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Drink Wet and Vote Dry Archives

Drink Wet and Vote Dry

One of the hallmarks of the age of Prohibition is a certain level of contradiction. After all, the country was supposed to be entirely dry;…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeJuly 26, 2017
The Library of Virginia Releases Virginia Tech Review Panel Records Archives

The Library of Virginia Releases Virginia Tech Review Panel Records

The Library of Virginia has completed processing the records of the Virginia Tech Review Panel, 2007-2009 (bulk 2007) (accession 51144) and they are open to researchers.…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanJuly 19, 2017
Virginia Suffrage News Newspapers

Virginia Suffrage News

Virginia Suffrage News was a monthly newspaper published by the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. Beginning with its first issue in October 1914, the paper aimed…
Olin Johnson
Olin JohnsonJuly 12, 2017
"Fit to Fight": The Second Virginia Council of Defense Archives

"Fit to Fight": The Second Virginia Council of Defense

This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. The Council’s activities…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJuly 12, 2017
Over The Top and at "em": 100 Years at Fort Lee Archives

Over The Top and at "em": 100 Years at Fort Lee

This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. Soon after the United States…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeJuly 7, 2017
“I Could Not Tell Who Was Shooting”: The Death of Lump Moore Archives

“I Could Not Tell Who Was Shooting”: The Death of Lump Moore

When Petersburg’s coroner filled out the death certificate for farmer Lump Moore, he wrote a simple “no” in answer to the question, “Was disease or…
Meghan Townes
Meghan TownesJune 28, 2017
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Mary Johnston: A Suffragist of, and Ahead of, Her Time

Mary Johnston, born 1870 in Buchanan, Virginia, was a prolific author of 23 books, outspoken suffragist, and founding member of the Equal Suffrage League of…
Olin Johnson
Olin JohnsonJune 28, 2017
Jailing the Jerkers Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, Rockbridge County, VaArchives

Jailing the Jerkers

Editor’s Note: The Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, sponsored four residential fellows for the 2016-2017 academic year to conduct in-depth research…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorJune 21, 2017
VNP Announces the CCC Newspapers

VNP Announces the CCC

The Virginia Newspaper Project (VNP) is thrilled to announce an ongoing project to make the Library of Virginia’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) newspapers available on Virginia Chronicle.…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJune 14, 2017
Virginians in the Great War: Harry Anderson Matthews (1894-1918) Archives

Virginians in the Great War: Harry Anderson Matthews (1894-1918)

Corporal Harry A. Matthews, the subject of this week’s post on Virginia’s involvement in World War I. , died on 5 December 1918 from wounds…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanJune 14, 2017
“A Frolicsome Freak of Boyhood” Jacket of Application for Pardon of James Gibson, Charles ToshArchives

“A Frolicsome Freak of Boyhood”

Editor’s Note: The Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, sponsored four residential fellows for the 2016-2017 academic year to…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorJune 7, 2017
Mapping No-Man’s-Land: The Official War Atlas of the 1st Division, A. E. F. The Official War Atlas of the 1st Division, American Expeditionary Force.Archives

Mapping No-Man’s-Land: The Official War Atlas of the 1st Division, A. E. F.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in slightly altered form in the Summer 2001 issue of “Virginia Cavalcade.” Between 1928 and 1930, the federal government…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMay 31, 2017
From Decoration Day to Memorial Day Newspapers

From Decoration Day to Memorial Day

Editorial cartoon from the Highland Recorder, 29 May 1925: For a history of the holiday once known as "Decoration Day," read Ralph Cavenali's excellent article,…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMay 26, 2017
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Libraries and the people that staff them, fund them, and use them have a long history of civic engagement—they’re involved in their communities and make…
Sonya Coleman
Sonya ColemanMay 25, 2017
Seeds of Resistance: The Richmond Streetcar Boycotts Newspapers

Seeds of Resistance: The Richmond Streetcar Boycotts

A graduate student in Public History and two film students have created a short but excellent documentary for The National Museum of African American History…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayMay 23, 2017
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