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Nan Carmack
By Nan Carmack In Virginia Authors

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Lauren K. Alleyne

Poetry. Heart music, soul song. There is something about this particular arrangement of words that digs a deeper meaning out…
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Governor L. Douglas Wilder Records Available for Research

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the records of Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder have been fully processed and are available for research.…
Mike Strom
Mike StromApril 14, 2021
Public Libraries

Who Am I? : Local History Collections Offer Essential Answers

Public libraries have always been a safe place to facilitate challenging thought and promote community and personal growth. Many patrons have formed their identity through…
Guest Contributor
Guest ContributorApril 12, 2021
Virginia Authors

Celebrating National Poetry Month 2021: Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley

Poetry. Heart music, soul song. There is something about this particular arrangement of words that digs a deeper meaning out of a word, a phrase.…
Nan Carmack
Nan CarmackApril 9, 2021
Archives

Kidnapped into Slavery: The Freedom Suit of Francis Jackson

The 2013 film 12 Years a Slave adapted the historical memoirs of Solomon Northup, a free African American from New York who was kidnapped and…
McKenzie Long
McKenzie LongApril 7, 2021
Public Libraries

Random Reference: Advertising the Public Library

In honor of National Library Week, I took a whirl through the Library of Virginia’s published holdings related to librarianship and library services. As the…
Rebecca Schneider
Rebecca SchneiderApril 5, 2021
Digital Projects

A New View of History: Introducing the Virginia Open Data Portal

In case you missed it, 14-20 March 2021 was Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of open and transparent government and citizen engagement in government decision-making.…
Kathy Jordan
Kathy JordanMarch 31, 2021
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