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Richmond (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Cora M. Aldridge scrapbook

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X032762786]
Identifier: MSS 16932
Content Description This collection contains the college scrapbook of Cora M. Aldridge, an African American student at Hartshorn Memorial College in Richmond, Virginia. Hartshorn Memorial College was a private college for African American women in Richmond, Virginia, active from 1883 until 1932, when it merged with Virginia Union University. The cover is titled “My Memories of School Days” in gilt. Alridge’s name and her Vauxhall, New Jersey, address are written on the first endpage, as is the date of June 14,...
Dates: 1926, 1956

Clariedale Moonshine amateur newspaper

 Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2025-0069_001: [Barcode: X032762760]
Identifier: ViU-2025-0069

Cora M. Aldridge scrapbook

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1: [Barcode: X032762786]
Identifier: ViU-2025-0098

Herbert R. Davis photograph albums

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16840
Content Description This collection contains two photo albums of Herbert R. Davis of Richmond, Virginia that document Black pre-World War II life in Richmond; Davis's service in the South Pacific (Guam, Guadalco, and Peleliu) as a Black Marine; and Davis's family life upon his return from combat during the early 1930's to the late 1940's. Many of Davis's fellow soldiers in the 11th Marine Depot Company, 16th Field Depot are posed in photographs. The 11th Company, who fought at the Battle of Peleliu,...
Dates: c. 1930-1950

Roger Horace Johnson Sr. and family papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2025-0010

Sanjay Suchak photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16926
Content Description The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Some groups chanted racist and antisemitic slogans and carried weapons. The organizers' stated goals included the unification of the American white nationalist movement and opposing the proposed removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee from Charlottesville's former Lee Park. The rally sparked a national debate over Confederate iconography, racial violence,...
Dates: 2017 - 2021