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6,000,000 Pages and Counting: New Titles on Virginia Chronicle Digital ProjectsNewspapers

6,000,000 Pages and Counting: New Titles on Virginia Chronicle

October 5-11 is National Newspaper Week, the perfect time to highlight new titles available on Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely accessible, fully searchable…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 6, 2025
Happy Virginia Archives Month 2025! ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapersThe Stacks

Happy Virginia Archives Month 2025!

Everyone knows that October is spooky season– a time for campfires, warm cider donuts, and Archives Month! This year, archives and special collections from around…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksOctober 1, 2025
New Books – September 2025 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – September 2025

The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonSeptember 29, 2025
“From Whence They Came:” The Richard Forrester Family of Jackson Ward ArchivesEducation & Programming

“From Whence They Came:” The Richard Forrester Family of Jackson Ward

In 1823, a mixed-race child named Richard Gustavus Forrester was born in Richmond to nineteen-year-old Gustavus Adolphus Myers, a member of one of the wealthiest…
Lee Ann Timreck
Lee Ann TimreckSeptember 26, 2025
London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Richmond: The Cosmopolitan Sensibility of the 1890 Lee Monument Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Richmond: The Cosmopolitan Sensibility of the 1890 Lee Monument

Confederate monuments are often defended on the grounds that they provide an educational function. Both enthusiasts and critics of the Confederacy who take this position…
Donovan Schaefer
Donovan SchaeferSeptember 24, 2025
Do You Want to Join the Gallon Club? ArchivesDigital Projects

Do You Want to Join the Gallon Club?

It was well understood during World War II that blood transfusions saved lives. However, prior to the 1930s, one of the only ways to provide…
Lauren Caravati
Lauren CaravatiSeptember 22, 2025
Attics and Basements and Bell Towers, Oh My! ArchivesConservation

Attics and Basements and Bell Towers, Oh My!

The Circuit Court Records Preservation (CCRP) consulting archivists from the Library of Virginia routinely travel across the Commonwealth assisting the state’s 120 circuit court clerks’…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaSeptember 17, 2025
Tough Times for the Treasury Department Archives

Tough Times for the Treasury Department

From 1691 to 1776, the Virginia Department of the Treasury was a powerful, independent agency. Following the adoption of the state constitution in May 1776,…
Renee Savits
Renee SavitsSeptember 15, 2025
“A Rumbling Disagreeable Noise:” Complaints about Bowling in Alleghany County ArchivesNewspapers

“A Rumbling Disagreeable Noise:” Complaints about Bowling in Alleghany County

Imagine your local bowling alley. The sound of a heavy ball hitting the floor just before the bounce of the pins hitting the floor. The…
Jennifer Taylor
Jennifer TaylorSeptember 10, 2025
Disaster Preparedness Workshops Support Seniors Through Library Outreach Public Libraries

Disaster Preparedness Workshops Support Seniors Through Library Outreach

With the support of the Friends of the Library and a microgrant from AARP, the Chesapeake Public Library is launching a three-part disaster preparedness series…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorSeptember 8, 2025
Location is Everything Archives

Location is Everything

Location, location, location. Most people associate the word “location” with real estate based on the common belief that it has a direct influence on a…
Sherri Bagley
Sherri BagleySeptember 3, 2025
A Virginia Untold Update ArchivesDigital Projects

A Virginia Untold Update

In today’s blog post, I want to share some new material available in Virginia Untold, the Library’s digital project featuring records of enslaved and free…
Lydia Neuroth
Lydia NeurothAugust 27, 2025
New Books – August 2025 The StacksVirginia Authors

New Books – August 2025

The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Annie Hatton
Annie HattonAugust 25, 2025
Virginia’s Minorities in World War II: Armenian American Soldiers & the History of MENA Immigration Archives

Virginia’s Minorities in World War II: Armenian American Soldiers & the History of MENA Immigration

My internship is with the Digital Initiatives & Web Presence division of the Library of Virginia, a department responsible for the Library’s digital collections and…
Maria Habibi
Maria HabibiAugust 22, 2025
Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia Digital ProjectsEducation & Programming

Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia

Richard Slaughter was born on January 9, 1849, on Eppes Island in City Point, Virginia. He and his family were enslaved by Richard Eppes until…
Tev'n Powers
Tev'n PowersAugust 20, 2025
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