The 2015 Alan M. and Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography will be held at the Library of Virginia on Saturday, 18 April. …
Cassandra FarrellApril 8, 2015
This summer’s announcement that Mayo’s Island is again for sale prompted a look back at the history of of the most well-known of the James River islands.…
Cassandra FarrellNovember 14, 2014
The 2014 Alan M. and Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography will be held at the Library of Virginia on Saturday, 12 April.…
Cassandra FarrellApril 4, 2014
Lura Royall was a Lunenburg County girl. Her relatives remember her as a pretty woman who never married—a retired school teacher full of life well…
Dale DulaneyFebruary 13, 2013
Here in Virginia, there are some pretty strong views on history. It isn’t merely in the past, it is occurring in the present as well. …
Sonya ColemanJanuary 22, 2013
In some cases, failing extravagantly can work in favor of your cause. Go big or go home, as it were. John Brown was an American abolitionist who…
Sonya ColemanJanuary 15, 2013
How did views on slavery evolve in the decades leading up to the Civil War? What different concerns did Quakers, soldiers, and revolutionaries express about…
Sonya ColemanJanuary 8, 2013
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the completion of the Petersburg chancery causes digital project. The scanning project was funded by the Circuit Court…
Sherri BagleyMay 16, 2012
Occasionally the strangest things will surface in the county records. While processing Amelia County records (Barcode 1147160), archivist Callie Freed found a map depicting the…
Sarah NerneyNovember 30, 2011
Editors Note: This post originally appeared in the former ”Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. The beautiful maps in the Voorhees collection and those that reside in Special Collections are…
Ryan SmithJune 15, 2011
