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Florida Connections in 1830s Richmond City Deeds 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 Woodward
Eddie WoodwardJuly 21, 2021
Public Library Spotlight: The Great Library Bake Off 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 Contributor
Guest ContributorJuly 19, 2021
Yesterday’s Selfies 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 Neighbors
Dale NeighborsJuly 14, 2021
More Than a Fresh Coat of Paint: Improving the Online Experience with LibGuides Digital ProjectsThe 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 Virginia
Library of VirginiaJuly 12, 2021
Building The Local Government: Drawings from the Buildings and Grounds Collection Archives

Building The Local Government: Drawings from the Buildings and Grounds Collection

The Library of Virginia’s Buildings and Grounds Collection consists of selected images from the Public Buildings and Grounds series of local government records. These items…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJuly 7, 2021
Virginia Untold Hires Grant-Funded Project Manager virginia untoldArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

Virginia Untold Hires Grant-Funded Project Manager

Hi, I’m Lydia, the new Project Manager for Virginia Untold. I’m using this blog post to introduce myself and my interest in this project. Going…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothJune 30, 2021
New Books – June 2021 smoke loreThe StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – June 2021

As of May 28, 2021, the Library of Virginia’s second-floor reading rooms are open to all with no advance appointment necessary during our current hours: Tuesday–Friday,…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherJune 28, 2021
Correspondence of a Union Spy: The Elizabeth Van Lew Papers Manuscripts & Special Collections

Correspondence of a Union Spy: The Elizabeth Van Lew Papers

Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 1, 2020. Known as a famed…
Trenton Hizer
Trenton HizerJune 23, 2021
Reading Local Gossip: 7 Questions with McKenzie Long seven questionsThe Stacks

Reading Local Gossip: 7 Questions with McKenzie Long

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 BrooksJune 21, 2021
Public Library Spotlight: Enchanted Trails story walkPublic Libraries

Public Library Spotlight: Enchanted Trails

What do you do in the middle of a pandemic that will take a family’s mind off the pandemic, but still keep everyone safe from…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorJune 18, 2021
Virginia Vaccination Vacillation new kent vaccineArchives

Virginia Vaccination Vacillation

To vaccinate, or not to vaccinate? That has always been the question. It is particularly timely these days as people seek, or seek to avoid,…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterJune 16, 2021
Celebrating Juneteenth in 1890 and 2021 NewspapersPublic Libraries

Celebrating Juneteenth in 1890 and 2021

IIn 2020, Governor Ralph Northam issued an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth as a Virginia state holiday. Later that year, the General Assembly unanimously voted in…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaJune 14, 2021
The Veney Family of the Northern Neck: Rachel’s Story Archives

The Veney Family of the Northern Neck: Rachel’s Story

In 1791, Rachel Veney’s mother Sarah won a case in the district court of Northumberland County for her freedom and the freedom of her descendants.…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJune 9, 2021
Random Reference: What Happened to Uncle Harry? ArchivesThe Stacks

Random Reference: What Happened to Uncle Harry?

The best thing about being a reference archivist is that every time you pick up the phone you have no idea what the question will…
Dawn Tinnell
Dawn TinnellJune 7, 2021
The Way We Were: Virginia High School Yearbooks Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

The Way We Were: Virginia High School Yearbooks

Last Friday we took a look at some of the ways that Virginia high school yearbooks have celebrated their graduates in the past, but there…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettJune 4, 2021
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