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The Stacks

“I got hooked on archives!”: 7 Questions with Sonya Coleman

In this series we introduce LVA employees and explore what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes entries…

Vince BrooksJuly 20, 2020

Archives Digital Projects

Early Albemarle County Judgments to be Transcribed and Placed on Virginia Untold

For those who enjoy the art and intricacy of transcribing historical documents, the Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that a selection of Albemarle…

Tracy HarterJune 24, 2020

Digital Projects

Make Some History From the Comfort of Your Couch!

Stuck at home? Need a project? We’ve got three! These three projects use crowdsourcing to help make historical materials at the Library of Virginia more…

Sonya ColemanMarch 19, 2020

I’m A Sap: The WWI Letters of David J. Castleman

My name is Chloe Staples, and I am from Richmond, Virginia. I am a rising senior at Lynchburg College with a major in United States…

Chloe StaplesAugust 1, 2017

Over The Top and at "em": 100 Years at Fort Lee

This is the latest entry in a series of blog posts spotlighting stories and records of Virginia’s involvement in World War I. Soon after the United States…

Claire RadcliffeJuly 7, 2017

Digital Projects Education & Programming Newspapers

Transcribe Postscript: Big Thanks to All of Those Who Helped Transcribe the PCI Newspapers!

The Virginia Newspaper Project would like to give a big thank you to those who transcribed the Petersburg Classical Institute manuscript newspapers on the Library…

Kelley EwingOctober 28, 2016

Digital Projects

Now on Transcribe: the Manuscript Newspapers of Petersburg Classical Institute

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software does the amazing work of converting newspaper type into searchable text, but the task of making hand written documents searchable…

Kelley EwingOctober 22, 2016

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

‘It’s a Southern Sun That Shines Down on This Yankee Boy’: The E. L. Molineux Collection

The Edward L. Molineux collection, 1861-1915, was scanned as part of the CW150 Legacy Project and recently added to the Library of Virginia’s Transcribe web site.…

Renee SavitsSeptember 28, 2016

Digital Projects Newspapers

Text Correcting with Virginia Chronicle

Here’s a reminder that as a registered user of Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper collection, you can assist in improving search results…

Kelley EwingOctober 16, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

Howdy!: The Letters of John R. Morris

Recently I was approving some transcriptions done by our virtual Library volunteers on the Making History: Transcribe website and came across a collection of letters written by…

Renee SavitsAugust 12, 2015

Digital Projects Newspapers

Thank You!

I will conclude this blog with a thank you to Virginia Chronicle text correctors, but first let’s begin with a quick explanation. . .Optical Character Recognition,…

Kelley EwingOctober 11, 2013