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Civic Season 2022 Digital ProjectsEducation & Programming

Civic Season 2022

The Library of Virginia is excited to partner with Made by Us, a coalition of history museums, archives, historical societies, and civic education organizations, in…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaJune 15, 2022
Floyd Free Fridge Public Libraries

Floyd Free Fridge

Shortly after Lisa Thompson became the Assistant Branch Manager at the Jessie Peterman Memorial Library, she and I started talking about the idea of a…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianJune 13, 2022
The Golden Age of Virginia Midwifery? ArchivesNewspapersVirginia Authors

The Golden Age of Virginia Midwifery?

Globally and locally, whether pregnant women have the right to choose who attends them during pregnancy and birth is a lively and often contentious topic.…
D'Anne Graham
D'Anne GrahamJune 8, 2022
Peter Francisco: The Man, the Myth, the Prenup? ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

Peter Francisco: The Man, the Myth, the Prenup?

Peter Francisco was a revered Revolutionary War soldier with mysterious origins. It is believed that his American story began in 1765, after being discovered abandoned…
Dawn Tinnell
Dawn TinnellJune 6, 2022
Virginia Senior Portraits: A Fashion Show ArchivesDigital Projects

Virginia Senior Portraits: A Fashion Show

We cover a lot of serious and heavy topics on the UncommonWealth blog but every once in a while we like to present something just…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettJune 1, 2022
Finding Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans in the U.S. Census Archives

Finding Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans in the U.S. Census

The U.S. census population schedules provide a glimpse into the Asian American population over time. As is so often the case, the questions asked and…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 30, 2022
19th-Century Henrico County Records Offer Clues on the Lives of Free Black Individuals Archives

19th-Century Henrico County Records Offer Clues on the Lives of Free Black Individuals

Shortly after we published our story about William Pemberton, Lisa Denton from Henrico County Recreation and Parks reached out to me to share about her…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMay 25, 2022
New Books – May 2022 Virginia Authors

New Books – May 2022

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 23, 2022
The Lost Appalachian Trail Education & ProgrammingHighlightsVirginia Authors

The Lost Appalachian Trail

The earliest people to hike the Appalachian Trail in Virginia did not have the same experience as those walking it today. In fact, for those…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMay 20, 2022
“Enormous Opportunities” : Governor Mark R. Warner’s 2005 Trade Mission to Japan and India Archives

“Enormous Opportunities” : Governor Mark R. Warner’s 2005 Trade Mission to Japan and India

At 12:17 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2005, Governor Mark R. Warner left Richmond International Airport aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 5830 bound for Detroit. After…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 18, 2022
“It’s Never Boring and Always Challenging” : 7 Questions with Vanessa Anderson seven questionsThe Stacks

“It’s Never Boring and Always Challenging” : 7 Questions with Vanessa Anderson

This blog entry is part of a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMay 16, 2022
For Practical and Progressive Farming Advice, Look to the Southern Planter and Farmer Newspapers

For Practical and Progressive Farming Advice, Look to the Southern Planter and Farmer

Wondering when to plant timothy grass? Want to learn more about Percherons? Need help with profitable wheat growing? Getting dairy cows ready to show? For…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMay 11, 2022
Work Like a Girl Chesapeake Public Libraries

Work Like a Girl Chesapeake

To celebrate International Women’s Day back on March 8th, the Chesapeake Public Library embarked on their first annual Work Like a Girl Chesapeake program. Work…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianMay 9, 2022
Finding Family ArchivesDigital ProjectsEducation & ProgrammingVirginia Authors

Finding Family

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 1, 2022 Writer Barbara Diggs discovered…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMay 4, 2022
Triple Murder Mystery in Prohibition-Era Hampton Roads ArchivesNewspapers

Triple Murder Mystery in Prohibition-Era Hampton Roads

Author's Note: The spellings of names evolved over time. In order to be consistent, names were spelled as they appeared in government records.1 On Tuesday,…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 2, 2022
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