This year “Home for the Holidays” has a slightly different ring to it, and as the days get darker and colder it might seem daunting…
Library of VirginiaDecember 9, 2020
In memory of Alex Trebek we would like to start your weekend off with some actual questions (ahem...answers) about Virginia from Jeopardy! Just hover your…
Library of VirginiaNovember 13, 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
Fans of cultural events looking for virtual offerings will find plenty of ways to engage with the Library of Virginia this fall. Our book club…
Library of VirginiaSeptember 4, 2020
While Lin Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical hit Hamilton takes some artistic liberties with our American Colonial past, there is a lot of history packed into…
Library of VirginiaJuly 1, 2020
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Jacob Berryman. Cato. Dinah. Three names from current headlines. Three names from Virginia’s history found in our records.Their names,…
Library of VirginiaJune 11, 2020
The editors and contributors to Out of the Box would like to wish you all a happy and peaceful holiday season. We'll take a couple…
Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2018
Season’s Greetings from all of us at Out of the Box. We’re taking a holiday break, but enjoy the photos below from the U.S. Army…
Library of VirginiaDecember 23, 2015
Published weekly in Richmond, Virginia, from 1893 through at least 1899, save for a five-month period in 1896, the Jewish South professed itself “a journal devoted to…
Library of VirginiaDecember 17, 2015
The Runkle family of Greene County, Virginia, had seven children, among them three sons who all served in the Confederate army. The Civil War 150 Legacy…
Library of VirginiaDecember 3, 2014
Robert Cromwell (1838-1918) was a Union soldier serving in the 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company A. For several months during the spring and summer of 1864…
Library of VirginiaNovember 4, 2014
Recently I stumbled upon one of the more interestingly-worded government documents that I have ever encountered. Housed in the papers of Confederate soldier G.B. Lamar,…
Library of VirginiaSeptember 24, 2014
In my work for the Civil War 150 Legacy Project, I recently came across the diary of Aquilla Peyton (1837-1875). A private in the Confederate Army,…
Library of VirginiaAugust 27, 2014
