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Ibby Jane Smith: U.S. Pensioner Archives

Ibby Jane Smith: U.S. Pensioner

Ibby Jane Smith was born in January 1864 in Northampton County, Virginia, the daughter of Leah Smith, also called Leah Jacob, and Seth Smith, also…
Louise Jones
Louise JonesMarch 29, 2017
Recent Gifts to the Library of Virginia NewspapersThe Stacks

Recent Gifts to the Library of Virginia

It provides great satisfaction to the Virginia Newspaper Project staff when rare, historical newspapers surface thanks to thoughtful Library patrons–recently some twentieth century newspapers were…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 28, 2017
A Much Obliged and Humble Servant: Clementina Rind’s Virginia Gazette Newspapers

A Much Obliged and Humble Servant: Clementina Rind’s Virginia Gazette

It was out of necessity that Clementina Rind became Virginia’s first woman newspaper publisher. After the death of her husband, William, in 1773, she had…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 15, 2017
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Even More Letterhead in the Archive Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Even More Letterhead in the Archive

Editor's note: As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives.  The…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMarch 15, 2017
"To the land of their fathers": Emancipation and the Virginia Colonization Board Archives

"To the land of their fathers": Emancipation and the Virginia Colonization Board

The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 to promote the voluntary return of free African Americans in the United States to Africa. In 1822,…
Paige Neal
Paige NealMarch 8, 2017
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
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