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To Be Sold: Elizabeth’s Story

This is the second in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the Library…

Greg CrawfordOctober 8, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: Benjamin Liverman, No. 18759

This is the latest in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Benjamin Liverman, the “Boy Bandit,” the subject…

Roger ChristmanOctober 6, 2014

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To Be Sold: The Williams and Ivy Slave Trade Scheme

This is the first in a series of four blog posts related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the…

Greg CrawfordOctober 1, 2014

Archives Digital Projects

New Images Added to the Lost Records Digital Collection

Additional document images from counties or incorporated cities classified as “Lost Records Localities” have been added to the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available on Virginia Memory. The bulk of…

Greg CrawfordSeptember 26, 2014

Archives Digital Projects The Stacks

Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Technology Edition

This is the seventh in a series of posts spotlighting recently released email from Governor Tim Kaine’s administration. These posts are not meant to be comprehensive but to…

Ben BromleySeptember 18, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: Ernest Harper, No. 18903

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Ernest Harper, the subject of this…

Roger ChristmanSeptember 8, 2014

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Big Find Friday: You can’t always get what you want, but…

Today we bring you another installment of our Big Find Friday series. While we love those “Eureka!” moments where a patron finds the exact, obscure…

Jessica Tyree BurgessSeptember 5, 2014

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The Jury’s Gut Feeling: Bedford County Coroner’s Inquisitions

A recent episode of BackStory With the American History Guys entitled “On The Take” addressed the topic of corruption in American politics and government. Host Brian Balogh interviewed…

Mary Dean CarterSeptember 3, 2014

Archives Digital Projects The Stacks

Council of State Archivists Rising Star Award Goes to Kaine Email Project Team

The Council of State Archivists (CoSA), a national organization representing the heads of the country’s 56 state and territorial archives, presented the Library of Virginia’s Governor Tim…

Roger ChristmanAugust 28, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: Herbert Irving Roberts, No. 22087

This is the latest entry in series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Herbert Irving Roberts, the subject of this…

Roger ChristmanAugust 18, 2014

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The Razor’s Edge: Using the Coroner’s Inquests in Elizabeth City County

Editor’s Note: Jerry Hunt is a graduate history intern from Virginia Commonwealth University and is working on processing and indexing Depression-era coroner’s inquisitions from Elizabeth…

Guest ContributorAugust 6, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: John Henry Ellis, No. 28276, 33714, and 43346

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. John Henry Ellis, the subject of…

Roger ChristmanAugust 4, 2014

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Mug Shot Monday: Clinton Kirby, No. 25830, 42236, and 49236

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Clinton Kirby, the subject of this…

Roger ChristmanJuly 21, 2014

Archives Digital Projects

Kaine Email Project @ LVA – Tysons Tunnel Edition

This is the sixth in a series of posts spotlighting recently released email from Governor Tim Kaine’s administration. These posts are not meant to be comprehensive but to…

Roger ChristmanJuly 16, 2014

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A Different Kind of Local Record

Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by two variants of a virus—variola major and variola minor. Since smallpox was certified as eradicated by the World…

Callie FreedJuly 11, 2014