Do you keep your receipts? Special Collections has a good number of receipts and these seemingly mundane documents can provide valuable insight into early Virginians’ lives.
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July 2019
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Posted on July 30, 2019From the Special Collections Blog -
Posted on July 24, 2019From the Special Collections BlogL'abbé Antoine Banier and his Mythology are unique in the position they take on the historical nature of myth and legend. Banier was a proponent of euhemerism, a school of thought that claims myths, legends, and folklore all have real historical basis. -
Posted on July 15, 2019From the Special Collections BlogJoe Catanzaro explains a pivotal moment in cartography captured in our collections. -
Posted on July 9, 2019From the Special Collections BlogAbolition was not a radical nineteenth century idea that miraculously emerged from the political ideologies of the Age of Revolution. A 1767 address from Arthur Lee of Virginia serves as a reminder that the abolitionist movement did not have a linear trajectory, and that individuals protested slavery throughout its existence. -
Posted on July 2, 2019From the Special Collections BlogBefore Jon Stewart ’84 and Trevor Noah, before Stephen Colbert and John Oliver and Saturday Night Live, before Tina Fey and Samantha Bee and Andrea Gibson, there was George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken. A slice of the Nathan/Mencken story lives in the Special Collections Research Center at Swem Library.