“Updates from the Virginia Untold Project at the Library of Virginia” with Lydia Neuroth

June 6, 2024

Virginia Untold Project Manager Lydia Neuroth will share updates from the “Free Negro Register” project, as well as new records recently made available through Virginia Untold and current digitization efforts. Virginia Untold is a digital project that provides access to records of enslaved and free Black and Multiracial people in the Library of Virginia’s collection. Thursday, June 6 , at 4 o’clock IN PERSON at Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. There will be no July or August CVHR meetings. Happy 4th of July and August vacationing!

Next Meeting:

One Hub & Many Spokes: Teaching and Learning Black Histories through the Lens of a Single Family – the Carr-Greers of River View Farm
November 7, 2024 Lisa Shutt and her students will talk about introducing students to a variety of Black history topics through the lens of River View Farm, the farm established in 1870 by Hugh Carr with a $100 payment only five years after his emancipation. In Shutt’s advanced seminar, students learn to locate and draw
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“Updates from the Virginia Untold Project at the Library of Virginia” with Lydia Neuroth

Next Meeting:

Questions?