in the daily life of soldiers and civilians dur- ing winter quarters of 1863–64 in central Virginia Kelley Deetz, University of California at Berkeley • for research on the experiences of plantation cooks as laborers, family members, and individuals in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Virginia Radoslaw Dylewski, Adam Mickiewicz University • for a linguistic comparison of Civil War letters written by less literate privates from Virginia and New England Christine Eisel, Bowling Green State University • for research on gendered speech and punishment in colonial Virginia John Ellis, Purdue University • for research on the influence of early Methodists’ radically egalitarian message on youths who lived in the Upper South Daniel Flaherty, University of Oklahoma • for research on the Chickasaws’ diplomacy with Virginia at the end of the American Revolution and their role as an ally to the Confederate States of America in the Civil War Shennette Garrett, University of Texas • for research on black entrepreneurs in insurance and banking in Virginia before World War II William Hardin, Vanderbilt University • for research on the Pleasants v. Pleasants case of 1800, involving the manumis- sion of slaves by a Quaker antislavery activist and member of the Tidewater merchant-planter elite Vanessa Holden, Rutgers University • for research on the participation of African American women, enslaved and free, in Nat Turner’s rebellion James Jewell, North Idaho College • for research on the and how the battle shaped the course of events Matthew Karp, University of • for research on antebellum southern attitudes toward international affairs Deborah Lee, independent scholar • for research on Mary Lee (Fitzhugh) Custis and her involvement with the American Colonization Society Kay Wright Lewis, Rutgers University • for research on the ideas of race war and extermination in antebellum America Whitney Martinko, University of Virginia • for research on the popular conceptions of progress and history in the United States viewed through the ways in which Americans improved and preserved the landscape Kristine McCusker, Middle Tennessee State University • for research on death rituals in the South from 1918 to 1945 Benjamin Miller, University of Florida • for research on the construction of religious spaces by clergy in the Civil War era Paul Musselwhite, College of William and Mary • for research on the social and cultural significance of towns and cities in colonial Chesapeake society Daniel Peart, University College London • for research on political action and political organization in the 1820s in the United States 2009 Annual Report • 21

Robin Sager, Rice University • for research on marital cruelty in antebellum Virginia, Texas, and Wisconsin Kendra Smith-Howard, University at Albany, SUNY • for research on the history of milk and dairy farming in twentieth- century America Thomas Strange, University of Manchester • for research on the role of the black preacher in the antebellum South Drew Swanson, University of Georgia • for research on the transition from dark leaf to bright leaf tobacco culture along the border of Virginia and North Carolina from 1840 to 1900 Albert Tillson, University of Tampa • for research on watermen of Virginia’s Chesapeake region during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Nicole Myers Turner, University of Pennsylvania • for research on the role of black churches in shaping the politics of freed communities in post-emancipation Virginia Jennifer Van Horn, University of Virginia • for research on the ways that elite British colonists in North America used objects to create and maintain their civility Jamie Warren, Indiana University • for research on the experiences and meaning of death on antebellum slave plantations of the Chesapeake and southern seaboard regions Angela Zombek, University of Florida • for research on the development and evolution of nineteenth-century punishment and imprisonment, placing particular emphasis on the Civil War’s affect on institutions of confinement

Schools Served in 2009 (private schools are noted without county or city designations)

Academy of Math and Sciences (Roanoke) • Adams Elementary (Henrico County) • A. G. Richardson Elementary (Culpeper County) • Alberta Smith Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Amelia Academy • An Achievable Dream Academy (Newport News) • Armstrong Elementary School (Hampton) • Armstrong Leadership Program (Richmond) • Arthur Ashe, Jr., Elementary (Henrico County) • Associated Educational Services of Virginia (Richmond) • Auburn Middle School (Montgomery County) • Baileys Elementary (Fairfax County) • Banner Christian School • Barron Elementary School (Hampton) • Bassette Elementary School (Hampton) • Beech Tree Elementary (Fairfax County) • Belle View Elementary (Fairfax County) • Bethel Elementary (Gloucester County) • Bon Air Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Booker Elementary (Hampton) • Bridgeport Academy • Broadway High School (Rockingham County) • Bryan Elementary (Hampton) • Bucknell Elementary (Fairfax County) • Burlington Elementary (Roanoke) • Cale Elementary (Albemarle County) • Camelot Elementary (Fairfax County) • Campostella Elementary (Norfolk) • Canterbury Woods Elementary (Fairfax County) • Cedarhouse School • Centreville Elementary (Fairfax County) • Chandler Middle School (Richmond) • Charles Barrett Elementary (Alexandria) • Catholic School • Cherry Run Elementary (Fairfax County) • Chimborazo Elementary (Richmond) • Clearview Elementary (Fairfax County) • Collegiate School • Colonial Trail Elementary (Henrico County) • Colvin Run Elementary (Fairfax County) • Cool Spring Elementary (Hanover County) • Country Day • Courtland Elementary (Spotsylvania County) • Crenshaw Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Crestview Elementary (Henrico County) • Crestwood Elementary School (Fairfax County) • Crestwood Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Crozet Elementary (Albemarle County) • Crystal Springs Elementary (Roanoke) • Cunningham Park Elementary (Fairfax County) • Donahoe Elementary (Henrico County) • Dumbarton Elementary (Henrico County) • Dupont Elementary (Hopewell) • E. S. H. Green Elementary (Richmond) • Eagle View Mill Elementary (Arlington) • Elizabeth Davis Middle School (Chesterfield County) • Elk Hill School • Enon Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Ettrick Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Evergreen Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Fair Oaks Elementary (Henrico County) • Fairfield Court Elementary (Richmond) • Fairhill Elementary (Fairfax County) • Faith Christian School • Falling Creek Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Farmington Elementary (Culpeper County) • Fitzgerald Elementary (Prince William County) • Forestdale Elementary (Fairfax County) • Forestville Elementary (Fairfax County) • Galax Elementary (Galax) • Elementary (Alexandria) • Gesher Jewish Day School • Gilbert Linkus Elementary (Montgomery County) • Glade Spring Middle School (Washington County) • Glen Lea Elementary (Henrico County) • Grafton Village Elementary (Stafford County) • Great Falls Elementary (Fairfax County) • Green Hedges School (Fairfax County) • Greenfield Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Grove Avenue Christian School • Grove Hill Elementary 22 • Virginia Historical Society

(Shenandoah County) • Groveton Elementary School (Alexandria) • Hampton Oaks Elementary (Stafford County) • Henderson Elementary (Prince William County) • Henderson Middle School (Richmond) • Henning Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Highland Springs Elementary School (Henrico County) • Holladay Elementary School (Henrico County) • Hopkins Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Hospital Education Services (Richmond) • Hybla Valley Elementary (Fairfax County) • Iqra Academy of Virgina • J. B. Watkins Elementary (Chesterfield County) • J. E. B. Stuart Elementary (Richmond) • John B. Cary Elementary (Hampton) • John B. Cary Elementary (Richmond) • Johnson Elementary (Henrico County) • Jouett Elementary (Louisa County) • Keene Mill Elementary (Fairfax County) • Kingsbury Day School • L. C. Bird High School (Chesterfield County) • La Crosse Elementary (Mecklenburg County) • Laburnum Elementary (Henrico County) • Lane Elementary (Fairfax County) • Laurel Meadow Elementary School (Hanover County) • Lees Corner Elementary (Fairfax County) • Lightfoot Elementary (Orange County) • Elementary (Richmond) • Lorton Station Elementary (Arlington) • Lucille Brown Middle School (Richmond) • Machen Elementary (Hampton) • Maggie Walker Governor's School (Richmond) • Mallory Elementary (Hampton) • Mary Munford Elementary (Richmond) • Matoaca Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Maymont Elementary (Richmond) • McNair Elementary (Arlington) • Metropolitan Day School (Richmond) • Midlothian Children’s Academy • Miles Jones Elementary (Richmond) • Mill Elementary (Arlington) • Montclair Elementary (Prince William County) • Montrose Elementary (Henrico County) • Mt. Eagle Elementary School (Alexandria) • Mt. Vernon Elementary (Fairfax County) • New Bridge Academy (Henrico County) • The Noble Academy • Nottinham Elementary (Arlington) • Nuckols Farm Elementary (Henrico County) • Oak Grove Elementary (Richmond) • Oak View Elementary (Fairfax County) • Our Lady of Lourdes • Page Middle School (Gloucester County) • Park View Middle School (Mecklenburg County) • Peasley Middle School (Gloucester County) • Petsworth Elementary (Gloucester County) • Poplar Tree Elementary (Fairfax County) • Potomac View Elementary (Prince William County) • Providence Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Providence Elementary (Fairfax County) • Ratcliffe Elementary (Henrico County) • REACH Homeschool Group (Orange County) • Red Hill Elementary (Albemarle County) • Redd Elementary School (Richmond) • Preparatory Academy (Richmond) • Technical Center (PLC Program) • Ridge Elementary (Henrico County) • Rivers Edge Elementary (Henrico County) • Robert E. Lee Elementary (Petersburg) • Rosa Parks Elementary (Prince William County) • Ruby F. Carver Elementary (Henrico County) • Sabot at Stony Point • Salem Christian School • Salem Church Middle School (Chesterfield County) • Salem Elementary (Virginia Beach) • Shawsville Elementary (Montgomery County) • Shelton Park Elementary School (Virginia Beach) • Short Pump Middle School (Henrico County) • Skipwith Elementary (Henrico County) • South Hill Elementary (Mecklenburg County) • Spotswood Elementary School (Spotsylvania County) • St. Anne’s Belfield School • St. Benedict • St. Bridget’s School • St. Catherine’s School • St. Edward Epiphany School • St. Joseph’s Villa • St. Pius X School • St. Stephens and St. Agnes • Sterling Elementary School (Loudoun County) • Steward School • Stonehouse Elementary (James City County) • Stone-Robinson Elementary (Albemarle County) • Stratford Landing Elementary (Fairfax County) • Swansboro Elementary (Richmond) • Sweet Briar College Campus School (Amherst County) • Sycamore ESL • Tabb Elementary (York County) • Thelma Crenshaw Elementary (Chesterfield County) • Troutville Elementary (Botetourt County) • Union Mill Elementary (Fairfax County) • Varina High School (Henrico County) • Venable Elementary (Charlottesville) • Veritas Classical Christian School • Victoria Elementary (Lunenburg) • Walker Upper Elementary School (Spotsylvania County) • Waverly-Yowell Elementary (Madison County) • Waynewood Elementary (Arlington) • West Springfield Elementary (Fairfax County) • William Fox Elementary (Richmond) • William Halley Elementary (Fairfax County) • William Perry Elementary (Waynesboro) • Winterpock Elementary (Spotsylvania County) • Woodville Elementary (Richmond) • Woolwine Elementary (Patrick County) • W. W. Gordon Elementary School (Chesterfield County) • W. W. Robinson Elementary (Shenandoah County) • Youth Empowerment Services (Richmond)