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A Disregard of Freedom: Burwell versus Pilson’s Administrators Archives

A Disregard of Freedom: Burwell versus Pilson’s Administrators

What does it mean to be free? Some might define freedom as having no obligations to a particular thing or person. A free person cannot…
Sherri Bagley
Sherri BagleyDecember 2, 2015
"We Give Thanks for Thanksgiving" Manuscripts & Special Collections

"We Give Thanks for Thanksgiving"

As a holiday, Thanksgiving has a long history in Virginia. Arguably the first Day of Thanksgiving intended to serve as an annual holiday was celebrated…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeNovember 25, 2015
The Art of Mapping War Manuscripts & Special Collections

The Art of Mapping War

New ideas are sometimes birthed out of tragedies. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill passed by both houses of Congress authorizing an ambitious…
Joanne Porter
Joanne PorterNovember 18, 2015
Blood Brothers: the Virginia World War II Separation Notices Archives

Blood Brothers: the Virginia World War II Separation Notices

In observance of Veteran’s Day, Out of the Box would like to spotlight the Virginia World War II Separation Notices (accession 23573). Part of the records of…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 11, 2015
Horrible Butcheries at Wilmington—The Richmond Planet’s coverage of the 1898 insurrection in Wilmington, North Carolina Newspapers

Horrible Butcheries at Wilmington—The Richmond Planet’s coverage of the 1898 insurrection in Wilmington, North Carolina

On November 10, 1898, in response to the election of a biracial Fusionist government, a group of white Democrats in Wilmington, North Carolina organized a mob, attacking…
Anne McCrery
Anne McCreryNovember 10, 2015
DAR Sponsorship to Preserve Records of Revolutionary War Payments Archives

DAR Sponsorship to Preserve Records of Revolutionary War Payments

The Library of Virginia (LVA) recently completed the reformatting of the Auditor of Public Accounts, Receipts and Disbursements Journals, 1778-1797, (Accession APA 45). These twenty-one…
Paige Neal
Paige NealNovember 4, 2015
A High Altitude Halloween: Searching Monterey’s Highland Recorder, 1920-1929 Newspapers

A High Altitude Halloween: Searching Monterey’s Highland Recorder, 1920-1929

This photo was peeled off and expanded from Monterey’s Wiki page and presents to the eye a view likely little changed since the decade of…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseOctober 30, 2015
The Mystic Chords of Memory: The Payne Family of Frederick County Archives

The Mystic Chords of Memory: The Payne Family of Frederick County

It’s often repeated that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”1 I’m starting to think I misunderstood that quote. It seems to…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksOctober 28, 2015
"See to it that his name be not forgotten": An unknown soldier in the State Art Collection ArchivesThe Stacks

"See to it that his name be not forgotten": An unknown soldier in the State Art Collection

As a non-librarian at the Library of Virginia, I am constantly grateful for both the depth of our collections and the knowledge of our archival…
Meghan Townes
Meghan TownesOctober 21, 2015
Text Correcting with Virginia Chronicle Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Text Correcting with Virginia Chronicle

Here’s a reminder that as a registered user of Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper collection, you can assist in improving search results…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 16, 2015
(Belated) Archives Month Greetings! ArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

(Belated) Archives Month Greetings!

It’s that glorious time of year again when the air is cooler, leaves are donning their autumnal colors, and archives and special collections are on…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksOctober 14, 2015
If The Dead Could Talk: A Patrick County Estate Dispute Archives

If The Dead Could Talk: A Patrick County Estate Dispute

In 1999, the horror film The Sixth Sense introduced the iconic phrase, “I see dead people,” into pop culture. The film followed the progression from a young…
Sherri Bagley
Sherri BagleyOctober 14, 2015
That Was A Good Idea, Keeping Count. The Library Of Congress Achieves Ten Million Pages In Chronicling America-The Nation’s Newspaper Archive Newspapers

That Was A Good Idea, Keeping Count. The Library Of Congress Achieves Ten Million Pages In Chronicling America-The Nation’s Newspaper Archive

And the Virginia Newspaper Project was there.  At Chronicling America‘s start in 2007 as well as today in continuing to provide digitized Virginia imprint newspapers…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseOctober 7, 2015
Hidden Treasures and Lost History: Murphy’s Hotel in Richmond Archives

Hidden Treasures and Lost History: Murphy’s Hotel in Richmond

Working with state records often means finding the most interesting things in the most unexpected places. For example, I never thought that going through Land…
Claire Radcliffe
Claire RadcliffeOctober 7, 2015
A Genius, A Recorder, and a Growler walk into an archive: What’s New on Virginia Chronicle Digital ProjectsNewspapers

A Genius, A Recorder, and a Growler walk into an archive: What’s New on Virginia Chronicle

The Virginia Newspaper Project is thrilled to announce the latest additions to the Library of Virginia’s free, searchable online newspaper resource, Virginia Chronicle.The recent additions…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 2, 2015
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