Acquisitions – The UncommonWealth

New Books – July 2020

The Library of Virginia is now open by appointment only. During this initial reopening phase, researchers will be able to use the collections by appointment…

Donna PletcherJuly 27, 2020

Virginia Authors

New Books – June 2020

At the time of this posting, we remain closed to the public as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. However, these…

Donna PletcherJune 22, 2020

Virginia Authors

New Books – May 2020

At the time of this posting, we remain closed to the public as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. However, these…

Donna PletcherMay 25, 2020

Virginia Authors

New Books – April 2020

At the time of this posting, we remain closed to the public as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. However, these…

Donna PletcherApril 27, 2020

Virginia Authors

New Books – March 2020

Although we are not open to the public at the moment of this posting these books will be ready for you when we re-open! A…

Donna PletcherMarch 28, 2020

Virginia Authors

New Books – February 2020

Did you know that you can check out books from the Library of Virginia? If you are looking for books about Virginia we've got you…

Donna PletcherFebruary 24, 2020

Virginia Authors

New Books – January 2020

Did you know that you can check out books from the Library of Virginia? If you are looking for books about Virginia we've got you…

Donna PletcherJanuary 27, 2020

The Stacks

“My best day is when I do 50 things for 10 minutes each”: 7 Questions with Mary Clark

This is an entry in our series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind…

Vince BrooksJanuary 13, 2020

Newspapers

“By What Right?” Two Baptist Newspapers from Tazewell

Recently, the Library of Virginia acquired two Baptist newspapers, the Primitive Baptist and the Tazewell Baptist, both from Tazewell, Virginia. The two papers share more…

Kelley EwingJuly 23, 2018

Newspapers

The Wawaset Disaster, August 9, 1873: An “Extra” Alexandria Gazette, Over The Transom And Into The Archive

Each year the Newspaper Project receives papers from private collections which are generously offered as archival candidates. Many are duplicates of papers already cataloged. But…

Henry MorseAugust 5, 2016

Newspapers

Playing it Safe With The Safety News

The most recent Ebay acquisition for the Library of Virginia’s newspaper collection is the Safety News of Omar, West Virginia. Published “monthly for employees of the West Virginia Coal…

Kelley EwingJanuary 3, 2013

Newspapers

VNP Acquires Pages and Pages of Page County Newspapers

An auction purchase is but an occasional means of adding to the VNP archive but this was an occasion difficult to resist: some 100 copies…

Henry MorseOctober 23, 2012

Newspapers

Donated to LVA-The Star-A High School Paper That Gets High Marks

While the Library of Virginia’s historical newspaper collection is extensive and varied, it has a genre of newspaper that may be surprising to some: twentieth…

Kelley EwingMay 11, 2012

Newspapers

New Newspapers at LVA

How much was a bottle of bourbon in 1941? How about a "beautifully rebuilt" Electrolux vacuum? The prices of these and other items can be…

Kelley EwingMay 1, 2012