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New Children’s Book About LVA Published! Book Signing March 17.

Tameka Hobbs will sign copies of To Collect, Protect, and Serve: Behind the Scenes at the Library of Virginia at the Virginia Shop on March 17 from…

Dale DulaneyMarch 14, 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

The Stacks

Who Do You Think You Are?

Genealogists, take a break from the microfilm machine and those dusty documents! Find a seat on the couch and get ready to see your passion…

Dale DulaneyFebruary 2, 2011

Conservation The Stacks

Conserving the Documents of "Union or Secession"

Have you ever wondered how fragile or damaged documents are repaired or preserved? Check out this behind-the-scenes look at preservation efforts undertaken to conserve one of the documents used…

Dale DulaneyDecember 10, 2010

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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

Digital Projects The Stacks

Have scanner, will travel

As you may have heard from this blog and other sources, the CW 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access is an effort to locate Civil War-era…

Laura Drake DavisDecember 1, 2010

Archives Digital Projects The Stacks

Take a Bow. Five Million Documents Scanned!

Library of Virginia (LVA) staff, partners, and dignitaries gathered at the Goochland County courthouse Thursday to celebrate a milestone in a project that aims to…

Dale DulaneyOctober 15, 2010

Education & Programming The Stacks

Fall 2010 Issue of Recordatur Now Online.

Check out the Fall 2010 issue of the Recordatur. This newsletter is published twice a year to keep circuit court clerks informed about the Circuit…

Dale DulaneyOctober 13, 2010

Archives Education & Programming Manuscripts & Special Collections Newspapers The Stacks

October is Archives Month!

October is Archives Month! The theme of this year’s celebration in Virginia is Making Connections: Archives and Imagination. Archives Month celebrates those institutions and individuals…

Dale DulaneyOctober 1, 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

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 ChristmanAugust 16, 2010

Digital Projects The Stacks

Two New Digital Collections Added at LVA

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce two new digital collections just added to DigiTool and Virginia Memory. Lost Records Localities digital collection is an…

Kathy JordanAugust 10, 2010

Archives Conservation Digital Projects The Stacks

Chancery, Pie, Road Trip

A group of Library of Virginia (LVA) archivists recently traveled to Staunton, Virginia, to visit the Augusta County courthouse. Their goal was to transfer more…

Dale DulaneyJune 28, 2010

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Remembering Robert Clay

Robert Clay, a familiar face to anyone conducting archival research at the Library of Virginia from 1970 until his retirement in 2001, died May 6,…

Roger ChristmanJune 2, 2010