Skip to main content
Hit enter to search or ESC to close
Close Search
The UncommonWealth
search
Menu
  • Posts
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Login
    • Log In
    • Register
    • Comments Policy
  • search
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 FreedSeptember 21, 2016
Man at the Top: The Kaine Administration Cabinet Week Reports Collection ArchivesDigital Projects

Man at the Top: The Kaine Administration Cabinet Week Reports Collection

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce a new digital collection:  the Kaine Administration Cabinet Weekly Reports Collection (2006-2009). Accessible through Digitool (and linked to…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanSeptember 12, 2016
Bring On Your Wrecking Ball: The Battle of Hampton Roads Archives

Bring On Your Wrecking Ball: The Battle of Hampton Roads

The Battle of Hampton Roads was one of the most important naval battles in the American Civil War. It was fought over two days, 8-9…
Renee Savits
Renee SavitsSeptember 7, 2016
W.C. and Earl and the Popular Girl: The Virginia Yearbook Project Digital ProjectsManuscripts & Special Collections

W.C. and Earl and the Popular Girl: The Virginia Yearbook Project

In the summer of 2012, the Library Development and Networking Division started a project that included loaning scanners and computers to Virginia libraries in the…
Rose Schooff
Rose SchooffAugust 31, 2016
History Unfolded Newspapers

History Unfolded

The Virginia Newspaper Project is always eager to spread the word about historical crowd-sourcing projects that focus on newspapers as a source for information. Recently,…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingAugust 25, 2016
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
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • …
  • 108
  • Next
  • twitter
  • facebook
  • instagram
Library of Virginia Logo

© 2026 The UncommonWealth.

Close Menu
  • Posts
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Login
    • Log In
    • Register
    • Comments Policy
  • twitter
  • facebook
  • instagram