Virginia Historical Society
About this original series
Founded in 1831, the Virginia Historical Society is located in Richmond, capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VHS is a non-profit organization and serves as a major research and educational center. A repository for all things related to Virginia history, the VHS aims to collect, preserve, and interpret the commonwealth's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
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# Episodes
93 episodes -
Rating
TV-G
Episodes of Virginia Historical Society
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Lost Communities of Virginia
On May 3, 2012, Terri Fisher delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Lost Communities of Virginia." Virginia's back roads and rural areas are dotted with traces of once-thriving communities. General stores, train depots, schools, churches, banks, and post offices provide intriguing details of a way of life now gone. Lost Communities of Virginia documents thirty small communities from throughout the commonwealth that have lost their original industry, transportation mode, or way of life. Using con...
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Release date
May 7, 2012
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Runtime
53:28
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To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds: An Overview of t...
On April 14, 2012, Dr. Lauranett Lee, along with Dr. Edward Ayers and Senator Henry Marsh, delivered a lecture entitled "To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds: An Overview of the Thirteenth Amendment," highlighting the historical significance of the document. This lecture was held in conjunction with Richmond’s citywide Civil War & Emancipation Day activities and the display of an original congressional copy of the Thirteenth Amendment Resolution that ended slavery in the United States at the Virgini...
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Release date
Apr 23, 2012
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Runtime
53:43
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Brown's Battleground in Prince Edward County, Vi...
On April 12, 2012, Jill Titus delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Brown's Battleground in Prince Edward County, Virginia." When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, Prince Edward County abolished its public school system rather than integrate. In her new book, Brown's Battleground: Students, Segregationists, and the Struggle for Justice in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Jill Titus situates the crisis in Prince Edward County within the seismi...
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Release date
Apr 19, 2012
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Runtime
55:31
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Lost in Shangri-La: A Story of Survival and Resc...
On April 5, 2012, Mitchell Zuckoff delivered the 2012 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture entitled "Lost in Shangri-La: A Story of Survival and Rescue during World War II." The Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture was named in honor of the former president of the VHS (1989–91). Near the end of World War II, a plane carrying twenty-four members of the United States military, including nine Women’s Army Corps members, crashed into the New Guinea jungle. Three survivors were stranded deep in a jungle ...
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Release date
Apr 12, 2012
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Runtime
50:41
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Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery i...
In his latest book, prize-winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing in 1519 of Spanish troops in what became Mexico to 1871 when, with the Treaty of Washington, Britain accepted American mastery in North America. The story Black tells is one of conflict, diplomacy, and geopolitics. The eventual result was the creation of a United States of America that stretched from Atlantic to Pacific and dominated the continent. The gradual withdrawal o...
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Release date
Apr 9, 2012
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Runtime
01:09:41
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Message, Money, and Management: A Roundtable Dis...
On March 16, 2012, Hon. Gerald Baliles, Ann Jennings, Gerald McCarthy, and Hon. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. participated in a roundtable discussion entitled "Message, Money, and Management: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of the Chesapeake Bay." The discussion was session six in a day-long environmental history conference held at the Virginia Historical Society title "From the Earth: The Environment in Virginia's Past and Future."
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Release date
Apr 4, 2012
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Runtime
01:15:37
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Eco-History of the Tidewater: The Long View
On March 16, 2012, Roy T. Sawyer delivered a lecture entitled "Eco-History of the Tidewater: The Long View." This lecture was session five in a day-long environmental history conference held at the Virginia Historical Society titled "From the Earth: The Environment in Virginia's Past and Future."
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Release date
Apr 3, 2012
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Runtime
50:42
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Virginia and the Creation of the Shenandoah Nati...
On March 16, 2012, Sara M. Gregg delivered a lecture entitled "Virginia and the Creation of the Shenandoah National Park." This lecture was session four of the From the Earth: The Environment in Virginia's Past and Future conference.
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Release date
Apr 2, 2012
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Runtime
49:42
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Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, & Society ...
On March 16, 2012, Benjamin R. Cohen delivered a lecture titled "Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, & Society in the American Countryside." This lecture was part of the day-long environmental history conference, "From the Earth: The Environment in Virginia's Past and Future."
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Release date
Mar 29, 2012
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Runtime
43:34
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Before It Was Virginia: Setting the Stage
On March 16, 2012, Helen C. Rountree delivered a Banner Lecture titled "Before It Was Virginia: Setting the Stage." This was also the keynote lecture of an environmental history conference, "From the Earth: The Environment in Virginia's Past and Future," held the same day at the Virginia Historical Society.
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Release date
Mar 28, 2012
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Runtime
50:24
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