2022 SPEAKER SERIES (In-person and Zoom Programs)
Tuesday, July 26, 7:00 PM – “Left Behind: Tales of the Underground Railroad” Black History Storytelling by Sheila Arnold. IN-PERSON at Lancaster Community Library in partnership with LCL Adult Summer Reading Program. Free admission for all, thanks to grant funding. No tickets or reservations. Seating is first-come, first-serve with doors opening at 6:30. Will also be live-streamed on LCL Facebook page and posted later on Youtube.
Freedom is what we all desire, but if you had to leave something or someone behind in order to achieve it, could you do it? Through story, song, and audience interaction, Master Storyteller Sheila Arnold looks at the experiences of fugitive slaves from the Underground Railroad and shares who and what they left behind–family, clothes, names, and even life–for the hope of freedom. There are surprises that were left behind as well, and this presentation brings humor along with thought-provoking moments. Historical storytelling at its best, this program begins with the audience’s thoughts and leads to stories that will stay in your mind long after the presentation has ended. Program will last approximately 60-90 minutes. Appropriate for adult and family audiences.
(Zoom recording) “Audacity and Courage in Uncertain Times: The Life of Hansford Bayton, Black Steamboat Captain and Northern Neck Entrepreneur” by Dr. Julia Sullivan-Detheridge, great-granddaughter and biographer. Presented Thursday, June 9, 2022.
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Free for LVHS members; $5 for public.
(Zoom recording) “Is This an Artifact? Understanding and Identifying Archaeological Finds” by Dr. Dave Brown, co-director of the Fairfield Foundation and Center for Archaeology, Preservation, and Education in Gloucester. Presented Thursday, May 12, 2022.
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Free for LVHS members; $5 for public.
(Zoom recording) “Where History and Fiction Intersect: Writing the Story of Rev. David Lindsay of Wicomico Parish Church” by Nan Harvey, author, researcher, and Lindsay descendant. Presented Thursday, April 14, 2022.
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Free for LVHS members; $5 for public.
(Zoom recording) “Historical Architecture: How to Read Virginia’s Old Houses” by Dr. Carl Lounsbury, William & Mary professor and retired Colonial Williamsburg architectural historian. Presented March 17, 2022.
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Free for LVHS members; $5 for public.
BLACK VOICES: MEMORIES OF HOLLEY GRADED SCHOOL
Free Zoom Program Recordings
Co-sponsored by Lancaster Virginia Historical Society and Holley School Incorporated
Holley Graded School Memories, 1922-1959
https://tinyurl.com/BlackVoicesHolleyVideo1
Presentation by LVHS researchers about the history of Holley Graded School (founded 1868 in Northumberland County), particularly Black educational experiences in the early-to-mid-1900s. Features audio clips from 13 former students interviewed in 2002 as part of the Closing the Gap Lower Northern Neck African American Oral History Project. Originally presented February 22, 2022.
Photo: Holley Graded School with unidentified trustees, 1986. By Jeff O’Dell, Courtesy of Virginia Department of Historic Resources under fair use purposes.
Holley Graded School Past, Present, and Future
https://tinyurl.com/BlackVoicesHolleyVideo2
Roundtable discussion with members of the Holley School Inc Board of Directors, Trustees, and school alumni to share additional memories, history, and the school’s role today as a museum and community center. Originally presented Sunday, February 27, 2022.
Photo: Holley Graded School, 2017. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
New Book:
TWO CENTURIES OF SLAVERY IN LANCASTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA
By Lois Crane Williams, 2021. The author brings together a range of primary records and secondary research information concerning the history of slave labor and enslaved people in Lancaster County from the mid-1600s to mid-1800s, and offers statistics and larger patterns that can be drawn from the study of these sources. Paperback, 149 pages. Read more. $15+sales tax, shipping (LVHS Members $13.50).
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE online, call 804-462-7280, or visit the LVHS Museum Shop Wed-Fri 10:00-4:00.
FREE VIDEO OF AUTHOR TALK: Watch a talk (given before the book was completed) by Lois Williams, at the October 26, 2021, LVHS Annual Membership Meeting. https://tinyurl.com/LVHS2021AnnualMeetingVideo