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Virginia Historical SocietyThe Virginia Historical Society, founded in 1831, is a major repository, research and teaching center for Virginia history. It is private organization, almost entirely supported by private contributions. In its early years it gathered a variegated collection of natural history specimens, historical artifacts, and printed and written material. However, many of these were lost during the Civil War. After the war, in 1870, the Society was reconstituted, and a rebuilding process was started, and the Society became more active in publishing historical material. It gained its first permanent headquarters building in 1893. In the 1950s, increasing resources allowed the addition of a professional staff, and over the next several decades its collections grew, and the publications program also increased as the society increasingly gained a significant role in the academic community. In 1992 the Society opened the Center for Virginia History, increasing its display and archival resources. Shortly thereafter, it entered into a partnership with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, a part of the state government, which also had significant historical holdings (both artifacts and archives), forming a unique private-public partnership. External links
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