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
Unfinished Business: The Fate of the Equal Rights Amendment
Although woman suffrage became part of the Constitution with the passage of the 19th Amendment, thousands of men and women…
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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
On September 25, 2019 the UncommonWealth Blog (the combination of our previously two separate blogs, Fit-to-Print and Out of the Box) was born! We couldn't…
Library of VirginiaOctober 2, 2020
Visitors to the Library of Virginia's exhibition, We Demand: Women's Suffrage in Virginia, have been drawn to a large display of index cards filled with…
Brent TarterSeptember 30, 2020
