Preservation and Conservation – The UncommonWealth

The Mystery of the Charlotte County Deteriorated Court Records

What’s the story behind the Charlotte County deteriorated loose court records housed in a miniature Plexiglas display case?The answer to this mystery begins (or ends)…

Eddie WoodwardNovember 19, 2025

Archives Digital Projects Education & Programming

Grappling With Your Digital Records: How To Preserve Them

When you have digital records, it’s important to carefully consider where and how to store them. Celebrate Electronic Records Day by using this article as…

Emily JohnsonOctober 10, 2025

Education & Programming

House to Highway: Reclaiming a Community History

House to Highway: Reclaiming a Community History (July 17, 2025 – February 28, 2026) highlights the history of Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood and explores the…

Ashley CraigAugust 18, 2025

Conservation The Stacks

Are Your Records Disaster Ready?

Psst...April is Records and Information Management Month! Records and Information Management (RIM) Month is celebrated during the month of April to shed light on the…

Teshawna ThreatApril 9, 2025

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Conservation Concentration

A new Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) travel season has begun, which means that CCRP consulting archivists Eddie Woodward and Tracy Harter are planning…

Tracy HarterApril 22, 2024

Archives Conservation

The Winners of $3.2 Million in Court Record Preservation Grants for 2024!

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 13 February 2024 at the Library of Virginia to evaluate 124 records preservation grant…

Greg CrawfordMarch 1, 2024

Archives Conservation

Records Room Road Trips: June-July 2023

As my traveling colleague, Tracy Harter, mentioned in her last installment for Records Room Road Trips, we alternate posts between the two of us, and…

Eddie WoodwardOctober 27, 2023

Circuit Court Records Preservation Program Approves 115 Grant Projects

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 16 December 2021 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant…

Greg CrawfordJanuary 3, 2022

Circuit Court Preservation Grants Awarded

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 8 December 2020 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Vince BrooksDecember 18, 2020

Archives Conservation The Stacks

VIRGINIA’S CCRP PROGRAM PROVIDES ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PRESERVATION GRANTS

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 11 June 2015 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Greg CrawfordJuly 27, 2015

Conservation Newspapers

Conserving to Preserve or “Ironing Newspapers”

One of the things that I do with the Newspaper Project is mending newspapers. Last week I repaired an issue of The New York Tribune,…

Silver PersingerMay 18, 2012

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