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Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides Preservation Grants ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides Preservation Grants

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 18 January 2017 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordMarch 1, 2017
Wendell Scott: Racing’s Minority of One Newspapers

Wendell Scott: Racing’s Minority of One

"I was a race driver before I ever hit the track,” said Wendell Scott, the first African American to race NASCAR’s Grand National circuit,  in a…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingFebruary 28, 2017
Researching African American Newspapers Newspapers

Researching African American Newspapers

The Virginia Newspaper Project loves promoting the Virginia Chronicle newspaper database, but if you need to expand your research from Virginia to other U.S. states,…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayFebruary 22, 2017
“Down in the shadow of the penitentiary:” the Closing of the Virginia Penitentiary Archives

“Down in the shadow of the penitentiary:” the Closing of the Virginia Penitentiary

On Friday, 24 February, a new historical highway marker will be unveiled at the site of the former Virginia Penitentiary at the intersection of Belvidere…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanFebruary 22, 2017
Virginia Untold: Petitions to Remain Archives

Virginia Untold: Petitions to Remain

As told in an earlier blog, James Dunlop of Petersburg emancipated his slave, John Brown, in April 1822 through a deed of manumission. One would…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordFebruary 15, 2017
A Valentine’s Day Search Uncovers a West Virginia Love Grump: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, February 1856-1859 Newspapers

A Valentine’s Day Search Uncovers a West Virginia Love Grump: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, February 1856-1859

The Newspaper Project observes Valentine’s Day with a reminder of the search capacity within Virginia Chronicle and the felicities of discovery (spend a morning reading mid…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseFebruary 14, 2017
It’s A Virginia Thing: Helping One Native Colleague at a Time Archives

It’s A Virginia Thing: Helping One Native Colleague at a Time

Back in 2010 when I was processing the Nelson County chancery suits, I found a remarkable genealogical chart of the prominent Carter family. From that…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedFebruary 8, 2017
Mug Shot Monday: Michael Bertone, No. 18654 and No. 21579 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Michael Bertone, No. 18654 and No. 21579

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Michael Bertone, the subject of this…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanFebruary 6, 2017
A morning not unlike any other morning Manuscripts & Special Collections

A morning not unlike any other morning

December 7th marked a “day that will live in infamy” for many Virginians. However, for one Richmond family, the crucial day fell not in 1941,…
Jim Greve
Jim GreveFebruary 1, 2017
York County’s Forgotten Founder Archives

York County’s Forgotten Founder

York County, originally named Charles River County for King Charles I, was one of the eight Virginia shires (counties) first enumerated in 1634. A document…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedJanuary 25, 2017
Court Records Preservation Pioneers: Martha Woodroof Hiden ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Court Records Preservation Pioneers: Martha Woodroof Hiden

The naming of the local history and genealogy reading room at Newport News Public Library after Martha Woodroof Hiden is well deserved. Born in Orange…
Eddie Woodward
Eddie WoodwardJanuary 18, 2017
Forged in Print: The Shenandoah Iron Works’ Riverside Newspapers

Forged in Print: The Shenandoah Iron Works’ Riverside

"Who hath despised the day of small things?” read the motto of the Riverside, a company newspaper published in Shenandoah Iron Works (SIW), located in…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJanuary 12, 2017
A Last Resort: Madison County Reenslavement Petitions Archives

A Last Resort: Madison County Reenslavement Petitions

In 1856, the General Assembly decided that free African Americans could petition their county or city court to be enslaved. These individuals had to be…
Cara Griggs
Cara GriggsJanuary 11, 2017
Mug Shot Monday: Willie Williams, No. 17280 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Willie Williams, No. 17280

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Willie Williams’, the subject of this week’s post,…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanJanuary 9, 2017
Westmoreland County Cohabitation Registers Now Online ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Westmoreland County Cohabitation Registers Now Online

Last summer, the Westmoreland County Circuit Court Clerk Gwynne Chatham contacted the Library of Virginia concerning old marriage records that staff discovered in her office.…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJanuary 4, 2017
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