SELECTED ACCESSIONS

Manuscripts

1. Deed, 1693 November 21, of Arthur Allen to Capt. Thomas Swann for 2,400 acres in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry County. Sheet: handwritten signed; 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Gift of the Jefferson County Historical Society, Watertown, N.Y. 2. Papers, 1722–1899, of the Massie family (of “Falling Spring,” Alleghany County, and Charlottesville) con- sisting of family and business correspondence, financial and legal records, architectural records, and related materials. 6,413 items. Gift of Dixon W. and Kate-Roy Massie Christian, Margaret Massie and Thomas L. Disharoon, and James Pleasants and Joy P. Massie. 3. Patent, 1737 June 10, issued by the Virginia Land Office to John Chafin for 200 acres in Goochland County. Sheet: handwritten; 11 x 15 in. Signed by Sir William Gooch as governor of Virginia. Gift of the Jefferson County Historical Society, Watertown, N.Y. 4. Papers, 1745–1980, of the Hill and Meredith families (of King William County) including account books, correspondence, loose financial records, and related materials. 37 items. Gift of George Hill Meredith. 5. Land grant, 1749 June 20, issued to John Payne for 320 acres in Albemarle County. Sheet: handwritten; 14 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. Signed by Sir William Gooch as lieutenant Deed, 1693 November 21, of Arthur Allen to Capt. Thomas governor of Virginia. The land straddled both sides of Swann. (Mss11:2Sw246:1) Bremo Creek. Gift of Randolph W. and Lorna Wyckoff. 6. Student notebook, 1785–87, kept by John Holt Bell in Surry County. Bound volume. [116] p.: handwritten; 7 1/2 x 9 in. Includes “Canons of a School” laying out expected behavior and responsibilities of both teacher and students. Gift of James Halsey Bell, Ellen Bell O’Neill, and Bonnie Bell Potter. 7. Letter, 1791 [i.e. 1792] January 7, of Edmund Randolph to an unidentified addressee. 1 leaf: holograph signed; 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Concerns a promissory note. Gift of A. Lovell Elliott. 8. Papers, 1806–8, of George Hoadly (of Northfield, Conn.) consisting of letters written to his father from Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pa., while the younger man worked as a correspondent for the United States Gazette. Letters primarily focus on political and social life during the second Jefferson presidential administration. 11 items. Gift in honor of George Hoadly and his great-granddaughter Martha Mary (Hoadly) Bowles by Aubrey B. and Jane Bowles. 9. Papers, 1817–1963, of the Granbery family primarily concerning the genealogical research of Julian Hastings Granbery and including materials concerning the estate and family of John Granbery (of Norfolk). 43 items. Gift of Stanley Hastings. 2 • Virginia Historical Society

10. Papers, 1832, of Thomas Farley (of Giles County) concerning his application for a federal pension for military serv- ice in the American Revolution. 2 items. Gift of Sharon Laws. 11. Papers, 1838–79, of the Rev. Watkins Leigh Ribble (of Richmond), Episcopal priest and foreign and domestic mis- sionary. Include memoir, research notes, photographs, and related materials, especially regarding his work with the Rev. Frederick W. Neve. 31 items. Gift of Mrs. Edith Atkins Phiffer Ribble. 12. Papers, c. 1840–79, of the Bradfute and related Warwick families (of Lynchburg and Richmond) primarily contain- ing the family and social correspondence of three generations of women including Maria (Byrd) Bradfute, her daugh- ter Margaret Elizabeth (Bradfute) Warwick, and her granddaughter Imogen (Warwick) Bolling. 66 items. Gift of Bradfute Warwick Davenport, Jr. 13. Papers, 1858–1984, of or concerning George Washington Miley (of Shenandoah County) including genealogical materials, Confederate military service records, and miscellany. 19 items. Gift of William C. Blackwell. 14. Letter, 1860 June 5, of Elizabeth Burwell Page to her brother, Robert Powel Page, a student at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, containing family and local news. [4] p. on 1 leaf: holograph signed; 7 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. Gift of Jane Pope. 15. Papers, 1860–1937, of Episcopal minister and Confederate staff officer Giles Buckner Cooke, including diaries dat- ing between 1928 and 1934. 27 items. Gift of Anne R. Cooke through the courtesy of Giles B. Cooke. 16. Papers, 1861–63, of the Trelease family (of Morris County, N.J.) primarily consisting of letters written by three sons serving in New Jersey volunteer infantry units in Virginia (two of whom died in service), especially Walter K. Trelease (of the 27th New Jersey Infantry of the U.S. Army of the Potomac). 8 items. Gift of Pat Trelease Kennedy through the courtesy of Michael Bell. 17. Letter, 1863 October 21, of Susan Elizabeth (Roy) Carter (of “Pampatike,” King William County) to Mary Martha (Southall) Brown, concerning a visit with her mother and the effect of the war on Mrs. Carter’s own psychological and physical well being. [4] p. on 1 leaf: 8 x 13 1/4 in.; holograph signed. Gift of Jane Pope. 18. Muster roll, 1864 October 31–1865 February 25, of Captain William R. Campbell’s Company (C Company) of the 6th Battalion of Reserve Forces of Virginia in the Confederate States Army. 2 p. on 1 sheet: printed form with hand- written completions; 21 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. The unit was based in Abingdon. Purchased. 19. Letter, 1864 December 31, of Edgar B. Bennett, “Before Petersburg,” to Mary E. Marsh (of Burlington, Conn.), concerning their courtship and his service in the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. [3] p. on 1 leaf: 17 x 9 in.; holo- graph signed. Gift of Dr. Robert E. May. 20. Letter, 1866 November 19, of Julian T. Edwards (of “Lanesville,” King William County) to Anna Corbin (Pickett) Bibb. [4] p.: holograph; 8 x 10 in. Courtship letter to the widow of Thomas Bibb. Gift of Bibb Chilton Edwards and Sue E. Terminella. 21. Records, 1869–1931, of the Kappa Alpha Order, Zeta Lodge, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland. 2 volumes. Contain lists of members by date of entrance and minutes of proceedings. Purchased through the Douglas Huntly Gordon Fund. 22. History, 1872–2009, of the Lynnhaven United Methodist Church, Virginia Beach, compiled in 2009. [6], 15, [2] pp.: printed; 8 1/2 x 11 in. Gift of Jennifer Lindblad and the Lynnhaven United Methodist Church Chapel Preservation and Historical Committee. 23. Courtship letters, 1879–81, written to Anna Lee Hill (of Madison County) by her future husband, educator Philip Major. 4 items. Gift of Kevin Pennanen. 24. History, 1880–2010, of the Fifth Street Baptist Church Brotherhood Bible Class, Richmond, compiled by Stanley F. Williams. Includes a history of this African American congregation and of the activities of the men’s Bible class in the local community. 3 vols. Gift of Stanley F. Williams. 2011 Annual Report • 3

25. Papers, 1882–1952, of Richard Cary Lee (of Hampton) concerning the purchase of various tracts of land in Elizabeth City County (now City of Hampton). 42 items. Gift of Richard C. Lee. 26. Letters, 1887–93, written by historian Alexander Brown (of Norwood, Nelson County) to historian William Duncombe Pink (of Manchester, Eng.) concerning research regarding the history of seventeenth-century Virginia. 3 items. Gift of Harry Hignett. 27. Papers, 1889, of the Huckless family (of Columbia) concerning the courtship of Martha Jane Huckless and Bartemeus Franklin. 2 items. Gift of George Franklin Haskins. 28. Papers, 1890–2007, of the Cook family primarily consisting of courtship letters between John James Smithson Cook (of Mecklenburg County) and Blanche Louise (Moseley) Cook, as well as a state teaching certificate and teacher’s contract awarded to Mrs. Cook by the South Hill District of Mecklenburg County. 26 items. Gift of Margaret Phillips Moore McClanahan. 29. Papers, 1892–1905, of the Campbell family (of Warrenton) including correspondence, news clippings, and an insur- ance policy primarily concerning Robert Richard Campbell. 12 items. Gift of Emily N. (Mrs. Richard H.) Hutchison. 30. Papers, 1897–1973, of the Braxton family (of Hanover County, Va., and Kinston, N.C.) consisting primarily of cor- respondence of newspaperman Henry G. Braxton, largely concerning the history of the Braxton and related fami- lies. 68 items. Gift of Caroline Virginia Braxton McAlister. 31. Papers, 1899–1987, of the Booz family (of Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., and Miami, Fla.), particularly concern- ing the social life and financial concerns of Benjamin Booz (1864–1937) of Richmond. 91 items. Gift of Charlotte A. Booz. 32. Letter, 1900 May 4, of Peter Helms Mayo (of Richmond) to Mamie Carrington Benson (of Watertown, S.D.) con- cerning the death of William G. Strange and the settlement of his estate. 6 leaves: 8 x 10 1/2 in.; typescript signed. Gift of Ann F. Ober. 33. Papers, 1903–70, of Judge Herbert G. Cochran (of Norfolk) including correspondence, school materials, speeches, a scrapbook, photographs, and printed materials relating to his career as judge of the Norfolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. 39 items. Gift of Amelia Payne Sweets Runyon. 34. Papers, 1904–43, of William Henry Plummer (of Belleville, Nansemond County [now Suffolk]). Include correspon- dence of Bishop Plummer and others concerning the Church of God and Saints of Christ [an African American religious sect headquartered in Suffolk], and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings concerning Plummer, his son Howard Zebulon Plummer, the Church of God and Saints in Christ, and the Belleville Industrial School. 5 items. Purchased through the Douglas Huntly Gordon Fund. 35. Letter, 1906 [i.e., 1907] January 8, of Robert Edward Lee ([1869–1922] of “Ravensworth,” Fairfax County) to C[harles] W[illiam] Burwell, Salem, Va. [2] leaves: typescript signed; 11 x 8 1/2 in. Discusses the 1863 offer of George Washington Custis Lee to take the place of his brother William Henry Fitzhugh “Rooney” Lee as a prison- er of war so that Rooney could be with his sick wife. Gift of Calder Loth. 36. Letters, 1917–19, written by Laurie Green to his mother, Melville Walker (Collins) Green (of Surry), and others while he was stationed at Camp Lee and serving in France with the American Expeditionary Forces. 9 items. Gift of John Branch Green. 37. Papers, 1922–2003, of Virginia Governor Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. (of Franklin and Norfolk) including a diary, general and political correspondence, certificates and awards, campaign materials, printed programs, financial records, photographs and photograph albums, many newspaper clippings concerning his election and service as gov- ernor of Virginia, and materials concerning his death and memorial tributes. Also, contain materials concerning his wife, Constance Simons (Dupont) Darden. 1,818 items. Gift of Irene Dupont Darden Field. 4 • Virginia Historical Society

38. Papers, 1931–61, of Charles Hurt Seamster (of Halifax County) primarily concerning his activities as a farmer dur- ing the years of the Great Depression. 99 items. Gift of L. Gene Seamster. 39. Papers, 1936–51, compiled by Richard Smith Taylor (as gardener) concerning Virginia House, Richmond. Include insurance policies, correspondence concerning the estates of Alexander W. and Virginia Chase Stedman Weddell, and renderings of the gardens. 7 items. Purchased. 40. Letters, 1943 March 19–September 16, written by Arthur Hadley Dittemore (while serving in the U.S. Navy) con- cerning his basic training at Camp Peary and travel through Richmond, additional training at Camp Endicott, Rhode Island, and service with the 1008th Construction Battalion Detachment in the South Pacific. 16 items. Gift of Rhonda Kay Dandliker. 41. Special Order No. 16 of the U.S. Second Army, Virginia Military District, 1947 March 24. [4] p. on 2 leaves: type- script; 8 x 12 3/4 in. Concerns the activation and assignments of officers to various reserve units in Richmond and Charlottesville. Gift of Norman D. Eddleton. 42. Papers, 1947, and memoir of Mildred Davis Bruce concerning the first Virginia Girls’ State, held July 20–26, 1947, at Radford College [now University] and sponsored by the Virginia Department of the American Legion Auxiliary. 7 items. Gift of Mildred Davis Bruce. 43. Programs and publications, 1947–79, relating to Miller & Rhoads Department Store, Richmond. Include scattered issues of The Mirror, employee newsletter, and programs from the annual Miller & Rhoads Twenty-Year Club din- ners, acknowledging the service of employees of twenty years or more. 33 items. Gift of Elaine M. Ogburn. 44. Records, 1954–2008, of the Ashland Garden Club, Ashland, including minutes of meetings of the club member- ship and executive committee, with reports of officers and records of awards and presentation cups interspersed. 31 items. Gift of the Ashland Garden Club through the courtesy of Mrs. M. E. Shamburger III, historian. 45. Materials, 1955–98, compiled by Louise Chrisman (of Richmond) concerning her years of service as an employee of Reynolds Metals Company. Include scattered issues of the Reynolds Review (the employee magazine), cookbooks, craft and other pamphlets featuring Reynolds Wrap, an employee’s benefits handbook, newspaper clippings, and service awards. 38 items. Gift of Louise Chrisman. 46. Minute book, 1977–82, bearing related documents, 1986–2000, of the Ideal Fishing Float Company, Inc., of Richmond. Bound volume. c. 174 p.: typescript with handwritten annotations; 9 x 11 3/4 in. Bequest of Ludwell Hill Kimbrough, Jr. 47. History of the Central Virginia Fallen Biker Committee, Inc., Richmond, compiled c. 2009–10. [46] leaves: type- script; 8 1/2 x 11 in. Primarily concerns the African American motorcycle clubs that render philanthropic assistance and support to the committee and to Urban L.A.C.E. Outreach, Inc. Gift of the Central Virginia Fallen Biker Committee, Inc., through the courtesy of Valerie E. Travers, director. 48. Certificate of recognition, 2011 March 24, regarding the establishment of Dorothy Irene Height day in Virginia. Sheet: printed; 8 1/2 x 14 in. Signed by Robert F. McDonnell as governor. Commemorates the life of this Civil Rights leader born in Richmond. Gift of Corey Wayne Boone.

Printed Materials

1. Arp, Bill. Bill Arp’s Peace Papers. New York, 1873. A humorous fictional account of the Civil War and Reconstruction, which bears an inscription to Belle de Wolfe from her husband, Clarence, dated February 10, 1873. Gift of Kristin Lambert. 2. Atlantic Female College. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Atlantic Female College, Onancock, Accomac Co., Va., 1861 and 1862. Baltimore, 1862. Atlantic Female College opened in 1859 as a Baptist girls’ school. This catalog was published by W.M. Innes after the beginning of the Civil War in Baltimore. We have not been able to find any other 2011 Annual Report • 5

items he printed for the South during the Civil War nor any other items published about the college. Gift of Beatrice Johnson. 3. Bathon, Mary Wingrove. Stage Managers Book, Pocahontas Comic Operetta. New York, 1916. An illustrated stage guide for the operatta written by Fred Edmonds and Edward Johnston. Gift of William Cole. 4. Bellwood Drive-In Theatre: Petersburg Pike, Phone Richmond 82-6448. Richmond, 1950? Pamphlet advertising movies at Richmond’s largest drive-in theater, which operated from 1948 to 1986. A fully segregated establishment, it had separate seating areas at its concession stands. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 5. Bleecker, Katharine. Business Etiquette: the A B C of Making Good. New York, 1942. Success for businessmen is attrib- uted to proper appearance, speech and behavior. Gift of Cheryl Wilcox Dunford. 6. Cooley, Thomas McIntyre. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. Boston, 1871. Bears signature of William Wirt Henry dated March 1873 and Irving E. Campbell dated December 1894. Gift of Paxton Campbell. 7. Diggs, Isaac. Virginia Corporation Digest: A Collection of the Case and Statute Law of Virginia on Corporations, Including Railroad, Municipal and Other Corporations, with Notes and References. Richmond, 1907. Contains a binder ticket of William H. Adams, Book Binder, Richmond. Gift of W. Hamilton Bryson. 8. Falmouth and Alexandria Railroad Company. Address to the Farmers of Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, and Fairfax. Alexandria, 1839. Includes correspondence of Alexander John Marshall on the commercial advantages of a railroad between Alexandria, Fredericksburg and Warrenton. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund. 9. Fry, James Barnet. McDowell and Tyler in the Campaign of Bull Run, 1861. New York, 1884. Postwar account of the unseasoned Union troops who fought in the first major land battle of the Civil War. Gift of Kristin Lambert. 10. Kimberly, J. B. Fortress Monroe. Old Point Comfort, 1900. Mounted photographs of many of the buildings associ- ated with this famous fort, including the Coast Artillery School, library, parade grounds, post chapel, moat, and YMCA building. Gift of the Rock Island Historical Society. 11. Lamkin, Nina B. America, Yesterday and Today. Chicago, 1917. The text of a historical pageant that includes manu- script notes of the participants of the production in Hopewell. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 12. Long, Christopher Stanley. You. Richmond, 1943. “A book for people who need a working and practical religion.” Written while the author was the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Halifax. Purchased through the Battle Abbey Council Fund. 13. McCormick, Mary R. A Letter from Africa to the Executive Secretary. Richmond, 1937. A letter from a missionary in Nigeria to the Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board in Richmond. Purchased through the William A. Hagey Fund. 14. McGuffey, William Holmes. McGuffey’s New Second Eclectic Reader For Young Learners. Cincinnati, 1865. Bears the signature of William T. Parke dated May 18, 1875. Gift of Sally Behrhorst. 15. Mayo, Robert. The Misrepresentations of a Member of the Hickory Club. Washington, D.C., 1837. May was the edi- tor of the Jackson Democrat newspaper in Richmond during the 1828 presidential campaign and a supporter of Andrew Jackson. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund. 16. Mellen, Grenville. A Book of the United States: Exhibiting its Geography, Divisions, Constitution and Government . . . Hartford, 1837. Bears signatures of C. J. P. Alston and T. W. Harris. Gift of Carol Robert Armstrong and Dr. Frank C. Robert in memory of Joseph Clarke Robert, Ph.D., President of the Virginia Historical Society, 1975–78. 17. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Virginia Conference. Proceedings of the Virginia Conference in the Trial of W. A. Smith, D.D., on charges preferred by C. F. Deems, D.D., at the Session of 1855. Richmond, 1856. Documents the con- flict between Charles F. Deems, prominent Methodist minister who was formerly a professor at Randolph-Macon 6 • Virginia Historical Society

College, and the Rev. William Smith, a leading advocate of slavery who was then president of the College. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 18. Miller, Frederick Scott. Fighting Modern Evils That Destroy Our Homes. Chicago, 1913. A boldly illustrat- ed cover depicts the many snares and pitfalls that may overcome the modern family. Gift of Robert Cabaniss. 19. Newcomer, Elsie Renalds and Janet Renalds Ramsey. 1861 Life in the Shenandoah Valley: A Compilation of the Journal of Siram Peter Henkel, the Letter Collection of Caspar Coiner Henkel, M.D., the Daily Dispatch of Richmond, Virginia. Three original sources provide the material for this study of the Shenandoah Valley at the beginning of the Civil War. Gift of Elsie Renalds Newcomer. 20. Olmsted, Denison. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as A Text Book for the Students in Yale College. New York, 1848. Bears signatures and manuscript notes throughout, including that of A. S. Brown, Washington College, dated November 17, 1848. Gift of Colin J. S. Thomas, Jr. 21. Phillimore, Robert. The Law of Domicil. Philadelphia, 1847. Bears the signature of Angus R. Blakey, who was a delegate to the 1861 Virginia Secession Convention. Purchased in honor of W. Taylor Reveley for his years of support and service as chairman of the board of trustees of the Virginia Historical Society. Frederick Scott Miller, Fighting Modern Evils That Destroy Our Homes (HQ734.M64.1913) 22. Polk Miller Drug Co., Inc. Save the Dog. Richmond, 1920. Includes products of and testimonials for Sergeant’s pet care products, as well as information on the use of dogs on the battlefields in World War I. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 23. Richmond Stove Company. Catalogue and Price List, 1902/03. Richmond, 1902. Gift of John M. Camp III. 24. Ritchie, Thomas. Thomas Ritchie’s Letter Containing Reminiscences of Henry Clay and the Compromise. Richmond, 1852. A eulogy-biography of Henry Clay by Thomas Ritchie, who knew Clay in his youth. Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 25. Ruschke, Egmont Westy. Lieuie VI, Being the Chronicle of the Battle of Camp Lee as Fought By the Deathless Sixth Battalion: Central Officers Training School, Camp Lee, Virginia, Being in Action from October 15, 1918 to January 15, 1919. Includes biographical sketches of officers and a sometimes humorous look at World War I. Purchased through the Douglas H. Gordon Fund. 26. A Short History of Thomas Fortune Ryan’s English Racing Stable, 1923–1928. New York, 1929. Privately printed, this volume documents each horse owned by Ryan at his English stable, including one named “The Virginian.” Purchased through the Ellis Olsson Memorial Foundation Fund. 27. Stowe, Harriet Beecher. A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story is Founded Together With Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work. Boston, 1853. Written one year after the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, this work provides insights into Stowe’s views on slavery. Gift of Pat Vitsky. 2011 Annual Report • 7

28. Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Vendors and Purchasers of Estates. Philadelphia, 1807. Bears the signature and manuscript notes of Francis W. Gilmer. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund. 29. Tatham, William. Auxiliary Remarks on an Essay on the Comparative Advantages of Oxen for Tillage in Competition with Horses. London, 1801. Tatham emigrated to Virginia in 1769 and wrote this pamphlet concerning the use of oxen and horses for agricultural and military purposes, particularly in Virginia. Purchased in honor of Lloyd U. Noland for his years of support and service as a member of the board of trustees of the Virginia Historical Society. 30. Taylor, Virginia Bagby. Montezuma at Woods End. n.p., 1955. A charming story found in the papers of Virginia Bagby Taylor after her death that depicts life in Louisa County after the Civil War. Gift of Alice Taylor Spilman. 31. Tice, Frederick. Practice of Medicine. Hagerstown, Md., 1925–29. This ten-volume set for medical reference was owned by Nelson Frederick McNorton, an African American physician who practiced in Yorktown. Gift of the Nelson McNorton family. 32. Valentin, Louis. Memoire Sur les Fluxions de Poitrine. Nancy, France, 1815. Valentin was a French military surgeon who took refuge in the United States and was placed in charge of a French naval hospital in Norfolk. His account of the diseases of Virginia is based on his experiences there during the mid 1790s. Purchased through the Carrie Wheeler Buck Memorial Fund. 33. Vaux, Roberts. Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet. York, England, 1817. Contains letters of a Quaker abolition- ist, some of which deal with slavery in Virginia and treatment of Native Americans. Gift of Kristin Lambert. 34. Virginia College for Young Ladies (Roanoke). Virginia College for Young Ladies with Conservatory Advantages in Music, Elocution, and Art. Roanoke, 1901. The Virginia College for Young Ladies opened in 1893 and was designed to offer a progressive education to young women with coursework in geography, history, reading, astronomy, English, Greek, Latin, and French, as well as the “finishing courses” of music, elocution, and art. Gift of Janean Monahan. 35. Ward, Charles Henshaw. Theme Building: The Essentials of High-School Composition. Chicago, 1924. This English language textbook bears the signatures of Carl Brown, Noel Hare, Mutt Bonham and Hattie Bonham on the end papers. Gift of Robert Cabaniss. 36. Westmoreland Club (Richmond). Westmoreland Club, 1900: Constitution, Rules, Members, Officers, Committees. Richmond, 1900. Bears the bookplate of William J. Perry, Fancy Hill, Staunton, dated February 17, 1949. Gift of Lisa R. Moore. 37. Willson, Russell. Watch Officer’s Guide: United States Navy. Annapolis, 1941. Bears the signature of Ensign Addison I. Campbell. Gift of Paxton Campbell.

Maps

1. The Cornucopia Map of Norfolk and Vicinity, compiled and platted by James F. Carr. Norfolk, 1887. Purchased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund. 2. [Map of] Maj. Gen’l. P. H. Sheridan’s Campaigns: Seventh Expedition. The Appomattox Campaign. New York, 1888. Sheet: printed; 4 x 7 in. Purchased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund. 3. Rural Delivery Routes, Halifax County, Virginia. Washington, D.C., 1912. Gift of Janet J. Perkins. 4. The Port of Hampton Roads: Embracing Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A. Richmond, 1937. Purchased. 5. [Map of Hopewell] Produced for Fowle and Elder, Inc., c. 1961. Sheet: printed; 56 x 71 cm. Purchased through the Frank F. Byram Memorial Fund. 8 • Virginia Historical Society

Newspapers

1. Semi-Weekly Examiner (Richmond), 1860 October 9. Gift of Adeline Parker through the courtesy of Shirley Massie. 2. Sentinel (Richmond), 1864 January 20 (incomplete). Gift of Carolyn S. Wright. 3. Bayonet (Camp Lee), 1918 January 18, March 8, and November 8. Gift of Mary Grace Taylor.

Museum Objects

1. Uniform coat, 1810–12, and chapeau, or bicorn hat, post-1810. According to family lore the uniform coat and hat were worn by Captain Martin Kirtland during the Revolutionary War, but it is more likely that they belonged to a third generation family member, perhaps Martin Kirtland born in 1790. Gift of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk. 2. Engraving showing the architect’s conception of the first pro- posed monument to Mary Washington, mother of George Washington [New York?, c. 1830s]. With annota- tions. Purchased through the William Anderson Hagey Fund. 3. Braided leather whip reportedly used on enslaved persons, possibly in Virginia, in the first half of the nineteenth cen- tury. Gift of Adrienne Strandberg in honor of her father, Alton M. Motter, a pastor in Pennsylvania to whom it was given by a civil rights movement member in the 1960s. 4. Two hand-colored engravings, “Costumes of the Inhabitants of Virginia in the Time of Conquest” and “Virginians Cooking Fish” by Louis Pierre Rene de Moraine, Paris, c. 1859. Gift of William W. Cole. 5. Nineteenth-century desk used by Carter McKim Louthan, common- wealth’s attorney for Clarke County following the Civil War, and a pie safe/chest built for and used by the Louthan family, c. 1865. Gift of Mr. and Uniform coat, 1810–12. Mrs. Thomas C. Louthan. (2010.112.1) 6. One broadsheet lithograph, Centennial: The Course of Empire “Westward Takes Its Way,” designed and illustrated by Daniel T. Ames, published by James Miller, N.Y., 1876; twenty-six tobac- co cards from the Great Generals of the Civil War series, Flags of All Nations and Flags of the States and Territories series, and various cards showing smokers of diverse nationalities and historical time periods distributed by Allen & Ginter’s Cigarettes, Richmond. Gift of Bensley H. L. Field. 7. Confederate flag used on the coffin of Dabney Jefferson Carr, buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, 1889. Gift of Linda Carr-Kraft in memory of Dabney Jefferson and Anna Deane Carr. 8. Wine bottle from Hunter’s Island Vineyard in Stafford County, with partially intact label, c. 1898. Gift of G. Philip Leveque. 9. Two nineteenth-century photographic prints or crayon portraits of Martha Allen Holman DuVal (1810–1850) and her daughter, Marian Hazeltine DuVal Cross (1841–1903). Gift of Sunta C. Rosapepe in memory of Doris Elizabeth Minter Cabanillas. 2011 Annual Report • 9

10. Nineteenth-century table made in King and Queen County, part of the estate of Melba Coleman Pemberton. Gift of Betty Crowe Leviner in memory of her grandparents, Edward L. and Bertha Coleman Crowe. 11. Various nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographic prints of members of the Frazier, Bell, and related families, descendants of John Lewis of Virginia. Gift of Lewis Fisher. 12. Eight flags used by Eppa Hunton, Jr., for Confederate Veteran functions, c. 1907. Gift of Caroline Hunton High. 13. World War I uniform of Capt. George Walker Patteson (of Buckingham County), who served in the 4th U. S. Army Corps in France and Germany; with tunic; belt with medical pack; holster; revolver; canteen (possibly later vintage); helmet; insignia. Gift of George W. Patteson, III. 14. Sixty-one postcards showing men engaged in various drills and buildings at Camp Lee during World War I. Gift of Ben Kastelberg, Caravati’s Inc., Richmond. 15. Next of Kin Memorial Plaques issued by the British War Office to the parents of John Ralston and Alexander Cameron Ralston of Richmond in 1920 for their service in the British Army. Include a tribute from King George V, two bronze death plaques, and two commemorative scrolls. Gift of Matthew Prestone. 16. Photographs from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp Dern in Luray, c. 1930s. Gift of Linden Hughes. 17. World War II naval dress uniform and cap worn by Carl Buford Andrews. Gift of Patricia E. Andrews. 18. World War II uniform coat and shirt of Frederick Pilgrim Haseltine; vulcanized case in which letters and other items were sent to him by family members during his service in the U.S. Army; photograph of Haseltine as postwar Richmond radio personality. Gift of Nell Haseltine. 19. Three African American dolls purchased in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the 1950s. Gift of Roberta Tingle. 20. Portrait of John Melville Jennings, former executive director of the Virginia Historical Society, in retirement, by Eva Jacob, c. 1998. Gift of Eva Jacob. 21. Painting, “The Four Captains’ Memorial: A 9/11 Tribute”; uniform cap of Capt. Charles F. Burlingame III, pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, Washington to Los Angeles, that was crashed into the Pentagon; photograph and biog- raphy of Captain Burlingame; uniform cap of Jason M. Dahl, pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, Newark to San Francisco; photograph and biography of Captain Dahl; United States flag that flew over the U.S. House of Representatives in the days after September 11, 2001. Gift of Dr. Kenneth J. Strafer. 10 • Virginia Historical Society

GOVERNANCE

CONNECTING PEOPLE TO AMERICA’S PAST THROUGH THE UNPARALLELED STORY OF VIRGINIA By collecting, preserving, and interpreting the Commonwealth’s history, we link past with present and inspire future generations.

Officers

Chairman of the Board Honorary Vice Chairmen W. Taylor Reveley III, Richmond H. Furlong Baldwin, Cheriton J. Stewart Bryan III, Richmond Vice Chairman Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Richmond Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Grady W. Powell, Petersburg President and Chief Executive Officer Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville Paul A. Levengood

Board of Trustees

George F. Albright, Jr., Arlington Anna Logan Lawson, Daleville Thomas N. Allen, Richmond Lloyd U. Noland III, Newport News Edward L. Ayers, Richmond E. Bryson Powell, Richmond Paul Brandon Barringer II, Charlottesville E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., Richmond Harry F. Byrd III, Berryville Josiah P. Rowe III, Fredericksburg Beverley E. Dalton, Altavista Thomas G. Snead, Jr., Richmond Gary M. Gore, Richmond William B. Thalhimer III, Richmond Hon. Roger L. Gregory, Richmond Carole M. Weinstein, Richmond Conrad M. Hall, Norfolk F. Blair Wimbush, Norfolk H. Hiter Harris III, Richmond Clifton A. Woodrum III, Roanoke James W. Hazel, Oakton

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. 2011 Annual Report • 11

Administration

President and Chief Executive Officer Vice President for Institutional Advancement Paul A. Levengood Pamela R. Seay Executive Assistant to the President Vice President for Collections and Sallie and William Canan K. Boomer B. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist E. Lee Shepard Vice President for Operations Richard S. V. Heiman President Emeritus Charles F. Bryan, Jr. Vice President for Programs and Virginius Dabney Editor Nelson D. Lankford

Honorary Members of the Virginia Historical Society

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

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 Robert Earl Patterson, Chesterfield County Sabra Willhite, Henrico County Renee Serrao, Chesterfield County Elisabeth E. Wray, University of Richmond Carol Anne K. Simopoulos, Henrico County Victoria Wray-Alley, Richmond

Editorial Advisory Board

William S. Belko, University of West Florida Catherine Kerrison, Villanova University Theodore Carter DeLaney, Washington and Lee University Carey H. Latimore IV, Trinity University James Horn, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Mary Beth Mathews, University of Mary Charles F. Irons, Elon University Washington Caroline E. Janney, Purdue University Ann Sarah Rubin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 12 • Virginia Historical Society

Former Members of the Board of Trustees

John B. Adams, Jr., Richmond Joseph F. Johnston, Jr., Alexandria Gerald L. Baliles, Charlottesville Mary Duke Trent Jones, Abingdon 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., Carrollton, Tex. Robert L. Burrus, Jr., Richmond Roger Mudd, McLean M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke John R. Nelson, Richmond Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester Shirley Carter Olsson, West Point B. Noland Carter II, Richmond Charles Larus Reed, Jr., Richmond Gene R. Carter, McLean Anne Gregory Rhodes, Richmond George M. Cochran, Staunton James I. Robertson, Jr., Colonial Beach Lee Stuart Cochran, Staunton Toy D. Savage, Jr., Norfolk John R. Curtis, Jr., Williamsburg Elliot S. Schewel, Lynchburg W. Hunter deButts, Jr., Marshall Jane Bassett Spilman, Bassett W. Heywood Fralin, Roanoke Hugh R. Stallard, Richmond Anne Hobson Freeman, Callao Robert Lee Stephens, Irvington Susan S. Goode, Norfolk Henry F. Stern, Richmond Bruce C. Gottwald, Richmond Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Saltville Nancy Hays Gottwald, Richmond Nancy St. Clair Talley, Millwood Elmon T. Gray, Waverly Nicholas F. Taubman, Roanoke Brenton S. Halsey, Richmond Suzanne Foster Thomas, Alexandria William R. Harvey, Hampton Eugene P. Trani, Richmond Mary Buford Hitz, Alexandria B. Walton Turnbull, Richmond Richard R. G. Hobson, Alexandria Melvin I. Urofsky, Gaithersburg, Md. A. E. Dick Howard, Charlottesville L. Dudley Walker, Martinsville Cecelia Howell, Falmouth Marcus M. Weinstein, Richmond Robert E. R. Huntley, Lexington Hugh V. White Jr., Richmond Ronald C. Johnson, Alexandria Anne R. Worrell, Charlottesville 2011 Annual Report • 13

Presidents of the Virginia Historical Society (after 2001 the title changed to Chairman of the Board)

John Marshall 1831–1835 David John Mays 1963–1966 Henry St. George Tucker 1836–1847 Eppa Hunton IV 1966–1969 William Cabell Rives 1847–1868 Virginius Dabney 1969–1972 Hugh Blair Grigsby 1870–1881 Edwin Cox 1972–1975 Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart 1881–1891 Joseph Clarke Robert 1975–1978 William Wirt Henry 1891–1892 David Tennant Bryan 1978–1981 Joseph Bryan 1892–1902 FitzGerald Bemiss 1981–1984 William Gordon McCabe 1903–1905 Lawrence Lewis, Jr. 1984–1986 Joseph Bryan 1906–1908 John L. McElroy, Jr. 1987–1988 William Gordon McCabe 1909–1920 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. 1989–1991 Edward Virginius Valentine 1921–1929 C. Coleman McGehee 1992–1994 Daniel Grinnan 1930–1935 Brenton S. Halsey 1995–1997 John Stewart Bryan 1936–1937 Austin Brockenbrough III 1998–1999 Joseph Dupuy Eggleston 1938–1943 Gerald L. Baliles 2000–2001 Alexander Wilbourne Weddell 1944–1948 Hugh R. Stallard 2002–2003 Edmund Randolph Williams 1948–1952 Hugh V. White Jr. 2004–2005 Samuel Merrifield Bemiss 1952–1958 E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. 2006–2007 Wyndham Bolling Blanton 1958–1960 J. Stewart Bryan III 2008 –2009 George MacLaren Brydon 1960 W. Taylor Reveley III 2010–2011 Beverley Randolph Wellford 1960–1963

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 14 • Virginia Historical Society

ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

Exhibitions Temporary Exhibitions Heads and Tales: Portraits of Outstanding Virginians An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia A signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. Additional support is pro- vided by The National Endowment for the Humanities • The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia • The Cecil R. and Edna S. Hopkins Family Foundation • The Roller-Bottimore Foundation • The Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust • The Garland and Agnes Taylor Gray Foundation, a supporting organization of The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia • The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation • The Norfolk Southern Foundation • The W. E. Betts, Jr. Memorial Fund, established by the William Davis Family, the Earle Betts Family, and the James Wall Family • The Virginia Department of Historic Resources 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 2011 Annual Report • 15

Lectures Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture Robert Edsel, “The Monuments Men,” 5 May 2011 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture John V. Quarstein, “The Battle of the Ironclads,” 21 September 2011 J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr., Lecture H. W. Brands, “The Triumph of American Capitalism,” 6 October 2011 Alexander W. Weddell Trustees Lecture Tony Horwitz, “Midnight Rising: John Brown, Harpers Ferry, and the Start of the Civil War,” 16 November 2011

Banner Lecture Series

Susan Kern, “The Jeffersons at Shadwell,” 13 January 2011 Edward G. Lengel, “Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory,” 24 February 2011 Daniel Crofts, “‘The Diary of a Public Man’ and Abraham Lincoln,” 3 March 2011 Gregg Kimball, “American City, Southern Place: Richmond on the Eve of War,” 9 March and 10 March 2011 (Cosponsored with Richmond National Battlefield Park) Douglas R. Egerton, “Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War,” 24 March 2011 Nelson D. Lankford, “The Crooked Road to Civil War,” 13 and 14 April 2011 (Cosponsored with Richmond National Battlefield Park) Lorena Walsh, “Motives of Honor, Pleasure, and Profit: Plantation Management in the Colonial Chesapeake, 1607–1763,” 21 April 2011 (Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia) John C. Waugh, “Lincoln and McClellan,” 12 May 2011 Barnet Schecter, “George Washington’s America,” 9 June 2011 (Cosponsored with the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia) Todd Kliman, “The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine,” 30 June 2011 Brooks Smith and Wayne Dementi, “Facts & Legends of Sports in Richmond,” 14 July 2011 Robert H. Gillette, “The Virginia Plan: William B. Thalhimer and a Rescue from Nazi Germany,” 4 August 2011 A. E. Dick Howard, “The Constitution of Virginia,” 8 September 2011 Graham Woodlief and Barbara Ramos, “The First Thanksgiving,” 13 October 2011 Dr. Adrian Wheat, “Civil War Medicine,” 26 and 27 October 2011 Adam Goodheart, “1861: The Civil War Awakening,” 30 November 2011 Timothy Sedore, “An Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate Monuments,” 8 December 2011 16 • Virginia Historical Society

Gallery Walks William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Story of Virginia: The Antebellum Era,” 26 January 2011 William M. S. Rasmussen, “An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia,” 9 February 2011 Lauranett L. Lee, “Who Freed the Slaves?” 23 February 2011 Lauranett L. Lee, “The Civil War in Virginia: Women’s Lives,” 23 March 2011 Andrew H. Talkov, “The Civil War in Virginia: The Battlefront,” 6 April 2011 Chris Van Tassell, “The Story of Virginia: Contributions of the Founding Fathers,” 20 April 2011 William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Story of Virginia: Winds of Change—The First Half of the 20th Century,” 4 May 2011 Lauranett L. Lee, “The Story of Virginia: The Civil Rights Movement,” 19 May 2011 Lauranett L. Lee, “The Civil War in Virginia: The Role of African Americans,” 15 June 2011 William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Civil War in Virginia: The Home Front,” 13 July 2011 Andrew H. Talkov, “The Civil War in Virginia: Why the Battle of Kernstown?” 3 August 2011 Lauranett L. Lee, “The Civil War in Virginia: The Emancipation Proclamation,” 28 September 2011 William M. S. Rasmussen, “The Story of Virginia: Reconstruction and Recovery,” 12 October 2011 Rebecca A. Rose, “The Civil War in Virginia: Battle Flags,” 19 October 2011 William M. S. Rasmussen, “Art in The Story of Virginia,” 9 November 2011 Paul A. Levengood, “The Civil War in Virginia: Did the Civil War End at Appomattox?” 7 December 2011

See You In Class Brig. Gen. John W. Mountcastle (USA, Ret.), “The Nation Explodes . . . and War Begins in 1861,” 3 and 10 March 2011 Edward G. Lengel, “Myths about George Washington,” 24 and 31 March 2011 Mark Valeri, “Religion in Virginia through the Antebellum Era,” 19 May 2011 A. E. Dick Howard, “The Idea of a Constitution,” 15 and 22 September 2011 VHS Staff, “Unknown No Longer: Workshop on Using New VHS Slave Name Database,” 29 September 2011 Robert Winthrop, “Architecture in Detail: Identifying Architectural Styles,” 13, 20, and 27 October 2011 Patrick Mooney, “History of the U.S. Marine Corps,” 3, 10, and 17 November 2011 2011 Annual Report • 17

Awards

Brenton S. Halsey Teaching Award • Excellence in teaching in 2011 Rebecca L. Donlon, Liberty Middle School, Fairfax County

Bobby Chandler Student Award (sponsored by the Kip Kephart Foundation) • Outstanding high school history student in 2011 Venu Katta, The Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Chesterfield County

Anne R. Worrell Student Award • Outstanding middle school history student in 2011 Lauren Brown, Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School, Lynchburg

William M. E. Rachal Award • Best overall article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2011 Mark Sturges, “Enclosing the Commons: Thomas Jefferson, Agrarian Independence, and Early American Land Policy, 1774–1789,” vol. 119, no. 1

Richard Slatten Award • Excellence in Virginia biography in 2011 Keith D. Dickson, Sustaining Southern Identity: Douglas Southall Freeman and Memory in the Modern South (Louisiana State University Press, 2011)

President’s Awards for Excellence • Outstanding service by VHS staff in 2011 Andrew H. Talkov, head of program development and coordinator of An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia Robert Thurston, maintenance mechanic

Lora Robins Award • Leadership, foresight, and generosity in collecting the evidence of Virginia’s history in 2011 Allen A. Frey

Howson W. Cole Award • For long and dedicated service Doris Delk

Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer of the Year Award • Outstanding service in 2011 Lee T. Ball, Institutional Advancement

Research Fellows

Matthew Amato of the University of Southern California • for research on photographic images and image-practices in the cultures of slavery, antislavery, and post-emancipation America Michael Bennett of High Point University • for research on the forces that restrained and then facilitated lawful and unlawful killing during the Civil War Michael Bernath of the University of Miami • for research on the role of northern teachers and tutors in the Old South, 1790–1860 Charles Bodie, president of the Rockbridge Historical Society • for research on James McDowell (1795–1851), a Virginia governor and U.S. congressman Michael Conlin of Eastern Washington University • for research on sectional identity in the political struggle over slav- ery in the antebellum era Natalie Deibel of George Washington University • for research on the role sports, games, and other pastimes played in the lives of women and the formation of gender roles from 1600 to 1800 Zachary Dresser of Rice University • for research on religious thought in the postwar South 18 • Virginia Historical Society

Bartow Elmore of the University of Virginia • for research on an environmental history of Coca-Cola Allison Fredette of the University of Florida • for research on gender, regional identity, and the law in the border South, 1840–80 Claire Gherini of Johns Hopkins University • for research on the cultures and economies of health and healing between 1730 and 1800 Trenton (Cole) Jones of Johns Hopkins University • for research on prisoners of war and the American military cul- ture during the Revolutionary War Lindsay Keiter of the College of William and Mary • for research on changes in courtship and marriage in British North America between the 1750s and the Civil War Cindy Kierner of George Mason University • for research on the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire Andrew Lang of Rice University • for research on garrison, occupation, and home guard military service during the Civil War Janet Lindman of Rowan University • for research on friendship in early America Jessica Linker of the University of Connecticut • for research on female naturalists in early America between 1720 and 1860 Allison Madar of Rice University • for research on the role and importance of indentured servants in eighteenth- century Virginia Ashley Mays of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill • for research on Confederate widows and grief in the postwar South Matt McCook of Oklahoma Christian University • for research on the Second Great Awakening Michelle Orihel of Southern Utah University • for research on the Virginia democratic movement and its reception in the late eighteenth century Robert Owens of Wichita State University • for research on the role of mediators, both Indian and white, who tried to keep the peace on the Trans-Appalachian frontier in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Traci Parker of the University of Chicago • for research on African American saleswomen in department stores in the post–World War II era James Rice of SUNY, Plattsburgh • for research on Bacon’s Rebellion Dorothy Spencer Rivera of the University of Maryland • for research on the social significance of childrearing in the British American colonies Catherine Saunders of George Mason University • for research on the influence of Emily Clemens Pearson’s year at Mount Airy on her abolitionist fiction Samantha Seeley of New York University • for research on mobility, citizenship, and freedom in the Early Republic Megan Shockley of Clemson University • for research on issues galvanizing lesbian activists at the turn of the twenty- first century in Virginia Blair Smith of the University of Dundee • for research on social hierarchy in Kentucky from the early 1770s to 1800 Matthew Spooner of Columbia University • for research on the reconstruction of southern slavery, 1778–1808 Colin Stephenson of Ohio State University • for research on the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 Albert Tillson of the University of Tampa • for research on maritime workers in Revolutionary and antebellum Virginia David Williard of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill • for research on the courses former Confederate sol- diers took in attempting to reclaim control over their personal lives and sense of manhood 2011 Annual Report • 19

Michael Woods of the University of South Carolina • for research on the role of emotion in antebellum sectional politics and the coming of the Civil War Ben Wright of Rice University • for research on early American antislavery clergy and their political actions and inac- tions Christopher Young of Indiana University Northwest • for research on the relationship between foreign affairs, public opinion, and the American presidency during the 1790s

Schools Served in 2011/2012 (private schools are noted without county or city designations) Alberta Smith Elementary (Chesterfield) • Ambleside School • Armstrong High School (Richmond) • Arthur Ashe, Jr. Elementary (Henrico) • Baileys Arts and Sciences Elementary (Fairfax) • Battlefield Park Elementary (Hanover) • Beech Tree Elementary (Fairfax) • Bellwood Elementary (Chesterfield) • Berekey Elementary (Spotsylvania) • Beulah Elementary School (Chesterfield) • Boushall Middle School (Richmond) • Broadway High School (Rockingham) • Brownsville Elementary (Albemarle) • Bucknell Elementary School (Arlington) • Cale Elementary (Albemarle) • Canterbury Woods Elementary (Fairfax) • C. E. Curtis Elementary (Chesterfield) • Central Virginia Christian School • Charles Barrett Elementary (Alexandria) • Charlottesville Catholic School • Chase City Elementary (Mecklenburg) • Chimborazo Elementary (Richmond) • Christiansburg Elementary (Christiansburg) • Clark Springs Elementary (Richmond) • Clearview Elementary (Fairfax) • Clermont Elementary (Fairfax) • Collegiate School • Colvin Run Elementary (Fairfax) • Cool Spring Elementary (Hanover) • Courtland Elementary (Spotsylvania) • Crenshaw Elementary (Chesterfield) • Crestview Elementary (Chesterfield) • Crestwood Elementary (Chesterfield) • Crestwood Elementary School (Fairfax) • Crystal Springs Elementary (Roanoke) • Dinwiddie County Schools (Dinwiddie) • Dinwiddie Junior High School (Dinwiddie) • Dinwiddie Middle School (Dinwiddie) • D. J. Montague Elementary (James City) • E. S. H. Green Elementary (Richmond) • Enon Elementary (Chesterfield) • Ettrick Elementary (Chesterfield) • Fair Oaks Elementary (Henrico) • Fairhill Elementary (Fairfax) • Faith Christian School • Forestdale Elementary (Fairfax) • Garrisonville Elementary (Stafford) • Gayton Terrace Elementary (Henrico) • Glen Allen Elementary School (Henrico) • Good Shepard Episcopal School • Grafton Village Elementary (Stafford) • Great Falls Elementary (Fairfax) • Greenfield Elementary (Chesterfield) • Greenwood Elementary (Henrico) • Grymes Memorial School • Guardian Christian Academy • H. M. Pearson Elementary (Fauquier) • Hampton Oaks Elementary (Stafford) • Harrison Road Elementary (Spotsylvania) • Harvey Elementary School (Henrico) • Hening Elementary (Chesterfield) • Highland Springs Elementary (Henrico) • Hopewell High School (Hopewell) • Hopewell Middle School (Hopewell) • Hopkins Elementary (Chesterfield) • Hugenot High School (Richmond) • Hunt Valley Elementary (Fairfax) • J. B. Watkins Elementary (Chesterfield) • Jouett Elementary (Louisa) • L. C. Bird High School (Chesterfield) • La Crosse Elementary (Mecklenburg) • Lake Ridge Elementary (Prince William) • Laurel Meadow Elementary School (Hanover) • Lees Corner Elementary (Fairfax) • Liberty Christian School • Linwood Holton Elementary (Richmond) • Lorton Station Elementary (Arlington) • Louisa County Gifted Student Program (Louisa) • Luray Elementary School (Page) • Mary Munford Elementary (Richmond) • Matoaca Middle School (West Campus) (Chesterfield) • Matoaca Middle School (Chesterfield) • Maybeury Elementary (Henrico) • McNair Elementary (Arlington) • Middlesex Elementary School (Montgomery) • Montclair Elementary (Prince William) • Montessori Center for the Child (Chesterfield) • Montrose Elementary (Henrico) • Moss-Nuckols Elementary (Louisa) • Mt. Eagle Elementary (Fairfax) • Mt. Vernon Elementary (Fairfax) • North Star Academy • Nuckols Farm Elementary (Henrico) • O. B. Gates Elementary (Chesterfield) • Park View Middle School (Mecklenburg) • Ratcliffe Elementary (Henrico) • Richmond County Intermediate (Richmond) • Richmond Montesorri • Ridge Elementary (Henrico) • Riverview Elementary (Fredericksburg) • Rolling Valley Elementary (Fairfax) • Sabot at Stony Point • Salem Christian School • Short Pump Elementary (Henrico) • Silver Brooke Elementary (Fairfax) • Spring Run Elementary (Chesterfield) • St. Anne’s Belfield Schools • St. Catherine’s School • St. Edward Epiphany School • St. Joseph’s School • St. Mary’s Catholic School • St. Michael’s Episcopal School • Steward School • Stonehouse Elementary (James City) • Stratford Landing Elementary (Fairfax) • Tabb Elementary (York) • The Carmel School (Caroline) • Thomas Jefferson Elementary (Louisa) • Trevett Elementary (Henrico) • Tuckahoe Elementary (Henrico) • Tuckahoe Montesorri (Richmond) • Union Mill Elementary (Fairfax) • Varina High School (Henrico) • Veritas Classical Christian School • Waverly-Yowell Elementary (Madison) • West Springfield Elementary (Fairfax) • Wilbur Pence Middle School (Rockingham) • William Fox Elementary (Richmond) • Winterpock Elementary (Spotsylvania) • Woodbrook Elementary (Albermarle) • Woodville Elementary (Richmond) 20 • Virginia Historical Society