Just like Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965, the Library of Virginia's Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) went digital more…
Library of VirginiaDecember 6, 2023
November is Native American Heritage Month and the perfect time to highlight resources in the Library of Virginia’s collections that can help users gain insight…
Lisa WehrmannNovember 6, 2023
In the excitement of completing our National Archives awarded NHPRC grant, securing a full-time project manager, not to mention participating the Library's 200th year anniversary, we…
Lydia NeurothOctober 25, 2023
So begins the first entry in the oldest surviving volume from the Henrico Parish vestry records. That entry describes the meeting of six of the…
Guest ContributorSeptember 27, 2023
Mob violence against perceived threats to a local community has been a staple of US history, with its long tradition of vigilantism and “popular justice,”…
Guest ContributorSeptember 13, 2023
2023 marked the 200th anniversary of the Library of Virginia as well as the second year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives…
Ashley CraigAugust 16, 2023
Editor's Note: Neither Virginia Untold nor Virginia Untold Project Manager Lydia Neuroth is going anywhere, but as we transition out of our two-year NHPRC grant…
Lydia NeurothJune 28, 2023
Tamika Y. Nunley’s new book The Demands of Justice: Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia explores the impact of Virginia’s judicial system…
Library of VirginiaJune 19, 2023
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
Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper database, has recently added a host of noteworthy titles to the growing list of newspapers available on…
Kelley EwingMay 22, 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
