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Grant Awarded to Aid in Digitizing Augusta County Chancery ArchivesDigital 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 Childs
Carl ChildsDecember 21, 2010
The Virginia Public Records Act Marks 35 Years 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 Dulaney
Dale DulaneyDecember 15, 2010
Conserving the Documents of "Union or Secession" ConservationThe 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 Dulaney
Dale DulaneyDecember 10, 2010
Born to Run: The Odyssey of Lizzie Dodson Archives

Born to Run: The Odyssey of Lizzie Dodson

Sixteen-year-old Lizzie Dodson was convicted of burglary in Fairfax County in 1897 and sentenced to five years in the Virginia Penitentiary in Richmond. After serving…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 8, 2010
Latest Issue of Broadside is Now Available The Stacks

Latest Issue of Broadside is Now Available

The fall 2010 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.…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 2, 2010
What’s New in the Archives ArchivesManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe Stacks

What’s New in the Archives

Interested in what’s new in the archives at the Library of Virginia?  You can find out in two reports compiled quarterly by LVA staffers:  The Library of Virginia…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 2, 2010
Have scanner, will travel Digital ProjectsThe Stacks

Have scanner, will travel

As you may have heard from this blog and other sources, the CW 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access  is an effort to locate Civil War-era…
Laura Drake Davis
Laura Drake DavisDecember 1, 2010
Reunion of The Class of 1865 Archives

Reunion of The Class of 1865

Love and respect for one remarkable woman drew Civil War veterans from across the United States to Richmond during the summer of 1896. The occasion…
Autumn Reinhardt Simpson
Autumn Reinhardt SimpsonNovember 17, 2010
War, Remembrance, and the Power of Records Archives

War, Remembrance, and the Power of Records

For this week’s Veterans’ Day-themed post, I am going to depart from our usual practice of focusing on images, documents, and stories that Library of…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 10, 2010
“I Declare My Intention to Become a Citizen of the United States of America …” Archives

“I Declare My Intention to Become a Citizen of the United States of America …”

On November 3, a naturalization ceremony will be held at the Library of Virginia.  A group of people from various nations will take an oath…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordNovember 2, 2010
Chris Baker: "Cheerful Among Corpses" Newspapers

Chris Baker: "Cheerful Among Corpses"

Anatomical dissection is a matter of course for today’s medical student. Those who selflessly donate their bodies to science are treated with utmost respect for…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksOctober 27, 2010
Hope, Grief, Despair: The Emotional Impact of the Civil War Manuscripts & Special Collections

Hope, Grief, Despair: The Emotional Impact of the Civil War

Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  The war’s effect on the people of Virginia was immense – especially to…
Jim Greve
Jim GreveOctober 20, 2010
Take a Bow. Five Million Documents Scanned! ArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

Take a Bow. Five Million Documents Scanned!

Library of Virginia (LVA) staff, partners, and dignitaries gathered at the Goochland County courthouse Thursday to celebrate a milestone in a project that aims to…
Dale Dulaney
Dale DulaneyOctober 15, 2010
Virginians in the California Gold Rush Archives

Virginians in the California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush began in 1848 with the discovery of gold at John A. Sutter’s sawmill in Coloma, California.  During the next seven years,…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyOctober 13, 2010
Fall 2010 Issue of Recordatur Now Online. Education & ProgrammingThe Stacks

Fall 2010 Issue of Recordatur Now Online.

Check out the Fall 2010 issue of the Recordatur. This newsletter is published twice a year to keep circuit court clerks informed about the Circuit…
Dale Dulaney
Dale DulaneyOctober 13, 2010
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