Next month, the Common Ground History Book Group, LVA’s virtual non-fiction book club, will return for a discussion with Kathryn Miles, author of Trailed: One…
Library of VirginiaAugust 26, 2022
Suzanne Stryk views her assemblages as more than just art. In the preface to her book The Middle of Somewhere: An Artist Explores the Nature…
Library of VirginiaJune 24, 2022
The Library of Virginia is excited to partner with Made by Us, a coalition of history museums, archives, historical societies, and civic education organizations, in…
Library of VirginiaJune 15, 2022
The earliest people to hike the Appalachian Trail in Virginia did not have the same experience as those walking it today. In fact, for those…
Library of VirginiaMay 20, 2022
For the majority of United States' existence as a nation, the focus of academic history has been on the actions and achievements of educated, well-to-do…
Library of VirginiaApril 20, 2022
Although many years have passed since Local Records staff completed the processing of Isle of Wight County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes Ended, 1774-1937 and the city…
Library of VirginiaApril 6, 2022
In A Brave and Cunning Prince, James Horn questions accepted narratives regarding 17th-century Virginia as he traces the life of Opechancanough, the brother of Chief…
Library of VirginiaMarch 18, 2022
African Americans and people of African descent have been a part of Virginia’s—and America’s—story since European colonization of the North American continent began. Yet the…
Library of VirginiaFebruary 25, 2022
“Will your stock or your children carry off prizes at the Fair this fall, or will both?” This is the question asked in the 1923…
Library of VirginiaFebruary 18, 2022
In the historic Evergreen Cemetery, segregated resting place of many generations of Richmond’s Black families, lies the gravestone of Edward S. Brown. A visitor could…
Library of VirginiaJanuary 17, 2022
Everyone has a holiday gift guide now so here are our favorites from the 1956 Miller & Rhoads Christmas Catalog. Or if you don't care…
Library of VirginiaDecember 22, 2021
A lot has changed in our food culture since Barbara Kingsolver first wrote her memoir about eating locally sourced food. The cultural movement to eat…
Library of VirginiaDecember 17, 2021
In 1989, Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation under George H. W. Bush, proclaimed in a committee hearing that, “infrastructure is not sexy - it…
Library of VirginiaNovember 22, 2021
Charlene Butts Ligon’s book Fearless: How a Poor Virginia seamstress took on Jim Crow, beat the poll tax and changed her city forever focuses on…
Library of VirginiaOctober 22, 2021
