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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Virgil Moore Family Home Movies” (Video recordings; Home movies).
1931–2024
Virgil Alexander Wood (April 6, 1931 – December 28, 2024) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Ordained as a minister in his late teens, Wood served various churches in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Virginia for over 50 years. He…
1856–1934
Virginia E. Broughton (née Walker; March 1, 1856 – September 21, 1934) was an African American author and Baptist missionary. One of four students in the first class at Fisk College in 1867, she later became a recognized religious scholar, writing articles…
November 30, 1804
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo newspaper pages including a front page. The newspaper is discolored, some damage at edges and other losses. Content includes news from Virginia, the United States, and the world, including reports of the French in Louisiana and notice of a French ban…
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Virginia Margaret Alexander (February 4, 1899 – July 24, 1949) was an American physician, public health researcher, and the founder of the Aspiranto Health Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Virginia Lugenia McLaurin (née Campbell, March 12, 1909 – November 14, 2022) was an American community volunteer, seamstress, manager of a laundry, farm worker, and a semi-supercentarian or supercentenarian, since her birth certificate was not located (or…
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Daphne Virginia Prentiss, also known as "Jennie", "Jenny", or "Mammy Jenny" (c. 1832–November 27, 1922) was an African-American woman who was the foster mother of the writer Jack London and a significant figure in his life. She was also a notable community…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Virginia View Oral History Interview #1”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Virginia View Oral History Interview #2”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Virginia View Oral History Interview #3”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Virginia View Oral History Interview #4”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Virginia View Oral History Interview #5”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Virginia View Oral History Interview #6”.
circa 2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Virginia View Oral History Interviews consist of a single oral history session with multiple African American women discussing their experiences living in Washington DC.
1920–2006
Virnetta Anderson, née Nelson (1920–2006) was an American-Canadian community activist and politician, who was elected to Calgary City Council in 1974 as the city's first Black Canadian municipal councillor.
1890–1982
Vivian Carter Mason (born Vivian Carter; February 10, 1900 – May 10, 1982) was an American advocate for women's and civil rights as well as an ardent supporter of universal education. She served as an influential president of the National Council of Negro…
1922–1993
Vivian Conley (1922–1993) was a civil rights activist active in Muncie, Indiana. During the 1950s she was part of the campaign to desegregate Tuhey Pool, and during the 1970s she was part of the campaign to end the use of Confederate flag symbols at…
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Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was the first Black American student to graduate from the University of Alabama, in 1965. She and James Hood were the first Black students able to enroll at the university since Autherine Lucy…
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Vjuan Allure (born Warren Edward Bembry; July 24, 1965 - March 15, 2021) was an International DJ, remixer, producer, and artist, recognized as a ballroom icon and a key figure in the development and global rise of ballroom music and vogue beats. Born in…
1948-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is the "Vogue" cuff created by Art Smith; designed circa 1948 and made between 1948 and 1979. The wide cuff is of geometric design with four faces, made of a single sheet of brass that has been cut, reformed, and soldered. Each face has been oxidized…
April 2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGVogue magazine issue featuring cover photograph of LeBron James and Gisele Bündchen. LeBron James is pictured wearing a black sleeveless shirt and black sports shorts. James is dribbling a basketball with his right hand and appears to be yelling at the…
1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Vogue - "The New Fashion Dollar," Art Smith Bracelet Featured”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Voice of missions (Atlanta, Ga.), February 1, 1900. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Atlanta, Georgia,…
Sept. 1865–July 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Volume (102)”.
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