Additional Resources

More links to to libraries, historical societies, outside research, and more. 

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Research on the Shenandoah Valley 

​​African Americans in Harrisonburg Oral History Collection
Billo Harper's The Legacy of Lucy F. Simms School: Education during Segregated Time in Virginia
Celebrating Simms: The Story of the Lucy F. Simms School
Diaries of Henry Smals of Bridgewater, VA (1871 - 1891)
Lauren McKinney's Remembering Project R4
Nancy Branner Stewart Collection
Ryan Bachman's African American Property Ownership in Downtown Harrisonburg, 1850-1860

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United States and Virginia History 

African American Civil War Museum 
African American Heritage
​African American Resources
Digital History
Documenting the American South
Memorializing Racial Terror: Lynching Markers in United States
​​National Museum of African American History and Culture
Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia 

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More Helpful Sites 

African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center
​Augusta County Circuit Court Online Collection
​Augusta County African American Records
​​Department of Historic Resources
Freedmen's Bureau Search Portal
​HBCU Library Alliance 
Historical Marker Database
National Archives
WorldCat

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Valley Museums and More

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
901 Amherst Street
Winchester, VA 22601

​Josephine Community School Museum
303 Josephine Street
Berryville, VA 22611

Belle Grove Plantation
336 Belle Grove Road
Middletown, VA 22645

Virginia Museum of the Civil War
8895 George Collins Parkway
​New Market, VA 22844

Celebrating Simms Exhibition 
620 Simms Ave
Harrisonburg, VA 22802

Frontier Culture Museum
1290 Richmond Road 
Staunton, VA 24401

Harrison Museum of African American Culture
1 Market Square SE (2nd Floor)
Roanoke, VA 24011 

Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia 
122 West Leigh Street
Richmond, VA 23220

National Museums of African American History and Culture
1400 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20560 

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Historical Societies 

Clarke County Historical Association
32 E Main Street
Berryville, VA 22611

Warren Heritage Society
101 Chester Street
Front Royal, VA 22630 ​

Winchester-Fredrick County Historical Society
1340 S Pleasant Valley Road
Winchester, VA 22601 ​

Shenandoah County Historical Society
P.O. Box 506
Edinburg, VA 22824

New Market Historical Society Inc.
P.O. Box 141
New Market, Virginia 22844

​Page County Heritage Association
223 Hamburg Road
Luray, VA  22835

Harrisonburg- Rockingham Historical Society
382 High Street
Dayton, VA 22821

Augusta County Historical Society
20 S New Street
Staunton, VA  24402

Staunton-Augusta County African American Research Society
P.O. Box 42 
Staunton, VA 24402-0042

Waynesboro Heritage Museum
​420 W Main Street
Waynesboro, VA 22980 ​

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Libraries 

Handley Regional Library
100 W. Piccadilly Street
Winchester, VA 22601

Clarke County Library
101 Chalmers Court, Suite C
Berryville, VA 22611

Shenandoah County Library
514 Stoney Creek Blvd
Edinburg, VA 2282

Strasburg Community Library
195 West King Street
Strasburg, VA 22657

Mt. Jackson Community Library
5901 Main Street
Mt. Jackson, VA 22842

New Market Area Library
160 East Lee Street
New Market, Va 22844

Page Public Library
100 Zerkel Street
Luray, VA  22835 

Massanutten Regional Library
174 S Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801

JMU Libraries 
1251 Carrier Drive
​Harrisonburg, VA 22807 ​

EMU Library
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802

​Grottoes Branch Library
601 Dogwood Avenue
Grottoes, VA 24441

Elkton Community Library
106 N Terrace Avenue
Elkton, VA 22827

North River Library
119 Mt Crawford Avenue
Bridgewater, VA 22812

BRCC Library
1 College Lane
Weyers Cave, VA 24486

Staunton Public Library
1 Churchville Avenue
Staunton, VA 24401

Waynesboro Public Library
600 S Wayne Avenue
Waynesboro, VA 22980

Library of Virginia 
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Library of Congress
10 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20540