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Johnny 99: The Records of the Virginia Penitentiary Now Available Archives

Johnny 99: The Records of the Virginia Penitentiary Now Available

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the records of the Virginia Penitentiary (Accession 41558) are now available to researchers.  The collection contains 289 bound…
Roger Christman
Roger ChristmanSeptember 28, 2011
Fort Monroe Records at the Library of Virginia Archives

Fort Monroe Records at the Library of Virginia

The recent deactivation of Fort Monroe as a military installation and its transfer back to the Commonwealth of Virginia calls to mind the fort’s rich history.  This…
Craig Moore
Craig MooreSeptember 22, 2011
Petersburg Chancery Reveals Rich African American History Archives

Petersburg Chancery Reveals Rich African American History

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the first installment of images from the Petersburg chancery causes digitization project have been added to…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksSeptember 21, 2011
New friends in wartime, an ocean apart Archives

New friends in wartime, an ocean apart

In late 1943, Leona Robbins was 12 years old and living in Norfolk, Virginia.  Her neighbor and close family friend, Army Lieutenant Charles Field, was…
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessSeptember 14, 2011
Maybe we can learn from doodles… Manuscripts & Special Collections

Maybe we can learn from doodles…

Guest contributor Tricia Noel joins us to share an interesting discovery left by an anonymous artist on some New Kent County church records. Although they…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorSeptember 7, 2011
Franklin Co. Chancery Added To CRI! Archives

Franklin Co. Chancery Added To CRI!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Franklin County chancery causes, 1787-1912, are now available on the Chancery Records Index.  Digital…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksSeptember 2, 2011
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterheads in the Archive Part 2 Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterheads in the Archive Part 2

Editor's Note: As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives.  The original text…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksAugust 31, 2011
Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides $375,859.32 For Preservation Grants Conservation

Virginia’s CCRP Program Provides $375,859.32 For Preservation Grants

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on May 25, 2011, at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests from…
Carl Childs
Carl ChildsAugust 29, 2011
Why We Fight: History’s Raw Materials Saved, Conserved, and Shared. ArchivesConservation

Why We Fight: History’s Raw Materials Saved, Conserved, and Shared.

The first blog entry I wrote back in 2009 was about the shredded first pages of an old family Bible that were part of a Rockingham County …
Dale Dulaney
Dale DulaneyAugust 26, 2011
A much-deserved "thanks," and a reluctant "farewell" The Stacks

A much-deserved "thanks," and a reluctant "farewell"

Archivists and others in history-related careers aren’t always known for being overly interested in embracing emerging technologies.  A good many of us regard social media…
Jessica Tyree Burgess
Jessica Tyree BurgessAugust 25, 2011
Earthquakes and Dirty Dancing. Yes Virginia, There Is A (Very Tenuous) Connection. ArchivesNewspapers

Earthquakes and Dirty Dancing. Yes Virginia, There Is A (Very Tenuous) Connection.

News reports seem to conclude that yesterday’s earthquake, centered in Mineral, Louisa County, was the most powerful earthquake to ever strike the state. Fortunately, damage…
Dale Dulaney
Dale DulaneyAugust 24, 2011
Accomack and Fluvanna Chancery Now Available Online! ArchivesDigital Projects

Accomack and Fluvanna Chancery Now Available Online!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the Accomack County chancery causes, 1727-1805, and Fluvanna County chancery causes, 1779-1882, are now available on the Chancery…
Vince Brooks
Vince BrooksAugust 23, 2011
Preservation of Jefferson’s Papers in the News ArchivesConservation

Preservation of Jefferson’s Papers in the News

In case you missed it, the Library of Virginia’s conservation of the gubernatorial papers of Thomas Jefferson was featured in Style Weekly. The letters and manuscripts documenting…
Bari Helms
Bari HelmsAugust 17, 2011
Documenting Virginia’s Participation in the Civil War, Take One? Archives

Documenting Virginia’s Participation in the Civil War, Take One?

Recent efforts by the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to digitize Virginia’s Civil War legacy is reminiscent of a similar, yet very different, endeavor by the state…
Craig Moore
Craig MooreAugust 17, 2011
More Augusta County Images Are Here! Archives

More Augusta County Images Are Here!

The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. With this addition, one hundred boxes of Augusta County…
Greg Crawford
Greg CrawfordAugust 16, 2011
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