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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
Extra, Extra! Virginia Chronicle Reaches 1,000,000 Pages! Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Extra, Extra! Virginia Chronicle Reaches 1,000,000 Pages!

Virginia Chronicle has surpassed a major milestone: 1,000,000 pages! Thanks to grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, agreements with publishers, cooperative projects, generous…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJuly 9, 2018
Bessie Miller’s Sad Summer Composition Manuscripts & Special Collections

Bessie Miller’s Sad Summer Composition

The Library of Virginia recently acquired a family photograph collection identified as belonging to the Brooks/Ellis families. A composition book labeled “Bessie Miller December 1902”…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJuly 4, 2018
"The Body of an Infant There and Then Laying Dead”: Infanticide in Coroner’s Inquisitions At The Library of Virginia Archives

"The Body of an Infant There and Then Laying Dead”: Infanticide in Coroner’s Inquisitions At The Library of Virginia

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…
Kristen Green
Kristen GreenJune 27, 2018
Virginia’s Lost Papers Newspapers

Virginia’s Lost Papers

As part of an ongoing effort to give voice to nineteenth-century African Americans through digital projects like Virginia Untold and Virginia Chronicle, the Virginia Newspaper…
Kyle Rogers
Kyle RogersJune 26, 2018
A Will without a Way: An Amherst County Freedom Suit Archives

A Will without a Way: An Amherst County Freedom Suit

Sometimes a will is not worth the paper it’s written on. Too often, people go through the trouble of creating a formal last will and…
Sherri Bagley
Sherri BagleyJune 20, 2018
The Idle Hour: The Eccentric Life of Capt. John Cussons Newspapers

The Idle Hour: The Eccentric Life of Capt. John Cussons

Captain John Cussons, Jr., is one of Glen Allen’s most fascinating historical figures.  A nineteenth-century English immigrant with an entrepreneurial spirit and an insatiable wanderlust,…
Kyle Rogers
Kyle RogersJune 13, 2018
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterheads in the Archive, WWI Edition Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterheads in the Archive, WWI Edition

As promised in previous posts, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. In honor of the centennial…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJune 13, 2018
New Displays for June Education & Programming

New Displays for June

If you have visited the Library of Virginia in recent months, you may have noticed several new exhibit cases on the building’s second floor. These…
Mary Dean Carter
Mary Dean CarterJune 8, 2018
Please Direct your Attention to Out of the Box and the Legacy of John Henry James ArchivesNewspapers

Please Direct your Attention to Out of the Box and the Legacy of John Henry James

Fit to Print invites you to read yesterday's Out of the Box blog which tells the tragic story of Albemarle County native, John Henry James.…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJune 7, 2018
The Legacy of John Henry James Archives

The Legacy of John Henry James

On 12 July 1898, an Albemarle County grand jury met to hear evidence against an African American man named John Henry James accused of assaulting…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJune 6, 2018
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