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Random Reference: Riot in the Church! Archives

Random Reference: Riot in the Church!

Manakin Town, in present-day Powhatan County, was a unique community made up of Huguenot (French Protestant) refugees who settled there in 1700-1701. Although free from…
Bill Bynum
Bill BynumSeptember 15, 2021
Public Library Spotlight: Dial A Story Education & ProgrammingPublic Libraries

Public Library Spotlight: Dial A Story

How many librarians does it take to read a story? Definitely more than one if it is for the Library of Virginia’s Dial a Story…
Sue La Paro
Sue La ParoSeptember 13, 2021
A Fellowship. A Blog. A Video. A Descendant. Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe StacksVirginia Authors

A Fellowship. A Blog. A Video. A Descendant.

For one semester, in the fall of 2019, I received a Virginia Humanities Fellowship, with residence at the Library of Virginia, to study the journey…
Karen Chase
Karen ChaseSeptember 8, 2021
Hazing on the High Seas ArchivesDigital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

Hazing on the High Seas

In 1823, Jacques Arago’s Voyage autour du Monde was published. After describing a line-crossing ceremony he had witnessed, he waxed philosophical, noting, “I have no…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettSeptember 1, 2021
New Books – August 2021 Virginia Authors

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 Pletcher
Donna PletcherAugust 30, 2021
The Historical Background for [No] Common Ground Education & ProgrammingVirginia 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 Virginia
Library of VirginiaAugust 27, 2021
Freedom is Never Free: The Untold Story of Reubenetta Dandridge 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 Neuroth
Lydia NeurothAugust 25, 2021
An Extroverted Introvert: 7 Questions with Tina Miller seven questionsThe 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 Brooks
Vince BrooksAugust 23, 2021
Echoes of Summer: Explore warm-weather recreation & attractions of the past in our digital collections Digital ProjectsManuscripts & 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 Puga
Dana PugaAugust 18, 2021
A Scandal in the Making: Ice Cream Saloons and the Unaccompanied Woman 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 Morrell
Amanda MorrellAugust 16, 2021
“In the way that all slaves were married”: The Legal Legacy of Unjust Laws 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 Harter
Tracy HarterAugust 11, 2021
Public Library Spotlight: There’s a Dinosaur in the Library 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 Contributor
Guest ContributorAugust 9, 2021
Digitizing Newspapers: It’s Global! Digital ProjectsNewspapersThe 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 Ewing
Kelley EwingAugust 4, 2021
New Books – July 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 Pletcher
Donna PletcherAugust 2, 2021
Commonwealth v. Fanny 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 Neuroth
Lydia NeurothJuly 28, 2021
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