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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
Records Room Road Trips: Rounding Out Summer 2023 ArchivesConservation

Records Room Road Trips: Rounding Out Summer 2023

In mid-August I began what might be termed the final leg of my summer CCRP travel schedule. Throughout the course of the spring and summer,…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardFebruary 21, 2024
Lost Records Localities Digital Collection Gets a New Look ArchivesDigital Projects

Lost Records Localities Digital Collection Gets a New Look

Regular readers of The UncommonWealth, as well as seasoned local records researchers, are likely familiar with the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection. We have covered…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksFebruary 14, 2024
The Friends and Advocates Network (FAN): A Collective Impact Model of Advocacy Public Libraries

The Friends and Advocates Network (FAN): A Collective Impact Model of Advocacy

In the way back yonder year of 2020, the Fairfax County Public Library’s (FCPL) Board of Trustees accomplished something nearly unprecedented. In the County’s advertised…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianFebruary 12, 2024
The Great Escape Manuscripts & Special Collections

The Great Escape

On February 9, 1864, Colonel Thomas E. Rose (1830-1907) led 108 other imprisoned Union officers in a daring escape from Libby Prison. Rose, colonel of…
Trenton Hizer
Trenton HizerFebruary 9, 2024
Records of the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776 Now Online. ArchivesHighlights

Records of the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776 Now Online.

The first set of records from the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776 collection are now available on the Library of Virginia’s Digital Collections Discovery site. The…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordFebruary 7, 2024
Law Enforcement in the Wild Southwest ArchivesNewspapers

Law Enforcement in the Wild Southwest

When I received a request to find information in newspapers about a game warden in Wise County during the 1920s, I didn’t expect to find…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonFebruary 5, 2024
Virginia Library Staff Best Reads of 2023 Public LibrariesVirginia Authors

Virginia Library Staff Best Reads of 2023

It can be a challenge to find new books, and so we often look to friends, colleagues, bestseller lists, and other sources for ideas when…
Barry Trott
Barry TrottJanuary 31, 2024
New Books – January 2024 Virginia Authors

New Books – January 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 PletcherJanuary 29, 2024
Records Room Road Trips: The End…For Now Archives

Records Room Road Trips: The End…For Now

On a map, the destinations of my recent CCRP travel appear somewhat scattershot. The 2024FY CCRP grant cycle opened back in August, and a few…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterJanuary 24, 2024
Identifying a Ledger: A Noteworthy Business Record at the Library of Virginia Archives

Identifying a Ledger: A Noteworthy Business Record at the Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia started accessioning business records in 1911. State Librarian Henry Read McIlwaine recognized the importance of such records. “From this source by…
Kenneth Forest
Kenneth ForestJanuary 22, 2024
Faxtual Information Archives

Faxtual Information

Archives are full of old examples of different methods of storing and sharing information whether these be frakturs, index cards or poll books. Each present…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettJanuary 17, 2024
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