Free and open to the public, this annual event is a celebration of Virginia Archives Month in our region. Visitors can meet with representatives of institutions throughout the Valley who collect archives and regional history, and learn about the resources each offers for local historians and genealogists. Exhibitors will share the scope of their collections including unique primary sources, and explain how to conduct research with their collections. more
Katrina M. Powell, Ph.D., is the author of "The Anguish of Displacement: The Politics of Literacy in the Letters of Mountain Families in Shenandoah National Park" and the editor of "Answer at Once: Letters of Mountain Families in Shenandoah National Park, 1934-1938." Dr. Powell is the founding director of the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies and a professor of rhetoric and writing at Virginia Tech. In this final session of the Deyerle Program Series on Local History, Dr. Powell will discuss the displacement of families that occurred to create the Shenandoah National Park. more
Shenandoah National Park was established in 1935. At the time, Virginia was a "Jim Crow" state with laws that legalized racial segregation. By 1940, a segregated area that included a campground, picnic area, lodge, and cabins was developed at Lewis Mountain. Learn about Shenandoah National Park in the Jim Crow Era from Park Rangers Allysah Fox and Karl Rand. This session is part three of our annual four-part Deyerle Program Series on Local History. more