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A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archives, Great Seal Edition

The design of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia was adopted by the Virginia Convention on 5 July 1776, based on the work of…

Vince BrooksJune 26, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Chasing Steeples through WWI France

The Library of Virginia’s Visual Studies Collection has a collection of German postcards depicting non-combat scenes from the Western Front. Schaar & Dathe of Trier…

Sonya ColemanNovember 9, 2018

Digital Projects

Following a Northern Star: Exploring Abolitionist Materials with Mapping Technologies

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

Digital Projects

Mapping John Brown: How one man’s failed rebellion expanded the abolitionist cause

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

Digital Projects

LVA Partners with American Experience to Populate the Abolitionist Map of America: Interactive Map Explores the Legacy of the Anti-Slavery Movement

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