Archives Vote For Me! Governor’s Election Records at the Library of Virginia As everyone should be aware, it’s almost time to vote for a new governor of Virginia. Election Day is next Tuesday, 7 November, but going…Ginny DunnNovember 2, 2017
Archives Election Time: Poll Books of the 1867 Election On 22 October 1867, African American men cast votes for the first time in Virginia; this significant event was recorded in poll books in counties…Paige NealOctober 23, 2017
ArchivesEducation & Programming Remaking Virginia: “To Secure Justice for Ourselves” This is the fourth in a series of four blog posts concerning post-Civil War Virginia and the lives of freedpeople after Emancipation. The posts precede the…Mari JulienneJuly 1, 2015