Tina Parker is the author of three books of poetry. The poetry collection Mother May I and the poetry chapbook Another Offering were published in 2016. Her newest collection, Lock…
Nan CarmackApril 21, 2023
In 1883, the year when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solved the case of the Speckled Band, an equally baffling real-life killing drew another noted…
Bill BynumNovember 19, 2014
Processing the records of a state agency director can often be unsatisfying. While the folders of historically important correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes describe the…
Jessie GrahamSeptember 19, 2012
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 June…
Roger ChristmanOctober 17, 2011
Editors Note: This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared in the former “Virginiana” section of Virginia Memory. The following story was gleaned from…
Roger ChristmanMarch 2, 2011
