Printed Materials – The UncommonWealth

New Displays for June

If you have visited the Library of Virginia in recent months, you may have noticed several new exhibit cases on the building’s second floor. These…

Mary Dean CarterJune 8, 2018

Manuscripts & Special Collections

"United to the Countryside:" Recent Rare Book Acquisitions

You never know what might turn up when someone calls, emails or comes in with “old books,” and so with each contact, the adventure begins…

Tom RayMarch 23, 2016

Manuscripts & Special Collections

The Art of Mapping War

New ideas are sometimes birthed out of tragedies. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill passed by both houses of Congress authorizing an ambitious…

Joanne PorterNovember 18, 2015