Stationery and Letterhead – The UncommonWealth

My Vicious Valentine

When the wishes you strive to send are neither sweet nor charming, Dose a valentine with vinegar – that’s sure to be alarming! Drink, gamble,…

Sonya ColemanFebruary 9, 2022

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

Echoes of Summer: Explore warm-weather recreation & attractions of the past in our digital collections

Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 2, 2020. As we near…

Dana PugaAugust 18, 2021

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Letterhead in the Archives: Suffrage Edition

Commercial stationery can offer a fascinating snapshot of a place or time. Scholars of this subject point out that the rich illustrations and elaborate printing…

Sonya ColemanMarch 27, 2020

Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archives, Great Seal Edition

The design of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia was adopted by the Virginia Convention on 5 July 1776, based on the work of…

Vince BrooksJune 26, 2019

Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archive

Happy World Stationery Day! As promised in a previous posts, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our…

Vince BrooksApril 25, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Erin Go Bragh! Images of St Patrick’s Day in the Visual Studies Collection

This March we are highlighting vintage St. Patrick’s Day postcards from the Visual Studies Collection at the Library of Virginia. What is the backstory behind…

Meghan TownesMarch 13, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Ich Liebe Dich! Vintage Valentines

Happy Valentine’s Day to our Out of the Box readers! Valentine’s Day is perhaps the most critiqued of any holiday for being “made-up,” but as…

Claire RadcliffeFebruary 14, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Season’s Greetings and More!

Did you know that the Library of Virginia's Visual Studies Collection has a Tumblr page for new acquisitions? It is called LOOK WHAT WE GOT,…

Vince BrooksDecember 6, 2018

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Chasing Steeples through WWI France

The Library of Virginia’s Visual Studies Collection has a collection of German postcards depicting non-combat scenes from the Western Front. Schaar & Dathe of Trier…

Sonya ColemanNovember 9, 2018

Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterheads in the Archive, WWI Edition

As promised in previous posts, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. In honor of the centennial…

Vince BrooksJune 13, 2018

Archives Manuscripts & Special Collections

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archive, Prohibition Edition

As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. In honor of our current…

Vince BrooksSeptember 6, 2017

Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Even More Letterhead in the Archive

Editor's note: As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. The…

Vince BrooksMarch 15, 2017

Archives Manuscripts & Special Collections

A Few of Our Favorite Things: More Letterhead in the Archive

As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. The original text by…

Vince BrooksFebruary 24, 2016

Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archive Part 4

It’s been a while, but as promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our…

Claire RadcliffeAugust 19, 2015

Archives

This will really flip your Whig!

We love our letterhead here in the processing sections of the Library of Virginia. One can come across such interesting, varied, and colorful examples while…

Vince BrooksJanuary 16, 2013