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“Operating for Gold”: Gold Mining in Nineteenth-Century Virginia Archives

“Operating for Gold”: Gold Mining in Nineteenth-Century Virginia

The California Gold Rush of 1849 is a universal topic of study in courses surveying U.S. history, but what is commonly known about gold mining…
Caroline Collins
Caroline CollinsJune 14, 2023
The Great Gatsby Gala Public Libraries

The Great Gatsby Gala

On Saturday, April 22nd, Virginia Beach Public Library’s (VBPL) Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library transformed into Jay Gatsby’s West Egg mansion to host the Great…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorJune 12, 2023
How Not to Be a Confederate Soldier: Civil War Writs of Habeas Corpus from Richmond City and Petersburg Archives

How Not to Be a Confederate Soldier: Civil War Writs of Habeas Corpus from Richmond City and Petersburg

Why didn’t men fight in the Civil War? It’s not the most popular question that gets brought up during discussions of America’s bloodiest war, but…
McKenzie Long
McKenzie LongJune 7, 2023
Revolutionary Provenance: Washington’s Letter and Cornwallis’ Cup at the Library of Virginia ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

Revolutionary Provenance: Washington’s Letter and Cornwallis’ Cup at the Library of Virginia

Every record and artifact at the Library of Virginia not only tells a story, but also has a story. The latter is referred to as…
Kenneth Forest
Kenneth ForestJune 5, 2023
The Rise and Fall of the Five-and-Dime Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

The Rise and Fall of the Five-and-Dime

Do you love a good Target run? The bright, poppy-red branding throughout the store, the practicality of picking up a few groceries, a prescription, a…
Kimberly Wolfe
Kimberly WolfeJune 2, 2023
Records Room Road Trips: Westmoreland, Richmond and Louisa ArchivesConservation

Records Room Road Trips: Westmoreland, Richmond and Louisa

As one of two Circuit Court Records Program (CCRP) consulting archivists, CCRP travel for the upcoming grant cycle season began for me in February 2023.…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterMay 31, 2023
New Books – May 2023 Virginia Authors

New Books – May 2023

The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherMay 29, 2023
There and Back Again: The Return of Liber A to Prince William County ArchivesConservation

There and Back Again: The Return of Liber A to Prince William County

The story of Prince William County’s first deed book begins nearly three centuries ago. On May 14, 1731, during the fourth year of the reign…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordMay 26, 2023
Evidence of the Armenian Genocide at the Library of Virginia ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

Evidence of the Armenian Genocide at the Library of Virginia

Between the spring of 1915 and the fall of 1916, between 664,000 and 1.2 million Armenians within the Ottoman Empire died.1 The Armenian Genocide and…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 24, 2023
Breaking News: Virginia Chronicle Updates! Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Breaking News: Virginia Chronicle Updates!

Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper database, has recently added a host of noteworthy titles to the growing list of newspapers available on…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMay 22, 2023
New Digital Collection: F. W. Woolworth Company from the Foster Studio Collection Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

New Digital Collection: F. W. Woolworth Company from the Foster Studio Collection

This was the motto of Foster’s Photographic Gallery (later Foster Studio), opened by Walter Washington Foster in 1890, at 112 North Ninth Street in Richmond.…
Kimberly Wolfe
Kimberly WolfeMay 17, 2023
Harboring Memories of Home Digital ProjectsEducation & ProgrammingVirginia Authors

Harboring Memories of Home

Earl Swift’s book Chesapeake Requiem is the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group pick for June 2023. Chesapeake Requiem explores the close-knit community of Tangier…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMay 15, 2023
Records Room Road Trips ArchivesConservation

Records Room Road Trips

In February 2023, we began our seventh season of travel as the first Library of Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) consulting archivists. Although…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMay 10, 2023
Bridging the Digital Divide: Local Libraries Receive Support to Boost Digital Skills in Their Communities Public Libraries

Bridging the Digital Divide: Local Libraries Receive Support to Boost Digital Skills in Their Communities

In 2022, the Public Library Association (PLA) awarded $1.1 million to 160 public libraries across the United States to conduct digital literacy workshops in their…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMay 8, 2023
The Kids Are Alright: Volunteer Transcription Projects Flourish at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

The Kids Are Alright: Volunteer Transcription Projects Flourish at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School

Since 2017, the Library of Virginia has partnered with Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School (MLWGS) to offer the Making History crowdsourced transcription project to students…
Sonya Coleman
Sonya ColemanMay 3, 2023
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