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You Have No Right: Jane Webb’s Story Archives

You Have No Right: Jane Webb’s Story

The colonial era Northampton County court records tell a fascinating story of a woman named Jane Webb. Born of a white mother, she was a…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordNovember 14, 2012
Big Thanks to the Halifax Public Library NewspapersPublic Libraries

Big Thanks to the Halifax Public Library

Recently, while visiting the Halifax County Public Library as part of a cooperative digitizing effort, Carl Childs, Local Records Services Director at LVA, was given…
Kelley Ewing
Kelley EwingNovember 9, 2012
#election1860 Archives

#election1860

On 13 November 1860, J.S. Moore of Indiana wrote a letter to his Virginia relative Doctor Thomas Moore. Much of the letter has to do…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordNovember 7, 2012
Lee Co. Chancery Goes Digital! ArchivesDigital Projects

Lee Co. Chancery Goes Digital!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Lee County Chancery Causes, 1857-1912, are now available on the Chancery Records Index. Because they rely…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsNovember 2, 2012
Mug Shot Monday: Elmer Raines, No. 8824 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Elmer Raines, No. 8824

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting early parole information in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  Elmer Raines, the subject of…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 31, 2012
"And the piano, it sounds like a carnival" Archives

"And the piano, it sounds like a carnival"

In May of 1883, H. W. Gray, president of the Schomacker Piano-Forte Manufacturing Company, brought suit against Bettie L. Payne in the Frederick County Circuit…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyOctober 24, 2012
VNP Acquires Pages and Pages of Page County Newspapers Newspapers

VNP Acquires Pages and Pages of Page County Newspapers

An auction purchase is but an occasional means of adding to the VNP archive but this was an occasion difficult to resist:  some 100 copies…
Henry Morse
Henry MorseOctober 23, 2012
Mug Shot Monday: Joe Perry, No. 6733 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Joe Perry, No. 6733

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting early parole records in the Virginia Penitentiary.  Joe Perry, the subject of this week’s post,…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 22, 2012
Dueling potters Archives

Dueling potters

Benjamin DuVal’s pottery in Richmond, Virginia is one of the best-documented early Virginia pottery manufactories, with articles about it appearing in at least two scholarly…
Chris Kolbe
Chris KolbeOctober 17, 2012
Mug Shot Monday: Edmonia M. Peebles, No. 7803 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Edmonia M. Peebles, No. 7803

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting early parole records in the Virginia Penitentiary. Edmonia M. Peebles, the subject of this week’s…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 15, 2012
Halifax Tax Ledger Turned Child’s Scrapbook Archives

Halifax Tax Ledger Turned Child’s Scrapbook

During a recent cataloging project, what at first seemed like a standard exercise revealed a nice surprise.  From its exterior, the Halifax County (Va.) Capitation and…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyOctober 10, 2012
Mug Shot Monday: Ben Parker, No. 8432 Archives

Mug Shot Monday: Ben Parker, No. 8432

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting the records of the Virginia Penitentiary.  This month’s entries will spotlight early parole records.  An 1898 Act…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanOctober 8, 2012
When Disaster Struck the Commonwealth: The 1933 Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane Archives

When Disaster Struck the Commonwealth: The 1933 Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane

With good reason, hurricanes are both a familiar and forbidden subject in the state of Virginia. The Atlantic hurricane season is officially from 1 June…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedOctober 3, 2012
Archives Month 2012: Boxes to Bandwidth ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingThe Stacks

Archives Month 2012: Boxes to Bandwidth

October brings back falling leaves, cooler weather, football, and most importantly Archives Month! Governor Bob McDonnell has officially proclaimed October as Virginia Archives Month. And…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsOctober 1, 2012
When in Our Nation’s Capitol Newspapers

When in Our Nation’s Capitol

There was a story on yesterday’s Morning Edition about an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is called “Shock of…
Silver Persinger
Silver PersingerSeptember 26, 2012
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