Love and respect for one remarkable woman drew Civil War veterans from across the United States to Richmond during the summer of 1896. The occasion…
Autumn Reinhardt SimpsonNovember 17, 2010
On November 3, a naturalization ceremony will be held at the Library of Virginia. A group of people from various nations will take an oath…
Greg CrawfordNovember 2, 2010
Library of Virginia (LVA) staff, partners, and dignitaries gathered at the Goochland County courthouse Thursday to celebrate a milestone in a project that aims to…
Dale DulaneyOctober 15, 2010
The California Gold Rush began in 1848 with the discovery of gold at John A. Sutter’s sawmill in Coloma, California. During the next seven years,…
Sarah NerneyOctober 13, 2010
John Salling of Slant, Virginia, in Scott County, was long recognized as Virginia’s last surviving Confederate veteran. In recognition of his service, the state of…
Craig MooreOctober 6, 2010
October is Archives Month! The theme of this year’s celebration in Virginia is Making Connections: Archives and Imagination. Archives Month celebrates those institutions and individuals…
Dale DulaneyOctober 1, 2010
Sometimes an archivist must be a detective looking for things everyone else missed. As part of an appraisal project in local records, I reviewed blank…
Jennifer Davis McDaidSeptember 22, 2010
Editor's Note: Original post edited for clarity. For more information on Ida V. Belote see Souls of the Departed: Ida V. Belote On 16 August 1912,…
Roger ChristmanSeptember 14, 2010
In 1913, Mary Ella Gray stated in a deposition that she moved to her parents’ home in Fredericksburg after her husband James “continuously abused me,…
Joanne PorterSeptember 8, 2010
The fate of the Richmond Coliseum has been in question recently, with the city soliciting input from business leaders, local officials, and a consulting firm…
Jessica Tyree BurgessSeptember 1, 2010
After a new courthouse was built in Lunenburg County in 2006, Circuit Court Clerk Gordon Erby asked the Library of Virginia’s Local Records staff to…
Dale DulaneyAugust 25, 2010
Edward Houchins, a veteran of Captain Edmund Curd’s Company of Goochland Militia, petitioned the General Assembly on 10 December 1818, requesting an increase in his forty-dollar-a-year…
Craig MooreAugust 18, 2010
Interested in what’s new in the archives at the Library of Virginia? You can find out in two reports compiled quarterly by LVA staffers: The Library of Virginia…
Roger ChristmanAugust 16, 2010
Editor's Note: The following editorial is reprinted here courtesy of the Smyth County News & Messenger. It originally ran 28 July 2010. A team from…
Guest ContributorAugust 9, 2010