From The Page – The UncommonWealth

Time Well Spent: Indexing and reviewing the Free Register Collection from Virginia Untold

For this month’s blog post, I asked Callie Freed, Local Records Archivist, to reflect on her experience indexing and reviewing our “Free Negro Registers” collection…

Callie FreedMarch 29, 2023

The Stacks

“I got hooked on archives!”: 7 Questions with Sonya Coleman

In this series we introduce LVA employees and explore what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes entries…

Vince BrooksJuly 20, 2020

Archives Digital Projects

“He was very brave, and though seriously ill he was always thinking of others…” : Influenza Claims a WWI Soldier

While working with the Virginia War History Commission WWI Questionnaires collection, I have often wondered what it must have been like living through that time,…

Rose SchooffApril 8, 2020

Digital Projects Education & Programming

A Library is More Than A Building, Explore Our Digital Offerings

As you work, study, and play from home the Library of Virginia has much to offer within our online resources. Here is just a taste…

Cindy MarksMarch 20, 2020

Digital Projects

Make Some History From the Comfort of Your Couch!

Stuck at home? Need a project? We’ve got three! These three projects use crowdsourcing to help make historical materials at the Library of Virginia more…

Sonya ColemanMarch 19, 2020

Archives Digital Projects

A Virtual Veteran Cemetery

Next Monday is Veteran's Day. We honor veterans but we can never truly understand everything that they have experienced. At the end of World War…

Jessi BennettNovember 6, 2019