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“Combustible Rubbish:” Colonel Blanton Duncan and Confederate Currency Manuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapers

“Combustible Rubbish:” Colonel Blanton Duncan and Confederate Currency

The more history I do, the more amused I am by Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary. Originally published as The Cynic’s Word Book in 1906,…
Kenneth Forest
Kenneth ForestMay 5, 2025
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025 ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingVirginia Authors

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025

The Library of Virginia is observing Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! During the entire month of May, look for a display of books…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 2, 2025
Searching for Nelly, Harriet, and Juno – Part 2 ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

Searching for Nelly, Harriet, and Juno – Part 2

In my February blog post I promised to follow-up with a particular discovery in the case of three women who self-liberated from their enslavers in…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothApril 30, 2025
New Books – April 2025 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – April 2025

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…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherApril 28, 2025
“She is supposed to be his daughter”: Making Historical Connections in Albemarle County Archives

“She is supposed to be his daughter”: Making Historical Connections in Albemarle County

The Library of Virginia’s collections include a document titled “Surnames, by Counties and Cities, of Mixed Negroid Virginia Families Striving to Pass as ‘Indian’ or…
Caroline Collins
Caroline CollinsApril 25, 2025
Making History: Celebrating Student Transcribers for National Volunteer Week Digital ProjectsEducation & Programming

Making History: Celebrating Student Transcribers for National Volunteer Week

Volunteering can deepen community connections and transform lives. In our Making History crowdsourcing program, Library of Virginia staff work with volunteers to transcribe historical documents…
Sonya Coleman
Sonya ColemanApril 23, 2025
Navigating Methods of Map Making: A Feud Between Surveyors in the Enquirer Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapers

Navigating Methods of Map Making: A Feud Between Surveyors in the Enquirer

In February of 1816, the Virginia General Assembly approved an act for the overdue, expensive and laborious endeavor of creating the first state-funded Map of…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingApril 21, 2025
Happy Birthday, Edna Lewis Education & Programming

Happy Birthday, Edna Lewis

“…the asparagus and wild greens and quail and tomatoes on the vines and little peas in spring and half runners in early summer and all…
Anne McCrery
Anne McCreryApril 16, 2025
A Community’s Need Becomes a Community Opportunity Public Libraries

A Community’s Need Becomes a Community Opportunity

For a public library, summer is possibly the busiest time of year. It’s when some version of a summer reading program is offered. Aimed at…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianApril 14, 2025
Are Your Records Disaster Ready? ConservationThe 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 Threat
Teshawna ThreatApril 9, 2025
George Green: A Self-Made Man ArchivesNewspapers

George Green: A Self-Made Man

"He is a woman!” The voices of James McLaughlin, Jesse Barnes, and R.J Hardy rang out on March 21, 1902 in Ettrick, Virginia.1 Close friends…
Casey Clauberg
Casey ClaubergApril 2, 2025
New Books – March 2025 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – March 2025

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…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherMarch 31, 2025
Rounding Out the 2024 Road Trips ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Rounding Out the 2024 Road Trips

In her latest CCRP Records Room Road Trips blog my fellow traveling consulting archivist colleague and friend, Tracy Harter appeared to suggest that I had…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardMarch 26, 2025
Documenting the Pandemic ArchivesDigital Projects

Documenting the Pandemic

Editors Note: Yesterday, March 23rd, marked the five-year anniversary of then-Governor Northam's closure of in-person education due to Covid-19. We've chosen to take this time…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanMarch 24, 2025
Chatting With AI About History Digital ProjectsThe Stacks

Chatting With AI About History

Throughout the ten plus years of our crowdsourcing project, Making History: Transcribe, we have had many conversations with our volunteers about emerging technologies and whether…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettMarch 19, 2025
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