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Library of Virginia’s Fall Schedule of Virtual Events: Engage with Literature, History, Maps, and Genealogy Education & Programming

Library of Virginia’s Fall Schedule of Virtual Events: Engage with Literature, History, Maps, and Genealogy

Fans of cultural events looking for virtual offerings will find plenty of ways to engage with the Library of Virginia this fall. Our book club…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaSeptember 4, 2020
Unfinished Business: Barriers to Voting Education & Programming

Unfinished Business: Barriers to Voting

Even after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, many people in the United States continued to be denied the right…
Sonya Coleman
Sonya ColemanSeptember 2, 2020
Stay Away From That Port! Archives

Stay Away From That Port!

Though we have become more aware of it recently, with quarantines imposed on cruise ships and naval vessels, ships throughout history have faced similar issues.…
Ginny Dunn
Ginny DunnAugust 31, 2020
“Research sprints” help show what Virginia papers covered during the Holocaust Education & Programming

“Research sprints” help show what Virginia papers covered during the Holocaust

What did Virginia newspapers report about Nazi persecution during the 1930s and 1940s? There is a misconception that Americans did not know about the Holocaust…
Sonya Coleman
Sonya ColemanAugust 25, 2020
New Books – August 2020 Virginia Authors

New Books – August 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 PletcherAugust 24, 2020
“When Victory Really Came” : Virginia Women Who Fought for the Vote Education & Programming

“When Victory Really Came” : Virginia Women Who Fought for the Vote

On 18 August 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, which was officially proclaimed on August 26. Although Virginia's General Assembly…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneAugust 19, 2020
“Bertha Weighed Over 800 Pounds”: 7 Questions with Dale Neighbors The Stacks

“Bertha Weighed Over 800 Pounds”: 7 Questions with Dale Neighbors

This is the latest blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do on a day-to-day basis. If you are interested…
Dale Neighbors
Dale NeighborsAugust 17, 2020
Checking in on Virginia clerks Archives

Checking in on Virginia clerks

The Commonwealth of Virginia, the Library of Virginia, and the 120 circuit court clerks’ offices across the state can document the history of their collaborative…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardAugust 12, 2020
Managing in a Pandemic Public Libraries

Managing in a Pandemic

Editor’s Note: The Commonwealth of Virginia’s library systems differ dramatically both in the size of their facilities and the amount of people they serve. The…
Your Local Public Librarian
Your Local Public LibrarianAugust 10, 2020
Untying an Archival Knot: Determining Dates in an 18th-century Minute Book ArchivesConservation

Untying an Archival Knot: Determining Dates in an 18th-century Minute Book

Archivists enjoy creating order out of apparent disorder. Much like untying a stubborn knot, the process itself can be very satisfying. Archivists are familiar with…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterAugust 5, 2020
“Big Rock Candy Mountains Discovered Near Clintwood” Newspapers

“Big Rock Candy Mountains Discovered Near Clintwood”

While searching for an unrelated newspaper article for a library patron, I stumbled upon a unique piece of local news reporting in the 28 October…
Rebecca Schneider
Rebecca SchneiderAugust 3, 2020
Hunger Amidst Plenty: Congress, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Transformation of the Food Stamp Program ArchivesThe Stacks

Hunger Amidst Plenty: Congress, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Transformation of the Food Stamp Program

Editor's Note: The Library of Virginia, in partnership with Virginia Humanities, sponsors residential fellows during the academic year to conduct in-depth research in the Library's…
Tracy Roof
Tracy RoofJuly 29, 2020
New Books – July 2020 Virginia Authors

New Books – July 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 PletcherJuly 27, 2020
“Shoulder to Shoulder on the Picket Line”: Virginia Women Fight for Voting Rights Manuscripts & Special Collections

“Shoulder to Shoulder on the Picket Line”: Virginia Women Fight for Voting Rights

"I have been kept from the privilege of incoming or outgoing mail for over the past week and am now locked in a small cell…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneJuly 22, 2020
“I got hooked on archives!”: 7 Questions with Sonya Coleman The Stacks

“I got hooked on archives!”: 7 Questions with Sonya Coleman

In this series we introduce LVA employees and explore what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes entries…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJuly 20, 2020
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