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Volume 14, Issue 4

April 2023

Central Rappahannock Heritage Center

Newsletter

A place that loses its history loses its soul.

Message From The Chairperson

Spring has sprung, and along with the beautiful spring flowers, IDEAS are blooming at the Heritage Center. While we are always interested in expanding our collections, we also are entrusted to make our collections accessible and useful. We have a team of volunteers who regularly process items that have come in, sorting, cataloging, and ensuring that these items are properly stored and cared for. We also have volunteers who lead the work at the Center in critical administrative and support roles. But I’m looking for yet another volunteer… maybe it’s you? Or someone you know! We’ve got an idea floating that will be exceptionally helpful but it needs a LEADER. Unlike our weekly volunteer work, this can be done much on one’s own time, working with a team who will also be doing solo work. Are you a retired Project Manager? Administrative Assistant? Or do you have those same skills? Please reach out to me directly if you think you might be the one.

Other things our volunteers and Board will be up to as the weather warms up will be taking the Center OUT to the Community. As we did last summer, we will be at Hurkamp Park monthly at the Farmers Market with some samples from our collections and letting the Community know who we are and what we do. As well, we are ramping up a talk that can go to other clubs and organizations who are looking for a speaker. Let us know if you are interested in participating, or if you are with a group or organization looking to learn more about the Heritage Center and the history of our area.

Cheers!

Florence Barnick

Chairperson

Get to Know Us

Meet Carol G. Walker, Ph.D.

I am delighted to be a member of the Board of the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center. As a volunteer in the Center on Thursday afternoons, I have enjoyed working with the historic documents as well as having learned more about my home town of Fredericksburg and its citizens.

Being a Fredericksburg native, I went to Lafayette Elementary School which is now the Fredericksburg Library on Caroline Street. Maury School was where I attended 7th Grade. Graham Morris had me referee girls’ basketball games in the Maury gym which now serves as home to the Heritage Center. I attended James Monroe High School for 8th – 12th grades. My early years of schooling were all local in Fredericksburg and I am thankful for the foundational education I received here.

I have always been a teacher and educator. I hold a Ph.D. in Education from The Union Institute and University, a M.Ed. in Educational Administration and Supervision from Virginia State University, and a B.S. in Elementary Education from Radford University. I have taught students at all levels including Pre-K through doctoral candidates, online as well as in person. Most of my career has been related to university administration. After my retirement in 2019, I came

home to Fredericksburg.

My two sons and two grandchildren live in Baltimore. I see them often and enjoy watching the little ones grow. It is good to be back home and I am honored to be an active member of several community organizations including the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center.

Carol Gallahan Walker

From the Archives

An early aerial view (below) of Fredericksburg taken in 1933. My, how things have changed.

MANY THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS

2023 HERITAGE CENTER SPONSORS & CORPORATE MEMBERS

Deborah Baker

Jeanette and Nick Cadwallender

Barbara Hicks Cecil

Jim and Betsy Greene

Mary Katherine Greenlaw

Lucy Harman

It's that time! Please become a 2023 sponsor! Corporate and private contributions are welcomed! Help us continue to save our history!

To become a Heritage Center Sponsor, please visit our website. If you have any questions, please contact The Heritage Center at (540) 373-3704.

Collections Report

We are often asked what type of material we archive at The Heritage Center. An easy answer is for interested individuals to review past Newsletters. It lists all the collections The Center has accumulated over the years and gives many examples of the range of records we are interested in. Don’t hesitate to contact us!

New Collections

Book: Family History, Living Among Virginia Colony's Waterways in the 1600's and 1700's.

A 1998 Kenmore training guide for docents assisting in the “Gate Tour”.

A miscellaneous collection of early 20th Century Correspondence, a 1925 Fredericksburg telephone directory, and various early receipts.

Book: African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Underground Railroads.

Photographs of Company K, 2^nd Virginia Infantry, Vriginia National Guard, 1916-1917.

Anyone familiar with our website has noticed and perhaps utilized the clickable link at the bottom of the page; CRHC Amazon Wishlist. However, if you are not familiar with it, please explore the page and the list here, www.crhcarchives.org and see if anything strikes a chord of personal interest that you may then wish to donate to The Heritage Center.

As an example, there is a book found on our wish list; Spotsylvania County, Virginia Marriage References and Family Relationships, 1721 - 1800. This is just one example of the many informational sources we actively seek.

Please help us with our most needed archival supplies!

Along with records of history, The Heritage Center also accepts donations of archival supplies.

Hollinger Metal Edge Archival Supply Wish List

We are always grateful for donations of new collections, materials to bolster the archives, or supplies to aid in the archival process.

Thank you for your interest in the Center's collections.

John Reifenberg

Collections Manager

The Heritage Center gladly provides research services. Please contact us for research requests and rates at contact@crhcarchives.org.

Hours

Open by Appointment.

Location

900 Barton Street #111