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Becoming A Homeplace

Learning History from a Charred Corn Cob
In this video, Program Coordinator Chris Van Tassell discusses the significance of a charred piece of corn.
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Clovis Point
This video shows how to make a stone spear point.
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Contact and Conflict

Who was Pocahontas?
In this video, School Program Coordinator Caroline Legros, discusses the life of Pocahontas.
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Abduction of Pocahontas
In this video, School Program Coordinator Caroline Legros, discusses the abduction of Pocahontas.
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Death of Pocahontas
In this video, School Program Coordinator Caroline Legros, discusses the death of Pocahontas.
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John Smith
In this video, Lee Shepard discusses Smith's "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles."
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Becoming Virginians

Colonial Courtship
In this video, Library Clerk Elaine Hagy discusses colonial courtship.
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Becoming Americans

The Life of George Washington
In this video, Manager of Educational Services Bill Obrochta examines the life of George Washington through paintings on display in the "Becoming Americans" gallery.
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George Washington's 1749 Survey
In this video, Lee Shepard discusses Washington's 1749 survey.
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Becoming Southerners

Dr. Richard Thompson Archer's Medicine Chest
In this video, Outreach Educator Jennifer Nesossis discusses Dr. Richard Thompson Archer and his nineteenth-century English medicine chest.
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Whipping Post: Evidence of Barbarism
In this video, former Outreach Educator Geoff Cohrs discusses the whipping post.
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Civil War

Libby Prison Window
In this video, Exhibit Coordinator for "Virginia's Civil War" Andrew Talkov discusses Civil War prisons.
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John Brown's Bowie Knife
This video looks at John Brown's raid in American memory.
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New Southerners

A.D. Price Funeral Establishment
In this video, Lauranett Lee discusses the A. D. Price Funeral Establishment, one of the oldest African American-owned businesses in Virginia.
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Kline Kar
This video, excerpted from Witness to a Century, discusses the automobile in early Virginia.
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Street Car
This video, excerpted from Witness to a Century, discusses segregation in Virginia.
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Americans Again

S.S. Quanza: Journey of Refugees from Lisbon to Norfolk
In this video, Assistant Editor Greg Hansard tells the story of the S.S. Quanza.
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The Home Front
This video, excerpted from Witness to a Century, discusses the sacrifices made on the home front during World War II.
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African Americans in World War II
This video, excerpted from Witness to a Century, discusses African American participation in World War II.
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Women in the Work force
This video, excerpted from "Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of The Associated Press," discusses the female work force during World War II.
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Becoming Equal

Becoming Equal
In this video, Security Officer Al Johnson discusses the civil rights movement in Virginia.
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Civil Rights Movement
This video, excerpted from Witness to a Century, discusses the civil rights movement in Virginia.
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L. Douglas Wilder
This video, excerpted from Witness to a Century, discusses the gubernatorial election of L. Douglas Wilder.
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A New Virginia

Rockwell Kent's "Child Under Tree"
In this video, 2010 Blanton Scholars Charles Condro and Kidist Ketema discusses Rockwell Kent's painting Child Under Tree, Virginia.
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Wurlitzer Jukebox
In this video, 2010 Blanton Scholars Eric Morris Pusey, Leah Cassada, and Lindsey Matthews discuss the Wurlitzer Jukebox.
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Statue of Arthur Ashe
In this video, 2010 Blanton Scholars William Chapman and Reuben Han discuss Paul DiPasquale's statue of Arthur Ashe.
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Mary Sue Terry
In this video, 2010 Blanton Scholars Stephen Roach, Samantha Terry, and Michael Saboe discuss the political career of Mary Sue Terry.
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Secretariat
In this video, 2010 Blanton Scholars Ciara Mills, Caroline Morse, and Kieley Sutton discuss the life of Secretariat, "Virginia's Superhorse."
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