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Latest Issue of Broadside is Now Available

The winter 2011 issue of Broadside, the Library of Virginia’s quarterly magazine, is now available. Broadside describes and illustrates the holdings and happenings at the Library of Virginia. Discover…

Roger ChristmanFebruary 21, 2011

Archives Digital Projects

And They’re Off!

The long anticipated start of the Augusta County Chancery scanning project has begun! The first 50 boxes of chancery cases were transferred to LVA’s digital…

Carl ChildsFebruary 17, 2011

Archives Newspapers

CW 150 coverage from the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Check out the video at the link below of the CW 150 Legacy Project in action here at the Library of Virginia. It's provided courtesy…

Dale DulaneyFebruary 16, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Ensuring quality education for all

Editors Note: This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. The Watkins Family Papers (Accession…

Renee SavitsFebruary 16, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

David Walker’s Appeal: Anti-Slavery Literature in the Executive Communications

David Walker, a free black man from Boston, wrote to Thomas Lewis in Richmond on 8 December 1829 enclosing thirty copies of the first edition…

Craig MooreFebruary 9, 2011

The Stacks

Who Do You Think You Are?

Genealogists, take a break from the microfilm machine and those dusty documents! Find a seat on the couch and get ready to see your passion…

Dale DulaneyFebruary 2, 2011

Archives

What’s In A Name?

Editor’s note: Archivists at The Library of Virginia often find people from the past in the collection who are so appropriately named that they seem…

Sherri BagleyJanuary 26, 2011

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

CW 150 in Print and on Television.

In case you missed it the CW 150 Legacy Project ‘s visit to the Campbell County courthouse in Rustburg was featured recently in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and on…

Dale DulaneyJanuary 25, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

The secession crisis: A Frenchman’s view of the "whirlwind"

"The indecision and the absence of energy in the convention of Virginia which does not dare proclaim itself either for or against secession have ended…

Trenton HizerJanuary 19, 2011

Archives

A Brief History of the Public Privy on Capitol Square

Editors Note: This post originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. When we think of Capitol Square, it conjures up visions of Thomas…

Craig MooreJanuary 12, 2011

Archives

IRON, WHISKEY, RAILROADS, AND RACE ARE FINDS IN NEWLY PROCESSED CHANCERY COLLECTIONS

Editor’s Note: The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that scanning has now been performed on the Craig County and Pulaski County chancery causes. The…

Bari HelmsJanuary 5, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Season’s Greetings, We Will Be Back 5 January 2011!

Dale DulaneyDecember 22, 2010

Archives Digital Projects

Grant Awarded to Aid in Digitizing Augusta County Chancery

The Library of Virginia’s Local Records Services Branch was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to support the scanning…

Carl ChildsDecember 21, 2010

Archives

The Virginia Public Records Act Marks 35 Years

Virginia’s historic records have always existed under the threat of floods, hurricanes, fire, and war. Sometimes the records were saved. Sometimes they were lost. When…

Dale DulaneyDecember 15, 2010

Conservation The Stacks

Conserving the Documents of "Union or Secession"

Have you ever wondered how fragile or damaged documents are repaired or preserved? Check out this behind-the-scenes look at preservation efforts undertaken to conserve one of the documents used…

Dale DulaneyDecember 10, 2010