Editor's Note: This blog post contains information from a previous Library of Virginia exhibition (2002–2003), Virginia Roots Music Creating and Conserving Tradition, developed by Barbara…
John DealMarch 5, 2025
While processing Richmond City chancery causes that ended between 1879 and 1881, I stumbled across a suit involving several former members of an English opera…
Caroline CollinsJanuary 8, 2025
The Library of Virginia, one of the oldest state libraries and archives in the nation, is marking its bicentennial in 2023 with a free exhibition—200…
Gregg KimballOctober 11, 2023
In September 1935, the Richmond Times-Dispatch grabbed readers' attention with the dramatic headline, "Buckroe Fish Packer Now Devil's Nemesis." The feature provided an early glimpse…
John DealJuly 24, 2023
The Common Ground Virginia History Book Club focuses on approachable books focused on Virginia-centered nonfiction. Most of these books are historical narratives and biographies such…
Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2022
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Summer 2008. Approached by MGM to record a…
Don GunterFebruary 16, 2022
The Library of Virginia is now open by appointment only. During this initial reopening phase, researchers will be able to use the collections by appointment…
Donna PletcherSeptember 28, 2020
The close of the American Civil War brought two young men back to a devastated Shenandoah Valley and an uncertain future. Aldine Silliman Kieffer had…
Gregg KimballDecember 3, 2018
When Mollie Durango Does the Irish Tango from the March 7, 1915 issue of the Richmond Times Dispatch https://youtu.be/td-8tJ-t5L4
Kelley EwingMarch 17, 2016
Welcome to Mug Shot Monday! This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate mug shots in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. In April…
Roger ChristmanOctober 10, 2011
If you’ve ever heard “God Bless America” or “White Christmas” then you know the music of Irving Berlin. Considered by many critics to be the…
Dale DulaneyJuly 27, 2011
