Chesapeake (City) – The UncommonWealth

Work Like a Girl Chesapeake

To celebrate International Women’s Day back on March 8th, the Chesapeake Public Library embarked on their first annual Work Like a Girl Chesapeake program. Work…

Your Local Public LibrarianMay 9, 2022

Public Libraries

“Physically distant but still connected”: Public Library Programming During Quarantine

Recent global circumstances have forced us all to change and adapt quickly. It is hard to adapt to a new situation without information, but libraries…

Jessi BennettJune 8, 2020

Early 20th Century Entertainment Comes to Virginia in a Most Unusual Way

In the spring of 1905, a half-mile from the Norfolk city limits, the Boer War Spectacle (also called the Transvaal Spectacle or Anglo-Boer War Historical…

Callie FreedOctober 24, 2018

Oh, You Classy Skirt: Valentine Cards in a Norfolk County Divorce Case

Happy Valentine’s Day from Out of the Box! Although today is meant to be a celebration of love and romance, not all valentine cards have…

Claire RadcliffeFebruary 14, 2018

Archives Education & Programming

First Freedom: The Great Sabbath Debate, Part 2

In last week’s blog post, we learned about the efforts of two Richmond businessmen who lobbied to add an exception for non-Christians to Virginia’s Sabbath…

Vince BrooksApril 27, 2016

Newspapers

Be True to Your School

Question: What do the following five quotes have in common? Answer: They are all quotes taken from high school newspapers. And while academic newspapers cover topics…

Kelley EwingJuly 24, 2015