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The Stacks

Latest Issue of Broadside is Now Available

The summer 2011 issue of Broadside, the Library of Virginia’s quarterly magazine, is now available. Broadside describes and illustrates the holdings and happenings at the…

Roger ChristmanAugust 15, 2011

Archives

New Discoveries in World War I Questionnaires

Created in 1919 by Governor Westmoreland Davis, the World War I History Commission’s task was to collect, edit, and publish source material concerning Virginia’s participation…

Roger ChristmanJuly 13, 2011

Archives

Peabody’s Improbable History: “Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to 2008….”

Last week President Barack Obama made minor news when he incorrectly signed the guest book at Westminster Abbey in London “24 May 2008.” Obama did not make…

Roger ChristmanJune 1, 2011

Archives

"I shall die by my hands" – The Death Row Suicide of Joseph "Cocky Joe" Robinson

Joseph Robinson, alias “Cocky Joe”, was convicted on 9 April 1951 in the Portsmouth City Hustings Court for the 1943 murder of Marc A. Terrell…

Roger ChristmanApril 20, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

David Walker’s "Appeal" in the News

On 3 March 2011 the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library announced that it recently purchased a copy of David Walker’s anti-slavery “Appeal…

Roger ChristmanMarch 4, 2011

Archives

Murder at the Second Market

Editors Note: This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. The following story was gleaned from…

Roger ChristmanMarch 2, 2011

Archives

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 Library…

Roger ChristmanFebruary 21, 2011

Education & Programming The Stacks

Latest Issue of Broadside is Now Available

The winter 2011 issue of Broadside, the Library of Virginia’s quarterly magazine, is now available. Broadside describes and illustrates the holdings and happenings at the Library of Virginia. Discover…

Roger ChristmanFebruary 21, 2011

Archives

Born to Run: The Odyssey of Lizzie Dodson

Sixteen-year-old Lizzie Dodson was convicted of burglary in Fairfax County in 1897 and sentenced to five years in the Virginia Penitentiary in Richmond. After serving…

Roger ChristmanDecember 8, 2010

The Stacks

Latest Issue of Broadside is Now Available

The fall 2010 issue of Broadside, the Library of Virginia's quarterly magazine, is now available. Broadside describes and illustrates the holdings and happenings at the Library of Virginia.…

Roger ChristmanDecember 2, 2010

Archives Manuscripts & Special Collections The Stacks

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 Library of Virginia…

Roger ChristmanDecember 2, 2010

Archives

War, Remembrance, and the Power of Records

For this week’s Veterans’ Day-themed post, I am going to depart from our usual practice of focusing on images, documents, and stories that Library of…

Roger ChristmanNovember 10, 2010

Archives

Virginia Christian: The Last Woman Executed by Virginia?

Editor's Note: Original post edited for clarity. For more information on Ida V. Belote see Souls of the Departed: Ida V. Belote On 16 August 1912,…

Roger ChristmanSeptember 14, 2010

Digital Projects

Charlotte County Chancery Causes Now Available

The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce the completion of an additional digital scanning project. The processing, indexing, and digital reformatting of the…

Roger ChristmanAugust 26, 2010

The Stacks

Latest issue of Broadside is now available

The summer 2010 issue of Broadside, the Library of Virginia’s quarterly magazine, is now available. Broadside describes and illustrates the holdings and happenings at the Library of Virginia. Discover fascinating…

Roger ChristmanAugust 20, 2010