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Newspaper Conversations in Charles City County Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Newspaper Conversations in Charles City County

In 1966, Charles City County was the kind of place that big city newspapers found easy to overlook. Entirely rural, with an estimated population of…
Angela Lehman
Angela LehmanFebruary 1, 2023
New Books – January 2023 Virginia Authors

New Books – January 2023

George Washington's Revenge: The 1777 New Jersey Campaign and How General Washington Turned Defeat into the Strategy that Won the Revolution / Arthur S. Lefkowitz…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherJanuary 30, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Circuit Court Records Preservation Program Grants ArchivesConservation

Announcing the 2023 Circuit Court Records Preservation Program Grants

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on January 6, 2023 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJanuary 27, 2023
“I have this day committed to jail…”: An exhibition from Virginia Untold ArchivesEducation & Programming

“I have this day committed to jail…”: An exhibition from Virginia Untold

On February 1, in celebration of Black History Month, a new exhibit from Virginia Untold will open to the public. This exhibition represents a small…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothJanuary 25, 2023
“Pioneers in American librarianship who happen to be Black” Education & ProgrammingVirginia Authors

“Pioneers in American librarianship who happen to be Black”

Brenda Mitchell-Powell’s book Public in Name Only explores the history of racial segregation in Virginia public libraries through the example of the Alexandria library system and…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaJanuary 23, 2023
Using georectification to reveal history’s layers Manuscripts & Special Collections

Using georectification to reveal history’s layers

As part of my training in spatial history at George Mason University, I have had a chance to become acquainted with open-source programs like QGIS,…
Cassandra Farrell
Cassandra FarrellJanuary 18, 2023
You Requested It…How? The Stacks

You Requested It…How?

A staff member recently asked me when VTLS, the Library’s first Integrated Library System with an online catalog for the public, was installed. While searching…
Ginny Dunn
Ginny DunnJanuary 16, 2023
Connecting pervading beliefs about disabilities to the policies that affect disabled people ArchivesNewspapers

Connecting pervading beliefs about disabilities to the policies that affect disabled people

This is the third (and final) in a series of blog posts Jenna Gabriel wrote as part of her work as an extern in State…
Jenna Gabriel
Jenna GabrielJanuary 11, 2023
Some “thing” New to Check Out at the Library Public Libraries

Some “thing” New to Check Out at the Library

Many public libraries offer a collection of non-traditional items to check out called a “Library of Things,” ranging from musical instruments to board games to…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorJanuary 9, 2023
New Year, New Website for Virginia Untold! ArchivesDigital Projects

New Year, New Website for Virginia Untold!

It's a new year, and Virginia Untold has a new look!Starting today, when you go to www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan, you’ll see our new landing page, which offers…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothJanuary 4, 2023
Growing Up with Paternalistic Language: Conversations about Disability in Virginia Archives

Growing Up with Paternalistic Language: Conversations about Disability in Virginia

This is the second in a series of blog posts I am writing as part of my work as an extern in State Records. In…
Jenna Gabriel
Jenna GabrielDecember 28, 2022
New Books: December 2022 Virginia Authors

New Books: December 2022

Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in Virginia / Mike Lyman, Sr. Militia Fines of Wythe County, Virginia: Militia Court of…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherDecember 26, 2022
Snapshots of Violence Virginia Authors

Snapshots of Violence

The Common Ground Virginia History Book Club focuses on approachable books focused on Virginia-centered nonfiction. Most of these books are historical narratives and biographies such…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2022
At the Races Manuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapers

At the Races

Behind the wheel of a stripped-down Ford Model T sits a daring race driver with wind-tousled hair, posed in front of a crowd of young…
Kevin Shupe
Kevin ShupeDecember 19, 2022
The Beautiful Game in Virginia: The Rise of Soccer Newspapers

The Beautiful Game in Virginia: The Rise of Soccer

When the 22nd FIFA Men’s World Cup competition commenced on November 20, 2022, in Qatar, you knew. With a flood of internet, TV, radio, and…
Angela Lehman
Angela LehmanDecember 14, 2022
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