Between the spring of 1915 and the fall of 1916, between 664,000 and 1.2 million Armenians within the Ottoman Empire died.1 The Armenian Genocide and…
Cara GriggsMay 24, 2023
Since 2017, the Library of Virginia has partnered with Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School (MLWGS) to offer the Making History crowdsourced transcription project to students…
Sonya ColemanMay 3, 2023
Among my work projects, I correct Optical Character Recognition (OCR) newspaper text for the Virginia Chronicle website. One of the features of the Sunday editions…
Nathan VerillaApril 3, 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
It is often assumed that after Congressional Reconstruction in Virginia ended in 1870, no Black men won election to political office in the state until…
Library of VirginiaFebruary 22, 2023
For March 2023, the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group is exploring the history of Southern baking with Rebecca Sharpless’s Grain and Fire. Sharpless explores…
Library of VirginiaFebruary 20, 2023
As part of my training in spatial history at George Mason University, I have had a chance to become acquainted with open-source programs like QGIS,…
Cassandra FarrellJanuary 18, 2023
Behind the wheel of a stripped-down Ford Model T sits a daring race driver with wind-tousled hair, posed in front of a crowd of young…
Kevin ShupeDecember 19, 2022
In February 1816, the Virginia state legislature passed “An Act to provide an accurate chart of each county and a general map of the territory…
Library of VirginiaDecember 5, 2022
Each fall, high school students search for a “room of their own.” They seek out places away from teachers and parents where they can process…
Jessi BennettOctober 17, 2022
In celebration of the approaching All Hallows’ Eve, here are a few titles from the Library’s collections that merit special mention:An interesting exploration of the…
Lisa WehrmannOctober 3, 2022
During the early 20th century, the Lost Cause mythology had firmly taken root in the South. One of its most vocal advocates was Mildred “Millie”…
Greg CrawfordSeptember 14, 2022
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 2, 2022 For many families, summer…
Dale NeighborsAugust 24, 2022
Summer 2022 marked the first cohort of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives Internship Program. With great excitement and anticipation, we welcomed six…
Sonya ColemanAugust 22, 2022
