Did you know that you can check out books from the Library of Virginia? If you are looking for books about Virginia we've got you…
Donna PletcherJanuary 27, 2020
This fall, a local records archivist at the Library of Virginia collaborated with a U.S. History teacher at Matoaca High School in Chesterfield County to…
Tracy HarterJanuary 15, 2020
This is an entry in our in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…
Vince BrooksJanuary 13, 2020
Editor's Note: The Library of Virginia, in partnership with Virginia Humanities, sponsors residential fellows during the academic year to conduct in-depth research in the Library's…
Karen ChaseJanuary 8, 2020
Library of Virginia, Visual Studies Ephemera Collection A reminder that the Library is closed today for New Year's. We will reopen tomorrow, January 02,…
Jessi BennettJanuary 1, 2020
Even though our new combined blog only launched in the second half of this year, we already have some popular posts. Thank you for reading…
Jessi BennettDecember 30, 2019
The UncommonWealth is off today. We hope you are enjoying time with family and friends, or perhaps a good book. See you soon!
Jessica BurgessDecember 25, 2019
Still looking for some good reads to gift this holiday season? Here are some of the favorite books we've read this year. Fiction "This novel…
Jessi BennettDecember 23, 2019
This is the latest blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…
Vince BrooksDecember 19, 2019
Jenny Lind, September 1850 (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress). Before there was Hamilton, before Beatlemania, before Elvis, there was Lindomania; and in 1850…
Jessi BennettDecember 18, 2019
This post is Part 2 in a sometimes series about the statues of Virginia's Capitol Square. See Part 1 here. "In his quiet Roman workshop…
Meghan TownesDecember 13, 2019
Writing about Bruce Crawford’s 1935 departure from the newspaper industry, Louis Jaffe, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of Norfolk’s Virginian-Pilot, penned what amounted to a eulogy:…
Josh HowardDecember 11, 2019
Unclaimed property from banks, estates, or other repositories often ends up in the possession of the Virginia Department of the Treasury. If they are not…
Cara GriggsDecember 4, 2019
E very year there are Americans who are not able to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. Some of these individuals are members of…
Jessi BennettNovember 28, 2019
