“…the asparagus and wild greens and quail and tomatoes on the vines and little peas in spring and half runners in early summer and all…
Anne McCreryApril 16, 2025
How was Virginia’s nine-sheet map, drafted from manuscript surveys, transformed into this elegant engraving? It was a time-consuming process that involved oversight and coordination of…
Barbara BatsonFebruary 21, 2025
"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
The two cartographers responsible for the first official state map of Virginia were very different individuals. One was an older itinerant scholar who undertook many…
John DealNovember 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
