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Death by Eggnog Archives

Death by Eggnog

During the holiday season we are warned to avoid overindulgence.  There are many temptations around this time of year—turkey and stuffing, grandma’s pecan pie, and,…
Mary Dean Carter
Mary Dean CarterDecember 20, 2013
Dear Santa Newspapers

Dear Santa

Letters to Santa Claus printed in the Richmond Evening Leader, December 23, 1902. A copy of the full page is now on display on the…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingDecember 17, 2013
New Images Added to Lost Records Digital Collection ArchivesDigital Projects

New Images Added to Lost Records Digital Collection

Additional images of documents 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…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordDecember 11, 2013
12 Years a Slave Archives

12 Years a Slave

The release of the film 12 Years a Slave had us talking here at Out of the Box. Discussions on slavery are a common occurrence at the Library of…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsDecember 4, 2013
Mug Shot Monday: Ted K. Calvert, No. 24376 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Ted K. Calvert, No. 24376

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Ted Calvert, the subject of this week’s…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanNovember 25, 2013
News of a tragedy Manuscripts & Special Collections

News of a tragedy

Most of us—whether we were alive at the time of the event or learned about it from parents and grandparents, books, magazine articles, documentaries, and…
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessNovember 20, 2013
Richmond Newspapers to Lincoln: Address, What Address? An “Entirely Yankeeish” Affair. 150 Years Ago Today. Newspapers

Richmond Newspapers to Lincoln: Address, What Address? An “Entirely Yankeeish” Affair. 150 Years Ago Today.

What did readers of Richmond’s press in late November of 1863 learn of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the events attending to the dedication of…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseNovember 19, 2013
100 Years Ago Today – Tragedies, Currency Bill, & the Trivial Newspapers

100 Years Ago Today – Tragedies, Currency Bill, & the Trivial

From the Times Dispatch, Nov. 14, 1913 An advertisement at the bottom of page one says, “Shop Now -- There are only 35 more shopping…
Silver Persinger
Silver PersingerNovember 14, 2013
From Russia Without Love Archives

From Russia Without Love

It has been said that there is a thin line between love and hate, and apparently love and obsession.  Or so appears to be the…
Joanne Porter
Joanne PorterNovember 13, 2013
Keep Your Eyes Aloft Archives

Keep Your Eyes Aloft

Seventy years ago in Greene County, Virginia, civilian volunteers began to look toward the skies and record their observations in a log book, a simple…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedNovember 6, 2013
Happy Halloween From the Virginia Newspaper Project Newspapers

Happy Halloween From the Virginia Newspaper Project

The Virginia Newspaper Project wishes you a very festive and  super spooky Halloween. Enjoy some ghoulish tales, get helpful Halloween party tips and learn about…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 31, 2013
Homegrown: Celebrating Virginia’s Food Culture Archives

Homegrown: Celebrating Virginia’s Food Culture

Usually at Out of the Box we offer up stories found by our archivists in the many collections held at the Library of Virginia, but today, we’re…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsOctober 30, 2013
Mug Shot Monday: Clifton Roberts, No. 18699 and Sam Washington, No. 21202 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Clifton Roberts, No. 18699 and Sam Washington, No. 21202

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Clifton Roberts and Sam Washington, the…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 28, 2013
Titanic Violin Sold at Auction Newspapers

Titanic Violin Sold at Auction

The R. M. S. Titanic sank 101 years ago but the memories of the disaster remain strong as ever as evidenced by the events at…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingOctober 25, 2013
Frederick Co. Chancery Goes Digital ArchivesDigital Projects

Frederick Co. Chancery Goes Digital

The Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Frederick County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, is pleased to announce that the digitization of Frederick County’s historic…
Sam Walters
Sam WaltersOctober 23, 2013
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