Upcoming Events
Last Wednesday in October
Date: October 29th
Time: 2pm
Location: Senior Center (Pepsi Place)
Speaker: Paul Brockman, Past President ACHS
Topic: Price's Great Missouri Raid of 1864
This was the longest cavalry raid in human history, in which many of the field commanders on both sides had Albemarle County and other central Virginia roots.
Save the Date: November 16th, 2pm
Ms. Antoinette W. Roades discusses her exhibition
"Photographed by Wm. Roads:
Local Faces and Places Through a Long-Ago Lens"
ACHS Court Square Walking Tours
Saturdays, April through October
Departing from ACHS at 10am
Suggested donation $5
(On the 3rd Saturday of each month we offer 2 options
(a) Downtown Mall or (b) Court Square Walking Tour)
Twilight Walking Tours
Join us for a tour of Court Square
Thursdays at 5:30pm
Suggested donation: $5
We leave from the ACHS Building
Call to reserve your place!
Contact Us:
Ask the Historical Society:
info@albemarlehistory.org
Staff:
Steven G. Meeks, President: president[at]albemarlehistory.org
phone: (434) 296-1492
Margaret M. O'Bryant, Librarian:
library[at]albemarlehistory.org
phone: (434) 296-7294
Keri Matthews, Administrative Assistant:
admin[at]albemarlehistory.org
phone: (434) 296-1492
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Library only)
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Advanced Tickets are Available Now
Several times are already sold-out.
Please download the pdf to reserve your tickets.
Click here.
New Monthly Book Sale: October Offers
As a follow-up to Dr. Maass' lecture, we are pleased to offer the Magazine of Albemarle County History at a discount price of $5 only on the following issues:
Vol. 39: a brief article on Jack Jouett (through Oct. 15th only)
Vol. 30: in-depth article by Virginius Dabney, entitled "Jack Jouett's Ride," which examines the historical character of Mr. Jouett beyond his legendary ride. Vol. 52: an authoritative article by K. Edward Lay and Martha Tuzson Stockton on "Castle Hill: The Walker Family Estate." There are photos of the house and its floorplans to help you to envision the home beyond the rolling hills and white fences.
All publications are available for purchase at the Historical Society, or by mail. Please include $4 for shipping and handling if ordering by mail.
Fall/Winter Exhibit
PHOTOGRAPHED BY WM. ROADS:
Local Faces and Places Through a Long-Ago Lens
About 1859, barely 20 years after Frenchman Louis Daguerre published his process for preserving light-captured images, photographer William Roads arrived in Charlottesville. Over the next 14 years he made images of a wide array of subjects in media including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and albumen prints (direct forbears of the photography considered modern until the digital age). Among those subjects were the University of Virginia and Monticello, of which Roads is believed to have made the first-ever photographs (probably in the winter of 1867-68).
William Roads was born near Luray in the Shenandoah Valley in 1824, learned his art in Richmond in the early 1850s, and operated his own gallery in Fredericksburg before relocating to Charlottesville. Here, he vied for custom with an ever-changing cast of competitors before moving on to Orange County in early 1873. He died in Gordonsville in 1890.
"Photographed by Wm. Roads" (a phrase taken from the backstamps Roads used to identify his images) offers a sampler of Roads' pictures (all made in the carte de visite format)--from portraits (some of which were hand tinted) and composites to a landscape and images of Monticello. Through the portraits, exhibit-goers will be able to meet a variety of mid-19th century Albemarle denizens whose faces have not been seen in public since their deaths. Through accompanying advertisements and examples of work by William Roads' competitors and colleagues, they will get a glimpse into the busy local scene of which he was part.
The exhibit was organized by Antoinette W. Roades, a great granddaughter of William Roads and a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in more than 70 different publications.
Looking for Volunteers....
to help with Interviews surrounding the
Frances Brand Collection of Firsts.
To read more and view the entire collection, click here.
Needed: interviewers, transcribers of taped interviews, and sleuths to ferret out details that mysteriously emerge as we explore the backgrounds of the portrait subjects. Contact: Margaret Lake at 540-456-4644.
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