Annual Fund

Since 1964, the Augusta County Historical Society has worked to preserve and disseminate the history of this important western Virginia county as well as Staunton and Waynesboro that once stretched to the Mississippi River.

Through spring and fall meetings, an annual banquet, and our Stuart Speaker Series, the society presents outstanding public programs to illustrate the history of the county and its people. 

Three annual newsletters keep members apprised of new developments and activities, of volunteer opportunities, and of new acquisitions. Our annual journal, the Augusta Historical Bulletin, is a well-respected publication with articles, historic photographs, and book reviews. Our website provides free virtual access to an ever growing variety of local historical resources through the AUGUSTA COMMUNITY PORTAL. The website also provides information about our programs, services, and includes an online gift shop. 

The society’s fine archival and photographic collections are correctly preserved in a climate-controlled archival storage area. Our archives committee catalogs new additions to collections and works with researchers who use our library. 

The history gallery at the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art offers the society a handsome space where we present three or four changing exhibits each year and work with our partner organizations on collaborative exhibits.

The Annual Fund of the Augusta County Historical Society guarantees that the current high-quality programs, publications, exhibits, and archival care will continue into the future, and that the society can grow in its service to the local community and to our members and researchers across the nation. We can only continue this work with your help!

The Augusta County Historical Society is a 501(c)3 organization. All contributions made to the society are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

If you wish to make your contribution in the form of stock, please contact the society office at P.O. Box 686, Staunton, VA 24402-0686 or phone 540-248-4151 or e-mail us at augustachs@ntelos.net

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Alexander Humphreys Associate
Honoring an early Edinburgh-educated Augusta County physician, who trained some outstanding pioneer American medical leaders at his Staunton school, and who is buried in Trinity churchyard.
William Sheppard Partner
Honoring the Waynesboro-born, Staunton-reared Presbyterian missionary who devoted his life to bringing the gospel to the African continent from which his ancestors came and to the cause of education for African-Americans.
Ida Stover Circle
Honoring the Augusta County woman who was active at Salem Lutheran Church near Mt. Sidney, and whose Kansas-reared children included Milton Stover Eisenhower, President of The Johns Hopkins University, and Dwight David Eisenhower, General of the Army, Supreme Allied Commander, and 34th President of the United States.
Cyrus McCormick Council
Honoring the inventor of the reaper, from Steeles Tavern in southern Augusta County, whose invention transformed agriculture around the world, and whose family philanthropy included generous gifts in his home county.
Jed Hotchkiss Society
Honoring the Augusta County educator at several local academies, who rose to fame in the Civil War as Stonewall Jackson’s mapmaker, and who devoted his postwar career, from his Staunton base, to encouraging economic development in Virginia.
William Beverley Patron
Honoring the colonial land developer from Essex County, whose 118,000-acre grant from the Crown in Augusta County led to the settlement of the Virginia frontier beyond the Blue Ridge.
Alexander H.H. Stuart Benefactor
Honoring the Staunton attorney who served in the Virginia House of Delegates, the United States Congress, and as Secretary of the Interior under President Fillmore; who opposed Virginia’s secession and worked to avoid civil war; who devoted his postwar years to developing a public education system in Virginia, and who served as Rector of the University of Virginia.
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