Articles from Staff

• "Plain for Its Situation": A Chippendale Side Chair from the Nation's First Executive Mansion
• "More to dread...than from the Sword of the Enemy"
• Houdon's Bust of Washington
• The Domestic Architecture of Slavery at George Washington's Mount Vernon
• Christmas at Mount Vernon 
• "The Best of Every Article"
• A Parent's Lament:  "We hope Jacky will Apply Close to his Studies" 
• "That Hospitable Mansion":  Hospitality at George Washington's Mount Vernon

Lectures by Staff

• "The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington and Slavery
• Slave Lifeways at Mount Vernon: An Archaeological Perspective
• "As if I had Been a Very Great Somebody" Martha Washington in the American Revolution:  Becoming the New Nation's First Lady
• "A Sacred Duty":  Mount Vernon During the Civil War Years
• "Different People, Different Stories:  The Life Stories of Individual Slaves from Mount Vernon and Their Relationships with George and Martha Washington"
• George Washington Slept Here...and Ate Here...and Talked Here:  Adventures in 18th Century Travel with George Washington & Selected Members of His Family
• "They Appear to Live Comfortable Together":  Private Life of the Mount Vernon Slaves
• The Lives of Enslaved Workers on George Washington's Outlying Farms
• "Their unfailing friend":  Edward Everett and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
• "And Procure for Themselves a Few Amenities":  Recreation & Private Enterprise in the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

Research by Subject

• Religion
  • Record of Church Attendance by the Washingtons, Based on George Washington's Diaries
  • George Washington's References to God and Religion, Together with Selected References to Death, Eternity, Charity, and Morality
  • Statements by Martha Washington & Other Members of the Family Concerning God, Religion, Death, Eternity, Charity & Morality, With the Occasional Statement by Other Members in Their Circle (prior to 1802)
  • Statements by Washington/Custis Family Members Concerning, Religion, God, Life, Death,Charity and Morality - 19th Century (post 1802)
  • Books and Pamphlets on Religion and Philosophy in the Library of Martha Washington's First Husband, Daniel Parke Custis
  • Book and Pamphlets on Religion and Philosophy in George Washington's Library
  • Books and Pamphlets on Religion and Philosophy in the Mount Vernon Library of Bushrod Washington and Other Members of the Washingon Family