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Vestiges of Vietnam: Gathering Stories of the Refugee Experience ArchivesThe Stacks

Vestiges of Vietnam: Gathering Stories of the Refugee Experience

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 collections.…
Kim O'Connell
Kim O'ConnellMay 20, 2019
Big Top or Crops? Archives

Big Top or Crops?

Traveling circuses, with their daring performers and ferocious animals, drew considerable crowds in the 19th century. The incredible feats of courage exhilarated the minds of…
Sherri Bagley
Sherri BagleyMay 15, 2019
Martha Ann Hobson: A Mother’s Day Story ArchivesNewspapers

Martha Ann Hobson: A Mother’s Day Story

While processing some City of Richmond court records from the Civil War era, I came across the remarkable narrative of a mother named Martha Hobson.…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordMay 8, 2019
1,000,000 Lines Corrected on Virginia Chronicle Digital ProjectsNewspapers

1,000,000 Lines Corrected on Virginia Chronicle

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper database, has surpassed an impressive milestone! The Virginia Newspaper Project would…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMay 6, 2019
Mighty Casey Has Been Edited Newspapers

Mighty Casey Has Been Edited

April is a special time of year: the first full month of Spring; the beginning of baseball season (Hallelujah!) and the month designated as Poetry…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayApril 26, 2019
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archive Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archive

Happy World Stationery Day! As promised in a previous posts, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksApril 25, 2019
Preservation Week 2019: Tips for Preserving Your Treasures ConservationThe Stacks

Preservation Week 2019: Tips for Preserving Your Treasures

Surveys estimate that over 15 percent of collections in U.S. institutions need immediate preservation or conservation attention. In order to raise awareness about the state…
Leslie Courtois
Leslie CourtoisApril 24, 2019
“Irrespective of Race or Color”: African Americans and the Making of a New Virginia Constitution Archives

“Irrespective of Race or Color”: African Americans and the Making of a New Virginia Constitution

On 17 April 1868, exactly seven years after a Virginia convention had voted to secede from the United States, another Virginia convention voted to approve…
John Deal
John DealApril 17, 2019
Titanic Web Exhibit Updated Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Titanic Web Exhibit Updated

Titanic, Titanic, Titanic. One would think we’ve heard enough about a ship that sank over 100 years ago. Well, the fact you’re reading this tells…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayApril 11, 2019
Virginia Courthouses: Wellsprings of Democracy Elwood Street (standing second from left) at a camera club meeting in Bridgeport, Connecticut, undated. Photograph courtesy of Greg Street.ArchivesThe Stacks

Virginia Courthouses: Wellsprings of Democracy

Editors’ note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2017 issue of the CCRP Newsletter. A long history of collaboration exists between the Library of Virginia…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardApril 10, 2019
Breaking News! Now available on Virginia Chronicle! Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Breaking News! Now available on Virginia Chronicle!

The following titles are now on Virginia Chronicle:Virginia Beach WeeklyThe Musical Advocate and Singer’s FriendAlexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & PoliticalAlexandria Gazette & Daily AdvertiserAlexandria Gazette,…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingApril 5, 2019
LVA Presents at 14th Annual Virginia Forum Education & ProgrammingThe Stacks

LVA Presents at 14th Annual Virginia Forum

Earlier this month, the 14th annual Virginia Forum convened at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. The three-day event was packed with presentations, learned papers, and…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayMarch 27, 2019
A Virginia Soldier in Mexico Digital Projects

A Virginia Soldier in Mexico

Ed. note: Today we have a guest post from Brexton O’Donnell, Tour Counselor, Virginia World War I and World War II Commemoration Commission, highlighting some…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMarch 27, 2019
“We Were Residents of Loudoun County” Archives

“We Were Residents of Loudoun County”

Editors’ Note: This article originally appeared in the January 2019 Loudoun County Office of the Circuit Court Clerk Historic Records Newsletter, “Little Gems.” We are…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorMarch 20, 2019
Erin Go Bragh! Images of St Patrick’s Day in the Visual Studies Collection Manuscripts & Special Collections

Erin Go Bragh! Images of St Patrick’s Day in the Visual Studies Collection

This March we are highlighting vintage St. Patrick’s Day postcards from the Visual Studies Collection at the Library of Virginia. What is the backstory behind…
Meghan Townes
Meghan TownesMarch 13, 2019
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