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Happy Birthday UncommonWealth! Digital ProjectsThe Stacks

Happy Birthday UncommonWealth!

In September of 2019, the Library of Virginia combined two previous blogs to create The UncommonWealth. Over 1,400 posts and 780,000 views later we have…
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Library of VirginiaOctober 11, 2024
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority Archives

Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority

Recently I processed the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority Records, 1954-1983 , documenting the building of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike from 1955 to 1958. The collection is arranged…
Renee Savits
Renee SavitsOctober 9, 2024
Commonwealth v. Witch Archives

Commonwealth v. Witch

I I stumbled across a newspaper article in the September 18th issue of the Virginian Herald, dated September 13, 1822. Its title?I was confused. The…
Courtney Thompson
Courtney ThompsonOctober 7, 2024
Mother Knows Best: A Tale of 2 Brothers ArchivesDigital Projects

Mother Knows Best: A Tale of 2 Brothers

Like Jonathan Ramey of Scott County, Virginia, whose story we previously explored on UncommonWealth, brothers James and William Temple of Bath County joined the trek…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedOctober 4, 2024
Express Yourself: Virginia Archives Month 2024 ArchivesDigital ProjectsEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe Stacks

Express Yourself: Virginia Archives Month 2024

October means Halloween, pumpkin spice lattes, and most importantly Archives Month! This Virginia Archives Month we are highlighting the relationship between self-expression and archives with…
Mary Ann Mason, They/Them
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 2, 2024
New Books – September 2024 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – September 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 PletcherSeptember 30, 2024
Records Room Road Trips: June 2024 ArchivesThe Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: June 2024

My previous Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Road Trip post covered locality travel for May, so this is June’s travelogue. Back in late April…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterSeptember 25, 2024
Are You Smarter than a Literacy Test? Archives

Are You Smarter than a Literacy Test?

In 1920, Cora Cottman joined scores of other American women applying to vote for the very first time following the ratification of the 19th Amendment.…
McKenzie Long
McKenzie LongSeptember 23, 2024
A Tool for Teachers: NDNP’s Race and Ethnicity Thesaurus for Chronicling America Newspapers

A Tool for Teachers: NDNP’s Race and Ethnicity Thesaurus for Chronicling America

Sites like Chronicling America, the Library of Congress’s database of over 20,000,000 digitized newspaper pages, and Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper database,…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingSeptember 18, 2024
Findability: The Role of Catalog Records and Finding Aids ArchivesDigital ProjectsManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe Stacks

Findability: The Role of Catalog Records and Finding Aids

The Library of Virginia has more than 50,000 collections and continues to grow. The Library’s archivists preserve those collections for future generations and then make…
Karen King
Karen KingSeptember 16, 2024
Visualizing WWII Data: Making History Accessible ArchivesDigital Projects

Visualizing WWII Data: Making History Accessible

When we think of history, we often picture grand narratives and compelling stories that have shaped the world. Yet the way we engage with history…
Maitri Pathak
Maitri PathakSeptember 11, 2024
Borrow the Outdoors: Camping Gear at the Library Public Libraries

Borrow the Outdoors: Camping Gear at the Library

Do you want to go camping or hiking in the Shenandoah Valley? Maybe you have never camped before or want to get your family outside…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianSeptember 9, 2024
Newly-Available Archival Accessions, April 1-June 30, 2024 Archives

Newly-Available Archival Accessions, April 1-June 30, 2024

The Library of Virginia maintains the most comprehensive collection of information about Virginia’s history, culture, and government. We hold more than 200 million manuscript items,…
Trenton Hizer
Trenton HizerSeptember 6, 2024
The Coroners’ Inquisitions Digital Collection is Now Live & Available for Transcription ArchivesDigital Projects

The Coroners’ Inquisitions Digital Collection is Now Live & Available for Transcription

Given the popularity of true crime documentaries, movies, and podcasts, it’s not surprising that researchers have likewise found the Library of Virginia’s Coroners’ Inquisitions a…
Mary Ann Mason, They/Them
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemSeptember 4, 2024
Spirits, Freeholders, and Aliens: Contested Elections in 18th Century Virginia Archives

Spirits, Freeholders, and Aliens: Contested Elections in 18th Century Virginia

I recently came across the records of Contested Elections, and with the 2024 elections right around the corner, my interest was piqued. The cases span…
Dawn Tinnell
Dawn TinnellSeptember 2, 2024
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