Meghan Townes – The UncommonWealth

Archives Manuscripts & Special Collections

Statue Stories: George Washington’s Statue of the Deathless Name

This post is Part 2 in a sometimes series about the statues of Virginia's Capitol Square. See Part 1 here. "In his quiet Roman workshop…

Meghan TownesDecember 13, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Erin Go Bragh! Images of St Patrick’s Day in the Visual Studies Collection

This March we are highlighting vintage St. Patrick’s Day postcards from the Visual Studies Collection at the Library of Virginia. What is the backstory behind…

Meghan TownesMarch 13, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Statue Stories: Thomas J. Jackson and Civil War Remembrance

This is the first in a series of blog posts about the statues of Virginia’s Capitol Square, which are a part of the State Art Collection.…

Meghan TownesOctober 26, 2017

“I Could Not Tell Who Was Shooting”: The Death of Lump Moore

When Petersburg’s coroner filled out the death certificate for farmer Lump Moore, he wrote a simple “no” in answer to the question, “Was disease or…

Meghan TownesJune 28, 2017

Archives The Stacks

"See to it that his name be not forgotten": An unknown soldier in the State Art Collection

As a non-librarian at the Library of Virginia, I am constantly grateful for both the depth of our collections and the knowledge of our archival…

Meghan TownesOctober 21, 2015