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Virtual Tours
Campbell County Training School
Campbell County Training School
Aerial panoramic image of Jamestown
Jamestown
Virtual Tour of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, Alexandria
Virtual Tour of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, Alexandria
Virtual Tour of Julius Rosenwald High School, Reedville
3D Objects
Brick with Finger Indentations
Brick with Finger Indentations
Stone Pipe
Stone Pipe
Videos
Richard Holmquist Praises Industrial Growth in Danville
Amputations and Artificial Limbs in the Civil War
Podcasts & Audio
Recalling the Destruction of Hurricane Camille
George Washington and Slavery
The Relationship Between Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement
Images
Trees overhang the muddy waters of the Nottoway River in Southampton County on Nottoway Indian tribal land
Nottoway River
Chief Lynette Allston of the Nottoway Tribe poses in a woven blue shawl and long beads
Nottoway Indian Chief Lynette Allston
Hand-drawn map showing the Nottoway River and the land allotments given to individual members of the Nottoway tribe
Nottoway Reservation Allotments 1847 – 1871
Printed first page of The Discovery of New Brittaine (1651) by Edward Bland, Abraham Woode, Sackford Brewster, and Elias Pennant
Edward Bland and Party Encounter the Nottoway Indians
Colorful circular logo for the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia showing drawings of the Nottoway River and it tributaries, a large tree, and a traditional Virginia Indian longhouse
Logo for the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia
Senate Recognition of the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia
A single page with reproductions of original documents and accompanying text blocks describing the sellling off of Nottoway reservation lands and a succesful lawsuit by the tribe against a former trustee who had mismanaged tribal funds
Selling off Nottoway Reservation Land from 1735 to the Late 1800s
Printed page showing the Virginia Indian signators—and the signs they used—in agreeing to the terms of the Treaty of Middle Plantation
Signators to the Treaty of Middle Plantation
Nottoway Indian woman wearing a blue, dotted dress and traditional beaded jewelry and headdress
Nottoway Indian Woman at an Annual Powwow
Hundreds of men are packed into a convention hall festooned with flags and campaign banners
1896 Republican National Convention
Fashionably dressed light-skinned Black woman, wearing lace gloves and holding a fan
Daguerreotype Portrait of Jane Waring Roberts
Long line of Black men pose formally in military-like attire in front of a grandstand filled with people
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America
Low slung modern buildings of Roanoke Technical Institute with mountains in the distance
Roanoke Technical Institute
A teacher in shirtsleeves explains engineering principles in a series of intricate drawings on a blackboard
Teaching Engineering Principles
Two Black students purchase books for classes at Northern Virginia Technical College
Buying Books at Northern Virginia Technical College

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