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To Be Sold: Hester Jane Carr’s Story Archives

To Be Sold: Hester Jane Carr’s Story

T his is the last in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordOctober 22, 2014
Mug Shot Monday: Dr. Robert S. Fitzgerald, No. 38685 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Dr. Robert S. Fitzgerald, No. 38685

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Dr. Robert S. Fitzgerald, the subject of…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 20, 2014
A Newspaper Connection–“Slaves Waiting for Auction”–Thackeray & Crowe Check-In Newspapers

A Newspaper Connection–“Slaves Waiting for Auction”–Thackeray & Crowe Check-In

In November of 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, still enjoying the considerable success and fame accruing from his novel of the previous decade, Vanity Fair, arrived…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseOctober 17, 2014
To Be Sold: Beasley, Jones, and Wood- Virginia Slave Traders Archives

To Be Sold: Beasley, Jones, and Wood- Virginia Slave Traders

This is the third in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the Library…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordOctober 15, 2014
To Be Sold: Elizabeth’s Story Archives

To Be Sold: Elizabeth’s Story

This is the second in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the Library…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordOctober 8, 2014
Mug Shot Monday: Benjamin Liverman, No. 18759 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Benjamin Liverman, No. 18759

This is the latest in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Benjamin Liverman, the “Boy Bandit,” the subject…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 6, 2014
Before & After: The Staunton Tribune and Staunton Reporter ConservationNewspapers

Before & After: The Staunton Tribune and Staunton Reporter

Last year, The Augusta County Genealogical Society generously donated rare African American newspapers to the Library of Virginia. While the collection is comprised of a…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 3, 2014
To Be Sold: The Williams and Ivy Slave Trade Scheme Archives

To Be Sold: The Williams and Ivy Slave Trade Scheme

This is the first in a series of four blog posts related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordOctober 1, 2014
New Images Added to the Lost Records Digital Collection ArchivesDigital Projects

New Images Added to the Lost Records Digital Collection

Additional document images from counties or incorporated cities classified as “Lost Records Localities” have been added to the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available on Virginia Memory.  The bulk of…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordSeptember 26, 2014
More Early 1930’s Cigarette Advertising: Action & Vitality Newspapers

More Early 1930’s Cigarette Advertising: Action & Vitality

This is the second part of a series looking at tobacco advertising in the student newspaper, The Richmond Collegian, published at the University of Richmond. View…
Silver Persinger
Silver PersingerSeptember 25, 2014
A "Passport for Any-Where" Digital Projects

A "Passport for Any-Where"

Recently I stumbled upon one of the more interestingly-worded government documents that I have ever encountered. Housed in the papers of Confederate soldier G.B. Lamar,…
Library of Virginia
Library of VirginiaSeptember 24, 2014
Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Technology Edition ArchivesDigital ProjectsThe Stacks

Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Technology Edition

This is the seventh 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…
Ben Bromley
Ben BromleySeptember 18, 2014
Air of Gloom: Orville Wright’s Ill-Fated Test Flight at Fort Myer, 106 Years Ago Today Newspapers

Air of Gloom: Orville Wright’s Ill-Fated Test Flight at Fort Myer, 106 Years Ago Today

On 17 September 1908, five years after the first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, Orville Wright and Thomas E. Selfridge test flew the Wright Flyer in a demonstration…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingSeptember 17, 2014
Mug Shot Monday: Ernest Harper, No. 18903 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Ernest Harper, No. 18903

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Ernest Harper, the subject of this…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanSeptember 8, 2014
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Reading: Inside Motorsports Newspapers

Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Reading: Inside Motorsports

As Richmond International Raceway gears up to host late season NASCAR races, it seems a perfect opportunity to celebrate the recent donation to the Library…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingSeptember 6, 2014
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