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Warwick County (Va.) Chancery Causes Now Available Online Archives

Warwick County (Va.) Chancery Causes Now Available Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the Warwick County Chancery Causes, 1860-1912, are available online through the Chancery Records Index on Virginia…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterNovember 12, 2021
Alias Smith and Morris: Shady Dealings in a Civil War Era Marriage & Divorce Archives

Alias Smith and Morris: Shady Dealings in a Civil War Era Marriage & Divorce

Visiting John and Lucinda Smith at their home in Belton, South Carolina, could be a little complicated if one were traveling from out of town.…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardNovember 10, 2021
Providing Service While Straddling Two States Public Libraries

Providing Service While Straddling Two States

I have never read the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, but I feel that I am currently living my version of…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianNovember 8, 2021
Unlocking the Mystery of Three Mecklenburg County School Books Manuscripts & Special Collections

Unlocking the Mystery of Three Mecklenburg County School Books

About 25 years ago, Michael Cook was hiking in rural Mecklenburg County near the North Carolina border, some eight to ten miles southwest of South…
Trenton Hizer
Trenton HizerNovember 3, 2021
National Native American Heritage Month ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

National Native American Heritage Month

As the original inhabitants and caretakers of the land known today as Virginia, the influence of indigenous communities on the land, history, and culture of…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksNovember 1, 2021
“Gone in the First Boat”: Part 1 Archives

“Gone in the First Boat”: Part 1

On March 18, 1856, an enslaved man named Richard was charged in the City of Richmond for the crime of aiding and advising Tazewell, his…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothOctober 27, 2021
New Books – October 2021 Virginia Authors

New Books – October 2021

Curating America's Painful Past: Memory, Museums, and the National Imagination / Tim Gruenewald Changing Sides: Union Prisoners of War who Joined the Confederate Army /…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherOctober 25, 2021
Placing Pupils on Common Ground Norfolk 17Education & ProgrammingThe StacksVirginia Authors

Placing Pupils on Common Ground

Charlene Butts Ligon’s book Fearless: How a Poor Virginia seamstress took on Jim Crow, beat the poll tax and changed her city forever focuses on…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaOctober 22, 2021
Coming Soon to Virginia Untold: Free Black Registers from Arlington County ArchivesConservation

Coming Soon to Virginia Untold: Free Black Registers from Arlington County

We’re excited to announce that we’ve just uploaded new Virginia Untold material to our transcription platform From the Page! This Saturday, October 23, from noon…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothOctober 20, 2021
“Retired bus drivers in Martinsville…right alongside Edgar Allan Poe”: 7 Questions with Michael Bingham seven questionsThe StacksVirginia Authors

“Retired bus drivers in Martinsville…right alongside Edgar Allan Poe”: 7 Questions with Michael Bingham

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 BrooksOctober 18, 2021
Hopping the Pond: A Sister Library in England Public Libraries

Hopping the Pond: A Sister Library in England

The J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library decided to take a trip across the pond...virtually, of course. In February of 2020, we took our first steps…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianOctober 13, 2021
What’s Owed Lucy Wilson: A King and Queen County Chancery Cause Archives

What’s Owed Lucy Wilson: A King and Queen County Chancery Cause

Lucy began her life in enslavement. The daughter of her enslaver, Edmund Littlepage, and enslaved mother Sophia Littlepage, Lucy lived on her father’s plantation in…
Mary Ann Mason, They/Them
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 6, 2021
The Last Vestiges of Hope Archives

The Last Vestiges of Hope

Several of my colleagues have shared the personal stories of enslaved individuals over the past nine years as we work our way through processing and…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedOctober 4, 2021
“Attractions and Amusements of Every Kind Will Be the Order of Things”: The History of the Virginia Colored State Fair ArchivesNewspapers

“Attractions and Amusements of Every Kind Will Be the Order of Things”: The History of the Virginia Colored State Fair

In late October 1910, thanks to the efforts of some of Richmond’s most prominent Black leaders, the “Colored State Fair” was held at the Virginia…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 1, 2021
New Additions to Virginia Untold from Clarke County ArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

New Additions to Virginia Untold from Clarke County

Last month, I took my first road trip as project manager for Virginia Untold. I traveled to Clarke County courthouse, along with local records archivists…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothSeptember 29, 2021
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