How do archivists describe documents that reflect years of trauma and oppression with sensitivity? What if these documents are inflammatory letters written during an era…
Library of VirginiaJune 5, 2024
For the majority of United States' existence as a nation, the focus of academic history has been on the actions and achievements of educated, well-to-do…
Library of VirginiaApril 20, 2022
Editor’s Note: The Library of Virginia, in partnership with Virginia Humanities, sponsors residential fellows during the academic year to conduct in-depth research in the Library’s…
Lois LeveenFebruary 2, 2022
Last Friday we took a look at some of the ways that Virginia high school yearbooks have celebrated their graduates in the past, but there…
Jessi BennettJune 4, 2021
The high school classes of 2020 and 2021 will always stand out for their unique senior year experience. We’ve had to invent new ways to…
Jessi BennettMay 28, 2021
Sometimes after a long day of looking at archival documents on my computer screen, I go home and relax by looking at archival documents on…
Jessi BennettMarch 24, 2021
Since 1967, Americans have been gathering around their televisions at this time of year to watch the pugnacity and pageantry that is the National Football…
Vince BrooksFebruary 3, 2021
This is a post in our new series highlighting the people and programs of the public libraries of Virginia. To view more posts about our…
Jessi BennettApril 13, 2020
This is the ninth in a series of posts spotlighting recently released email from Governor Tim Kaine’s administration. These posts are not meant to be comprehensive but to…
Roger ChristmanJune 22, 2015
This is the second in a series of four blog posts concerning post-Civil War Virginia and the lives of freedpeople after Emancipation. The posts precede…
Joseph M. ThompsonJune 17, 2015
This is the first in a series of four blog posts concerning post-Civil War Virginia and the lives of freedpeople after Emancipation. The posts precede…
Gregg KimballJune 10, 2015
The varied experience of the African American residents of Montgomery County, Virginia, reveals itself in many documentary sources, but perhaps none as unexpected to some…
Sarah NerneyJuly 2, 2014
As public schools across Virginia open this week, Out of the Box would like to spotlight the records of the Virginia Pupil Placement Board, a state agency created…
Erin FaisonSeptember 4, 2013
Before the Civil War, Virginia did not have a comprehensive public school system. Lawmakers passed various measures to fund public schools, but these measures were…
Catherine OBrionMay 18, 2011
