Editorial cartoon from the Highland Recorder, 29 May 1925: For a history of the holiday once known as "Decoration Day," read Ralph Cavenali's excellent article,…
Kelley EwingMay 26, 2017
It provides great satisfaction to the Virginia Newspaper Project staff when rare, historical newspapers surface thanks to thoughtful Library patrons–recently some twentieth century newspapers were…
Kelley EwingMarch 28, 2017
It was out of necessity that Clementina Rind became Virginia’s first woman newspaper publisher. After the death of her husband, William, in 1773, she had…
Kelley EwingMarch 15, 2017
"I was a race driver before I ever hit the track,” said Wendell Scott, the first African American to race NASCAR’s Grand National circuit, in a…
Kelley EwingFebruary 28, 2017
"Who hath despised the day of small things?” read the motto of the Riverside, a company newspaper published in Shenandoah Iron Works (SIW), located in…
Kelley EwingJanuary 12, 2017
The Virginia Newspaper Project hopes everyone had a happy New Year. The end of January 2017 marks the beginning of the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese…
Kelley EwingJanuary 3, 2017
We often talk about Virginia Chronicle and Chronicling America here at the Newspaper Project, but the library subscribes to a number of other excellent online…
Kelley EwingDecember 15, 2016
The Virginia Newspaper Project is delighted to announce the newest title, The Smithfield Times, available on Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s online digital newspaper database.With its first…
Kelley EwingNovember 30, 2016
From the Highland Recorder, November 28, 1947 Stay tuned for more blog posts and look for new content on Virginia Chronicle as we approach the…
Kelley EwingNovember 23, 2016
The Virginia Newspaper Project would like to give a big thank you to those who transcribed the Petersburg Classical Institute manuscript newspapers on the Library…
Kelley EwingOctober 28, 2016
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software does the amazing work of converting newspaper type into searchable text, but the task of making hand written documents searchable…
Kelley EwingOctober 22, 2016
CONTENT WARNING: Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and…
Kelley EwingOctober 13, 2016
The Virginia Newspaper Project is always eager to spread the word about historical crowd-sourcing projects that focus on newspapers as a source for information. Recently,…
Kelley EwingAugust 25, 2016
The current exhibit at the Library of Virginia, First Freedom: Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom, explores the meaning and evolution of this significant legislation. Written…
Kelley EwingAugust 3, 2016