Conservation – The UncommonWealth

The Winners of $2.25 Million in Circuit Court Record Preservation Grants for 2026!

March 24, 2026 The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on March 24, 2026, to evaluate 151 grant requests from 104 circuit…

Library of VirginiaApril 6, 2026

Archives Conservation The Stacks

The Mystery of the Charlotte County Deteriorated Court Records

What’s the story behind the Charlotte County deteriorated loose court records housed in a miniature Plexiglas display case?The answer to this mystery begins (or ends)…

Eddie WoodwardNovember 19, 2025

Archives Conservation Digital Projects The Stacks

Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Chancery Records Index Turns 25!

Those words in the November/December 2000 issue of the Library of Virginia newsletter launched what would eventually evolve into one of the agency’s most-used digital…

Vince BrooksOctober 15, 2025

Archives Conservation

Attics and Basements and Bell Towers, Oh My!

The Circuit Court Records Preservation (CCRP) consulting archivists from the Library of Virginia routinely travel across the Commonwealth assisting the state’s 120 circuit court clerks’…

Library of VirginiaSeptember 17, 2025

Conservation The Stacks

Are Your Records Disaster Ready?

Psst...April is Records and Information Management Month! Records and Information Management (RIM) Month is celebrated during the month of April to shed light on the…

Teshawna ThreatApril 9, 2025

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Rounding Out the 2024 Road Trips

In her latest CCRP Records Room Road Trips blog my fellow traveling consulting archivist colleague and friend, Tracy Harter appeared to suggest that I had…

Eddie WoodwardMarch 26, 2025

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: 2024 Roundup

The previous installment of Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Road Trips pertained to my colleague Eddie Woodward’s autumn travel, so it’s fitting that this…

Tracy HarterFebruary 12, 2025

Archives Conservation Digital Projects

Hittin’ the Road, Virginia Untold Style

In early December, I traveled to Southwest Virginia to continue our work digitizing “Free Negro Registers” for Virginia Untold. We’ve previously written about our digitization…

Lydia NeurothJanuary 22, 2025

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: Fall 2024

Have I mentioned that this was going to be an unusually slow travel season for me? Yes, I have.Prior to the opening of the annual…

Eddie WoodwardDecember 4, 2024

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: July-August 2024

Established in 1990 and jointly sponsored by the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Court Clerks Association, the Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) is…

Tracy HarterNovember 20, 2024

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 Conservation The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: Summer 2024

Have I mentioned that this was going to be an unusually slow travel season for me? Until recently, my courthouse visits had been sporadic and…

Eddie WoodwardAugust 21, 2024

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Records Rooms Road Trips: Day Tripping Through May

Regular readers of The Uncommonwealth may notice that blogs for Records Rooms Road Trips are published about every three weeks, alternating between the experiences of…

Tracy HarterJuly 22, 2024

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: More Day Trippin’

This past March marked the eight-year anniversary for my colleague, Tracy Harter, and myself in our positions as Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) consulting…

Eddie WoodwardJune 12, 2024

Archives Conservation Digital Projects The Stacks

CCRP Records Rooms Road Trips: Teaming up with Virginia Untold

My first three locality visits this season also involved traveling with my colleague and Virginia Untold project manager Lydia Neuroth. While my visits pertained specifically…

Tracy HarterMay 22, 2024