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“The Richmond Calamity”: The Capitol Collapse of 1870 Archives

“The Richmond Calamity”: The Capitol Collapse of 1870

On the morning of 27 April 1870, attorney Patrick Henry Aylett headed toward the Virginia Capitol to hear the Supreme Court of Appeals’ ruling on…
Lee Ann Timreck
Lee Ann TimreckApril 10, 2024
Survival Skills for the Zombie Apocalypse: Not Your Average Survivalist Program Public Libraries

Survival Skills for the Zombie Apocalypse: Not Your Average Survivalist Program

Last year, during the swarm of programming that is summer reading, the Pulaski County Library System held a series of programs in collaboration with Claytor…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorApril 8, 2024
Electronic Records: Still a Modern Dilemma ArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

Electronic Records: Still a Modern Dilemma

April is Records and Information Management Month, and to celebrate, I’d like to talk about one of the great question marks of the last several…
Chad Owen
Chad OwenApril 3, 2024
Recently Discovered Photos Reveal Truth! HighlightsNewspapersThe Stacks

Recently Discovered Photos Reveal Truth!

Archivists recently discovered a previously unknown photograph in some unprocessed Civil War-era state government records. The records concerned President Abraham Lincoln’s April 1865 visit to…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaApril 1, 2024
Records Room Road Trips: Winter Circuit ArchivesThe Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: Winter Circuit

And so, with my final week-long travel stay in Salem in August completed, my fellow traveler, Tracy Harter, and I settled into the post-frenzied-travel, winter…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardMarch 27, 2024
Acts of Valor in World War II ArchivesDigital Projects

Acts of Valor in World War II

On March 25th, we commemorate National Medal of Honor Day, providing an opportunity to explore the stories of the fifteen Virginians who were honored with…
Lauren Caravati
Lauren CaravatiMarch 25, 2024
The Centennial of the Law to Preserve Racial Integrity Archives

The Centennial of the Law to Preserve Racial Integrity

March 20th marks the centennial of Governor Elbert Lee Trinkle signing the Racial Integrity Act (RIA) into law. In simplistic terms, the RIA required every…
Ashley Craig
Ashley CraigMarch 20, 2024
New Books – March 2024 Virginia Authors

New Books – March 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 PletcherMarch 18, 2024
Newly Available Archival Accessions, October 1-December 31, 2023 Manuscripts & Special CollectionsThe Stacks

Newly Available Archival Accessions, October 1-December 31, 2023

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 HizerMarch 13, 2024
This Library’s Knitting Program is Killing It Public Libraries

This Library’s Knitting Program is Killing It

On a bone-chilling Wednesday evening in February, the Century Room on the lower level of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Gordon Avenue branch is set up…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMarch 11, 2024
Description for All Virginians: Inclusive Description Efforts at the Library of Virginia ArchivesThe Stacks

Description for All Virginians: Inclusive Description Efforts at the Library of Virginia

Since its establishment in 1823, the Library of Virginia has been managed and staffed largely by white, middle class, cisgender people. Consequently, the collections stored…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMarch 6, 2024
No Sham Sales! Fashion Ads in Newspapers Over the Years ArchivesNewspapers

No Sham Sales! Fashion Ads in Newspapers Over the Years

Occasionally we have researchers who want to know what fashion was like in a certain place in Virginia during a certain time. It might be…
Ginny Dunn
Ginny DunnMarch 4, 2024
The Winners of $3.2 Million in Court Record Preservation Grants for 2024! ArchivesConservation

The Winners of $3.2 Million in Court Record Preservation Grants for 2024!

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 13 February 2024 at the Library of Virginia to evaluate 124 records preservation grant…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordMarch 1, 2024
Stolen Coats, Stolen Freedom Archives

Stolen Coats, Stolen Freedom

In July 1813, a Black man named Roger was charged in the Richmond City Hustings Court with stealing a “Sourtaurt great coat.” I was not…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothFebruary 28, 2024
New Books – February 2024 Virginia Authors

New Books – February 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 PletcherFebruary 26, 2024
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