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Destroying Public Records: RM-3 Basics ArchivesThe Stacks

Destroying Public Records: RM-3 Basics

Per the Virginia Public Records Act (VPRA), every agency, regional authority, and each branch of local government must report the destruction of their public records…
Emily Johnson
Emily JohnsonNovember 27, 2024
New Books – November 2024 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – November 2024

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 PletcherNovember 25, 2024
Lafayette’s 1824 Visit to the United States: Return of a Revolutionary War Superhero Newspapers

Lafayette’s 1824 Visit to the United States: Return of a Revolutionary War Superhero

Whether an exactly true account or not, the above dispatch from Boston reported in the Richmond Enquirer is just one small example of the extensive…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayNovember 22, 2024
Records Room Road Trips: July-August 2024 ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: July-August 2024

Established in 1990 and jointly sponsored by the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Court Clerks Association, the Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) is…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterNovember 20, 2024
The Odd Couple Mapping the Commonwealth ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

The Odd Couple Mapping the Commonwealth

The two cartographers responsible for the first official state map of Virginia were very different individuals. One was an older itinerant scholar who undertook many…
John Deal
John DealNovember 18, 2024
Records of a Paper Genocide ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingThe Stacks

Records of a Paper Genocide

Editor's Note: Nora Birchett interned as part of the Library's Transforming the Future of Libraries and Archives Program in the Summer of 2024. She worked with…
Nora Birchett
Nora BirchettNovember 13, 2024
From Motto to Action: Creating ‘A Library for All’ Through Community Partnerships Public Libraries

From Motto to Action: Creating ‘A Library for All’ Through Community Partnerships

Since 1966, the motto of the Lynchburg Public Library has been “a library for all citizens.” It’s one thing to repeat it for nearly 60…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianNovember 12, 2024
Building Towards Victory: The WWII Population Boom of Norfolk ArchivesDigital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

Building Towards Victory: The WWII Population Boom of Norfolk

The population in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the greater Hampton Roads area greatly increased during World War II. Individuals and families moved to the area for…
Lauren Caravati
Lauren CaravatiNovember 6, 2024
“The Coat and Breeches that I am now Wearing.” ArchivesDigital Projects

“The Coat and Breeches that I am now Wearing.”

Around the year 1826, the Virginia State Library and Archives (now Library of Virginia) began collecting transcriptions of original papers in the Public Records Office…
Amanda Morrell
Amanda MorrellNovember 4, 2024
“Tenths of an Inch”: Examining a 19th-Century Object on the Eastern Shore ArchivesDigital Projects

“Tenths of an Inch”: Examining a 19th-Century Object on the Eastern Shore

African American Genealogist Selma Stewart can remember the time she came to the Library of Virginia to view the “Free Negro Registers” in person in…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothOctober 30, 2024
New Books – October 2024 Virginia Authors

New Books – October 2024

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 PletcherOctober 28, 2024
One Step Up and Two Steps Back: 25 Years of Addressing the Library of Virginia’s Archival Backlog ArchivesConservationManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe Stacks

One Step Up and Two Steps Back: 25 Years of Addressing the Library of Virginia’s Archival Backlog

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1999 Virginia state budget amendment that funded 17 new Library of Virginia positions “to eliminate the 54-year backlog…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 23, 2024
Mapping the Commonwealth Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

Mapping the Commonwealth

In the years following the War of 1812, Virginians enacted legislation to develop the Commonwealth’s “internal improvements”: its canals, turnpikes, and roads. Virginians were very…
Cassandra Farrell
Cassandra FarrellOctober 21, 2024
The Library Lost and Found Archives

The Library Lost and Found

It isn’t every day that long-lost state government records make their way back the state archives - especially those dating from the 18th century -…
Paige Neal
Paige NealOctober 16, 2024
Collective Curiosity: Exploring Learning Circles for Teens Public Libraries

Collective Curiosity: Exploring Learning Circles for Teens

When I was assigned the task of starting a "Learning Circle" at my library, Prince William Public Libraries (PWPL), I was unsure what it entailed.…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianOctober 14, 2024
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