October means Halloween, pumpkin spice lattes, and most importantly Archives Month! This Virginia Archives Month we are highlighting the relationship between self-expression and archives with…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 2, 2024
On June 10, 1963, after months of peaceful protest of Danville’s segregationist policies and entrenched racism, the city's white police force, aided by deputized municipal…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemMay 29, 2024
It’s October which means it’s once again our favorite time of year: Archives Month. To celebrate Virginia Archives Month this year, archival institutions across the…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 4, 2023
"For Love and For Life, We’re Not Going Back.” These words appeared as the banner heading in the October 1987 issue of Richmond Pride above…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemSeptember 22, 2023
Transgender Day of Visibility is a day of awareness. It is therefore, in the most literal sense, a call to be aware. Aware of the…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemMarch 31, 2023
Happy Archives Month! The month of October is a special time for archivists across the state as we celebrate archival material and the archival profession.…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 5, 2022
From its exterior, the Leesburg United Methodist Church, Loudoun County, Virginia, appears to be like any other church building scattered across the country. However, a…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemNovember 17, 2021
Lucy began her life in enslavement. The daughter of her enslaver, Edmund Littlepage, and enslaved mother Sophia Littlepage, Lucy lived on her father’s plantation in…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 6, 2021
Three years old. This was the age of Charles Bell, a free African American boy living in Frederick County, on 31 July 1857, when James…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemMay 27, 2020
