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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
more dreadful than the most gruesome of tales: Newspaper Coverage of The East Orange Bathtub Mystery Newspapers

more dreadful than the most gruesome of tales: Newspaper Coverage of The East Orange Bathtub Mystery

I n 1909, a mystery unfolded that was so shocking, it’s nearly too strange to believe today.Shows like Dateline and Forensic Files continuously reveal the…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingJune 3, 2016
Painting the Town "Light Drab" Archives

Painting the Town "Light Drab"

While processing Governor E. Lee Trinkle’s Executive Papers, 1922-1926, I came across several folders relating to the Governor’s Mansion in Richmond, Virginia. One folder held…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeJune 1, 2016
Soldier Newspapers in the Civil War Newspapers

Soldier Newspapers in the Civil War

The Virginia Newspaper Project, ever in search of timely blog entries, encourages you to read the excellent article by Ralph Canevali of the National Endowment for the…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayMay 27, 2016
Old Plats of Pocahontas Archives

Old Plats of Pocahontas

Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in the Appomattox River incorporated as part of the City of Petersburg in 1784. The small town became home to…
Louise Jones
Louise JonesMay 25, 2016
Library Makes New Batch of Emails from Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Available Online ArchivesDigital Projects

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 6,745 emails from the administration of Governor Timothy M. Kaine (2006-2010). This latest batch…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanMay 18, 2016
The Planet and Beyond: an update on African American Newspapers at the Library of Virginia Newspapers

The Planet and Beyond: an update on African American Newspapers at the Library of Virginia

A single extant issue of the Reformer, an African American newspaper published in Richmond from 1895-1931, was recently added to Virginia Chronicle, the Library’s free and searchable…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMay 17, 2016
Willis M. Carter Journal and Research Collection Donated to the Library of Virginia Manuscripts & Special CollectionsNewspapers

Willis M. Carter Journal and Research Collection Donated to the Library of Virginia

Author and researcher Deborah Harding recently donated to the Library of Virginia a rare, firsthand account of slavery and its aftermath written by Willis M.…
Margaret Rhett
Margaret RhettMay 11, 2016
Our Back Pages: The VNP Adds Three Current Newspapers to Virginia Chronicle Newspapers

Our Back Pages: The VNP Adds Three Current Newspapers to Virginia Chronicle

Given copyright restrictions, the majority of the text searchable issues of newspapers found on Virginia Chronicle were published prior to 1923. However, thanks to two forward…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayMay 6, 2016
May the 4th Be With You ArchivesDigital Projects

May the 4th Be With You

Even government officials have to let loose sometimes. Happy Star Wars Day from your Out of the Box editors and the Kaine email project!
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeMay 4, 2016
First Freedom: The Great Sabbath Debate, Part 2 ArchivesEducation & Programming

First Freedom: The Great Sabbath Debate, Part 2

In last week’s blog post, we learned about the efforts of two Richmond businessmen who lobbied to add an exception for non-Christians to Virginia’s Sabbath…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksApril 27, 2016
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
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