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Mug Shot Monday Special Edition: "Hillsville Massacre" Archives

Mug Shot Monday Special Edition: "Hillsville Massacre"

Welcome to Mug Shot Monday Special Edition.   Next Wednesday, 14 March marks the 100th anniversary of the infamous “Hillsville Massacre,” where five people were killed in a gunfight in…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanMarch 7, 2012
Baring Their Assets: The Department of Treasury’s Division of Unclaimed Property ArchivesEducation & Programming

Baring Their Assets: The Department of Treasury’s Division of Unclaimed Property

"Lost and Found,” the Library of Virginia’s new exhibition, explores how the loss and discovery of items affects personal and collective memory. The exhibition was inspired…
Paige Neal
Paige NealFebruary 29, 2012
Who Do You Think You Are? Library Cart: Wooden library chart holding various types of archival storage boxesThe Stacks

Who Do You Think You Are?

Dusty documents and grimy ledgers get a dose of Hollywood glamour as the third season of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? continues tonight, February 24,…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsFebruary 24, 2012
The Business of Racism Archives

The Business of Racism

Business letterhead can offer a fascinating snapshot of a place or time. A striking example appeared in the Rockingham County chancery causes recently. In the…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksFebruary 22, 2012
My Vindictive Valentine Archives

My Vindictive Valentine

Among the character witnesses called in the divorce case of Minerva Alice Nulton and John M. Nulton included John’s widowed sister, Annie Sloat, a dry-goods…
Sam Walters
Sam WaltersFebruary 14, 2012
First Scott Co. Chancery Images Have Arrived! ArchivesDigital Projects

First Scott Co. Chancery Images Have Arrived!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the first digital images, covering the years 1816-1857, from the Scott County chancery causes digitization project…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsFebruary 10, 2012
"Tell the court that I love my wife…" Archives

"Tell the court that I love my wife…"

Commonwealth vs. Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Delores Jeter was the criminal case that began in 1958 in Caroline County and terminated in a landmark civil…
Sarah Nerney
Sarah NerneyFebruary 8, 2012
Petersburg Chancery Hits the Rails ArchivesDigital Projects

Petersburg Chancery Hits the Rails

The latest images from the Petersburg chancery causes digitization project are now available on the Chancery Records Index. The scanning project is funded by the Circuit Court Records…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordFebruary 6, 2012
Not in my Backyard! ArchivesDigital Projects

Not in my Backyard!

The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. This latest addition of Augusta County chancery causes covering the time period…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsFebruary 3, 2012
Bouldin and Crowder, together again Archives

Bouldin and Crowder, together again

A reunion of sorts recently took place when the Library of Virginia received a generous gift of the papers of William D. Bouldin (1839-1917) from his…
Jim Greve
Jim GreveFebruary 1, 2012
"Lord Have Mercy! There is a ‘Reefer Man’ in Here!" Archives

"Lord Have Mercy! There is a ‘Reefer Man’ in Here!"

In the early morning hours of 31 May 1936, Margaret Jacobs was awakened by a “lumbering in the kitchen.”  She awoke to find the lights…
Mary Dean Carter
Mary Dean CarterJanuary 25, 2012
Nelson Co. Chancery Now Available Archives

Nelson Co. Chancery Now Available

Editor’s note: The finding aid for these records can be found here. The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that Nelson County Chancery Causes,…
Callie Freed
Callie FreedJanuary 20, 2012
Prince Edward Co. Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions Archives

Prince Edward Co. Declarations for Revolutionary War Pensions

While examining Prince Edward County court records for chancery suits, former Local Records Archivist Catherine OBrion found a group of declarations to the justices of the…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordJanuary 18, 2012
Hey, We Drink Out Of There! Archives

Hey, We Drink Out Of There!

On the morning of 14 March 1885, Lysander Rose, caretaker of the Old Reservoir in Richmond, went about his normal duties, but this morning would…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsJanuary 11, 2012
Walk Like a Man? One-Legged Prisoner Escapes Road Camp Archives

Walk Like a Man? One-Legged Prisoner Escapes Road Camp

On Sunday 20 January 1907, Ed Baker, a “one leg Italian” with “a bad face”, escaped from the State Convict Road Force camp near Williamsburg.…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanJanuary 4, 2012
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