Virginia
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The
Collection | Highlights | Online Articles from HarpWeek | Benefactors
The
Collection
The Virginia Room
is a collection of materials on Southside Virginia, focusing on Petersburg.
The collection will include books, realia, memorabilia, rare books, maps, and
electronic resources. Items located in the Virginia Room are designated in the online
catalog as RBC-VA.
Currently there
are about 75 books in the Virginia Room. Books have been moved from the stacks
and reference areas into this room. Also, the 2002 Graduate Gift Books have
been added to this collection. Richard Bland College has also obtained the only
public copy of the video, The Echoes Still Remain, a gift
from the Siege Museum in Petersburg.
We welcome donations
for this collection. Donors will be recognized with a bookplate affixed to donated
items and a listing in the online catalog. The RBC Library has been the recipient
of many items from Dr. James Ryan, a local historian and Richard Bland College
supporter. Dr. Ryan has also mounted a Web site on the origin of Memorial
Day. Here he describes how Petersburg, Virginia became the inspiration for
a National Memorial Day.
Highlights
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Title:
Old Petersburg
Photographed Designed & Published by Thomas F. Hale, Richmond, Virginia
Text by: James H. Bailey
Architectural Comments by: Baxter Bailey
Forward by: Virginius Dabney
Publication Date: 1976
Call Number: RBC-VA F234.P4 B15/1976
"The
historic houses and buildings that escaped destruction during the siege
of the Civil War. The Old neighborhoods that are being restored and preserved.
The famous families and the famous names that made the history and traditions
of the Old City on the Appomattox. A city brave and proud, festive and
sad, gracious and grand. This is the true Petersburg, told in perceptive
prose and photographs. We hope that you too will learn to love her."
(Notes from the dust jacket)
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Title:
Old City Point and Hopewell: The First 370 Years
Authors: Mary M. Calos, Charlotte Easterling, Ella Sue Rayburn
Publisher: The Donning Company, Norfolk, Virginia
Publication Date: 1983
Call Number: RBC-VA F234.H78 C35/1983
A pictorial
history of Old City Point and Hopewell. The story of famous citizens and
famous landmarks is told in over 300 photographs. Contents cover the settlement
of City Point in 1607 to World War II and forty years of progress, 1940-1983.
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Title:
Bravest Surrender: A Petersburg Patchwork
Author: Catherine Copeland
Illustrated with Photographs by : P. Hairston Seawell
Publisher: Press of Whittett & Shepperson, Richmond, Virginia
Publication Date: 1961
Call Number: RBC-VA F234.P4 C6
"The
character of a place - as of a person - is often revealed in many small
incidents. This is particularly true of Petersburg, whose noble place
in history is well known and frequently recounted." (Notes from the
foreword).
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Title:
Gilded Age City: Politics, Life and Labor in Petersburg, Virginia, 1874-1889
Author: William D. Henderson
Publisher: University Press of America, Inc. Lanham, Maryland
Publication Date: 1980
Call Number: RBC-VA F234.P4 H46/1980
William D.
Henderson, Professor Emeritus of Richard Bland College, wrote this account
of Petersburg from the end of the Reconstruction era, through the Readjuster
era, and into Petersburg's decline in the late 1880s. He provides documented
information on the people of Petersburg, the political parties and activities,
the role of the railroads, the influence of the river, merchants, banking,
and the iron and tobacco industries.
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Online Articles from HarpWeek
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Use HarpWeek | HarpWeek to access online newspapers from Harper's Weekly pertaining to Petersburg and Southside Virginia. On-campus access to HarpWeek is available through VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia). HarpWeek provides online access to illustrated newspaper articles from Harper's Weekly from 1857-1877.
Benefactors
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Mr.
Richard L. Jones, Richard Bland College Library benefactor, presents Dr.
McNeer (left) with A History of Henrico Parish and Old St. John's
Church Richmond Virginia 1611-1904. Mr. Jones is author of the book Dinwidde County, Carrefour of the Commonwealth: a History. |
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Dr.
James Ryan, author and Richard Bland College Library benefactor, has donated
a vast array of resources to the library including (but not limited to)
the following:
- Agent
of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott / John
Eisenhower (Note that General Winfield Scott was born near Petersburg,
studied at William and Mary College, and later practiced law in Petersburg
prior to the War of 1812.)
- History
of the Jews in Petersburg, 1780-1950 / Louis Ginsberg
- The
Prince George-Hopewell Story / Francis Earle Lutz
- The
Petersburg Campaign: Wasted Valor June 15-18, 1864 / Thomas J.
Howe
- Battle
of the 9th of June, 1864 / James H. Ryan
- Duty
and Honor: Petersburg's Contribution to the War of 1812 / James H. Ryan and Lee A. Wallace, Jr.
- Interviews
of Confederate Army Vererans by Petersburg High School Students in 1917 / Anne V. Mann
- Petersburg,
Virginia, Economic and Municipal / Le Roy Hughes
- Sussex
County, A Tale of Three Centuries / Virginia Writers' Project
- Virginia:
A Commonwealth Comes of Age / Lisa M. Antonelli
- Reluctant
Ratifiers / Virginia Historical Society
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Gladys
Viavant Strong — artist, world traveler, former RBC student, and
library benefactor —created wonderful prints focusing on Petersburg
historic sites. Her prints are on exhibit in the Virginia Room.
In
addition to her artistic talents with paint, in, and pencil, Gladys is
a fiber artist, specializing in natural dyes and weaving. She can do anything
from crocheting to basket making as well but her first love is weaving
and dyeing. |
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library@rbc.edu | Last Update:
July 30, 2008
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