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The Veney family of the Northern Neck: Sarah’s Story ArchivesHighlights

The Veney family of the Northern Neck: Sarah’s Story

Around 1712, two women were transported by ship to Virginia’s Northern Neck. The elder was named Mary and the younger Bess, who was about 13…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJune 2, 2021
New Books – May 2021 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – May 2021

Daniel Webster and the Unfinished Constitution / Peter Charles Hoffer A Troubled Marriage: Indigenous Elites of the Colonial Americas / Sean F. McEnroe Inside the…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherMay 31, 2021
Please Hold Your Applause Till the End: A Virginia Digital Yearbook Collection Update Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

Please Hold Your Applause Till the End: A Virginia Digital Yearbook Collection Update

The high school classes of 2020 and 2021 will always stand out for their unique senior year experience. We’ve had to invent new ways to…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettMay 28, 2021
Universal Leaf Tobacco Company of China, Federal, Inc., U.S.A. Archives

Universal Leaf Tobacco Company of China, Federal, Inc., U.S.A.

Tobacco has been an important part of Virginia’s economy for centuries, starting with the Virginia Indians who cultivated native plants and John Rolfe’s attempts in…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 26, 2021
Wanted: Volunteers to Index Virginia Vital Records! ArchivesDigital Projects

Wanted: Volunteers to Index Virginia Vital Records!

The Library of Virginia houses an extensive collection of vital records, including birth and death records, 1853-1896, and marriage records, 1853-1935. Genealogists and family historians…
Paige Neal
Paige NealMay 24, 2021
Whiteness on Trial: Asian Americans and the Right to Citizenship Education & Programming

Whiteness on Trial: Asian Americans and the Right to Citizenship

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…
Emma Ito
Emma ItoMay 19, 2021
The Pandemic Couldn’t Cancel Crazy Sweater Day: 7 Questions with Faith Harris seven questionsThe Stacks

The Pandemic Couldn’t Cancel Crazy Sweater Day: 7 Questions with Faith Harris

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 BrooksMay 17, 2021
The Creation of the Virginia Asian Advisory Board Archives

The Creation of the Virginia Asian Advisory Board

On 19 January 2001, Rep. Leo C. Wardrup, Jr. (R-83) introduced HB 2859, which called for the creation of the Virginia-Asian Advisory Board (VAAB) “to…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 12, 2021
Starting from Scratch: The Building of a New Library is More Than a Building. Public Libraries

Starting from Scratch: The Building of a New Library is More Than a Building.

Holly Ritchie is the director of the new Manassas Park City Library. It doesn’t seem to matter where we are or what we do for…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMay 10, 2021
The Marriage of Cadet Captain-Quartermaster Woo Ging Tang Education & ProgrammingNewspapers

The Marriage of Cadet Captain-Quartermaster Woo Ging Tang

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…
Emma Ito
Emma ItoMay 5, 2021
Random Reference: Language Lessons Archives

Random Reference: Language Lessons

Want to learn another language? The Library of Virginia’s archival collections could be a place to start! Virginians learn new languages for a variety of…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsMay 3, 2021
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021 Education & Programming

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021

Please join us for our observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month throughout May! We will be sharing blog posts throughout the month…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaApril 30, 2021
“Endeavor to Restore Them” : Accessing the Records of Virginia’s State Hospitals Western State Hospital VirginiaArchives

“Endeavor to Restore Them” : Accessing the Records of Virginia’s State Hospitals

When we began our careers at the Library of Virginia, in 1995 and 1999 respectively, there existed a stigma around certain types of records, especially…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaApril 28, 2021
New Books – April 2021 Virginia Authors

New Books – April 2021

The Library of Virginia is now open by appointment only. During this initial reopening phase, researchers will be able to use the collections by appointment…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherApril 26, 2021
Celebrating National Poetry Month: David Huddle David HuddleVirginia Authors

Celebrating National Poetry Month: David Huddle

Poetry. Heart music, soul song. There is something about this particular arrangement of words that digs a deeper meaning out of a word, a phrase.…
Nan Carmack
Nan CarmackApril 23, 2021
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