Everyone has a holiday gift guide now so here are our favorites from the 1956 Miller & Rhoads Christmas Catalog. Or if you don't care…
Library of VirginiaDecember 22, 2021
The holiday season has long meant family gatherings and a a full social schedule. Women of early twentieth century Richmond who wanted to make sure…
Olin JohnsonDecember 21, 2017
The holidays are an excellent time to eat, drink, and be merry. The soldiers training at Camp Lee (now Fort Lee) during World War I…
Claire RadcliffeDecember 20, 2017
The Virginia Newspaper Project is excited to announce that digitized issues of the Rappahannock Record from 1925-1958 are now available on Virginia Chronicle. Published in Kilmarnock, Virginia…
Kelley EwingDecember 22, 2015
These are some examples of how soldiers at Camp Lee, Virginia, celebrated Christmas in 1918. The records of the Virginia War History Commission have been processed and…
Roger ChristmanDecember 24, 2014
A now chastised member of the Project staff expressed the feeling that the newspaper editorial “Yes, Virginia” was perhaps reaching the end of its cultural…
Henry MorseDecember 23, 2014
During the holiday season we are warned to avoid overindulgence. There are many temptations around this time of year—turkey and stuffing, grandma’s pecan pie, and,…
Mary Dean CarterDecember 20, 2013
Letters to Santa Claus printed in the Richmond Evening Leader, December 23, 1902. A copy of the full page is now on display on the…
Kelley EwingDecember 17, 2013
The editors are taking some time off for the holidays. We’ll see you next year! In the meantime, checkout our letter to Santa post and a…
Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2012
On 16 December 1895, 12-year-old Mamie M. Yates wrote a letter to Santa Claus. It read: Dear Santa Claus, I will write to you to…
Greg CrawfordDecember 19, 2012
Similar to our friends at the Mecklenburg Times in 1941, above, the Virginia Newspaper Project is taking some time off for the holidays. Best wishes to…
Silver PersingerDecember 19, 2012
