Roger Christman – The UncommonWealth

Documenting the Pandemic

Editors Note: Yesterday, March 23rd, marked the five-year anniversary of then-Governor Northam's closure of in-person education due to Covid-19. We've chosen to take this time…

Roger ChristmanMarch 24, 2025

Archives Conservation Manuscripts & Special Collections The Stacks

One Step Up and Two Steps Back: 25 Years of Addressing the Library of Virginia’s Archival Backlog

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1999 Virginia state budget amendment that funded 17 new Library of Virginia positions “to eliminate the 54-year backlog…

Roger ChristmanOctober 23, 2024

Archives

50 Years of Welcome

On March 23, 2023, I received an email reference request from Elaina Schramm, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs. Could the…

Roger ChristmanSeptember 15, 2023

Archives Digital Projects

Sites of Past Campaigns: Virginia Public Access Project Website Archive

According to the Virginia Public Access Project, twenty-eight members of the Virginia General Assembly (10 Senators and 18 Delegates) have announced they will not seek…

Roger ChristmanApril 12, 2023

Archives The Stacks

A model of collaboration: The Northam administration records transfer

It started with an email. Four days before the inauguration of Governor-elect Ralph Northam on 13 January 2018, Jae K. Davenport, deputy counsel to outgoing…

Roger ChristmanNovember 9, 2022

Archives Digital Projects

Governor Ralph Northam Web Archive

Need to access the website of Governor Ralph S. Northam (2018-2022), which was taken down at the end of this term? The Library of Virginia…

Roger ChristmanFebruary 11, 2022

Archives

Seeking Justice for The Martinsville Seven

Editor's Note: The Governor issued a posthumous pardon for the Martinsville Seven on 31 August 2021. Last week marked the 70th anniversary of the February…

Roger ChristmanFebruary 10, 2021

Archives The Stacks

Who Tells Your Story? Archivists.

As the award winning Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical travels across the county, it has inspired various archival and cultural institutions to spotlight their…

Roger ChristmanNovember 27, 2019

Archives Digital Projects

Library Makes New Batch of Emails from Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Available Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the release of 100,343 emails from the administration of Governor Timothy M. Kaine (2006-2010). This latest batch…

Roger ChristmanJanuary 30, 2019

Archives Digital Projects

Library Makes New Batch of Emails from Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Available Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the release of 26,988 emails from the administration of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (2006-2010). This latest batch…

Roger ChristmanOctober 18, 2018

Archives

Mug Shot Monday: My Hometown Edition

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. John…

Roger ChristmanSeptember 24, 2018

Archives Digital Projects

Homeland is "creating a heck of a lot of buzz and excitement with our citizens!"

Homeland’s season 7 finale aired last Sunday night. Showtime’s critically acclaimed drama stars Claire Danes as CIA Officer Carrie Mathison and Mandy Patinkin as her…

Roger ChristmanMay 2, 2018

Archives Digital Projects

Governor Terry McAuliffe: Building a New Virginia Economy (Web Archive)

Looking for the website of Governor Terry R. McAuliffe (2014-2018), which was taken down at the end of his term? The Library of Virginia can…

Roger ChristmanJanuary 24, 2018

Archives

"Objection, Mr. Chairman!" – The Opening Session of the 1998 House of Delegates

With the Virginia House of Delegates almost evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats when it convenes on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, Out of the Box…

Roger ChristmanJanuary 8, 2018

Archives

Taking Office: Inaugurations of Virginia’s Governors, 1942-2010

Every four years, on the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January, Virginia’s three highest elected officials - the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the…

Roger ChristmanNovember 29, 2017