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“For love and for life, we’re not going back”: LGBTQ+ History Month Education & ProgrammingNewspapers

“For love and for life, we’re not going back”: LGBTQ+ History Month

"For Love and For Life, We’re Not Going Back.” These words appeared as the banner heading in the October 1987 issue of Richmond Pride above…
Mary Ann Mason, They/Them
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemSeptember 22, 2023
Records Room Road Trips: Early Summer Travels Archives

Records Room Road Trips: Early Summer Travels

As one of two CCRP consulting archivists, we alternate writing blog posts about our respective travel. This installment begins where my last one ended: early…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterSeptember 20, 2023
18th Century Multifactor Authentication Archives

18th Century Multifactor Authentication

In today’s society, we are all familiar with the concept of multifactor authentication to enhance security and to protect against fraud. Historically, this was also…
Dawn Tinnell
Dawn TinnellSeptember 18, 2023
50 Years of Welcome Archives

50 Years of Welcome

On March 23, 2023, I received an email reference request from Elaina Schramm, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs. Could the…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanSeptember 15, 2023
Documenting Lynching in Virginia: A Transcription Project at James Madison University ArchivesDigital Projects

Documenting Lynching in Virginia: A Transcription Project at James Madison University

Mob violence against perceived threats to a local community has been a staple of US history, with its long tradition of vigilantism and “popular justice,”…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorSeptember 13, 2023
Public Libraries Supporting Military Families Public Libraries

Public Libraries Supporting Military Families

In an increasingly digital world, it can sometimes be a challenge to find a place in a new community to connect with people and find…
Barry Trott
Barry TrottSeptember 11, 2023
“Attend to the Morals of Your Child”: Mrs. E.P. Elam’s Family Christian Album (1855-1856) Newspapers

“Attend to the Morals of Your Child”: Mrs. E.P. Elam’s Family Christian Album (1855-1856)

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of blog posts regarding Virginia female newspaper editors by our Transforming the Future of Libraries and…
Elena Cario
Elena CarioSeptember 6, 2023
One Small Step Education & Programming

One Small Step

StoryCorps, a groundbreaking oral history organization, has given over 640,000 Americans across all 50 states the chance to record conversations about their lives and preserve…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorSeptember 1, 2023
The Crime of Going at Large Archives

The Crime of Going at Large

In June 1800, an enslaved man named Bob was apprehended and jailed in the city of Richmond. Bob was not from the capital city. He…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothAugust 30, 2023
New Books – August 2023 Virginia Authors

New Books – August 2023

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 PletcherAugust 28, 2023
Records Room Road Trips: Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania, and Henry Counties ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania, and Henry Counties

As we mentioned in the last installment for the “Records Room Road Trips” series, the spring and summer have brought more overnight stays as we’ve…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardAugust 23, 2023
“Incomplete, Unwritten, Unknown and Unrecorded” Virginia Authors

“Incomplete, Unwritten, Unknown and Unrecorded”

Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby’s joint memoir Cousins is told in the voices of two women—one Black, the other white—with a shared Virginia history.…
Rebecca Schneider
Rebecca SchneiderAugust 21, 2023
Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives 2023 ArchivesDigital ProjectsEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapersPublic LibrariesThe Stacks

Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives 2023

2023 marked the 200th anniversary of the Library of Virginia as well as the second year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives…
Ashley Craig
Ashley CraigAugust 16, 2023
Books on Wheels: A Summer Library Program Public Libraries

Books on Wheels: A Summer Library Program

Before I begin describing what exactly the Books on Wheels service is, I want to give you some context regarding the community Augusta County Library…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorAugust 14, 2023
Before They Were Famous: Student Newspapers in Virginia Chronicle Newspapers

Before They Were Famous: Student Newspapers in Virginia Chronicle

School may be out for the summer, but school newspapers are in—on Virginia Chronicle, that is!  Five student newspapers, totaling around 58,000 pages, have recently…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingAugust 9, 2023
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