Mary Johnston, born 1870 in Buchanan, Virginia, was a prolific author of 23 books, outspoken suffragist, and founding member of the Equal Suffrage League of…
Olin JohnsonJune 28, 2017
VNP Announces the CCC
The Virginia Newspaper Project (VNP) is thrilled to announce an ongoing project to make the Library of Virginia’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) newspapers available on Virginia Chronicle.…
Kelley EwingJune 14, 2017
From Decoration Day to Memorial Day
Editorial cartoon from the Highland Recorder, 29 May 1925: For a history of the holiday once known as "Decoration Day," read Ralph Cavenali's excellent article,…
Kelley EwingMay 26, 2017
Seeds of Resistance: The Richmond Streetcar Boycotts
A graduate student in Public History and two film students have created a short but excellent documentary for The National Museum of African American History…
Errol SomayMay 23, 2017
Woe Unto Him: Anti-Liquor on Virginia Chronicle & Say Goodbye to Booze tonight at the LVA
In conjunction with the Library of Virginia’s current exhibition, Teetotalers & Moonshiners: Prohibition in Virginia, the Virginia Newspaper Project has made its sole issue of…
Kelley EwingMay 5, 2017
Yes, The Titanic
The Virginia Newspaper Project cannot resist the compelling story that is the Titanic. On April 16, 1912, the Richmond Times Dispatch issued its Tuesday morning paper…
Errol SomayApril 17, 2017
Prelude to Prohibition: The State Referendum Vote September 22, 1914: The Recorder, Post & Enterprise
It was Wet vs. Dry and City vs. Country and Dry Country won. It wasn’t even close. The advocates for Prohibition themselves might have been…
Henry MorseApril 11, 2017
Recent Gifts to the Library of Virginia
It provides great satisfaction to the Virginia Newspaper Project staff when rare, historical newspapers surface thanks to thoughtful Library patrons–recently some twentieth century newspapers were…
Kelley EwingMarch 28, 2017
A Much Obliged and Humble Servant: Clementina Rind’s Virginia Gazette
It was out of necessity that Clementina Rind became Virginia’s first woman newspaper publisher. After the death of her husband, William, in 1773, she had…
Kelley EwingMarch 15, 2017
Wendell Scott: Racing’s Minority of One
"I was a race driver before I ever hit the track,” said Wendell Scott, the first African American to race NASCAR’s Grand National circuit, in a…
Kelley EwingFebruary 28, 2017
Researching African American Newspapers
The Virginia Newspaper Project loves promoting the Virginia Chronicle newspaper database, but if you need to expand your research from Virginia to other U.S. states,…
Errol SomayFebruary 22, 2017
A Valentine’s Day Search Uncovers a West Virginia Love Grump: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, February 1856-1859
The Newspaper Project observes Valentine’s Day with a reminder of the search capacity within Virginia Chronicle and the felicities of discovery (spend a morning reading mid…
Henry MorseFebruary 14, 2017
Forged in Print: The Shenandoah Iron Works’ Riverside
"Who hath despised the day of small things?” read the motto of the Riverside, a company newspaper published in Shenandoah Iron Works (SIW), located in…
Kelley EwingJanuary 12, 2017
Happy New Year from the VNP!
The Virginia Newspaper Project hopes everyone had a happy New Year. The end of January 2017 marks the beginning of the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese…
Kelley EwingJanuary 3, 2017
Electronic Newspaper Resources from the LVA
We often talk about Virginia Chronicle and Chronicling America here at the Newspaper Project, but the library subscribes to a number of other excellent online…
Kelley EwingDecember 15, 2016
