With election season upon us, a recent find in Local Records seems particularly timely. While exploring a box of unprocessed Mecklenburg County records, archivists noticed…
Tracy HarterOctober 29, 2020
Unfinished Business: Disenfranchisement of People Currently or Formerly Incarcerated in Virginia
CONTENT WARNING: Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern…
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Although woman suffrage became part of the Constitution with the passage of the 19th Amendment, thousands of men and women in the United States were…
Claire RadcliffeOctober 28, 2020
The Library of Virginia is now open by appointment only. During this initial reopening phase, researchers will be able to use the collections by appointment…
Donna PletcherOctober 26, 2020
Though Virginia Archives Month arrives every autumn, there is truly no season of the year where you cannot find an archival item or collection to…
Sonya ColemanOctober 9, 2020
Like many collections in the Library of Virginia’s holdings, the Yount Family Papers (Acc. 52191) include wartime correspondence between family members at home in Virginia…
Samantha WayOctober 7, 2020
Who doesn’t like a great photo of a queen and a giant peanut, with a couple of monkeys thrown in for good measure? I know…
Amanda MorrellOctober 5, 2020
