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Records Room Road Trips: The Dog Days of August

My colleague Eddie Woodward has taken the lead for the last two CCRP Records Road Trip installments, so I begin Part One of closing out…

Tracy HarterDecember 13, 2023

Records Room Road Trips: Early Summer Travels

As one of two CCRP consulting archivists, we alternate writing blog posts about our respective travel. This installment begins where my last one ended: early…

Tracy HarterSeptember 20, 2023

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania, and Henry Counties

As we mentioned in the last installment for the “Records Room Road Trips” series, the spring and summer have brought more overnight stays as we’ve…

Eddie WoodwardAugust 23, 2023

Archives Conservation The Stacks

Records Room Road Trips: Spotsylvania, Mathews, Greene, Lancaster, and Middlesex Counties

Our CCRP travel picked up during the month of April for CCRP consulting archivists, which for me meant visits to five localities: Spotsylvania County, Mathews…

Tracy HarterJuly 19, 2023

Archives Conservation

Records Room Road Trips: Day Trippers

Travel for Library of Virginia Circuit Court Records Program (CCRP) consulting archivists begins to taper off when the grants are announced, which this past year…

Eddie WoodwardJune 21, 2023

Archives Conservation

Records Room Road Trips: Westmoreland, Richmond and Louisa

As one of two Circuit Court Records Program (CCRP) consulting archivists, CCRP travel for the upcoming grant cycle season began for me in February 2023.…

Tracy HarterMay 31, 2023

Archives Conservation

There and Back Again: The Return of Liber A to Prince William County

The story of Prince William County’s first deed book begins nearly three centuries ago. On May 14, 1731, during the fourth year of the reign…

Greg CrawfordMay 26, 2023

Archives Conservation

Records Room Road Trips

In February 2023, we began our seventh season of travel as the first Library of Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) consulting archivists. Although…

Library of VirginiaMay 10, 2023

Finding Princess Anne County’s Hidden Treasures

The Princess Anne County chancery causes cover an extensive period (1752-1913) and a wide range of topics. To discover and learn more about these treasures,…

Callie FreedMarch 15, 2023

Archives The Stacks

200 Years, 122 Localities

Shortly after the end of the Civil War, which had a devastating impact on the commonwealth’s records, the Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia)…

Library of VirginiaMarch 3, 2023

Archives Conservation

Announcing the 2023 Circuit Court Records Preservation Program Grants

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on January 6, 2023 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Greg CrawfordJanuary 27, 2023

The Stacks

“This is the only way that we get a sense of who they were”: 7 Questions with Eddie Woodward

This blog entry is part of a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in reading more like…

Vince BrooksNovember 21, 2022

Archives Conservation The Stacks

What Do CCRP Archivists Do?

When Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) archivists from the Library of Virginia travel to circuit court clerks’ offices to examine items as potential candidates…

Library of VirginiaNovember 2, 2022

Archives Digital Projects

Albemarle County (Va.) Chancery Causes Are Now Available Online!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for the Albemarle County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1768-1850, are now available online through the…

Library of VirginiaAugust 17, 2022

Circuit Court Records Preservation Program Approves 115 Grant Projects

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 16 December 2021 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant…

Greg CrawfordJanuary 3, 2022