This is the latest entry in a monthly series introducing Library of Virginia employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in…
Vince BrooksJuly 26, 2021
Were you a pandemic bread baker? A Great British Bake Off binger? A curator of lockdown kitchen disasters? Several staff members at the Jefferson-Madison Regional…
Guest ContributorJuly 19, 2021
Squeezing into a cramped photo booth with the curtain pulled, changing facial expressions as the camera clicked off, and anxiously waiting for the vertical photo…
Dale NeighborsJuly 14, 2021
The Library of Virginia has long maintained an excellent series of introductory guides to the Library’s resources and subject areas. At first, these were mostly…
Library of VirginiaJuly 12, 2021
The Library of Virginia’s Buildings and Grounds Collection consists of selected images from the Public Buildings and Grounds series of local government records. These items…
Greg CrawfordJuly 7, 2021
Hi, I’m Lydia, the new Project Manager for Virginia Untold. I’m using this blog post to introduce myself and my interest in this project. Going…
Lydia NeurothJune 30, 2021
As of May 28, 2021, the Library of Virginia’s second-floor reading rooms are open to all with no advance appointment necessary during our current hours: Tuesday–Friday,…
Donna PletcherJune 28, 2021
Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 1, 2020. Known as a famed…
Trenton HizerJune 23, 2021
This is a blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on…
Vince BrooksJune 21, 2021
What do you do in the middle of a pandemic that will take a family’s mind off the pandemic, but still keep everyone safe from…
Guest ContributorJune 18, 2021
To vaccinate, or not to vaccinate? That has always been the question. It is particularly timely these days as people seek, or seek to avoid,…
Tracy HarterJune 16, 2021
IIn 2020, Governor Ralph Northam issued an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth as a Virginia state holiday. Later that year, the General Assembly unanimously voted in…
Library of VirginiaJune 14, 2021
In 1791, Rachel Veney’s mother Sarah won a case in the district court of Northumberland County for her freedom and the freedom of her descendants.…
Greg CrawfordJune 9, 2021
The best thing about being a reference archivist is that every time you pick up the phone you have no idea what the question will…
Dawn TinnellJune 7, 2021
