VHS to Process Virginia Environmental Endowment Records

The VHS was recently awarded a $127,600 grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment to organize, archive, and preserve records related to the VEE's role in the state's recent environmental history. (11/14/08) Press release

Events

The RBHC has already launched a slate of programs relating to Virginia business history. A number of other events are in the planning stages.
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VHS Acquires Craddock-Terry Records

Early in 2007, Senior Archivist E. Lee Shepard answered one of those telephone calls that curators love to receive. Douglas Harvey of the Lynchburg Museum System was on the line to alert us to a large collection of records of the Craddock-Terry Shoe Company, once the largest employer in Lynchburg. Learn more

RBHC in the News

Virginia Business Magazine articles by Paul A. Levengood (March–October 2006)
Paul A. Levengood, VHS president-elect and CEO-elect, wrote a series of articles on Virginia business history entitled Looking Back. Read articles

Virginia Review Magazine article by Charles F. Bryan, Jr. (May/June 2006)
Charles F. Bryan, Jr., VHS president and CEO, wrote an article entitled New Facility Addition For Virginia Historical Society to Cap 175th Anniversary. Read article

Richmond Times-Dispatch article focuses on the RBHC (May 22, 2006)
Greg Edwards's article in the Metro Business section discusses the origins of the RBHC, its major challenges, notable collections, and future plans. (Used with permission of the Richmond Times-Dispatch) Read article [PDF - 1.2 mb - link opens new window]

Virginia Business article focuses on the RBHC (April 2005)
"Business History Center to Trace Economic Legacy," by Robert Powell, describes the center and its mission based on an interview with VHS President and CEO Charles F. Bryan, Jr. Read article

Richmond Region Visitors Guide 2007 advertises Virginians at Work
(Used with permission of the Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau)
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Press Releases

VHS Closes 175th Anniversary: Home for History Campaign at $57 Million (5/18/07)
A $288,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation helped the VHS exceed the goal of its $55-million 175th Anniversary: Home for History Campaign. The grant, which will be used to provide access to recently acquired manuscript collections, came just as the VHS was poised to announce the end of the capital campaign. Press release | Media Images

New Wing Named to Honor Virginia Historical Society President and CEO (7/20/06)
A dinner party honoring donors to the Society's 175th Anniversary: Home for History Campaign became a special occasion in the history of the institution. Chairman of the Board E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., announced a decision made by the Board of Trustees. The Society's new wing was named in honor of President and CEO Charles F. Bryan, Jr. Press release

Exhibition at the VHS Tells Story of Virginians at Work (7/19/06)
By focusing on ordinary people, this exhibition takes the often abstract theory behind the study of economic history and makes it viable and accessible to the visitor. Objects, photographs, oral histories, manuscripts, and multimedia stations help Virginians at Work tell the story of how people have made a living and why jobs in Virginia have changed. Press release

Media Images

Media images are available for media use (i.e., to support newspaper, magazine, trade publication, travel media, broadcast, and general news reporting). For more information, please contact Jennifer Mason, Media Relations Specialist, at jmason@vahistorical.org or 804.342.9665. You may also submit your request online.