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Lafayette’s 1824 Visit to the United States: Return of a Revolutionary War Superhero

Whether an exactly true account or not, the above dispatch from Boston reported in the Richmond Enquirer is just one small example of the extensive…

Errol SomayNovember 22, 2024

Digital Projects Newspapers

Belly Up to the Bar….Graph: A Look at a Cool Virginia Chronicle Feature

Virginia Chronicle is the Library of Virginia’s free online newspaper database. It has an array of easy-to-use features to assist in your research.A fun and…

Errol SomayApril 5, 2023

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Virginians in the Projection Booth

On 28 December 1895, the Lumière Brothers, Auguste and Louis, gave the first public viewing of a projected motion picture at the Salon Indien du…

Errol SomayApril 13, 2022

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The Explosion

Everyone likes a good mystery, so here is one—but instead of the expected murder and mayhem, this caper involves social media, the Google box, local…

Errol SomayDecember 2, 2020

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Yes, The Titanic

The Virginia Newspaper Project cannot resist the compelling story that is the Titanic. On April 16, 1912, the Richmond Times Dispatch issued its Tuesday morning paper…

Errol SomayAugust 21, 2019

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Mighty Casey Has Been Edited

April is a special time of year: the first full month of Spring; the beginning of baseball season (Hallelujah!) and the month designated as Poetry…

Errol SomayApril 26, 2019

Digital Projects Newspapers

Titanic Web Exhibit Updated

Titanic, Titanic, Titanic. One would think we’ve heard enough about a ship that sank over 100 years ago. Well, the fact you’re reading this tells…

Errol SomayApril 11, 2019

Education & Programming The Stacks

LVA Presents at 14th Annual Virginia Forum

Earlier this month, the 14th annual Virginia Forum convened at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. The three-day event was packed with presentations, learned papers, and…

Errol SomayMarch 27, 2019

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A Titanic Love Affair

And we're not talking about Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio! In advance of our soon to be released new and improved Titanic web site and…

Errol SomayFebruary 14, 2019

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Seeds of Resistance: The Richmond Streetcar Boycotts

A graduate student in Public History and two film students have created a short but excellent documentary for The National Museum of African American History…

Errol SomayMay 23, 2017

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Yes, The Titanic

The Virginia Newspaper Project cannot resist the compelling story that is the Titanic. On April 16, 1912, the Richmond Times Dispatch issued its Tuesday morning paper…

Errol SomayApril 17, 2017

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Researching African American Newspapers

The Virginia Newspaper Project loves promoting the Virginia Chronicle newspaper database, but if you need to expand your research from Virginia to other U.S. states,…

Errol SomayFebruary 22, 2017

Education & Programming

Nat Turner Re-examined

Professor Patrick H. Breen, author of The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt, spoke at the Virginia…

Errol SomayNovember 21, 2016

Newspapers The Stacks

The Virginia Newspaper Project on TV, Live, and in Print

On October 28, 2016, a WTVR story aired about the Virginia Newspaper Project’s very own, Errol Somay. Greg McQuade, investigative reporter and history buff, visited…

Errol SomayNovember 16, 2016

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ThroTTle is Here.

It is said that companies from Apple, Amazon, and Google to Disney and Harley Davidson began in a garage. For the alternative journal, ThroTTle, it…

Errol SomayOctober 7, 2016