About 25 years ago, Michael Cook was hiking in rural Mecklenburg County near the North Carolina border, some eight to ten miles southwest of South…
Trenton HizerNovember 3, 2021
Recently Susan Chiarello brought in a very unusual item to be scanned for the Virginia World War I/World War II Commission—her grandfather’s short snorter. Measuring…
Trenton HizerFebruary 28, 2018
This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. The M.A. Dunning…
Trenton HizerAugust 2, 2017
Editor’s note: Tomorrow is Election Day! Get out and vote! This blog post was written by Senior Manuscripts Archivist Trenton Hizer, adapted from a talk…
Trenton HizerNovember 7, 2016
“I send you two patients to the mad stone. They are natives of this place and had their children bitten today.” -J. Reuben Richerson to R.…
Trenton HizerAugust 20, 2014
The smell of deep-fried pickles and cotton candy. The sounds of music and laughter. The sights of the midway. For well over a century and…
Trenton HizerOctober 3, 2013
Not long ago, I caught ”The Omega Glory” episode of Star Trek on television. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are trapped on a planet very similar to…
Trenton HizerMay 29, 2013
With 2011 marking the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War II, the Library of Virginia undertook a concerted effort to collect the…
Trenton HizerJanuary 23, 2013
The Civil War experiences of Virginians from all walks of life and all corners of the state can be found at the Library of Virginia.…
Trenton HizerDecember 14, 2012
Another presidential election year is upon us, and we are already bombarded with television ads touting the two candidates and proclaiming their positions on every…
Trenton HizerJune 13, 2012
Tucked away in the Business Records Collections at the Library of Virginia are five 2.5 x 1.5 inch baseball cards issued by the American Tobacco…
Trenton HizerAugust 3, 2011
Fraternal orders. Military regiments. Agricultural societies. Women’s organizations. Religious associations. Political parties. Schools. The Library of Virginia houses more than 650 collections of organization records…
Trenton HizerMarch 9, 2011
"The indecision and the absence of energy in the convention of Virginia which does not dare proclaim itself either for or against secession have ended…
Trenton HizerJanuary 19, 2011
Editor's Note: Hopefully the captured notebook, referenced in the first paragraph of this article, survived its stay at the Herald and has now found a home…
Trenton HizerSeptember 29, 2010
