This September, Encyclopedia Virginia invites you to make a gift to support the inclusive story of Virginia.Support Encyclopedia VirginiaMEDIA Show Media Credit: Johns Hopkins University Graphic and Pictorial CollectionOriginal Author: Dementi Studio, RichmondCreated: 1951Medium: Photographic printDouglas Southall Freeman in 1951Sixty-five-year-old Douglas Southall Freeman poses in a garden with a pile of books in one arm and a sheaf of papers in another.FEATURED IN“Who Have the Big Families?” (January 5, 1925)Douglas Southall Freeman (1886–1953)