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New Books – September 2021 Virginia Authors

New Books – September 2021

The Library of Virginia is now operating under new hours for Fall 2021. The first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherSeptember 27, 2021
Chronic Pains: Virginia’s History of Painkiller Legislation Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapers

Chronic Pains: Virginia’s History of Painkiller Legislation

A public argument breaks out between several men on the topic of opiates. One, a physician, calls for greater restrictions on prescriptions to curb their…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaSeptember 24, 2021
A Marriage Divided: The Post-Civil War Divorce of Sarah and George Field Archives

A Marriage Divided: The Post-Civil War Divorce of Sarah and George Field

"I hate secession and all its hateful helpers. Cursed be the hand that raised its bloody flag to make desolate homes and wretched women,” wrote…
McKenzie Long
McKenzie LongSeptember 22, 2021
Financial Analysis, Newsboy Caps, and Homesteading: 7 Questions with Kristen Wack seven questionsThe Stacks

Financial Analysis, Newsboy Caps, and Homesteading: 7 Questions with Kristen Wack

This is the latest 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 BrooksSeptember 20, 2021
1971 Constitution Project Digital ProjectsThe Stacks

1971 Constitution Project

Over the summer of 2021, student interns conducted a self-directed research project using Library of Virginia collections and other resources to explore the effects of…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaSeptember 17, 2021
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
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