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A Child is Waiting

In 1964, the Children’s Home Society of Virginia (CHS) sought to make use of the power of radio, requesting some air time from WRVA to…

Jessica Tyree BurgessAugust 21, 2013

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Feed your family on the cheap!

Having trouble stretching that dime in tough economic times? Need some inspiration figuring out how to feed hungry mouths on a budget? For advice you…

Jessica Tyree BurgessJuly 10, 2013

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Everything I know about the Constitution, I learned from Chester the Crab (and Star Trek)

Not long ago, I caught ”The Omega Glory” episode of Star Trek on television. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are trapped on a planet very similar to…

Trenton HizerMay 29, 2013

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From the files of a funeral home

Editor’s Note: This blog post originally appeared in the Summer 2002 issue of The Delimiter, an in-house Library newsletter, and has been edited slightly. Among the vast…

Jessica Tyree BurgessApril 17, 2013

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My dear and most affectionate lover

Laura Drake Davis and I spent most of 2010-2012 on the road scanning and collecting images for the CW150 Legacy Project. It was not until recently…

Renee SavitsMarch 15, 2013

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"At the Belmont Manor, oh yes"

We are now into the month of March, and winter continues to drag on. For those of you suffering from seasonal affective disorder, the Library…

Jim GreveMarch 6, 2013

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LVA in the UK

If you’ve been an Out of the Box reader for a while, you may remember this September 2011 article about a Norfolk, Virginia, girl and her World War II-era…

Jessica Tyree BurgessFebruary 4, 2013

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Yearbook marks one chapter in a pioneering life

With 2011 marking the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War II, the Library of Virginia undertook a concerted effort to collect the…

Trenton HizerJanuary 23, 2013

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Apocalypse Not

Since the apocalypse of 2012 was a no-show, I decided to bring a little doomsday out from the archives to celebrate the start of the…

Bari HelmsJanuary 9, 2013

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New resource for Civil War research at the Library of Virginia

The Civil War experiences of Virginians from all walks of life and all corners of the state can be found at the Library of Virginia.…

Trenton HizerDecember 14, 2012

Photos of Virginia Lee Minor and Robert B. Roosevelt Jr.

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"I really love you in my funny selfish way"

You have no idea how awfully much I hated to leave you…Even if I can’t hear from you just now I feel sure you are…

Jessica Tyree BurgessNovember 28, 2012

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Spinnin’ on top of the world

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. Ever been on vacation and experienced weather so bad that it traps you…

Vince BrooksSeptember 5, 2012

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This is the house that Jack built

Another presidential election year is upon us, and we are already bombarded with television ads touting the two candidates and proclaiming their positions on every…

Trenton HizerJune 13, 2012

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"…we all have tiers in our eyes and our hearts are in the pit of our stomacks"

It is rare for anyone to be directly involved in an event that can be labeled, without exaggeration, a turning point in world history. The…

Jessica Tyree BurgessJune 6, 2012

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A troubled slave makes his escape

In the fall of 1805, John Alcock, a Fredericksburg, Virginia, cabinetmaker, relocated to Richmond and opened a cabinetmaking shop. By 1807 he had expanded his…

Chris KolbeApril 11, 2012