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New resource for Civil War research at the Library of Virginia

The Civil War experiences of Virginians from all walks of life and all corners of the state can be found at the Library of Virginia.…

Trenton HizerDecember 14, 2012

Photos of Virginia Lee Minor and Robert B. Roosevelt Jr.

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"I really love you in my funny selfish way"

You have no idea how awfully much I hated to leave you…Even if I can’t hear from you just now I feel sure you are…

Jessica Tyree BurgessNovember 28, 2012

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Spinnin’ on top of the world

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. Ever been on vacation and experienced weather so bad that it traps you…

Vince BrooksSeptember 5, 2012

Manuscripts & Special Collections

This is the house that Jack built

Another presidential election year is upon us, and we are already bombarded with television ads touting the two candidates and proclaiming their positions on every…

Trenton HizerJune 13, 2012

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"…we all have tiers in our eyes and our hearts are in the pit of our stomacks"

It is rare for anyone to be directly involved in an event that can be labeled, without exaggeration, a turning point in world history. The…

Jessica Tyree BurgessJune 6, 2012

Manuscripts & Special Collections

A troubled slave makes his escape

In the fall of 1805, John Alcock, a Fredericksburg, Virginia, cabinetmaker, relocated to Richmond and opened a cabinetmaking shop. By 1807 he had expanded his…

Chris KolbeApril 11, 2012

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Maybe we can learn from doodles…

Guest contributor Tricia Noel joins us to share an interesting discovery left by an anonymous artist on some New Kent County church records. Although they…

Guest ContributorSeptember 7, 2011

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Buy Me Some Peanuts And Cigarettes: Baseball Cards in the Archive

Tucked away in the Business Records Collections at the Library of Virginia are five 2.5 x 1.5 inch baseball cards issued by the American Tobacco…

Trenton HizerAugust 3, 2011

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150 years later, nearly 400 letters reveal one couple’s Civil War story

The CW 150 Legacy Project was recently in Fairfax for a scanning event at the City of Fairfax Regional Library. The event was a great…

Renee SavitsJuly 6, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections The Stacks

The Ordinance of Secession Coverage From the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Editor's Note: This media is no longer available. Check out this video of our own Tom Camden, Special Collections Director, discussing a rarely seen copy of…

Dale DulaneyApril 18, 2011

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Introducing… the Organization Records Guide

Fraternal orders. Military regiments. Agricultural societies. Women’s organizations. Religious associations. Political parties. Schools. The Library of Virginia houses more than 650 collections of organization records…

Trenton HizerMarch 9, 2011

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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

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Ensuring quality education for all

Editors Note: This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. The Watkins Family Papers (Accession…

Renee SavitsFebruary 16, 2011

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David Walker’s Appeal: Anti-Slavery Literature in the Executive Communications

David Walker, a free black man from Boston, wrote to Thomas Lewis in Richmond on 8 December 1829 enclosing thirty copies of the first edition…

Craig MooreFebruary 9, 2011

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CW 150 in Print and on Television.

In case you missed it the CW 150 Legacy Project ‘s visit to the Campbell County courthouse in Rustburg was featured recently in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and on…

Dale DulaneyJanuary 25, 2011