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Annie Missed the Mark…Just Once Archives

Annie Missed the Mark…Just Once

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 ContributorMarch 17, 2021
Look Your Best and Reach Your Audience: 7 Questions with Cindy Marks seven questionsThe Stacks

Look Your Best and Reach Your Audience: 7 Questions with Cindy Marks

"7 Questions" 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…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMarch 15, 2021
Finding the Unexpected Education & ProgrammingThe Stacks

Finding the Unexpected

As a Library of Virginia volunteer, researching the Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) has taken me into the lives of worthy but heretofore relatively unremarked,…
Leila Christenbury
Leila ChristenburyMarch 10, 2021
One Year Later Public Libraries

One Year Later

"We’ll be back in two weeks,” we said. No one could have fathomed that almost one year later we’d still be battling COVID-19.I began working…
Reagen Thalacker
Reagen ThalackerMarch 8, 2021
“Her prospects of election”: Virginia Women Run for Office ArchivesEducation & Programming

“Her prospects of election”: Virginia Women Run for Office

"The political woman will be a menace," warned anti-suffragists during the campaign for women's voting rights. Not only would women in politics threaten the family…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneMarch 3, 2021
Random Reference: Scrapbooking Anyone? Archives

Random Reference: Scrapbooking Anyone?

A few years ago, my mother and I were cleaning out some closets and I ran across a scrapbook she made as a college freshman.…
Ginny Dunn
Ginny DunnMarch 1, 2021
Celebration of Black Joy in the Richmond Planet John Mitchell, JrEducation & Programming

Celebration of Black Joy in the Richmond Planet

In 1882, the newspaper Richmond Planet was born. Founded by 13 formerly enslaved Richmonders, the Planet was first edited by Edwin Archer Randolph, the first…
Emma Ito
Emma ItoFebruary 24, 2021
New Books – February 2021 Men on Horseback David A. BellVirginia Authors

New Books – February 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 PletcherFebruary 22, 2021
Strong Men & Women in Virginia History Honored for Black History Month Strong Men and Women VirginiaEducation & Programming

Strong Men & Women in Virginia History Honored for Black History Month

African Americans and people of African descent have been a part of Virginia’s—and America’s—story since European colonization of the North American continent began. Yet the…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneFebruary 19, 2021
Colley’s Calling: Reconstruction-Era Richmonders in Africa w. w. colleyArchives

Colley’s Calling: Reconstruction-Era Richmonders in Africa

On 13 September 1886, an ill W. W. Colley returned to Richmond, Virginia, from Liberia, trying once again to outrun scandal. However, the month-long boat…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettFebruary 17, 2021
Seeking Justice for The Martinsville Seven martinsville sevenArchives

Seeking Justice for The Martinsville Seven

Editor's Note: The Governor issued a posthumous pardon for the Martinsville Seven on 31 August 2021. Last week marked the 70th anniversary of the February…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanFebruary 10, 2021
Public Library Spotlight: Rockbridge Regional Library System Rockbridge Regional LibraryPublic Libraries

Public Library Spotlight: Rockbridge Regional Library System

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…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianFebruary 8, 2021
‘Recreational warriors’ of the Gridiron: The Olympia Football Squad Virginia union university footballArchivesNewspapers

‘Recreational warriors’ of the Gridiron: The Olympia Football Squad

Since 1967, Americans have been gathering around their televisions at this time of year to watch the pugnacity and pageantry that is the National Football…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksFebruary 3, 2021
Random Reference: Bicycling in the Time of Pandemics and Wars ArchivesNewspapers

Random Reference: Bicycling in the Time of Pandemics and Wars

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have noticed a steady increase in the number of people cycling in my neighborhood. Cycling has always…
Jennifer Huff
Jennifer HuffFebruary 1, 2021
Virginia Untold: Joe of Nottoway County john glennArchivesDigital Projects

Virginia Untold: Joe of Nottoway County

The “Runaway Slaves” Records, 1791-1863, available at Virginia Untold: the African American Narrative, include reports, accounts, correspondence, court records, and receipts concerning expenses incurred by…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJanuary 27, 2021
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