Staunton (City) – The UncommonWealth

Virginia Chronicle Surpasses Two Million Pages!

The newspaper page count has officially surpassed two million on Virginia Chronicle! An array of new titles have been added to the Library’s growing digital…

Kelley EwingDecember 1, 2021

Digital Projects Newspapers

New to Virginia Chronicle

The Library of Virginia has added several titles to the growing list of digitized historical newspapers accessible on Virginia Chronicle. Recent additions include: Alexandria Herald…

Kelley EwingMarch 24, 2020

Manuscripts & Special Collections Newspapers

Willis M. Carter Journal and Research Collection Donated to the Library of Virginia

Author and researcher Deborah Harding recently donated to the Library of Virginia a rare, firsthand account of slavery and its aftermath written by Willis M.…

Margaret RhettMay 11, 2016

Modern Love: Two Wrights and a Wrong

Many a modern day love rat has been outed by a spouse’s discovery of telling photos posted to Facebook or illicit text messages. But what…

Vince BrooksDecember 9, 2015

Newspapers

Advertising the Big Top: 1870s Circus Ads from the Staunton Spectator

It’s September 16, 1873 in the sleepy town of Staunton, Virginia. You can only imagine a reader’s excitement at turning to page three of the Staunton…

Kelley EwingSeptember 2, 2015

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

Digital Projects Newspapers

Extra! Titles Added to Virginia Chronicle

New titles have been added to the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper repository Virginia Chronicle, including issues of the “Monthly Journal of Mountain Life” the Mountain Laurel. As it…

Kelley EwingMarch 11, 2014

Newspapers

African American Newspapers Given to LVA

Tomorrow, a significant gift of historic African American newspapers is being given to the Library of Virginia thanks to the great generosity of the Augusta…

Kelley EwingOctober 15, 2013

Archives Digital Projects

Augusta Co. Chancery Reveals Pioneer Stories of Western Virginia

These words were written by a young lawyer who was researching court records filed in the Augusta County courthouse in the early 1830’s. He was…

Greg CrawfordJune 18, 2012

Drunkenness is no excuse…

Ever want to claim you were too drunk to be responsible for committing a criminal act? In Virginia in 1915, you would have been out…

Sarah NerneyOctober 19, 2011

Archives Conservation Digital Projects The Stacks

Chancery, Pie, Road Trip

A group of Library of Virginia (LVA) archivists recently traveled to Staunton, Virginia, to visit the Augusta County courthouse. Their goal was to transfer more…

Dale DulaneyJune 28, 2010