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From Dunk Tanks to Compound Bow Hunting: 7 Questions with Jessica Beavers seven questionsThe Stacks

From Dunk Tanks to Compound Bow Hunting: 7 Questions with Jessica Beavers

This blog entry is the latest installment in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksFebruary 10, 2020
Strong Men & Women in Virginia History Education & Programming

Strong Men & Women in Virginia History

2020 Strong Men & Women in Virginia History honorees African Americans and people of African descent have been a part of Virginia’s—and America’s—story since European…
Emma Ito
Emma ItoFebruary 5, 2020
Misspellings and Misnomers in the Archives: The Case of Simon Kratzer Archives

Misspellings and Misnomers in the Archives: The Case of Simon Kratzer

T he Virginia Land Office patents and grants comprise an invaluable grouping of original landownership records for the Commonwealth. The Library of Virginia has indexed…
Amanda Morrell
Amanda MorrellJanuary 29, 2020
New Books – January 2020 Virginia Authors

New Books – January 2020

Did you know that you can check out books from the Library of Virginia? If you are looking for books about Virginia we've got you…
Donna Pletcher
Donna PletcherJanuary 27, 2020
Denied A Voice, They Refused to Be Silent Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

Denied A Voice, They Refused to Be Silent

T he Library of Virginia's exhibition We Demand: Women's Suffrage in Virginia is now open. This year marks the centennial of the ratification of the…
Mari Julienne
Mari JulienneJanuary 22, 2020
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
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