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African American Land Ownership and Loss Archives

African American Land Ownership and Loss

Prior to the abolishment of slavery, the idea of landownership was an impossible dream for most African Americans, but in the years following the Civil…
Sherri Bagley
Sherri BagleyApril 9, 2014
The 2014 Alan M. and Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography Education & Programming

The 2014 Alan M. and Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography

The 2014 Alan M. and Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography will be held at the Library of Virginia on Saturday, 12 April.…
Cassandra Farrell
Cassandra FarrellApril 4, 2014
“There’s only one thing I don’t like about Combat–It Ain’t Safe!” Archives

“There’s only one thing I don’t like about Combat–It Ain’t Safe!”

When John Hager Randolph Jr. wrote to his parents in Richmond near the end of his Virginia Military Institute career in the spring of 1942,…
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessApril 2, 2014
What a Long, Oderus Trip It’s Been: Four Decades of GWAR in Richmond’s Weekly and Alternative Press Newspapers

What a Long, Oderus Trip It’s Been: Four Decades of GWAR in Richmond’s Weekly and Alternative Press

Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 31, 2014
Magic Lantern After-Show Turns Deadly Archives

Magic Lantern After-Show Turns Deadly

Sometimes what starts out in fun can turn into a deadly accident.  That’s exactly what happened on 5 September 1894, in Bedford County, Virginia, when…
Mary Dean Carter
Mary Dean CarterMarch 26, 2014
"What’s in a name?" Digital Projects

"What’s in a name?"

As Juliet Capulet asked, “What’s in a name?” Well, for some Virginians of centuries past, quite a lot. So much so that a few staff…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksMarch 24, 2014
"I speak for the trees!" Digital Projects

"I speak for the trees!"

Flora of Virginia, the Library of Virginia’s latest exhibition, highlights the botanical exploration of Virginia from the colonial days to the present.  Curated in partnership…
Louise Jones
Louise JonesMarch 19, 2014
Kaine Email Project@LVA – Sunshine Week Edition ArchivesDigital Projects

Kaine Email Project@LVA – Sunshine Week Edition

This is the fourth 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 ChristmanMarch 17, 2014
King William Co. Chancery Now Online! ArchivesDigital Projects

King William Co. Chancery Now Online!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for the King William County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1868-1913, are now available online through the Chancery…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsMarch 12, 2014
Extra! Titles Added to Virginia Chronicle Digital ProjectsNewspapers

Extra! Titles Added to Virginia Chronicle

New titles have been added to the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper repository Virginia Chronicle, including issues of the “Monthly Journal of Mountain Life” the Mountain Laurel. As it…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 11, 2014
Soybeans and Beauty Queens: Newspaper Coverage of the Queens of the Crop Newspapers

Soybeans and Beauty Queens: Newspaper Coverage of the Queens of the Crop

The Virginia Farm Bureau News has been the go-to publication for farming news since it first appeared in 1941. With articles like “Should Grades be ‘Beefed’…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingMarch 6, 2014
Latest Digital Images of Legislative Petitions Now Available ArchivesDigital Projects

Latest Digital Images of Legislative Petitions Now Available

Digital images of legislative petitions to the Virginia General Assembly, 1776 to 1865, from Fairfax County through King William County have been added to the Legislative…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordMarch 5, 2014
Henry Co. Cohabitation Register and African-American Naming Practices ArchivesDigital Projects

Henry Co. Cohabitation Register and African-American Naming Practices

The Library of Virginia has completed the digitization and transcription of the last of the cohabitation registers in its possession, the Henry County Cohabitation Register, 1866.…
Sonya Coleman
Sonya ColemanFebruary 26, 2014
Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Human Touch Edition ArchivesDigital Projects

Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Human Touch Edition

This is the third 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 ChristmanFebruary 24, 2014
Early Warwick Co. Records Added to Lost Records Digital Collection ArchivesDigital Projects

Early Warwick Co. Records Added to Lost Records Digital Collection

Warwick County records that date from 1650 to 1840 have recently been added to the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available on Virginia Memory. The types of records…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordFebruary 21, 2014
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