Check out this video of our own Tom Camden, Special Collections Director, discussing a rarely seen copy of the Ordinance of Secession at the Library of Virginia.…
Dale DulaneyApril 18, 2011
On 3 March 2011 the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library announced that it recently purchased a copy of David Walker’s anti-slavery “Appeal…
Roger ChristmanMarch 4, 2011
Editors Note: This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. The Watkins Family Papers (Accession…
Renee SavitsFebruary 16, 2011
“Remember Americans, that we must and shall be free and enlightened as you are, will you wait until we shall, under God, obtain our liberty…
Craig MooreFebruary 9, 2011
In case you missed it the CW 150 Legacy Project ‘s visit to the Campbell County courthouse in Rustburg was featured recently in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and on…
Dale DulaneyJanuary 25, 2011
"The indecision and the absence of energy in the convention of Virginia which does not dare proclaim itself either for or against secession have ended…
Trenton HizerJanuary 19, 2011
Interested in what’s new in the archives at the Library of Virginia? You can find out in two reports compiled quarterly by LVA staffers: The Library of Virginia…
Roger ChristmanDecember 2, 2010
Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. The war’s effect on the people of Virginia was immense – especially to…
Jim GreveOctober 20, 2010
October is Archives Month! The theme of this year’s celebration in Virginia is Making Connections: Archives and Imagination. Archives Month celebrates those institutions and individuals…
Dale DulaneyOctober 1, 2010
Interested in what’s new in the archives at the Library of Virginia? You can find out in two reports compiled quarterly by LVA staffers: The Library of Virginia…
Roger ChristmanAugust 16, 2010
“My health is so very bad that I do not know whether I will ever reach New Orleans or Cuba again.” – Martin Duralde, Jr.,…
Trenton HizerAugust 11, 2010
During the Civil War, the scarcity and high cost of writing paper often led people to reuse it. They wrote new letters across existing ones,…
Renee SavitsMay 19, 2010
