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No Alarms and Definitely No Heart Attacks: 7 Questions with Larry Rice seven questionsThe Stacks

No Alarms and Definitely No Heart Attacks: 7 Questions with Larry Rice

This is an entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJanuary 11, 2021
Records of the Revolution: John Todd and the George Rogers Clark Illinois Expedition Archives

Records of the Revolution: John Todd and the George Rogers Clark Illinois Expedition

As I was creating a finding aid for the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - George Rogers Clark Papers, Western Expedition Quartermaster Records, 1778-1784 (LVA…
Renee Savits
Renee SavitsJanuary 6, 2021
Drooping, Slapping, and Clapping: Exercises from the Past Archives

Drooping, Slapping, and Clapping: Exercises from the Past

This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…
Lisa Wehrmann
Lisa WehrmannJanuary 4, 2021
New Books – December 2020 all stirred up laura kuminVirginia Authors

New Books – December 2020

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 PletcherDecember 28, 2020
Dear Santa: Using Library Collections to Explore a Life Well-Lived ArchivesManuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapers

Dear Santa: Using Library Collections to Explore a Life Well-Lived

Every year, as the air turns cold and memories of Thanksgiving turkey fade away, children begin the age-old tradition of penning a letter to Santa…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksDecember 23, 2020
“It’s Very Fulfilling to Feel Like I’m Helping” : 7 Questions with Annie Hatton seven questionsThe Stacks

“It’s Very Fulfilling to Feel Like I’m Helping” : 7 Questions with Annie Hatton

This is one entry in a series of blog posts introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksDecember 21, 2020
Circuit Court Preservation Grants Awarded Archives

Circuit Court Preservation Grants Awarded

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 8 December 2020 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksDecember 18, 2020
“Banded together for civic betterment” : The Virginia League of Women Voters ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

“Banded together for civic betterment” : The Virginia League of Women Voters

With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and the achievement of woman suffrage, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia closed down its operations in the…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneDecember 16, 2020
Public Library Spotlight: Library on the Go Public Libraries

Public Library Spotlight: Library on the Go

Occasionally, we ask guest writers to share information or stories about researching in our collections, public library programming or activities, and other topics which Library…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorDecember 14, 2020
Home for the Holidays The Stacks

Home for the Holidays

This year “Home for the Holidays” has a slightly different ring to it, and as the days get darker and colder it might seem daunting…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaDecember 9, 2020
Random Reference: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition Files Archives

Random Reference: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition Files

I have written about a specific exhibition in the past, but for this post, I wanted to delve into the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts…
Nathan Verilla
Nathan VerillaDecember 7, 2020
Marion Cabell Tyree and Mrs. T’s Sweet Potato Pie Virginia Authors

Marion Cabell Tyree and Mrs. T’s Sweet Potato Pie

I have a sweet potato problem. When autumn comes and locally grown sweet potatoes appear in markets, I buy them reflexively, the way people stock…
Rebecca Schneider
Rebecca SchneiderDecember 4, 2020
The Explosion Newspapers

The Explosion

Everyone likes a good mystery, so here is one—but instead of the expected murder and mayhem, this caper involves social media, the Google box, local…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayDecember 2, 2020
New Books – November 2020 Virginia Authors

New Books – November 2020

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 PletcherNovember 30, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving The Stacks

Happy Thanksgiving

The UncommonWealth will return next week. Please enjoy these Thanksgiving napkins from the Charlotte LaRoy Paper Napkin Collection from our Visual Studies Collection. You can…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaNovember 25, 2020
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