The bedrock of the Library of Virginia’s chancery causes collection is the personal story. While most causes share similar documents, topics, and resolutions, each story…
Callie FreedJuly 3, 2019
Question: What do the following five quotes have in common? Answer: They are all quotes taken from high school newspapers. And while academic newspapers cover topics…
Kelley EwingJuly 24, 2015
The Virginia Newspaper Project wishes mothers everywhere a very happy Mother's Day.The idea for a Mother's Day was originally conceived by Anna Jarvis, after her…
Kelley EwingMay 10, 2015
The most recent Ebay acquisition for the Library of Virginia’s newspaper collection is the Safety News of Omar, West Virginia. Published “monthly for employees of the West Virginia Coal…
Kelley EwingJanuary 3, 2013
These words were written by a young lawyer who was researching court records filed in the Augusta County courthouse in the early 1830’s. He was…
Greg CrawfordJune 18, 2012
Many of the staff and researchers at the Library of Virginia remember our colleague and friend Robert Young Clay for his vast knowledge of the…
Jim GreveDecember 14, 2011
Editor’s Note: Guest contributor Brent Tarter offers the following post, pointing out some interesting finds made by the creators of the Library of Virginia’s Union or Secession exhibition.…
Brent TarterMarch 30, 2011
Wracked by tuberculosis (or consumption as it was then called), 23 year-old Martin Duralde spent a month and a half during the summer of 1846…
Trenton HizerAugust 11, 2010
