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“The Library of Virginia is so much bigger than a building on Richmond’s East Broad Street”: 7 Questions with Elizabeth Klaczynski seven questionsThe Stacks

“The Library of Virginia is so much bigger than a building on Richmond’s East Broad Street”: 7 Questions with Elizabeth Klaczynski

This is a blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksApril 18, 2022
National Poetry Month Blog: Week 3, Kiki Petrosino Virginia Authors

National Poetry Month Blog: Week 3, Kiki Petrosino

The Library of Virginia is a favorite haunt for genealogists, tracking down their ancestors with great hopes of finding a notable person in their family…
Nan Carmack
Nan CarmackApril 15, 2022
Virginians in the Projection Booth Newspapers

Virginians in the Projection Booth

On 28 December 1895, the Lumière Brothers, Auguste and Louis, gave the first public viewing of a projected motion picture at the Salon Indien du…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayApril 13, 2022
Unequal Access: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in Northern Virginia Public Libraries

Unequal Access: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in Northern Virginia

It all began with a question. The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) Board of Trustees had over the past year onboarded a cohort of new…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorApril 11, 2022
National Poetry Month Blog: Week 2, Bill Glose Virginia Authors

National Poetry Month Blog: Week 2, Bill Glose

Bill Glose was born into a military family, moving frequently overseas, but found home at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. An ROTC Hokie, Bill…
Nan Carmack
Nan CarmackApril 8, 2022
Reopening the Case of the Petersburg and Isle of Wight Commonwealth Causes Archives

Reopening the Case of the Petersburg and Isle of Wight Commonwealth Causes

Although many years have passed since Local Records staff completed the processing of Isle of Wight County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes Ended, 1774-1937 and the city…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaApril 6, 2022
Growing As A Community: Virginia’s Seed Libraries Education & ProgrammingPublic Libraries

Growing As A Community: Virginia’s Seed Libraries

With the weather warming up, many Virginians start thinking about life outdoors again, and with that comes gardening. From largescale agricultural growing to elaborate landscape…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonApril 4, 2022
LVA celebrates National Poetry Month 2022 with its Virginia Literary Award Winners and Nominees Education & ProgrammingVirginia Authors

LVA celebrates National Poetry Month 2022 with its Virginia Literary Award Winners and Nominees

Robert Frost said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” Virginia’s own Rita Dove advances this thought:…
Nan Carmack
Nan CarmackApril 1, 2022
“Free Negro Registers” from Virginia Untold Now Available on From the Page ArchivesDigital ProjectsHighlights

“Free Negro Registers” from Virginia Untold Now Available on From the Page

In 1793, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law requiring that all free Black and multiracial individuals of Black descent in the state of Virginia…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothMarch 30, 2022
New Books – March 2022 Virginia Authors

New Books – March 2022

The Library of Virginia 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 PletcherMarch 28, 2022
Devoted to the Industrial Classes of the South: The Southern Workman on Virginia Chronicle Newspapers

Devoted to the Industrial Classes of the South: The Southern Workman on Virginia Chronicle

Along with a list of many new newspapers, a nearly complete run of the Southern Workman, a monthly published from 1872-1939 by the Hampton Normal…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 25, 2022
Epicurious in the 18th Century Manuscripts & Special Collections

Epicurious in the 18th Century

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 3, 2021.The most popular cookbook…
Audrey McElhinney
Audrey McElhinneyMarch 23, 2022
“I’m a history nerd who brings Virginia history to the Internet” : 7 Questions with Jessi Bennett seven questionsThe Stacks

“I’m a history nerd who brings Virginia history to the Internet” : 7 Questions with Jessi Bennett

This blog entry is the latest in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMarch 21, 2022
Naming Our Common Ground Education & ProgrammingVirginia Authors

Naming Our Common Ground

In A Brave and Cunning Prince, James Horn questions accepted narratives regarding 17th-century Virginia as he traces the life of Opechancanough, the brother of Chief…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaMarch 18, 2022
Wearing of the Green ArchivesNewspapers

Wearing of the Green

In the late 1840s, a flood of Irish refugees fleeing the Great Famine filled America’s cities. While most of these immigrants went to the Northeast,…
Bill Bynum
Bill BynumMarch 16, 2022
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