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War, Remembrance, and the Power of Records: Digitization and Community Outreach Project to Provide Access to WWII Separation Notices Digital Projects

War, Remembrance, and the Power of Records: Digitization and Community Outreach Project to Provide Access to WWII Separation Notices

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside (2023 No. 1), the magazine of the Library of Virginia. The Library of Virginia…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMarch 22, 2023
Prisoners of America Education & ProgrammingVirginia Authors

Prisoners of America

Robert K. Sutton’s Nazis on the Potomac details the intelligence operations that took place in Virginia’s Fort Hunt during World War II, including the interrogation of…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMarch 20, 2023
Finding Princess Anne County’s Hidden Treasures Archives

Finding Princess Anne County’s Hidden Treasures

The Princess Anne County chancery causes cover an extensive period (1752-1913) and a wide range of topics. To discover and learn more about these treasures,…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedMarch 15, 2023
Coming soon to a library near you: LVA On the Go! Education & ProgrammingPublic Libraries

Coming soon to a library near you: LVA On the Go!

The Library of Virginia (LVA) is known for its remarkable collections and its outstanding support for anyone interested in exploring those collections. Many Virginians, though,…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMarch 13, 2023
History Unfolded: Crowdsourcing through the Pandemic and Beyond Digital ProjectsEducation & ProgrammingNewspapers

History Unfolded: Crowdsourcing through the Pandemic and Beyond

The co-creation of knowledge, the joy of discovery, even the small failures and inevitable words – crowdsourcing has been an ongoing source of inspiration and…
Sonya Coleman
Sonya ColemanMarch 8, 2023
Build a Better Mousetrap, They Say: A Patent Drawing Sparks Curiosity Archives

Build a Better Mousetrap, They Say: A Patent Drawing Sparks Curiosity

Many times, in the course of our work processing local government records, we run across something interesting that sends us down the proverbial rabbit hole.…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMarch 6, 2023
200 Years, 122 Localities ArchivesThe Stacks

200 Years, 122 Localities

Shortly after the end of the Civil War, which had a devastating impact on the commonwealth’s records, the Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia)…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMarch 3, 2023
“So that later a history of the movement can be written”: Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Records Are Now Online Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

“So that later a history of the movement can be written”: Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Records Are Now Online

In celebration of Women's History Month, the Library of Virginia is excited to announce that the records of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia are…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneMarch 1, 2023
New Books – February 2023 Virginia Authors

New Books – February 2023

James Madison: Liberty's Advocate / James Madison From Independence to the U.S. Constitution: Reconsidering the Critical Period of American History Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherFebruary 27, 2023
The First Civil Rights: Black Political Activism After Claiming Freedom ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

The First Civil Rights: Black Political Activism After Claiming Freedom

It is often assumed that after Congressional Reconstruction in Virginia ended in 1870, no Black men won election to political office in the state until…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaFebruary 22, 2023
Snakey Noodles Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapersVirginia Authors

Snakey Noodles

For March 2023, the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group is exploring the history of Southern baking with Rebecca Sharpless’s Grain and Fire. Sharpless explores…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaFebruary 20, 2023
Jane Connelly: A Story from the City of Richmond Hustings Court Exhibit Archives

Jane Connelly: A Story from the City of Richmond Hustings Court Exhibit

In last month’s Virginia Untold blog post, we shared about the exhibition currently on display in our pre-function hall to celebrate Black History Month: “I…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothFebruary 15, 2023
February is Love Your Library Month Education & ProgrammingPublic Libraries

February is Love Your Library Month

And what better way to love your library than to use it! Reading aloud to children is another excellent way to celebrate Love Your Library…
Sue La Paro
Sue La ParoFebruary 13, 2023
New Titles on Virginia Chronicle Digital ProjectsNewspapers

New Titles on Virginia Chronicle

Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely accessible digital newspaper database, has recently added a notable assortment of new titles, including school newspapers, labor newspapers,…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingFebruary 8, 2023
Dr. Ware’s War on Kissing ArchivesNewspapers

Dr. Ware’s War on Kissing

December 26, 1902 was, by all appearances, a slow news day for the Staunton Spectator and Vindicator. The Virginia newspaper featured such prosaic headlines as…
Rebecca Schneider
Rebecca SchneiderFebruary 6, 2023
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