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Echoes of Summer: Explore warm-weather recreation & attractions of the past in our digital collections

Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 2, 2020. As we near…

Dana PugaAugust 18, 2021

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

Food for Fighting: Food Conservation During World War I

During WWI there was shortage of food for the people of war-torn Europe. Prior to the United States entry into the war, we were already…

Dana PugaAugust 10, 2017

Education & Programming Manuscripts & Special Collections

The Temperance Movement and The Road to Prohibition

From the earliest days of European settlement, Americans drank prodigious amounts of alcohol. Almost every aspect of early American economic and social life involved alcohol.…

Dana PugaMay 18, 2017

Every Dog Will Have His Day

Editor’s note: This piece was originally published as an artifact spotlight for Discover Richmond, a magazine published by the Richmond-Times Dispatch. It is posted here with additional images of…

Dana PugaAugust 24, 2016