For March 2023, the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group is exploring the history of Southern baking with Rebecca Sharpless’s Grain and Fire. Sharpless explores…
Library of VirginiaFebruary 20, 2023
I have a sweet potato problem. When autumn comes and locally grown sweet potatoes appear in markets, I buy them reflexively, the way people stock…
Rebecca SchneiderDecember 4, 2020
This is the first entry in our new "Random Reference" series, which will feature interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives &…
Amanda MorrellApril 6, 2020
E very year there are Americans who are not able to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. Some of these individuals are members of…
Jessi BennettNovember 28, 2019
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, we found a selection of the (very) broad ways that newspapers have chosen to acknowledge the feast day over the…
Olin JohnsonMarch 14, 2018
Canned foods have become an everyday part of our lives. Most people have at least a few cans in their kitchen pantry, but far fewer…
Guest ContributorJanuary 10, 2018
The Library of Virginia cookbook collection documents hundreds of churches, clubs, special interest groups, school groups, families, chef specialties, and, of course, regional cuisine. Currently…
Claire RadcliffeMay 6, 2015
Usually at Out of the Box we offer up stories found by our archivists in the many collections held at the Library of Virginia, but today, we’re…
Bari HelmsOctober 30, 2013
New Market, established 1796 in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and settled largely by German Lutherans and Mennonites, was home to Our Church Paper, a Lutheran weekly published…
Natalie DraperJune 26, 2013
