Editor's Note: This blog post is part two of two. You can read the first part here. Due to financial complications arising from their usurpation…
Caroline CollinsJanuary 15, 2025
This is part two of a two-part blog series on Gilbert Hunt and his first wife, Judy Martin. You can read the first part here.…
Jennifer TaylorMay 31, 2024
When I began processing a portion of the Richmond City Chancery Causes, I did not know the name “Gilbert Hunt.” I had not known about…
Jennifer TaylorMay 15, 2024
Downtown Richmond seems to be perpetually under construction. The Library of Virginia has had several buildings downtown during its 200-year history and the 800 block…
Library of VirginiaOctober 16, 2023
Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 2, 2020. As we near…
Dana PugaAugust 18, 2021
When creating a who’s who list of the early days of film, the list is dominated by men – Cecil B. De Mille, D. W.…
Joanne PorterJuly 31, 2013
"Jugglery, slight of hand , comic concerts, and songs” brought the congregation of Centenary Methodist Church and members of the Sons of Temperance, Pendleton Division…
Bari HelmsAugust 22, 2012
