Rockbridge Historical Society
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
African-American Heritage Exhibit materials
Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research materials gathered during 2001 for an African American heritage exhibit put on by Rockbridge Historical Society. It also contains a booklet from 125th anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, Va.
Dates:
Inclusive 1992-2001 approximate
African Americans
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Folder includes four items: "A Community's Stories" article from The News Gazzette concerning an exhibit by the Rockbridge Historical Society; a list of 'Old Lexington Colored People,' from the early 1900's from Leslie Lyle Campbell's notes; information on a group of slaves from Caroline County (a page copied from Colonial Caroline: a History of Caroline County, Virginia); and a letter to Special Collections concerning information on the holdings of records concerning black history in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
Filtered By
- Subject: African Americans X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Church history 1
- Free blacks 1
- Local history 1
- Museum exhibits 1
- Virginia -- Buena Vista 1