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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
Random Reference: The Adventures of Bruce, the Canine Archaeologist. Archives

Random Reference: The Adventures of Bruce, the Canine Archaeologist.

This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonNovember 23, 2020
Alien Lands: Land Ownership and Inheritance Laws for Immigrants in Virginia Archives

Alien Lands: Land Ownership and Inheritance Laws for Immigrants in Virginia

“Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of Anglify…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksNovember 18, 2020
Cats are a Job Requirement: 7 Questions with Wendy Hupp seven questionsThe Stacks

Cats are a Job Requirement: 7 Questions with Wendy Hupp

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 BrooksNovember 16, 2020
Virginia in Jeopardy! Education & Programming

Virginia in Jeopardy!

In memory of Alex Trebek we would like to start your weekend off with some actual questions (ahem...answers) about Virginia from Jeopardy! Just hover your…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaNovember 13, 2020
“Banded together for civic betterment”: The Virginia League of Women Voters Manuscripts & 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 JulienneNovember 11, 2020
Unfinished Business: How Young is Too Young to Vote? Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

Unfinished Business: How Young is Too Young to Vote?

The 26th Amendment, the last in a series of amendments which expanded constitutional protection for voting rights, provided that “the right of citizens of the…
Catherine Fitzgerald Wyatt
Catherine Fitzgerald WyattNovember 9, 2020
Election Daze: How Long Do Our Elections Really Take? Archives

Election Daze: How Long Do Our Elections Really Take?

In this year's election, nearly 2.8 million of the commonwealth’s approximately 5.9 million registered voters voted early or by mail-in ballot. Having voted before the…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksNovember 6, 2020
Unfinished Business: Indigenous Voters in Virginia Education & Programming

Unfinished Business: Indigenous Voters in Virginia

This blog post is being written on the lands of Virginia’s Indigenous people, Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, East Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Nottoway, Pamunkey, Patawomeck, Upper…
Ashley Craig
Ashley CraigNovember 4, 2020
“A day of triumph and dignity”: Virginia Women Vote in 1920 ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

“A day of triumph and dignity”: Virginia Women Vote in 1920

Virginia women went to the polls for the first time on 2 November 1920, a cool and cloudy day across the commonwealth. After the Nineteenth…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneNovember 2, 2020
Unfinished Business: Disenfranchisement of People Currently or Formerly Incarcerated in Virginia Education & Programming

Unfinished Business: Disenfranchisement of People Currently or Formerly Incarcerated in Virginia

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 ItoOctober 30, 2020
What’s Your Excuse? : 1793 Mecklenburg County Election Excuses Archives

What’s Your Excuse? : 1793 Mecklenburg County Election Excuses

With election season upon us, a recent find in Local Records seems particularly timely. While exploring a box of unprocessed Mecklenburg County records, archivists noticed…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterOctober 29, 2020
Unfinished Business: The Fate of the Equal Rights Amendment Manuscripts & Special Collections

Unfinished Business: The Fate of the Equal Rights Amendment

Although woman suffrage became part of the Constitution with the passage of the 19th Amendment, thousands of men and women in the United States were…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeOctober 28, 2020
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