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Warren County Chancery Causes Digitized ArchivesThe Stacks

Warren County Chancery Causes Digitized

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Warren County chancery causes, 1837-1912, are now available online through the Chancery Records…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordMay 7, 2018
Homeland is "creating a heck of a lot of buzz and excitement with our citizens!" ArchivesDigital Projects

Homeland is "creating a heck of a lot of buzz and excitement with our citizens!"

Homeland’s season 7 finale aired last Sunday night. Showtime’s critically acclaimed drama stars Claire Danes as CIA Officer Carrie Mathison and Mandy Patinkin as her…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanMay 2, 2018
Women with Dirty Hands: Archival Apprentices in the State Archives ArchivesThe Stacks

Women with Dirty Hands: Archival Apprentices in the State Archives

The following post was adapted from an article in the January/February 2006 Library of Virginia newsletter and additional research on the topic by Jennifer Davis…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksApril 25, 2018
Our Own Community Press Newspapers

Our Own Community Press

In August of 1976, gay and lesbian members of Norfolk's Unitarian Universalist church formed a branch of the Unitarian Universalist Gay Caucus (UUGC), and quickly decided…
Olin Johnson
Olin JohnsonApril 18, 2018
The Art of the Annual: The Virginia Yearbook Digitization Project Manuscripts & Special Collections

The Art of the Annual: The Virginia Yearbook Digitization Project

In 2015, I started the Library’s yearbook digitization project to scan yearbooks from all around Virginia on behalf of public libraries. Thanks to funds from…
Rose Schooff
Rose SchooffApril 18, 2018
“We Are Passing Through A Metamorphosis From The Old To The New.” Ashland, Bowling Green & Hopewell: A Virginia Newspaper Vanishing Act Newspapers

“We Are Passing Through A Metamorphosis From The Old To The New.” Ashland, Bowling Green & Hopewell: A Virginia Newspaper Vanishing Act

The above quote is from the inaugural issue of the newly merged, freshly hyphenated Ashland Herald-Progress of 1919.  The editor requests the reader’s forbearance as the…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseApril 16, 2018
"No home defendant": Liberian Emigrants from Prince Edward County Archives

"No home defendant": Liberian Emigrants from Prince Edward County

Often, researchers will utilize several collections or sources housed at the Library in order to get to the truth of a matter, or to gain…
Tracy Harter
Tracy HarterApril 11, 2018
"If My Name You Want to See Look on Page 33" Archives

"If My Name You Want to See Look on Page 33"

This Service Song Book, which was “Prepared for the Men of the Army and Navy,” was used by the YMCA at Camp Lee during World…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeApril 4, 2018
Easter on Virginia Chronicle Newspapers

Easter on Virginia Chronicle

Maud ruins a new Easter suit, Uncle Sam feeds the chicks of prosperity, Easter bargains, poison-free Easter egg dye, a delightful Easter egg hunt, and…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingApril 1, 2018
"View from the Hospital": The Blanton World War I Scrapbook Manuscripts & Special Collections

"View from the Hospital": The Blanton World War I Scrapbook

This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I.  Many collections in the Library…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMarch 28, 2018
St. Patrick’s Patrician Newspapers

St. Patrick’s Patrician

In 2017, a generous patron of the Library of Virginia donated several issues of the Patrician, the student newspaper of Richmond’s St. Patrick’s School. The…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 23, 2018
“Our share in the war is no small one”: Virginia Women and World War I, Part II Archives

“Our share in the war is no small one”: Virginia Women and World War I, Part II

This is the second of a two-part blog post adapted from an article originally written for the Summer 2001 issue of Virginia Cavalcade. While nurses…
Jennifer Davis McDaid
Jennifer Davis McDaidMarch 21, 2018
St. Patrick’s Day Miscellanea Newspapers

St. Patrick’s Day Miscellanea

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, we found a selection of the (very) broad ways that newspapers have chosen to acknowledge the feast day over the…
Olin Johnson
Olin JohnsonMarch 14, 2018
“Our share in the war is no small one”: Virginia Women and World War I, Part I Archives

“Our share in the war is no small one”: Virginia Women and World War I, Part I

This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. It is the…
Jennifer Davis McDaid
Jennifer Davis McDaidMarch 14, 2018
"To Pass Without Delay or Hindrance": Passports in the Unclaimed Property Collection Archives

"To Pass Without Delay or Hindrance": Passports in the Unclaimed Property Collection

A passport is both a highly practical and importantly symbolic item. It provides not only identification but also identity, allowing the bearer to travel to…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeMarch 7, 2018
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