Do you love a good Target run? The bright, poppy-red branding throughout the store, the practicality of picking up a few groceries, a prescription, a…
Kimberly WolfeJune 2, 2023
This was the motto of Foster’s Photographic Gallery (later Foster Studio), opened by Walter Washington Foster in 1890, at 112 North Ninth Street in Richmond.…
Kimberly WolfeMay 17, 2023
Earl Swift’s book Chesapeake Requiem is the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group pick for June 2023. Chesapeake Requiem explores the close-knit community of Tangier…
Library of VirginiaMay 15, 2023
About a year ago, we learned about a project from the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB) to document free people of color in Ohio.…
Lydia NeurothApril 26, 2023
According to the Virginia Public Access Project, twenty-eight members of the Virginia General Assembly (10 Senators and 18 Delegates) have announced they will not seek…
Roger ChristmanApril 12, 2023
Virginia Chronicle is the Library of Virginia’s free online newspaper database. It has an array of easy-to-use features to assist in your research.A fun and…
Errol SomayApril 5, 2023
For this month’s blog post, I asked Callie Freed, Local Records Archivist, to reflect on her experience indexing and reviewing our “Free Negro Registers” collection…
Callie FreedMarch 29, 2023
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside (2023 No. 1), the magazine of the Library of Virginia. The Library of Virginia…
Library of VirginiaMarch 22, 2023
The co-creation of knowledge, the joy of discovery, even the small failures and inevitable words – crowdsourcing has been an ongoing source of inspiration and…
Sonya ColemanMarch 8, 2023
In celebration of Women's History Month, the Library of Virginia is excited to announce that the records of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia are…
Mari JulienneMarch 1, 2023
Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely accessible digital newspaper database, has recently added a notable assortment of new titles, including school newspapers, labor newspapers,…
Kelley EwingFebruary 8, 2023
In 1966, Charles City County was the kind of place that big city newspapers found easy to overlook. Entirely rural, with an estimated population of…
Angela LehmanFebruary 1, 2023
It's a new year, and Virginia Untold has a new look!Starting today, when you go to www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan, you’ll see our new landing page, which offers…
Lydia NeurothJanuary 4, 2023
We continue to process more records from the Richmond City Hustings Court as a part of our NHPRC grant for Virginia Untold. As we do…
Lydia NeurothNovember 30, 2022
