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The Fighting Editor and his Stanley Steamers

Most of us know John Mitchell, Jr. as the tireless “fighting” editor of the Richmond Planet, a newspaper he ran for 40 plus years beginning in the mid-1880′s.…

Errol SomayMarch 1, 2013

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Dark Day at City Hall

Earlier this month, WTVR Channel 6 news reporter Greg McQuade visited the Library of Virginia to assist in his research of Colonel J. M. Winstead, a North Carolina banker who…

Kelley EwingFebruary 19, 2013

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Virginia’s “Last” Duel

Dueling, a trend that emerged in the middle ages as a way to settle disputes among European nobility, persisted among members of the American press,…

Natalie DraperFebruary 11, 2013

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Virginia Citizen

Published every Friday between 1891 and 1913, the Virginia Citizen (Check digitized issues at Chronicling America.) was the first paper to serve Lancaster County, part of the Northern…

Kelley EwingAugust 31, 2012

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Using Chronicling America

Check out this series of video podcasts to learn how to use Chronicling America. Big thanks to the Ohio Historical Society for creating these helpful…

Kelley EwingMay 23, 2012

Digital Projects Newspapers

Titanic: 100 Years Later

Are you ready for a sneak preview of Titanic ! No, not the 3-D version of the 1997 mega-hit movie, Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, but…

Errol SomayApril 4, 2012

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Mythology of the Allen Clan

As the date of execution of Floyd and Claude Allen approached, public support for the doomed men grew. Many people believed Floyd and Claude were…

Kelley EwingMarch 28, 2012

Murder at the Second Market

Editors Note: This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. The following story was gleaned from…

Roger ChristmanMarch 2, 2011