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New Books – August 2021

Washington on Courage: George Washington's Formula for Courageous Living / George Washington Colonial America: Facts and Fictions / K. David Goss From Arlington to Appomattox:…

Donna PletcherAugust 30, 2021

Education & Programming Virginia Authors

The Historical Background for [No] Common Ground

Next month, LVA's Common Ground Virginia History Book Group meets virtually to discuss the September Weinstein Author Series title, No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and…

Library of VirginiaAugust 27, 2021

Archives

Freedom is Never Free: The Untold Story of Reubenetta Dandridge

On 30 March 1857, Joseph Elam and two other white men broke into the house of Reubenetta Dandridge, a free Black woman living in the…

Lydia NeurothAugust 25, 2021

The Stacks

An Extroverted Introvert: 7 Questions with Tina Miller

This is a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes entries…

Vince BrooksAugust 23, 2021

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

Echoes of Summer: Explore warm-weather recreation & attractions of the past in our digital collections

Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 2, 2020. As we near…

Dana PugaAugust 18, 2021

Archives

A Scandal in the Making: Ice Cream Saloons and the Unaccompanied Woman

This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…

Amanda MorrellAugust 16, 2021

Archives

“In the way that all slaves were married”: The Legal Legacy of Unjust Laws

To what lengths would you go to prove your identity if you had no documentation? One formerly enslaved woman was able to do so 150…

Tracy HarterAugust 11, 2021

Public Libraries

Public Library Spotlight: There’s a Dinosaur in the Library

If you want to shake up your community’s perception of the public library, I strongly suggest you consider getting a giant dinosaur skeleton. An 18-foot…

Guest ContributorAugust 9, 2021

Digital Projects Newspapers The Stacks

Digitizing Newspapers: It’s Global!

A little more than 20 years ago, the Library of Virginia performed most newspaper inventory, cataloging, and even preservation microfilming in-house. We did use online…

Kelley EwingAugust 4, 2021

Virginia Authors

New Books – July 2021

The Library of Virginia's second-floor reading rooms are now open to all with no advance appointment necessary during our current hours, which recently expanded to…

Donna PletcherAugust 2, 2021

Archives

Commonwealth v. Fanny

CONTENT WARNING: Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and…

Lydia NeurothJuly 28, 2021

Archives

Florida Connections in 1830s Richmond City Deeds

It is not uncommon to see immigration and migration references when processing local records collections, so it was not especially surprising to find a few…

Eddie WoodwardJuly 21, 2021

Public Libraries

Public Library Spotlight: The Great Library Bake Off

Were you a pandemic bread baker? A Great British Bake Off binger? A curator of lockdown kitchen disasters? Several staff members at the Jefferson-Madison Regional…

Guest ContributorJuly 19, 2021

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Yesterday’s Selfies

Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 4, 2020. Squeezing into a…

Dale NeighborsJuly 14, 2021

Digital Projects The Stacks

More Than a Fresh Coat of Paint: Improving the Online Experience with LibGuides

The Library of Virginia has long maintained an excellent series of introductory guides to the Library’s resources and subject areas. At first, these were mostly…

Library of VirginiaJuly 12, 2021