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The Jury’s Gut Feeling: Bedford County Coroner’s Inquisitions

A recent episode of BackStory With the American History Guys entitled “On The Take” addressed the topic of corruption in American politics and government. Host Brian Balogh interviewed…

Mary Dean CarterSeptember 3, 2014

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Council of State Archivists Rising Star Award Goes to Kaine Email Project Team

The Council of State Archivists (CoSA), a national organization representing the heads of the country’s 56 state and territorial archives, presented the Library of Virginia’s Governor Tim…

Roger ChristmanAugust 28, 2014

Newspapers

Cigarette Advertising in the 1930’s – Early Years

The Richmond Collegian, the student newspaper from the University of Richmond, provides a unique opportunity to look at state of the art advertising from the…

Silver PersingerAugust 27, 2014

Digital Projects

Wartime musings on God and nature

In my work for the Civil War 150 Legacy Project, I recently came across the diary of Aquilla Peyton (1837-1875). A private in the Confederate Army,…

Library of VirginiaAugust 27, 2014

Manuscripts & Special Collections

A stone’s throw from madness

“I send you two patients to the mad stone. They are natives of this place and had their children bitten today.” -J. Reuben Richerson to R.…

Trenton HizerAugust 20, 2014

Digital Projects

Come On, Make Some History!

We’re happy to announce that Making History: Transcribe is now live! This site will enable users to transcribe documents in the Library of Virginia collections in…

Sonya ColemanAugust 19, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: Herbert Irving Roberts, No. 22087

This is the latest entry in series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Herbert Irving Roberts, the subject of this…

Roger ChristmanAugust 18, 2014

Newspapers

George Wythe: FFDWR (Founding Father Deserving Wider Recognition)

That’s Thomas Jefferson, not only a former student but trusted friend, and the statement most often quoted in biographical accounts, long or short, of Wythe’s…

Henry MorseAugust 13, 2014

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The Razor’s Edge: Using the Coroner’s Inquests in Elizabeth City County

Editor’s Note: Jerry Hunt is a graduate history intern from Virginia Commonwealth University and is working on processing and indexing Depression-era coroner’s inquisitions from Elizabeth…

Guest ContributorAugust 6, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: John Henry Ellis, No. 28276, 33714, and 43346

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. John Henry Ellis, the subject of…

Roger ChristmanAugust 4, 2014

Newspapers

The Weekly Progress — The People’s Progressive Paper of Powhatan

The Library of Virginia recently came into the possession of a rare Powhatan newspaper–while it’s not an original copy, the photocopied edition of the Weekly…

Kelley EwingJuly 21, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: Clinton Kirby, No. 25830, 42236, and 49236

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Clinton Kirby, the subject of this…

Roger ChristmanJuly 21, 2014

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Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Tysons Tunnel Edition

This is the sixth 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 ChristmanJuly 16, 2014

Digital Projects Newspapers

Read About It: New Titles and Issues Added to Virginia Chronicle!

The Virginia Newspaper Project is excited to announce that we have added new titles and new issues of existing titles to the ever growing Virginia…

Errol SomayJuly 11, 2014

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A Different Kind of Local Record

Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by two variants of a virus—variola major and variola minor. Since smallpox was certified as eradicated by the World…

Callie FreedJuly 11, 2014