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4.2 Million Pages of News!

Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s database of digitized newspapers, has reached a page count of nearly 4.2 million! Since October, many new titles, spanning…

Kelley EwingJanuary 10, 2024

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Red Cross Women and Donuts in World War II

The American Red Cross had over seven million volunteers during World War II and provided many services and supplies that impacted the war and troops1.…

Lauren CaravatiJanuary 3, 2024

Digital Projects Education & Programming The Stacks

Digital Milestone: How the Dictionary of Virginia Biography Learned to Love the Internet

Just like Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965, the Library of Virginia's Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) went digital more…

Library of VirginiaDecember 6, 2023

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World War II Separation Notices: Marines Collection and Future

The World War II Separation Notices: U.S. Marine Corps collection is now up on From the Page for indexing! This collection debuted this past September…

Lauren CaravatiNovember 8, 2023

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Native American Resources

November is Native American Heritage Month and the perfect time to highlight resources in the Library of Virginia’s collections that can help users gain insight…

Lisa WehrmannNovember 6, 2023

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Celebrating 10 Years of Access to Records about Slavery in the Library’s Collections

In the excitement of completing our National Archives awarded NHPRC grant, securing a full-time project manager, not to mention participating the Library's 200th year anniversary, we…

Lydia NeurothOctober 25, 2023

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

Reopening the Vestry Records of St. John’s Church

So begins the first entry in the oldest surviving volume from the Henrico Parish vestry records. That entry describes the meeting of six of the…

Guest ContributorSeptember 27, 2023

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Documenting Lynching in Virginia: A Transcription Project at James Madison University

Mob violence against perceived threats to a local community has been a staple of US history, with its long tradition of vigilantism and “popular justice,”…

Guest ContributorSeptember 13, 2023

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Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives 2023

2023 marked the 200th anniversary of the Library of Virginia as well as the second year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives…

Ashley CraigAugust 16, 2023

Archives Conservation Digital Projects

Virginia Untold: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Editor's Note: Neither Virginia Untold nor Virginia Untold Project Manager Lydia Neuroth is going anywhere, but as we transition out of our two-year NHPRC grant…

Lydia NeurothJune 28, 2023

Digital Projects Education & Programming Newspapers

Making Connections with the Past

Tamika Y. Nunley’s new book The Demands of Justice: Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia explores the impact of Virginia’s judicial system…

Library of VirginiaJune 19, 2023

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

The Rise and Fall of the Five-and-Dime

Do you love a good Target run? The bright, poppy-red branding throughout the store, the practicality of picking up a few groceries, a prescription, a…

Kimberly WolfeJune 2, 2023

Digital Projects Newspapers

Breaking News: Virginia Chronicle Updates!

Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper database, has recently added a host of noteworthy titles to the growing list of newspapers available on…

Kelley EwingMay 22, 2023

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

New Digital Collection: F. W. Woolworth Company from the Foster Studio Collection

This was the motto of Foster’s Photographic Gallery (later Foster Studio), opened by Walter Washington Foster in 1890, at 112 North Ninth Street in Richmond.…

Kimberly WolfeMay 17, 2023

Digital Projects Education & Programming Virginia Authors

Harboring Memories of Home

Earl Swift’s book Chesapeake Requiem is the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group pick for June 2023. Chesapeake Requiem explores the close-knit community of Tangier…

Library of VirginiaMay 15, 2023