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Mug Shot Monday Special Edition: Friel Allen, No. 10994

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday Special Edition. This is the second post focusing on records at the Library of Virginia related to the “Hillsville Massacre.” In August 1912…

Roger ChristmanMarch 8, 2012

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Mug Shot Monday Special Edition: "Hillsville Massacre"

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday Special Edition. Next Wednesday, 14 March marks the 100th anniversary of the infamous “Hillsville Massacre,” where five people were killed in a gunfight in…

Roger ChristmanMarch 7, 2012

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Walk Like a Man? One-Legged Prisoner Escapes Road Camp

On Sunday 20 January 1907, Ed Baker, a “one leg Italian” with “a bad face”, escaped from the State Convict Road Force camp near Williamsburg.…

Roger ChristmanJanuary 4, 2012

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Mug Shot Monday: Mary L. Morst, No. 11033

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. Mary L. Morst,…

Roger ChristmanDecember 19, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: Will Liddle, No. 6484 and No. 7341

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Will Liddle, the subject of this week’s…

Roger ChristmanDecember 5, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: Walter Turpin, No. 3159 and No. 4361

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Walter Turpin, the subject of this week’s…

Roger ChristmanNovember 21, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: Preston Waters, No. 18879 and Alfred Williams, No. 19912

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. This week’s entry will spotlight the photographs…

Roger ChristmanNovember 14, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: Theodore Gibson, No. 32872

Editors Note: Yes, we know it is not Monday. The Out of the Box staff had a technical glitch this afternoon and accidentally published Monday's…

Roger ChristmanNovember 3, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday (Halloween Edition): Benjamin Gilbert

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

Roger ChristmanOctober 31, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: Bob Addison, No. 35074

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. On 16…

Roger ChristmanOctober 24, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: Sylvia Elwood Huffman, No. 38770

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. In June…

Roger ChristmanOctober 17, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: James "Jimmie" Strother, No. 33927

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. In April…

Roger ChristmanOctober 10, 2011

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Mug Shot Monday: Edith Maxwell, No. 38599

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the first in a series of new weekly posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. …

Roger ChristmanOctober 3, 2011

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Johnny 99: The Records of the Virginia Penitentiary Now Available

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the records of the Virginia Penitentiary (Accession 41558) are now available to researchers. The collection contains 289 bound…

Roger ChristmanSeptember 28, 2011

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What’s New in the Archives

Interested in what’s new in the archives at the Library of Virginia? You can find out in two reports compiled quarterly by LVA staffers: The…

Roger ChristmanAugust 15, 2011