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Travel Grant Recipient Research Report: Russell Hooper
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"His Soul is Marching On": Artifacts from the Raid on Harpers Ferry
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<html><body><p>On the night of Sunday October 16, 1859, twenty-three men emerged from the woods surrounding the town of Harpers Ferry, which sits at the confluence of the Potomac
Family Donates Civil War Diary of Henry Alexander Scandrett
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<html><body><p>This past spring Sharon Summers, Charles W. Scandrett, Janet S. Hunt, Barbara J. Kaufman, and Sandra S.
Mourning Lincoln
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<html><body><p>In reviewing boxes labeled as "unprocessed ephemera," a colleague and I came across something really cool. It is a tiny image of Abraham Lincoln framed i
A Sculptor's Sketches
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<html><body><p>While his family was busy with operating the Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Norfolk-born Alexander Galt, Jr. (1827-1863) possessed artistic aspirations.
Powell Family Papers - Hepburn Addition Available Online
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A Year In Review
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Pieces of a Past Life
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Families in the Civil War
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<html><body><p>In my current project at Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), I have been working on checking the <a href="
SCRC's Civil War Transcription Project: The Diary of Asa John Wyatt, 1861-1862
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My time in Special Collections
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<html><body><p>Throughout the past month, as a part of my graduate apprenticeship I have been working with the <a href="