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Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Who is Rusty Shackleford? ArchivesDigital Projects

Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Who is Rusty Shackleford?

This is the eighth in a series of posts spotlighting recently released email from Governor Tim Kaine’s administration.  These posts are not meant to be comprehensive but to…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanApril 1, 2015
To Be Sold Symposium: A Two City Event! Education & ProgrammingNewspapers

To Be Sold Symposium: A Two City Event!

Tomorrow, March 21, 2015, the Library of Virginia is co-hosting what promises to be a fascinating two city symposium To Be Sold: The American Slave…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 20, 2015
Buckingham County historian gives nod to Virginia Chronicle Newspapers

Buckingham County historian gives nod to Virginia Chronicle

The Virginia Newspaper Project will jump at any opportunity to publicize itself and Virginia Chronicle. To that end, the 2015 issue no. 1 of the…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayMarch 18, 2015
Progress At Last-Twenty Years, Actually. The Caroline Progress of Bowling Green–Now Entering VNP Preservation. Newspapers

Progress At Last-Twenty Years, Actually. The Caroline Progress of Bowling Green–Now Entering VNP Preservation.

Between 1883 and 1909 six of the seven newspapers that ever claimed Bowling Green as home appeared, and then disappeared, after publishing for no more…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseMarch 10, 2015
"Straight to the Source" conference coming to the Library of Virginia Education & ProgrammingThe Stacks

"Straight to the Source" conference coming to the Library of Virginia

We are excited to announce that the Friends of the Virginia State Archives 23rd Annual Spring Conference will be held at the Library of Virginia on…
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessMarch 9, 2015
Sterilization at the Virginia State Penitentiary Archives

Sterilization at the Virginia State Penitentiary

The genesis of this post came from reading Paul Lombardo’s 2009 book, Three Generations, No Imbeciles:  Eugenics, the Supreme Court and Buck v. Bell.  My…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanMarch 4, 2015
Henry County Cohabitation Register Update ArchivesConservationDigital Projects

Henry County Cohabitation Register Update

The conservation of the original pages of the Henry County Cohabitation Register has recently been completed.  Previously, only a poorly and confusingly microfilmed version of this…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyFebruary 25, 2015
Name that town Manuscripts & Special Collections

Name that town

The Library of Virginia began accessioning maps in 1911. Today its collection has grown to encompass several types of maps, including town plans. One of…
Cassandra Farrell
Cassandra FarrellFebruary 20, 2015
Madison County Chancery Causes Online Archives

Madison County Chancery Causes Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Madison County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1794-1912, are now available online through the Chancery…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordFebruary 18, 2015
Love Hurts, Ooooooooo, Oooooo, Love Hurts. Archives

Love Hurts, Ooooooooo, Oooooo, Love Hurts.

While working on a project involving the Middlesex County Chancery Causes, I noticed a case that was filled with scandal and intrigue.  The case is…
Mary Dean Carter
Mary Dean CarterFebruary 11, 2015
The Mountain Laurel Digital ProjectsNewspapers

The Mountain Laurel

Virginia Chronicle is currently home to over 50 newspapers online. We are particularly happy to include late 20th century newspapers such as the Virginia Farm Bureau News as part…
Errol Somay
Errol SomayFebruary 6, 2015
Montgomery County’s Prairie Flower Boys ConservationManuscripts & Special Collections

Montgomery County’s Prairie Flower Boys

In the courthouses of Virginia, one can often find records that are not and were never under the official purview of the clerks of the…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyFebruary 4, 2015
A ‘Salty’ take on survival Certificate of Survival issued to Grayson B. Boyer, 2 May 1945.Archives

A ‘Salty’ take on survival

In cataloging the papers of Grayson B. Boyer (1915-1970) of Grayson County, Virginia, one cannot help but notice the dramatically-titled and cheekily-illustrated “Certificate of Survival”…
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessJanuary 28, 2015
We Know What’s Best For You: The Virginia Division of Motion Picture Censorship Archives

We Know What’s Best For You: The Virginia Division of Motion Picture Censorship

From 1922 to 1966, the Virginia Division of Motion Picture Censorship was responsible for reviewing all motion picture films and their associated advertising materials– banners,…
Joanne Porter
Joanne PorterJanuary 22, 2015
"We want the machine to work…not as an office ornament" – Charles Keiley vs. the Hooven Automatic Typewriter Company Archives

"We want the machine to work…not as an office ornament" – Charles Keiley vs. the Hooven Automatic Typewriter Company

One of my Sunday pleasures is reading David Segal’s bi-weekly “The Haggler” column in the New York Times.  “The Haggler” tries to resolve reader-submitted 21st century horror stories of…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanJanuary 14, 2015
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