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“Our share in the war is no small one”: Virginia Women and World War I, Part II

This is the second of a two-part blog post adapted from an article originally written for the Summer 2001 issue of Virginia Cavalcade. While nurses…

Jennifer Davis McDaidMarch 21, 2018

“Our share in the war is no small one”: Virginia Women and World War I, Part I

This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. It is the…

Jennifer Davis McDaidMarch 14, 2018

Don’t Throw That One Out!

Sometimes an archivist must be a detective looking for things everyone else missed. As part of an appraisal project in local records, I reviewed blank…

Jennifer Davis McDaidSeptember 22, 2010