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Joseph Jenkins Roberts: Norfolk to Liberia to Norfolk ArchivesDigital Projects

Joseph Jenkins Roberts: Norfolk to Liberia to Norfolk

In the 1940s, as shipyards and military installations swelled with new workers and service members, the city rushed to construct housing developments to accommodate them.…
Lauren Caravati
Lauren CaravatiMarch 18, 2026
Peter Francisco, or “A Horse, A Horse, My Petition for A Horse” Archives

Peter Francisco, or “A Horse, A Horse, My Petition for A Horse”

I am a relatively new hire at the Library of Virginia, having joined in January of this year as the coordinator of a VA250-funded project,…
Eric Johnson
Eric JohnsonMarch 16, 2026
New News!: Virginia Chronicle Updates Newspapers

New News!: Virginia Chronicle Updates

As the page count on Virginia Chronicle approaches seven million, the already wide array of digitized newspapers available continues to grow. This month, over 310,000…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 11, 2026
Reading Our Way Around the Library: A Library Staff Book Club Public Libraries

Reading Our Way Around the Library: A Library Staff Book Club

In my pre-librarian life as a Foreign Service spouse, I discovered that starting a book club when I arrived at a new post was a…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMarch 9, 2026
Cookbooks & Food-Related Volumes Hold Virginia Stories The StacksVirginia Authors

Cookbooks & Food-Related Volumes Hold Virginia Stories

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 1, 2025. The Library of Virginia’s…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonMarch 4, 2026
Never Built: Virginia’s Unrealized Architectural Legacy ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

Never Built: Virginia’s Unrealized Architectural Legacy

In 2008, the Library of Virginia presented an exhibition titled Never Built Virginia to highlight examples of structures that never were and pose the question,…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMarch 2, 2026
A Moment of Reflection for Black History Month ArchivesDigital ProjectsEducation & Programming

A Moment of Reflection for Black History Month

One hundred years ago this month, Dr. Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week which, decades later, became Black History Month. Since 1968, February has…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothFebruary 25, 2026
New Books – February 2026 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – February 2026

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…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonFebruary 23, 2026
Newly-Available Archival Accessions, October 1-December 31, 2025 ArchivesThe Stacks

Newly-Available Archival Accessions, October 1-December 31, 2025

The Library of Virginia maintains the most comprehensive collection of information about Virginia’s history, culture, and government. We hold more than 200 million manuscript items,…
Trenton Hizer
Trenton HizerFebruary 20, 2026
“Strife, Bitterness, Chaos and Confusion” : Desegregation in Virginia Unprocessed segregation correspondence boxes.Archives

“Strife, Bitterness, Chaos and Confusion” : Desegregation in Virginia

In June 2024, we shared our experience processing correspondence related to segregation in the Governor Stanley papers. Thousands of letters were mailed to Stanley in…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaFebruary 18, 2026
Looking Back to Move Forward: Dr. Carter Woodson and the Commemoration of Black History ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingNewspapers

Looking Back to Move Forward: Dr. Carter Woodson and the Commemoration of Black History

February 2026 marks the centennial of the first Negro History Week, established by Carter Godwin Woodson. The son of formerly enslaved parents, Woodson was born…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaFebruary 11, 2026
Infinite Possibilities for Math and Art at the Library Public Libraries

Infinite Possibilities for Math and Art at the Library

In November 2025, the J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library received an email that stopped us in our tracks: “Congratulations! The ARSL Grant Review Team is…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorFebruary 9, 2026
Ambition: To Be A Success Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

Ambition: To Be A Success

Ambition: To Be Successful In the 1950s and 1960s it was fashionable to ask high school seniors what their life's ambition was and to place…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettFebruary 4, 2026
25 Years of Connecting Users with Archival Collections ArchivesDigital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

25 Years of Connecting Users with Archival Collections

The Library of Virginia’s archival collections can be discovered online at the Archival Resources of the Virginias (ARVAS). ARVAS is a finding aid aggregator. Virginia…
Karen King
Karen KingFebruary 2, 2026
There’s Blood in the Salad ArchivesNewspapers

There’s Blood in the Salad

I was sitting in my office indexing coroners’ inquisitions as I do most days. My badge hung heavily around my neck. I could feel the…
Mary Ann Mason, They/Them
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemJanuary 28, 2026
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