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US News Map: Newspaper Coverage over Space and Time Newspapers

US News Map: Newspaper Coverage over Space and Time

This will be quick because we want you to drop what you’re doing and try out the latest newspaper resource. When alert colleagues at the…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayApril 20, 2016
First Freedom: The Great Sabbath Debate, Part 1 ArchivesEducation & Programming

First Freedom: The Great Sabbath Debate, Part 1

The passage of the Statute for Religious Freedom by the General Assembly in 1786 guaranteed religious freedom to people of all faiths. However, Quakers, Mennonites,…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordApril 20, 2016
His pistols within his reach: the volatile history of the Examiner Newspapers

His pistols within his reach: the volatile history of the Examiner

The Examiner, published semi-weekly in Richmond, Virginia from 1798 to 1804, held a prominent place in the incendiary world of early American politics. An organ for…
Anne McCrery
Anne McCreryApril 13, 2016
First Freedom: Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom ArchivesConservation

First Freedom: Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom

The official enrolled parchment of 16 January 1786, An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, is one of the most important archival records preserved in the…
Brent Tarter
Brent TarterApril 13, 2016
A Tradition Of Disguise From Print To Pixels & A Motto For All Newspapers And All Time Newspapers

A Tradition Of Disguise From Print To Pixels & A Motto For All Newspapers And All Time

The iron law of journalism: you can’t pursue civic virtues if you don’t make money. From our digital archive Virginia Chronicle (now at almost 700,000 pages!)…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseApril 8, 2016
Sneak Peek: April 16 Voorhees Lecture Education & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections

Sneak Peek: April 16 Voorhees Lecture

The 2016 Alan M. and Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography will be held at the Library of Virginia on Saturday, 16 April…
Cassandra Farrell
Cassandra FarrellApril 6, 2016
“Let Jews, Mehometans, and Christians of every Denomination Enjoy Religious Liberty” ArchivesEducation & Programming

“Let Jews, Mehometans, and Christians of every Denomination Enjoy Religious Liberty”

Religious liberty is a hot button issue during this year’s presidential campaign. Should a religious test be applied for the purpose of denying Muslims entrance…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordMarch 30, 2016
"United to the Countryside:" Recent Rare Book Acquisitions Manuscripts & Special Collections

"United to the Countryside:" Recent Rare Book Acquisitions

You never know what might turn up when someone calls, emails or comes in with “old books,” and so with each contact, the adventure begins…
Tom Ray
Tom RayMarch 23, 2016
An Irish Tango: A Musical Marriage for St. Patrick’s Day Newspapers

An Irish Tango: A Musical Marriage for St. Patrick’s Day

When Mollie Durango Does the Irish Tango from the March 7, 1915 issue of the Richmond Times Dispatch https://youtu.be/td-8tJ-t5L4
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 17, 2016
A Modern Day Soap Opera in the 19th Century Archives

A Modern Day Soap Opera in the 19th Century

Some things in life never change.  Seasons, hunger, sleep, and calamity are constants which prove that the world repeats itself. Relationships are no different. For…
Sherri Bagley
Sherri BagleyMarch 16, 2016
A Collection Within A Collection: Bounty Warrants Found In Chancery Causes Archives

A Collection Within A Collection: Bounty Warrants Found In Chancery Causes

Military bounty land warrants, given by individual states or the Federal Government to reward military service or encourage enlistment, have long been a useful resource…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedMarch 9, 2016
Random Notes: Martha Washington, The Huntington, and More Newspapers

Random Notes: Martha Washington, The Huntington, and More

The Virginia Newspaper Project has a few new additions to Virginia Chronicle, but before we get to that, we’d like to direct you to an…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 3, 2016
Forsaken: The Digital Bibliography ArchivesDigital ProjectsEducation & Programming

Forsaken: The Digital Bibliography

In his debut novel, Forsaken, Ross Howell Jr. tells the story of an uneducated African American servant, Virginia Christian, who was tried for killing her white employer…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanMarch 3, 2016
Alexandria in a time of war: From Mansion House to Camp Distribution Newspapers

Alexandria in a time of war: From Mansion House to Camp Distribution

Alexandria was a lively town during the Civil War, so it’s no wonder PBS draws from the city’s history for its new drama Mercy Street. The…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingFebruary 26, 2016
A Few of Our Favorite Things: More Letterhead in the Archive ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

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

As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives.  The original text by…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksFebruary 24, 2016
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