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Early 20th Century Entertainment Comes to Virginia in a Most Unusual Way Archives

Early 20th Century Entertainment Comes to Virginia in a Most Unusual Way

In the spring of 1905, a half-mile from the Norfolk city limits, the Boer War Spectacle (also called the Transvaal Spectacle or Anglo-Boer War Historical…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedOctober 24, 2018
Library Makes New Batch of Emails from Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Available Online ArchivesDigital Projects

Library Makes New Batch of Emails from Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Available Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the release of 26,988 emails from the administration of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (2006-2010). This latest batch…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 18, 2018
A Talent at the Starting Gate: Nell Blaine and the Monocle Newspapers

A Talent at the Starting Gate: Nell Blaine and the Monocle

Richmond's John Marshall High and its outstanding student newspaper, the Monocle, have had a lot to be proud of over the years and a recent…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 17, 2018
Assembling The Digital Page: Team VNP Attends National Digital Newspaper Program Conference In DC Newspapers

Assembling The Digital Page: Team VNP Attends National Digital Newspaper Program Conference In DC

What’s true of most conferences was true of ours last week in Washington:  An opportunity to share a common language with people of the same mission…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseOctober 4, 2018
Andy Warhol Comes to Richmond Archives

Andy Warhol Comes to Richmond

In early 1978, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was a stop for the traveling exhibition “Athletes by Andy Warhol.” The exhibition, comprised of silk-screen…
Nathan Verilla
Nathan VerillaOctober 3, 2018
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
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