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Happy New Year from the VNP! Newspapers

Happy New Year from the VNP!

The Virginia Newspaper Project hopes everyone had a happy New Year. The end of January 2017 marks the beginning of the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJanuary 3, 2017
Here We Go A-Caroling Archives

Here We Go A-Caroling

The Out of the Box bloggers will be taking a break for the holidays, but we’ll be back in the new year! In the meantime,…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeDecember 21, 2016
Mug Shot Monday: William H. Oehlert, No. 11708 and 17831 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: William H. Oehlert, No. 11708 and 17831

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. William Oehlert had a lengthy criminal record,…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 19, 2016
Electoral College Digital Collection Released ArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

Electoral College Digital Collection Released

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the release of the Electoral College Digital Collection. The Library has a variety of records scattered across…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 15, 2016
Electronic Newspaper Resources from the LVA Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Electronic Newspaper Resources from the LVA

We often talk about Virginia Chronicle and Chronicling America here at the Newspaper Project, but the library subscribes to a number of other excellent online…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingDecember 15, 2016
Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941 ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

With those words, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Millions of Americans learned about the attack and heard the president’s…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 7, 2016
Now on Virginia Chronicle: The Smithfield Times Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Now on Virginia Chronicle: The Smithfield Times

The Virginia Newspaper Project is delighted to announce the newest title, The Smithfield Times, available on Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s online digital newspaper database.With its first…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingNovember 30, 2016
Library Makes New Batch of Emails from Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Available Online ArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

Library Makes New Batch of Emails from Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Available Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the release of 10,441 emails from the administration of Governor Timothy M. Kaine (2006-2010). This latest batch…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 30, 2016
A Thanksgiving Message From the Virginia Newspaper Project Newspapers

A Thanksgiving Message From the Virginia Newspaper Project

From the Highland Recorder, November 28, 1947 Stay tuned for more blog posts and look for new content on Virginia Chronicle as we approach the…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingNovember 23, 2016
The Value of a Man: The Muse Brothers of Franklin County Archives

The Value of a Man: The Muse Brothers of Franklin County

People looked at the Muse Brothers, Georgie and Willie, and saw something different. Some saw objects of pity. Some saw objects of ridicule. Some saw…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksNovember 23, 2016
Nat Turner Re-examined Education & Programming

Nat Turner Re-examined

Professor Patrick H. Breen, author of The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt, spoke at the Virginia…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayNovember 21, 2016
The Virginia Newspaper Project on TV, Live, and in Print NewspapersThe Stacks

The Virginia Newspaper Project on TV, Live, and in Print

On October 28, 2016, a WTVR story aired about the Virginia Newspaper Project’s very own, Errol Somay. Greg McQuade, investigative reporter and history buff, visited…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayNovember 16, 2016
Mug Shot Monday: John Henry Green, No. 44916 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: John Henry Green, No. 44916

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. John Henry Green, known as the…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 14, 2016
Three Elections That Remade Virginia Manuscripts & Special Collections

Three Elections That Remade Virginia

Editor’s note: Tomorrow is Election Day! Get out and vote! This blog post was written by Senior Manuscripts Archivist Trenton Hizer, adapted from a talk…
Trenton Hizer
Trenton HizerNovember 7, 2016
Dry Voters, Wet Drinkers: The Anniversary of Virginia’s Prohibition ArchivesManuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapers

Dry Voters, Wet Drinkers: The Anniversary of Virginia’s Prohibition

Today marks the hundredth anniversary of the first day of Virginia’s state-wide prohibition. To see more about the build-up to the referendum that dried up…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeNovember 1, 2016
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