The earliest people to hike the Appalachian Trail in Virginia did not have the same experience as those walking it today. In fact, for those…
Library of VirginiaMay 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…
Tracy RoofJuly 29, 2020
While Lin Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical hit Hamilton takes some artistic liberties with our American Colonial past, there is a lot of history packed into…
Library of VirginiaJuly 1, 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
Poetry offers so much--thought and lyricism, nuggets of truth (both our own and the poet's) as well as a lens through which we can see…
Nan CarmackApril 10, 2020
Writing about Bruce Crawford’s 1935 departure from the newspaper industry, Louis Jaffe, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of Norfolk’s Virginian-Pilot, penned what amounted to a eulogy:…
Guest ContributorDecember 11, 2019
The papers of Earl Hamner, Jr., creator and writer of the popular television series The Waltons, are now available for research at the Library of Virginia.…
Jim GreveNovember 12, 2014
I would like to introduce you to the Mountain Laurel, a unique paper from Meadows of Dan, Virginia. The Mountain Laurel warned readers that it would “not…
Natalie DraperMarch 29, 2013
The setting for John Fox Jr.’s 1908 novel Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Big Stone Gap in Wise County is situated along the Powell River…
Kelley EwingJune 18, 2012
This month marks the 100th anniversary of events surrounding the Allen family and the infamous “Hillsville Massacre.” The sensational coverage and gripping photos of the characters…
Kelley EwingMarch 14, 2012
