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Every Dog Will Have His Day Archives

Every Dog Will Have His Day

Editor’s note: This piece was originally published as an artifact spotlight for Discover Richmond, a magazine published by the Richmond-Times Dispatch. It is posted here with additional images of…
Dana Puga
Dana PugaAugust 24, 2016
The Return of Virginia’s Lost History Archives

The Return of Virginia’s Lost History

UPDATE: The Charles City County Record Book is now available online. If you live in the Richmond area or are connected to the Library of Virginia…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksAugust 17, 2016
Never Built Winchester Manuscripts & Special Collections

Never Built Winchester

The Library of Virginia’s collections include maps of developments that were never constructed, many of which were conceived prior to the Panic of 1893. In…
Cassandra Farrell
Cassandra FarrellAugust 10, 2016
The Wawaset Disaster, August 9, 1873: An “Extra” Alexandria Gazette, Over The Transom And Into The Archive Newspapers

The Wawaset Disaster, August 9, 1873: An “Extra” Alexandria Gazette, Over The Transom And Into The Archive

Each year the Newspaper Project receives papers from private collections which are generously offered as archival candidates.  Many are duplicates of papers already cataloged.  But…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseAugust 5, 2016
Old Time Religion: Virginia’s First Freedom and LVA’s Religious Press Collection Education & ProgrammingNewspapers

Old Time Religion: Virginia’s First Freedom and LVA’s Religious Press Collection

The current exhibit at the Library of Virginia, First Freedom: Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom, explores the meaning and evolution of this significant legislation. Written…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingAugust 3, 2016
"A Nest of Bad Men": Locating the Lunenburg County Courthouse Archives

"A Nest of Bad Men": Locating the Lunenburg County Courthouse

Processing county deeds is usually not the springboard to finding something that is, well, blog-worthy. Deeds are already recorded in county deed books that have…
Dale Dulaney
Dale DulaneyAugust 3, 2016
All I’m Thinkin’ About….Tim Kaine Records at the Library of Virginia ArchivesDigital Projects

All I’m Thinkin’ About….Tim Kaine Records at the Library of Virginia

L ong time readers of our blog are already familiar with the Kaine Email Project @ LVA. Hillary Clinton’s selection of Virginia Senator Tim Kaine…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanJuly 27, 2016
Miami Beach Florida is Calling You Archives

Miami Beach Florida is Calling You

In November 1924, Governor E. Lee Trinkle traveled to Florida to attend the annual Governors’ Conference. The Governors’ Conference was held in Jacksonville, Florida, on…
Renee Savits
Renee SavitsJuly 20, 2016
The Old Ball and Chain Archives

The Old Ball and Chain

In the colonial period, married Virginians had very few legal grounds for divorce. Over the years, though, standards loosened up a bit, and eventually the…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksJuly 13, 2016
New Digital Collections @ The LVA Digital ProjectsThe Stacks

New Digital Collections @ The LVA

Can’t make it to Richmond to check out the Library of Virginia in person? Take a look at our digital collections! You’ll find six of…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeJuly 12, 2016
A Little Fresh Air Is Good For The Body Manuscripts & Special Collections

A Little Fresh Air Is Good For The Body

Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared in the LVA newsletter. Alice Trissel of Rockingham County spent 41 years helping provide New York City…
Dale Harter
Dale HarterJuly 6, 2016
Ten Paces! Fire! Archives

Ten Paces! Fire!

On 28 November 1818, John McCarty of Loudoun County wrote a short letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia, declining the…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeJune 29, 2016
Truckin’ with the Bill of Rights ArchivesThe Stacks

Truckin’ with the Bill of Rights

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in The Delimiter, the Library’s in-house on-line newsletter. It has been slightly edited for clarity. To commemorate the bicentennial of the…
Lyn Hart
Lyn HartJune 22, 2016
Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides Almost $900K In Preservation Grants ArchivesConservationThe Stacks

Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides Almost $900K In Preservation Grants

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 23 May 2016 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJune 15, 2016
Be Our Guest: French’s Tavern in Powhatan County Archives

Be Our Guest: French’s Tavern in Powhatan County

French’s Tavern, located in Powhatan County, was a prominent 19th century inn and ordinary that served travelers on the Old Buckingham Road, an important thoroughfare linking…
Catherine OBrion
Catherine OBrionJune 8, 2016
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