This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…
Given the current coronavirus health crisis, processing a small collection of Chesterfield County smallpox epidemic records from the 19th century seemed to be a timely…
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the release of 100,343 emails from the administration of Governor Timothy M. Kaine (2006-2010). This latest batch…
This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. Many collections in the Library…
“Abuse of opioids continues to kill Virginians.” Governor McAuliffe made that blunt yet true statement in a February 2017 press release announcing his signing of…
This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. The Council’s activities…
By Anne McCrery, Virginia Newspaper Project Intern If you read a newspaper from the late 19th century, you’re liable to be bombarded by various medical…
With examples dating back to the 1750s, Norfolk County chancery causes offer an interesting set of solutions to some of the myriad problems associated with…
Before the Commonwealth of Virginia began officially recording vital statistics in 1853, many people recorded the births, deaths, and marriages in their families in the…
Dr. Paul Parker, medical examiner of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, wrapped up a 19 April 1935 coroner’s inquest by ruling that “Dorothy McGaha Reeves came…
Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by two variants of a virus—variola major and variola minor. Since smallpox was certified as eradicated by the World…
Television and copy advertisements for prescription drugs are a common sight these days. But the obsession with finding the latest and greatest cure-all is nothing…
R.D.(Robert Davidson) Hufford was born in Wythe County in 1850. He studied medicine at the Medical College of Virginia and established a practice in Smyth…