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Poem written by Bly Straube, Senior Curator at the Jamestown Settlement Museum and William & Mary M.A. class of 1990. Straube wrote, “A poem about my work cubicle at the Jamestown Settlement Museum of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, where I serve as Senior Curator. This was written one-month into the Commonwealth's order to 'stay home.'"

Scope and Contents 13 postcards and one brochure featuring the Jamestown settlement. Postcards show native americans dressed in traditional attire re-enacting in and around the settlement, the statue of Pocahontas, Pocahontas and John Smith as they were presented to the King of England in 1616, glass blowing at the settlement, the church ruins, and illustrations depicting encounters between the settlers and the Powhatan natives. The brochure is from an unidentified date, but features visitors indicating that...