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Mug Shot Monday: My Hometown Edition Archives

Mug Shot Monday: My Hometown Edition

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. John…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanSeptember 24, 2018
Our History as Told by the Pittsylvania County Court Records Archives

Our History as Told by the Pittsylvania County Court Records

In the past few months, I have examined dozens of boxes of unprocessed Pittsylvania County court records dating back to the 1760s, searching for chancery…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordSeptember 19, 2018
Give Me That Old Time Music: WRVA’s Old Dominion Barn Dance Archives

Give Me That Old Time Music: WRVA’s Old Dominion Barn Dance

Since its creation in 1823, the Library of Virginia has been renowned for its vast collection of books, manuscripts, and maps. A closer look at…
Dawn Tinnell
Dawn TinnellSeptember 12, 2018
Reading Obituaries as Historical Texts Newspapers

Reading Obituaries as Historical Texts

On February 19, 1887, the Afro-American Churchman published an obituary for Reverend Samuel V. Berry.  From this entry, we learn how Rev. Berry received his…
Kim Bowman
Kim BowmanSeptember 5, 2018
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Legislative Petitions for Divorce Archives

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Legislative Petitions for Divorce

In this age of no-fault divorce, it is hard to imagine that from 1776 to 1826 the only means of divorce in Virginia was by…
Bill Bynum
Bill BynumAugust 29, 2018
Virginia’s Circuit Court Records Preserved: Eighty-seven Grants Awarded ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Virginia’s Circuit Court Records Preserved: Eighty-seven Grants Awarded

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 24 July 2018 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordAugust 24, 2018
Happy 125th Electronic Shipping List to the Virginia State Publications Depository Program! Digital Projects

Happy 125th Electronic Shipping List to the Virginia State Publications Depository Program!

"What’s that?” I bet you are asking. The Electronic Shipping List is the tool the Library of Virginia uses to let other libraries in Virginia…
Mary Clark
Mary ClarkAugust 15, 2018
Back to School Newspapers

Back to School

As the start of the K-12 school year looms, and college students gear up for their fall semester, the Library of Virginia peers back at…
Kyle Rogers
Kyle RogersAugust 14, 2018
"Muzzled Doctors vs. Unmuzzled Guns": Lieutenant William Armistead Gills, M.D., versus the United States Navy ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

"Muzzled Doctors vs. Unmuzzled Guns": Lieutenant William Armistead Gills, M.D., versus the United States Navy

"Muzzled Doctors vs. Unmuzzled Guns" was a provocative phrase used by retired naval officer William Armistead Gills, M.D., to describe the poor condition of medical…
John Deal
John DealAugust 8, 2018
WWI Centennial Anniversary – “Queens of the Spy World” Newspapers

WWI Centennial Anniversary – “Queens of the Spy World”

In recognition of the centennial anniversary of the Allies' victory in World War I, the Newspaper Project remembers the "Queens of the Spy World Whose…
Kyle Rogers
Kyle RogersAugust 1, 2018
A Colonial Cover-up: Lunenburg County Records Reveal New Information Archives

A Colonial Cover-up: Lunenburg County Records Reveal New Information

Has researcher and author Cynthia Mattson uncovered a sordid, centuries-old murder conspiracy and cover-up?  There’s good reason to believe she has. Reverend William Kay was…
Mike Bingham
Mike BinghamAugust 1, 2018
Adultery and Murder: A Bedford County Coroner’s Inquisition Archives

Adultery and Murder: A Bedford County Coroner’s Inquisition

On an August night in 1882, Adam Wilkerson returned to his Bedford County home to an unpleasant surprise. When he pushed the door open, he…
Mary Dean Carter
Mary Dean CarterJuly 25, 2018
“By What Right?” Two Baptist Newspapers from Tazewell Newspapers

“By What Right?” Two Baptist Newspapers from Tazewell

Recently, the Library of Virginia acquired two Baptist newspapers, the Primitive Baptist and the Tazewell Baptist, both from Tazewell, Virginia. The two papers share more…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJuly 23, 2018
A Serendipitous Discovery: The Carson Family of Warren County Archives

A Serendipitous Discovery: The Carson Family of Warren County

One afternoon in the Archives Research Room, senior reference librarian Zach Vickery requested several of the questionnaires that the Virginia War History Commission collected to…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsJuly 18, 2018
“Will there come a time when the memories fade?”: Song, Memory, and Stonewall Country ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

“Will there come a time when the memories fade?”: Song, Memory, and Stonewall Country

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…
Nicole Maurantonio
Nicole MaurantonioJuly 11, 2018
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