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Scott Co. Chancery Goes Digital!

The Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Scott County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, is pleased to announce that digitization of Scott County’s historic chancery…

Sam WaltersFebruary 1, 2013

Archives

Commonwealth of Virginia versus Abolitionism

During the 1820s and 1830s, northern antislavery groups that demanded the immediate abolition of slavery began to emerge. Led by abolitionists such as William Lloyd…

Greg CrawfordJanuary 30, 2013

Newspapers

100 Years Ago Today

Kelley EwingJanuary 27, 2013

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Yearbook marks one chapter in a pioneering life

With 2011 marking the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War II, the Library of Virginia undertook a concerted effort to collect the…

Trenton HizerJanuary 23, 2013

Digital Projects

Following a Northern Star: Exploring Abolitionist Materials with Mapping Technologies

Here in Virginia, there are some pretty strong views on history. It isn’t merely in the past, it is occurring in the present as well. …

Sonya ColemanJanuary 22, 2013

Newspapers

The Critic, Facebook for the 1880s

The Critic was a weekly society paper bringing “news, society, drama, and history” to Richmond from September 1887 to December 1890. The paper entertained its readers…

Natalie DraperJanuary 17, 2013

Archives

This will really flip your Whig!

We love our letterhead here in the processing sections of the Library of Virginia. One can come across such interesting, varied, and colorful examples while…

Vince BrooksJanuary 16, 2013

Digital Projects

Mapping John Brown: How one man’s failed rebellion expanded the abolitionist cause

In some cases, failing extravagantly can work in favor of your cause. Go big or go home, as it were. John Brown was an American abolitionist who…

Sonya ColemanJanuary 15, 2013

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Apocalypse Not

Since the apocalypse of 2012 was a no-show, I decided to bring a little doomsday out from the archives to celebrate the start of the…

Bari HelmsJanuary 9, 2013

Digital Projects

LVA Partners with American Experience to Populate the Abolitionist Map of America: Interactive Map Explores the Legacy of the Anti-Slavery Movement

How did views on slavery evolve in the decades leading up to the Civil War? What different concerns did Quakers, soldiers, and revolutionaries express about…

Sonya ColemanJanuary 8, 2013

Newspapers

Playing it Safe With The Safety News

The most recent Ebay acquisition for the Library of Virginia’s newspaper collection is the Safety News of Omar, West Virginia. Published “monthly for employees of the West Virginia Coal…

Kelley EwingJanuary 3, 2013

The Stacks

Happy Holidays from the Editors

The editors are taking some time off for the holidays. We’ll see you next year! In the meantime, checkout our letter to Santa post and a…

Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2012

Archives

All I Want For Christmas Is…

On 16 December 1895, 12-year-old Mamie M. Yates wrote a letter to Santa Claus. It read: Dear Santa Claus, I will write to you to…

Greg CrawfordDecember 19, 2012

Newspapers

Happy Holidays from the Virginia Newspaper Project

Similar to our friends at the Mecklenburg Times in 1941, above, the Virginia Newspaper Project is taking some time off for the holidays. Best wishes to…

Silver PersingerDecember 19, 2012

Archives

The Legacy of Virginia State Senator William B. Hopkins

Former Virginia state Senator William B. Hopkins Sr. died on 11 December 2012 at the age of 90. During World War II, Hopkins joined the…

Roger ChristmanDecember 17, 2012