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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022 at the Library of Virginia ArchivesEducation & Programming

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022 at the Library of Virginia

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!  Please join the Library of Virginia as we recognize this month.  According to the 2020 United…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsApril 29, 2022
Forthcoming Additions to Free Registers Collection in Virginia Untold ArchivesDigital Projects

Forthcoming Additions to Free Registers Collection in Virginia Untold

In view of thirty-nine of our free registers recently going live on the From the Page, we’re dedicating a series of blog posts to highlighting…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothApril 27, 2022
New Books – April 2022 Virginia Authors

New Books – April 2022

George Washington and the Irish : Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America / Niall O'Dowd Thomas Jefferson :…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherApril 25, 2022
National Poetry Month Blog: Week 4, Annie Kim Virginia Authors

National Poetry Month Blog: Week 4, Annie Kim

For the final week of National Poetry Month, we are pleased to present our LVA Virginia Literary Award winning poet, Annie Kim, as our guest…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorApril 22, 2022
“She still lives through those to whom she gave her life.” Virginia Authors

“She still lives through those to whom she gave her life.”

For the majority of United States' existence as a nation, the focus of academic history has been on the actions and achievements of educated, well-to-do…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaApril 20, 2022
“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…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianApril 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
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