Archives “The Richmond Calamity”: The Capitol Collapse of 1870 On the morning of 27 April 1870, attorney Patrick Henry Aylett headed toward the Virginia Capitol to hear the Supreme Court of Appeals’ ruling on…Lee Ann TimreckApril 10, 2024
Manuscripts & Special Collections Statue Stories: Thomas J. Jackson and Civil War Remembrance This is the first in a series of blog posts about the statues of Virginia’s Capitol Square, which are a part of the State Art Collection.…Meghan TownesOctober 26, 2017
Archives There Ain’t No Barbecue Like a “Montague Barbecue” An ongoing project to arrange and describe the executive papers of Virginia’s 20th century governors has brought to light many important and interesting papers of Governor…Craig MooreNovember 9, 2011