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Conservation Concentration

A new Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) travel season has begun, which means that CCRP consulting archivists Eddie Woodward and Tracy Harter are planning…

Tracy HarterApril 22, 2024

Archives Education & Programming Newspapers

Indigenous Education in Virginia

As soon as English colonizers established themselves in Virginia, one of their main concerns was the education of Indigenous people. The education implemented by the…

Ashley CraigApril 17, 2024

“The Richmond Calamity”: The Capitol Collapse of 1870

On the morning of 27 April 1870, attorney Patrick Henry Aylett headed toward the Virginia Capitol to hear the Supreme Court of Appeals’ ruling on…

Lee Ann TimreckApril 10, 2024

Archives Digital Projects The Stacks

Electronic Records: Still a Modern Dilemma

April is Records and Information Management Month, and to celebrate, I’d like to talk about one of the great question marks of the last several…

Chad OwenApril 3, 2024

Archives The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: Winter Circuit

And so, with my final week-long travel stay in Salem in August completed, my fellow traveler, Tracy Harter, and I settled into the post-frenzied-travel, winter…

Eddie WoodwardMarch 27, 2024

Archives Digital Projects

Acts of Valor in World War II

On March 25th, we commemorate National Medal of Honor Day, providing an opportunity to explore the stories of the fifteen Virginians who were honored with…

Lauren CaravatiMarch 25, 2024

The Centennial of the Law to Preserve Racial Integrity

March 20th marks the centennial of Governor Elbert Lee Trinkle signing the Racial Integrity Act (RIA) into law. In simplistic terms, the RIA required every…

Ashley CraigMarch 20, 2024

Archives The Stacks

Description for All Virginians: Inclusive Description Efforts at the Library of Virginia

Since its establishment in 1823, the Library of Virginia has been managed and staffed largely by white, middle class, cisgender people. Consequently, the collections stored…

Library of VirginiaMarch 6, 2024

Archives Newspapers

No Sham Sales! Fashion Ads in Newspapers Over the Years

Occasionally we have researchers who want to know what fashion was like in a certain place in Virginia during a certain time. It might be…

Ginny DunnMarch 4, 2024

Archives Conservation

The Winners of $3.2 Million in Court Record Preservation Grants for 2024!

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 13 February 2024 at the Library of Virginia to evaluate 124 records preservation grant…

Greg CrawfordMarch 1, 2024

Stolen Coats, Stolen Freedom

In July 1813, a Black man named Roger was charged in the Richmond City Hustings Court with stealing a “Sourtaurt great coat.” I was not…

Lydia NeurothFebruary 28, 2024

Archives Conservation

Records Room Road Trips: Rounding Out Summer 2023

In mid-August I began what might be termed the final leg of my summer CCRP travel schedule. Throughout the course of the spring and summer,…

Eddie WoodwardFebruary 21, 2024

Archives Digital Projects

Lost Records Localities Digital Collection Gets a New Look

Regular readers of The UncommonWealth, as well as seasoned local records researchers, are likely familiar with the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection. We have covered…

Vince BrooksFebruary 14, 2024

Archives Highlights

Records of the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776 Now Online.

The first set of records from the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776 collection are now available on the Library of Virginia’s Digital Collections Discovery site. The…

Greg CrawfordFebruary 7, 2024

Archives Newspapers

Law Enforcement in the Wild Southwest

When I received a request to find information in newspapers about a game warden in Wise County during the 1920s, I didn’t expect to find…

Annie HattonFebruary 5, 2024