Archival Boxes to Newsome House
From left: Jefferson Lab’s Archives and Record Specialist Melissa Erlandson works to unload Hollinger archival boxes from the car with the help of Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center’s Museum Assistants Tad Williams and James Pope. Jefferson Lab gifted approximately 44 archival boxes to the Newsome House in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
The restored Victorian landmark is a historic fixture in the city, serving not only as a museum to prominent African-American attorney J. Thomas Newsome and his wife Mary Winfield Newsome’s accomplishments, but as a venue for exhibitions, special events, and community functions. It was the first structure owned by an African-American to receive a National Historic Preservation Award.
Archival Boxes to Newsome House
From left: Jefferson Lab’s Archives and Record Specialist Melissa Erlandson works to unload Hollinger archival boxes from the car with the help of Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center’s Museum Assistants Tad Williams and James Pope. Jefferson Lab gifted approximately 44 archival boxes to the Newsome House in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
The restored Victorian landmark is a historic fixture in the city, serving not only as a museum to prominent African-American attorney J. Thomas Newsome and his wife Mary Winfield Newsome’s accomplishments, but as a venue for exhibitions, special events, and community functions. It was the first structure owned by an African-American to receive a National Historic Preservation Award.