Digital ProjectsThe Stacks Seeing Negatives Come to Life: 7 Questions with Victoria Garnett This is a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes entries…Vince BrooksAugust 15, 2022
ArchivesEducation & ProgrammingManuscripts & Special Collections Elevating the Art and Culture of Freedom in Post-War Richmond When I arrived as a Virginia Humanities Fellow at the Library of Virginia in September 2021, I did so with the intent to research the…Guest ContributorAugust 10, 2022
Public Libraries Kiwanis Kids Idea Studio: Where Innovation, Fun, and Books Meet Folks popped into the James City County Library to grab materials, but they didn’t always stay long. All that changed in 2021 with a pioneering…Guest ContributorAugust 8, 2022
Archives Syphilis, Steamboats, and Scientific Evidence: A Lancaster County Divorce Suit When you hear about a case that hinges on “medical evidence,” what is the first image that pops into your head? It’s probably something serious…McKenzie LongAugust 3, 2022
Archives Dear Jonnie: The Correspondence of a Gay Couple in Virginia in the Roaring 20s. The archives of the Library of Virginia contain a noteworthy collection of letters offering a rare glimpse into the lives of LGBTQ people a century…Kenneth ForestAugust 1, 2022
Archives “Enticing, Advising, and Aiding…a Slave…to Abscond” In October 1842, Cora Ann Elizabeth Carter and her husband William Watt Hubbard boarded the steamboat Patrick Henry en route for New York. Earlier that…Lydia NeurothJuly 27, 2022