"He lacked the polish and dazzle in some degree that is so captivating to mankind, and which is often mistaken for merit itself,” wrote one…
Cassandra FarrellDecember 18, 2024
Editor's Note: Nora Birchett interned as part of the Library's Transforming the Future of Libraries and Archives Program in the Summer of 2024. She worked with…
Nora BirchettNovember 13, 2024
In the years following the War of 1812, Virginians enacted legislation to develop the Commonwealth’s “internal improvements”: its canals, turnpikes, and roads. Virginians were very…
Cassandra FarrellOctober 21, 2024
October means Halloween, pumpkin spice lattes, and most importantly Archives Month! This Virginia Archives Month we are highlighting the relationship between self-expression and archives with…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 2, 2024
Editor's Note: This summer, Transforming the Future of Libraries and Archives intern Kade McGrail assisted in several different projects for the Library’s Virginia Untold project.…
Lydia NeurothAugust 28, 2024
This summer the Library of Virginia was thrilled to welcome a cohort of six interns for the third year of our Transforming the Future of…
Library of VirginiaAugust 26, 2024
March 20, 1924, is a moment in Virginia’s history when the governor, the General Assembly, state officials, and some in the general public believed that…
Ashley CraigJuly 17, 2024
I went to work in the Virginia State Library (now the Library of Virginia) on July 1, 1974, in the capacity of an assistant to…
Brent TarterJuly 5, 2024
Now celebrated as a federal holiday, Juneteenth marks the date of June 19, 1865, when the Union Army arrived in Galveston and announced that the…
Guest ContributorJune 19, 2024
On Saturday, February 10, 2024, the Library of Virginia hosted Envisioning Ancestors with AI, an image-generating workshop using historic records and free artificial intelligence tools…
Library of VirginiaJune 17, 2024
In December 1889, James A. Fields took his seat in Virginia's House of Delegates. He had escaped slavery as a young man, attended school behind…
Library of VirginiaJune 7, 2024
On June 10, 1963, after months of peaceful protest of Danville’s segregationist policies and entrenched racism, the city's white police force, aided by deputized municipal…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemMay 29, 2024
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
One hundred years ago this month, the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in Congress. After women had succeeded in their fight for voting rights…
Mari JulienneDecember 8, 2023
