The newspaper page count has officially surpassed two million on Virginia Chronicle! An array of new titles have been added to the Library’s growing digital…
Kelley EwingDecember 1, 2021
The Library of Virginia has added several titles to the growing list of digitized historical newspapers accessible on Virginia Chronicle. Recent additions include: Alexandria Herald…
Kelley EwingMarch 24, 2020
In 2018 a record number of women took their seats in Virginia's House of Delegates, bringing the total number of women who have served in…
Mari JulienneNovember 6, 2018
In August of 1976, gay and lesbian members of Norfolk's Unitarian Universalist church formed a branch of the Unitarian Universalist Gay Caucus (UUGC), and quickly decided…
Olin JohnsonApril 18, 2018
Restricting the use of alcohol was not a novel idea in the Roaring Twenties when Prohibition banned illicit spirits nationwide. Inspired by the reforming impulses…
John DealSeptember 27, 2017
On a Monday, in late May, 1900, a corner of Virginia, under clear skies, experienced not the partial eclipse we’ll experience here in the Commonwealth,…
Henry MorseAugust 18, 2017
Seventy-five years ago, the media landscape was not nearly so vast, not nearly so individualized. An electronic device was not on your person, it was…
Henry MorseDecember 11, 2015
The Virginia Newspaper Project is thrilled to announce the latest additions to the Library of Virginia’s free, searchable online newspaper resource, Virginia Chronicle.The recent additions…
Kelley EwingOctober 2, 2015
Question: What do the following five quotes have in common? Answer: They are all quotes taken from high school newspapers. And while academic newspapers cover topics…
Kelley EwingJuly 24, 2015
This is the second in a series of four blogs related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the Library…
Greg CrawfordOctober 8, 2014
This is the first in a series of four blog posts related to the “To Be Sold” exhibit which opens on October 27 at the…
Greg CrawfordOctober 1, 2014
Welcome to Mug Shot Monday (Halloween Edition)! This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. At…
Roger ChristmanOctober 31, 2011
Tucked away in the Business Records Collections at the Library of Virginia are five 2.5 x 1.5 inch baseball cards issued by the American Tobacco…
Trenton HizerAugust 3, 2011
