When I arrived as a Virginia Humanities Fellow at the Library of Virginia in September 2021, I did so with the intent to research the…
Guest ContributorAugust 10, 2022
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 3, 2021.The most popular cookbook…
Audrey McElhinneyMarch 23, 2022
When the wishes you strive to send are neither sweet nor charming, Dose a valentine with vinegar – that’s sure to be alarming! Drink, gamble,…
Sonya ColemanFebruary 9, 2022
Gothic Romance is a genre of fiction that reached its height during the Romantic Period, late 18th and early 19th century, in England. These novels…
Anna MoulisFebruary 7, 2022
Today is National Squirrel Appreciation Day. While the clever little rodents are ubiquitous in urban and suburban settings today, that was not always so. According…
Vince BrooksJanuary 21, 2022
Everyone has a holiday gift guide now so here are our favorites from the 1956 Miller & Rhoads Christmas Catalog. Or if you don't care…
Library of VirginiaDecember 22, 2021
About 25 years ago, Michael Cook was hiking in rural Mecklenburg County near the North Carolina border, some eight to ten miles southwest of South…
Trenton HizerNovember 3, 2021
As the original inhabitants and caretakers of the land known today as Virginia, the influence of indigenous communities on the land, history, and culture of…
Vince BrooksNovember 1, 2021
A public argument breaks out between several men on the topic of opiates. One, a physician, calls for greater restrictions on prescriptions to curb their…
Library of VirginiaSeptember 24, 2021
For one semester, in the fall of 2019, I received a Virginia Humanities Fellowship, with residence at the Library of Virginia, to study the journey…
Karen ChaseSeptember 8, 2021
In 1823, Jacques Arago’s Voyage autour du Monde was published. After describing a line-crossing ceremony he had witnessed, he waxed philosophical, noting, “I have no…
Jessi BennettSeptember 1, 2021
Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 2, 2020. As we near…
Dana PugaAugust 18, 2021
Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 4, 2020. Squeezing into a…
Dale NeighborsJuly 14, 2021
Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 1, 2020. Known as a famed…
Trenton HizerJune 23, 2021
