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More Than a Policy: Enslaved Life Insurance and Virginia’s Industrial Economy ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

More Than a Policy: Enslaved Life Insurance and Virginia’s Industrial Economy

Many of us know what a life insurance policy looks like. Even if we have never owned one, we understand its basic purpose: a person…
Michelle Evans Oliver
Michelle Evans OliverAugust 24, 2026
Storing Isn’t Managing: The Government Records Problem Hiding in Plain Sight The Stacks

Storing Isn’t Managing: The Government Records Problem Hiding in Plain Sight

The evolution of the management of government records has surpassed the complexities of paper formats. Government entities are taking measures to facilitate digitization projects, which…
Teshawna Threat
Teshawna ThreatAugust 19, 2026
Newly-Available Archival Accessions, April 1-June 30, 2026 Uncategorized

Newly-Available Archival Accessions, April 1-June 30, 2026

The Library of Virginia maintains the most comprehensive collection of information about Virginia’s history, culture, and government. We hold more than 200 million manuscript items,…
Trenton Hizer
Trenton HizerAugust 17, 2026
Perseverance Pays Off: How One 19th century Individual Restored His Rights Archives

Perseverance Pays Off: How One 19th century Individual Restored His Rights

In recent years, readers may have become familiar with the term “conservatorship.” Most prominently, this topic has been connected to one of the most popular…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedAugust 12, 2026
Bridging Virginia’s Digital Divide: The Essential Role of Public Libraries Public LibrariesThe Stacks

Bridging Virginia’s Digital Divide: The Essential Role of Public Libraries

Across Virginia, public libraries are not only places to borrow books; they are essential hubs for digital connection. For many households, the library is the…
Cindy Church
Cindy ChurchAugust 10, 2026
Introducing the Ideas in Action Project ArchivesDigital ProjectsEducation & ProgrammingThe Stacks

Introducing the Ideas in Action Project

But first things first, I’m Eric Johnson, the coordinator of the Ideas in Action: Virginians Petition Their Government, 1776-1786 project, a three-year initiative at the…
Eric Johnson
Eric JohnsonAugust 5, 2026
The Mountain Laurel NewspapersThe Stacks

The Mountain Laurel

Editor's Note: Intern Haylee Ziegler is working with the Virginia Newspaper Program to collect, inventory, and catalog newspapers from across Virginia. Ziegler has her graduate…
Haylee Ziegler
Haylee ZieglerAugust 3, 2026
“Whoever said that told a damned lie!”: The Witcher-Clement Feud ArchivesNewspapers

“Whoever said that told a damned lie!”: The Witcher-Clement Feud

Whether attributable to St. Augustine, Chaucer, or Aesop the trope that familiarity breeds contempt has plenty of historical precedent – the Hatfields and McCoys, Alexander…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJuly 29, 2026
New Books – July 2026 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – July 2026

The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonJuly 27, 2026
Ann Brooks: Piecing Together a Life Hidden by History ArchivesDigital Projects

Ann Brooks: Piecing Together a Life Hidden by History

Editor's Note: Brianna Oxford is a rising senior at Hampton University studying Criminal Justice. She is interning with Virginia Untold this summer through the Library’s…
Brianna Oxford
Brianna OxfordJuly 22, 2026
Reading on Company Time: Virginia Corporate Newspapers in Virginia Chronicle Newspapers

Reading on Company Time: Virginia Corporate Newspapers in Virginia Chronicle

Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely-accessible digital newspaper database, has recently added something new to its archive—corporate newsletters. These newsletters are vital records about…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJuly 20, 2026
“Call us men and brethren, and all the tears shed in the past will be forgotten” ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingNewspapers

“Call us men and brethren, and all the tears shed in the past will be forgotten”

Riddle me this. What is the connection between an African American sheriff and postmaster in Essex County, Virginia, a Freedmen's Bureau teacher in Tappahannock, and…
Lee Ann Timreck
Lee Ann TimreckJuly 15, 2026
A Purr-fect Library Program: From Seven Cats to 1,800 Votes Public Libraries

A Purr-fect Library Program: From Seven Cats to 1,800 Votes

What happens when a group of cat-loving librarians starts wishing for a library cat? In Alexandria, Virginia, they turn that simple idea into a beloved…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianJuly 13, 2026
A Smoking Gun: Library of Virginia Documents Shed Light on A Murder ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

A Smoking Gun: Library of Virginia Documents Shed Light on A Murder

It was a bloody, excruciating ending for the amiable 22-year-old merchant. Walter Henry Pleasants was shot January 30, 1838, in his room at Richmond’s Columbian…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorJuly 8, 2026
Birth of a Record Group: The Inauguration of Patrick Henry ArchivesThe Stacks

Birth of a Record Group: The Inauguration of Patrick Henry

Needless to say, there was a lot going on in Virginia during the summer of 1776. The fifth and, ultimately, final Virginia Revolutionary Convention met…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJuly 6, 2026
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