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Mug Shot Monday: Preston Waters, No. 18879 and Alfred Williams, No. 19912 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Preston Waters, No. 18879 and Alfred Williams, No. 19912

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  This week’s entry will spotlight the photographs…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 14, 2011
There Ain’t No Barbecue Like a “Montague Barbecue” Archives

There Ain’t No Barbecue Like a “Montague Barbecue”

An ongoing project to arrange and describe the executive papers of Virginia’s 20th century governors has brought to light many important and interesting papers of Governor…
Craig Moore
Craig MooreNovember 9, 2011
CSI: Old Virginia: Coroners Edition Archives

CSI: Old Virginia: Coroners Edition

At one o’clock in the morning on 1 September 1859, Milly T. King arrived at the home of James Clary and found his slave Hannah…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsNovember 7, 2011
Spoils of War Return Home to Virginia Archives

Spoils of War Return Home to Virginia

Editor's Note: A "Welcome Home" ceremony was held at the Stafford County Courthouse on December 1, 2011, to celebrate the order book's return and to…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsNovember 4, 2011
Mug Shot Monday: Theodore Gibson, No. 32872 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Theodore Gibson, No. 32872

Editors Note: Yes, we know it is not Monday. The Out of the Box staff had a technical glitch this afternoon and accidentally published Monday's…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 3, 2011
Don’t Block the Vote Archives

Don’t Block the Vote

In honor of the upcoming Election Day, today’s post presents a record that illustrates the struggles that some Virginians experienced while attempting to exercise the…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyNovember 2, 2011
Connect With Us! Digital Projects

Connect With Us!

Libraries and archives are no longer mere physical spaces. Their presence and influence extends beyond the reading rooms into your Twitter and Facebook feeds, YouTube,…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsNovember 1, 2011
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost! Archives

I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost!

In 1896, Virginia Anderson, nicknamed Jennie, filed for divorce from her husband, Epps G. Anderson, in the Scott County Circuit Court. He was in his…
Sam Walters
Sam WaltersOctober 31, 2011
Mug Shot Monday (Halloween Edition): Benjamin Gilbert Archives

Mug Shot Monday (Halloween Edition): Benjamin Gilbert

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday (Halloween Edition)!  This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. At…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 31, 2011
Building Furniture, Building Up the South Archives

Building Furniture, Building Up the South

The Library of Virginia recently acquired business records of Ephraim Baker (1836-1919) of Mount Olive, Virginia (Accession 51052).  Baker, born on 13 December 1836 in…
Chris Kolbe
Chris KolbeOctober 26, 2011
Mug Shot Monday: Bob Addison, No. 35074 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Bob Addison, No. 35074

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday!  This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. On 16…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 24, 2011
Drunkenness is no excuse… Archives

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 Nerney
Sarah NerneyOctober 19, 2011
Mug Shot Monday: Sylvia Elwood Huffman, No. 38770 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Sylvia Elwood Huffman, No. 38770

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday!  This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia  Penitentiary. In June…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 17, 2011
Is There A Doctor in the (Court) House?: A Doctor’s Account Book as Public Record Archives

Is There A Doctor in the (Court) House?: A Doctor’s Account Book as Public Record

Robert Davidson (R.D.) Hufford was born in Wythe County in 1850. He studied medicine at the Medical College of Virginia and established a practice in…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordOctober 12, 2011
Mug Shot Monday: James "Jimmie" Strother, No. 33927 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: James "Jimmie" Strother, No. 33927

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday!  This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. In April…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 10, 2011
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