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Books on: (virginia or virginian) and history

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Reading the Virginian in the New West

Book by Melody Graulich, Stephen Tatum; University of Nebraska Press, 2003

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Western Stories--History And Criticism, Wister, Owen--1860-1938--Virginian

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...is at the precise moment when the Virginian seems to proclaim his Anglo-Saxon...the blue-blooded Molly Wood, the Virginian boasts that he is of old stock in Virginia En- glish (243).33 This Virginian stock, especially those prominent...John Rolfe and Pocahontas.34 The Virginians suggested descent from Pocahontas...
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Virginians at Home: Family Life in the Eighteenth Century

Book by Edmund S. Morgan; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1952

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Family--Virginia--History--18th Century, Virginia--Social Life And Customs--Ca. 1600-1775

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Rent, and Difference of Money, and make it up 600." In Virginia as in New England there seems to have been a rule of thumb...what the boys parents did. Thus in 1705 Daniel Parke, a Virginian residing in London, wrote back to John Custis, whose son was courting Parkes daughter in Virginia: Sir: I received yours relating to your sons desire of...
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Here Lies Virginia: An Archaeologist's View of Colonial Life and History

Book by Ivor Noel Hume; Alfred A. Knopf, 1903

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Virginia--Antiquities, Virginia--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Archaeological Society of Virginia , Richmond, September 1954...The Archaeology and Economic History of English Clay Tobacco Pipes...Glass Wine Bottle in Colonial Virginia," ibid. I. Noel Hume: "A Seventeenth Century Virginian's Seal," Antiques , Vol...Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 10...
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Institutional History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: An Inquiry into the Religious, Moral, Educational, Legal, Military, and Political Condition of the People, Based on Original and Contemporaneous Records - Vol. 1

Book by Philip Alexander Bruce; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1910

Subjects:

Education--Virginia, Law--Virginia--History, Virginia--History--Colonial Period, Virginia--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...project of establishing a college in Virginia was considered by the General Assembly...owing to the great distance between Virginia and the Mother Country, it would...a pitch of development that native Virginians aspiring to the priesthood could have...to meet the cost of the voyage to Virginia; this fact would, in the long run, have placed the native Virginian, anxious to become a divine of the...
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The Long Arm of Lee, Or, the History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia - Vol. 1

Book by Jennings Cropper Wise; University of Nebraska Press, 1991

Subjects:

Confederate States Of America--Army Of Northern Virginia--Artillery, Confederate States Of America--Ordnance Bureau, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns

Collections: History, Entire Library

...20. C. G. Chamberlayne, ed., Ham Chamberlayne-Virginian: Letters and Papers of an Artillery Officer in the War...Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company...Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press for the Virginia Historical Society ; the works of Alexander, Chamberlayne...

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Journal Articles on: (virginia or virginian) and history

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Award-winning Virginians

Journal article; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1998

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Awards & honors, Educators, Historical Society-Virginia, History, Leonard, Joe, Miller, Linda Karen, Students, Teaching

Collections: History, Entire Library

Award-winning Virginians At its annual meeting on Saturday, 25 April, the Virginia Historical Society conferred...presents the Brenton S. Halsey History Teacher of the Year Award...creativity in the teaching of Virginia and American history. Dr...article appearing in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography...
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"Great Things Are Expected from the Virginians"

Journal article; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 2006

Subjects:

American Revolution, American history, Chilton, John, Military engagements, Military officers, Virginia

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Great Things Are Expected from the Virginians" In the summer of 1776, George Washingtons...Washington needed most was more soldiers. Virginia responded by sending the 3rd Virginia...in the manuscript collection of the Virginia Historical Society. They offer a fascinating glimpse of one Virginians thoughts and experiences during the...Lafayette rallying troops of the 8th Virginia Regiment, by Frank Schoonover, 1921...
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Virginians Remember the Maine

Journal article; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1998

Subjects:

Anniversaries, History, Spanish-American War, Veterans, Virginia

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Among the 266 killed were thirteen Virginians. The loss of the vessel increased...commemorating the service of the four Virginia volunteer regiments and the eight Virginians who received the Medal of Honor in...Archie Bates, a private in the 4th Virginia Volunteer Infantry, demonstrated both...
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"Rebel against Rebel": Enslaved Virginians and the Coming of the American Revolution

Journal article by Woody Holton; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 105, 1997

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American Revolution, History, Slavery, Virginia

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of the chestnuts of Virginia history. It marked the first...a large number of Virginians had taken up arms...1775, when white Virginians circulated more reports...week in the colonys history.53 Some white Virginians expressed their growing...June 1775, Pinkneys Virginia Gazette sarcastically...
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Virginians at War: the Civil War Experiences of Seven Young Confederates

Journal article by Carol Kettenburg Dubbs; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 111, 2003

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American Civil War, Diaries, Nonfiction, Shelby, John G, Virginia

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Virginians at War: the Civil War Experiences...and regimental and regional histories in search of a more personal...shared political and economic history and a group identity. After...refers to several social histories covering such aspects as...and daily lives of seven Virginians who reveal to us much of...

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Magazine Articles on: (virginia or virginian) and history

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On the Trail: Discovering African American History in Virginia

Magazine article by Anne Edison-Swift; Humanities, Vol. 22, November 2001

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Black history, Dowell-Vest, Teresa, Historic buildings & sites, States, Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Discovering African American History in Virginia by Anne Edison-Swift STUDENTS...in Prince Edward County, Virginia. A student walkout at the...struggle for fair education in Virginia. Rather than integrate after...Anne Spencer-- the first Virginian and the first African American...
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Gov. Bob Mcdonnell's Other Defenses: Of Misunderstood, If Lesser-Known, Virginian Commemorations

Magazine article by T.A. Frank; The American Prospect, Vol. 21, June 2010

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Holidays--Humor and anecdotes, Virginia--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

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...Misunderstood, If Lesser-Known, Virginian Commemorations. by T.A. Frank "The Confederate History Month proclamation issued...promote the study of our history, encourage tourism in our...Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia, defending a Confederate...Cambodians have concocted for Virginians and the Year Zero gusto...disrespectful to the thousands of Virginians of Italian extraction...
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Why Alcohol Is Legal and Other Drugs Are Not: Virginia Berridge Examines the Relevance of Past Experiences to Current Policy-Making

Magazine article by Virginia Berridge; History Today, Vol. 54, May 2004

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Drinking (Alcoholic beverages)--Laws, regulations and rules, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Laws, regulations and rules, Narcotic laws--History, Narcotics control--History, Narcotics, Control of--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...determine systems of domestic regulation. Its history was one of those strange historical conjunctures...behaviour is now glamorised. Yet the history of drink-driving does offer a model...which has been significant in recent history. Scientific theories have been important...
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Smoke Alarms: As Britain Gets Used to the Ban on Smoking in Public Spaces, Virginia Berridge Looks at the Way Attitudes to Public Health Have Changed in the Last Fifty Years, Particularly among the Medical Profession

Magazine article by Virginia Berridge; History Today, Vol. 57, August 2007

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Communications industry--Usage, Federal intervention, Health education--Laws, regulations and rules, Health promotion--History, Intervention (Federal government), Mass media in health education--Usage, Mass media--Usage, Medical ethics--History, Public health--Laws, regulations and rules, Smoking in mass media--Laws, regulations and rules, Smoking--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...Britain Gets Used to the Ban on Smoking in Public Spaces, Virginia Berridge Looks at the Way Attitudes to Public Health Have Changed...Fifty Years, Particularly among the Medical Profession. by Virginia Berridge GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER PROSECUTING PARENTS who give...
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Chincoteague Refuge, Virginia

Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 103, June 1994

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Chincoteague Island, Flowers & plants, National parks, Virginia, Wildlife sanctuaries

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Chincoteague Refuge, Virginia Paralleling the Atlantic Coast from...five miles from southern Maryland to Virginia. The mainland areas it protects include...adjacent Chincoteague Island, the entire Virginia portion of Assateague Island is managed...

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Newspaper Articles on: (virginia or virginian) and history

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Virginians Must Be Ever Vigilant on Debt

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 7, 1999

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Virginia

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Virginians must be ever vigilant on...Holmes admonition "page of history is worth a volume of logic...considering the practice of many Virginia counties in paying for public...modernize led a number of Virginia localities to abandon traditional...commonwealth approved changes to the Virginia Constitution that stripped...
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Virginia Revisionists Dishonor Dead, Disavow History

Newspaper article by Tom Knott; The Washington Times, August 2, 2001

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Virginia

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Virginia revisionists dishonor dead, disavow history by Tom Knott Byline: Tom Knott...hard-working revisionists. The Virginia division of the Sons of Confederate...Tidewater region of the state. Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III...
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Virginia Ironside's Advice Column

Newspaper article by Virginia Ironside; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 12, 1999

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Virginia

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...when she needed me most Dear Virginia IVE got a friend whose husband...just like she did with me Dear Virginia My wife and I have been together...married, so it seems like history repeating itself. IM afraid...has put me in a panic Dear Virginia SIX months ago I discovered...
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Haunting Antietam Memory; Virginian Lost Arm to Sharpsburg Shell

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 10, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Winchester in Company A, 5th Virginia Infantry. The 5th Virginia, combined with the 2nd, 4th, 27th and 33rd Virginia regiments, formed a brigade...than himself. A regimental history says Pvt. Stickley was...Harpers Ferry The young Virginian escaped the casualty list...
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Virginians Put in Two Cents on Nickel

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 17, 2002

Subjects:

Jefferson, Thomas

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Virginians put in two cents on nickel...WASHINGTON TIMES Some powerful Virginians are fighting a proposal...for the U.S. Mint. But Virginia congressmen say the image...architecture, a piece of American history, and a symbol people from...thoroughly American and Virginian," Rep. James P. Moran...consultation of the Congress of Virginia. That is not the way to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (virginia or virginian) and history

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Virginia , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sentiment (see Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ). Of the first...United States, seven were Virginians Washington, Jefferson...these four comprising the "Virginia Dynasty"), William Henry...generally distinguished list of Virginian presidents. The native...that many states rights Virginians deemed unconstitutional. However, Virginia itself, stimulated by western...
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William and Mary in Virginia, College Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA, COLLEGE OF mainly at Williamsburg...natural philosophy, and modern history and languages. State aid...and the college joined the Virginia educational system in 1906...Institute of Early American History and Culture, which publishes...noted collections relating to Virginian and U.S. history...
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West Virginia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...College, at Buckhannon. West Virginia also has an extensive state college system. History Early Inhabitants and European...People (1972); and West Virginia: A History (1985); Federal Writers Project, West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain...
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS in U.S. history, resolutions passed in opposition to the Alien...A similar set of resolutions was adopted in Virginia in Dec., 1798, but these Virginia Resolutions, written by James Madison, were...
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White, John , Artist, Cartographer, Virginia Pioneer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WHITE, JOHN , artist, cartographer, Virginia pioneer fl. 1585 93, artist, cartographer, and Virginia pioneer, b. probably in England. In...valuable source materials on the natural history of the North American continent. It is...

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