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Primary Sources Force Students to Analyze the Past and Past Penmanship ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingThe Stacks

Primary Sources Force Students to Analyze the Past and Past Penmanship

This fall, a local records archivist at the Library of Virginia collaborated with a U.S. History teacher at Matoaca High School in Chesterfield County to…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterJanuary 15, 2020
“My best day is when I do 50 things for 10 minutes each”: 7 Questions with Mary Clark seven questionsThe Stacks

“My best day is when I do 50 things for 10 minutes each”: 7 Questions with Mary Clark

This is an entry in our 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 13, 2020
Eliza House Trist & Thomas Jefferson: A Friendship and a Woman’s Journal of Westward Exploration Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe StacksVirginia Authors

Eliza House Trist & Thomas Jefferson: A Friendship and a Woman’s Journal of Westward Exploration

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…
Karen Chase
Karen ChaseJanuary 8, 2020
Welcome to 2020! Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe Stacks

Welcome to 2020!

Library of Virginia, Visual Studies Ephemera Collection   A reminder that the Library is closed today for New Year's. We will reopen tomorrow, January 02,…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettJanuary 1, 2020
The Uncommon Wealth of 2019! Digital Projects

The Uncommon Wealth of 2019!

Even though our new combined blog only launched in the second half of this year, we already have some popular posts. Thank you for reading…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettDecember 30, 2019
Here we are as in olden days The Stacks

Here we are as in olden days

The UncommonWealth is off today. We hope you are enjoying time with family and friends, or perhaps a good book. See you soon!
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessDecember 25, 2019
You’ve Got the Slippers and Cocoa – Still Need a Book? The Stacks

You’ve Got the Slippers and Cocoa – Still Need a Book?

Still looking for some good reads to gift this holiday season? Here are some of the favorite books we've read this year. Fiction "This novel…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettDecember 23, 2019
“It’s like solving a mystery!” : 7 Questions with August Moulis seven questionsArchivesThe Stacks

“It’s like solving a mystery!” : 7 Questions with August Moulis

This is the latest blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksDecember 19, 2019
“Lindomania” Sweeps Richmond Digital ProjectsNewspapers

“Lindomania” Sweeps Richmond

Jenny Lind, September 1850 (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress). Before there was Hamilton, before Beatlemania, before Elvis, there was Lindomania; and in 1850…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettDecember 18, 2019
Statue Stories: George Washington’s Statue of the Deathless Name ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

Statue Stories: George Washington’s Statue of the Deathless Name

This post is Part 2 in a sometimes series about the statues of Virginia's Capitol Square. See Part 1 here. "In his quiet Roman workshop…
Meghan Townes
Meghan TownesDecember 13, 2019
“I hope to know a new and meaningful freedom”: A Crusading Newspaperman Moves On Newspapers

“I hope to know a new and meaningful freedom”: A Crusading Newspaperman Moves On

Writing about Bruce Crawford’s 1935 departure from the newspaper industry, Louis Jaffe, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of Norfolk’s Virginian-Pilot, penned what amounted to a eulogy:…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorDecember 11, 2019
Abandoned Papers: The Naturalization Certificates of Ow Chuck Sam and Eng Yick Yu Archives

Abandoned Papers: The Naturalization Certificates of Ow Chuck Sam and Eng Yick Yu

Unclaimed property from banks, estates, or other repositories often ends up in the possession of the Virginia Department of the Treasury. If they are not…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsDecember 4, 2019
What’s For Dinner?: Thanksgiving Menus Through the Ages. Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

What’s For Dinner?: Thanksgiving Menus Through the Ages.

E very year there are Americans who are not able to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. Some of these individuals are members of…
Jessi Bennett
Jessi BennettNovember 28, 2019
Who Tells Your Story? Archivists. ArchivesThe Stacks

Who Tells Your Story? Archivists.

As the award winning Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical travels across the county, it has inspired various archival and cultural institutions to spotlight their…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 27, 2019
“You’re Robert Redford!”: 7 Questions with State Archivist Mike Strom seven questionsArchivesThe Stacks

“You’re Robert Redford!”: 7 Questions with State Archivist Mike Strom

This is the first blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksNovember 21, 2019
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