This exhibit analyzes the ways in which changing market and race relations intersected with Virginia families throughout the burgeoning New South, the economic and cultural developments that occurred in the southern United States after the Civil War and Reconstruction period.
Exhibits and Projects
Featured Exhibit
September 8, 2020 to August 31, 2021
Current Exhibits
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Local & National Voting Since the Civil War
Location: Special Collections LobbyMarch 2, 2020 to January 31, 2021This exhibit seeks to demonstrate the many ways in which black votes in Virginia were used and suppressed to maintain the status quo.
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Russian and US Relations in the Twentieth Century
Location: 3rd Floor Rotunda GallerySeptember 19, 2019 to April 4, 2021Through the wide-ranging, eclectic materials of William & Mary Libraries' Special Collection Research Center, this exhibit highlights the era's conflicts and compromises from a firsthand perspective.