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RHS Newsletters

Archived below are selected issues of RHS’ Quarterly Newsletter. They feature overviews and pictures related to RHS programs, along with book reviews, narrative ‘spotlights’ on unique Collections’ items, and reflections on a range of local history topics and themes that remain relevant to our understanding today.

2020

Rockbridge Railroads, VMHC Exhibits, President’s Letter

2019

Digital Historytelling, The Barns are Coming, W&L’s Black History Archive, RHS’ New President

Hurricane Camille 50th Anniversary, Barn and Farms Exhibit

Chronicling Kerrs Creek, Camille Continues

2018

Rapp’s Mill, RHS Goes to College, New Website, History Bee

Memorial Days, South River’s Lost Histories

Vesuvius, Rockbridge Sewing, Family Bible, Board Member Profiles

Arnolds Valley, WW1 and Rockbridge, Picturing Jewish Histories, Presidents Farewell

2017

Natural Bridge Station, Black History Walking Tour, 1840 Sampler

Collierstown, History-Nature Preservation, WW II Medals, Education Springs Forth

Goshen, Homecomings, RHS Profiles

WW I Program and Exhibit, Living History on Apple Days, Book Reviews

2016

Legacy of Civil War, RHS Tour on “Leafing Through History”

C&O in Rockbridge, Miller’s House Museum

Alone Mill, Righteous and Rascals, MJ Preston, Grain into Gold

Histories of Buena Vista, Rockbridge History Bee, South River Lumber Docs

2015

History Through Accounting, Presidents Letters, Development Report, Gala

Click on these links for the W&L Student Presentations on “President Lee’s Financial Impact on Washington College” and “The Impact of Railway Transportation on Lexington Commerce.”

Rockbridge in Liberia, Pioneering Pathways: Schools and Natural Bridge, Board and Volunteer Profiles, Miller’s House Museum

Visiting Natural Bridge, Souvenirs, Drawing on Diamond Hill, Board and Volunteer Profiles, RE Lee 150

Haunts of House Mountain, RHS President Letter, Collections Spotlight, Book Review

2014

Sally Mann on Cy Twombly, Volunteer Profile, Holiday Open House

Brownsburg’s Historic New Providence Cemetery, Lewis and Clark Discovery Trunk

Dooley on Poet S.H. Smith, Natural Bridge Exhibit, Past Tense Future Perfect, Dragoon Helmet

2013

Presbyterian Churches in Rockbridge, RHS President’s Letter, RHS Holiday Open House

Main Street Lexington 1867, Gothic Revival Architecture at VMI, Executive Director’s Letter

History of Education in SW Rockbridge County, Remarkable Rockbridge, Save Natural Bridge Campaign, Lewis and Clark Marker