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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
Season’s Greetings, We Will Be Back in January 2015! The Stacks

Season’s Greetings, We Will Be Back in January 2015!

These are some examples of how soldiers at Camp Lee, Virginia, celebrated Christmas in 1918.  The records of the Virginia War History Commission have been processed and…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanDecember 24, 2014
Yes Virginia, there is a Yes, Virginia Newspapers

Yes Virginia, there is a Yes, Virginia

A now chastised member of the Project staff expressed the feeling that the newspaper editorial “Yes, Virginia” was perhaps reaching the end of its cultural…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseDecember 23, 2014
Hampton Coroner Records Reveal Social History Archives

Hampton Coroner Records Reveal Social History

Dr. Paul Parker, medical examiner of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, wrapped up a 19 April 1935 coroner’s inquest by ruling that “Dorothy McGaha Reeves came…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksDecember 18, 2014
My Heart Went Right Down–The Devil’s Half Acre and the Richmond Slave Trade Newspapers

My Heart Went Right Down–The Devil’s Half Acre and the Richmond Slave Trade

The Library of Virginia’s current exhibit, “To Be Sold,” open through 30 May 2015, examines the slave trade in Richmond. Viewed through the lens of…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingDecember 15, 2014
Big Find Friday: Reference staff to the rescue ArchivesManuscripts & Special CollectionsThe Stacks

Big Find Friday: Reference staff to the rescue

Here on Out of the Box we like to take the occasional Friday to let patrons of the Library of Virginia tell our readers of…
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessDecember 12, 2014
"Nothing but…" ArchivesDigital Projects

"Nothing but…"

The Runkle family of Greene County, Virginia, had seven children, among them three sons who all served in the Confederate army. The Civil War 150 Legacy…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaDecember 3, 2014
Stafford County Chancery Goes Digital ArchivesDigital Projects

Stafford County Chancery Goes Digital

2014 has been a special year filled with special events for Stafford County. Celebrating its 350th anniversary, the county held numerous community-based historical celebrations to mark the…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedNovember 26, 2014
In Leaps of Ten: A Six Decade Tour of Seasonal Ads from The Clarke Courier, Berryville, 1928-1988 Newspapers

In Leaps of Ten: A Six Decade Tour of Seasonal Ads from The Clarke Courier, Berryville, 1928-1988

p.s. One more from 1958. Something to consider when you’re deciding whether to leave your phone in your pocket or on the Thanksgiving table…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseNovember 24, 2014
The Asylum Poisonings: Death, Politics, and “Low Cussedness” in Staunton ArchivesManuscripts & Special Collections

The Asylum Poisonings: Death, Politics, and “Low Cussedness” in Staunton

In 1883, the year when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solved the case of the Speckled Band, an equally baffling real-life killing drew another noted…
Bill Bynum
Bill BynumNovember 19, 2014
The Island Formerly Known as 314 Manuscripts & Special Collections

The Island Formerly Known as 314

This summer’s announcement that Mayo’s Island is again for sale prompted a look back at the history of of the most well-known of the James River islands.…
Cassandra Farrell
Cassandra FarrellNovember 14, 2014
"Nelson County in Hollywood" HighlightsManuscripts & Special Collections

"Nelson County in Hollywood"

The papers of Earl Hamner, Jr., creator and writer of the popular television series The Waltons, are now available for research at the Library of Virginia.…
Jim Greve
Jim GreveNovember 12, 2014
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