I have a sweet potato problem. When autumn comes and locally grown sweet potatoes appear in markets, I buy them reflexively, the way people stock…
Rebecca SchneiderDecember 4, 2020
The Library of Virginia is now open by appointment only. During this initial reopening phase, researchers will be able to use the collections by appointment…
Donna PletcherNovember 30, 2020
The UncommonWealth will return next week. Please enjoy these Thanksgiving napkins from the Charlotte LaRoy Paper Napkin Collection from our Visual Studies Collection. You can…
Library of VirginiaNovember 25, 2020
This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…
Annie GannonNovember 23, 2020
“Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of Anglify…
Vince BrooksNovember 18, 2020
This is a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes entries…
Vince BrooksNovember 16, 2020
In memory of Alex Trebek we would like to start your weekend off with some actual questions (ahem...answers) about Virginia from Jeopardy! Just hover your…
Library of VirginiaNovember 13, 2020
With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and the achievement of woman suffrage, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia closed down its operations in the…
Mari JulienneNovember 11, 2020
The 26th Amendment, the last in a series of amendments which expanded constitutional protection for voting rights, provided that “the right of citizens of the…
Catherine Fitzgerald WyattNovember 9, 2020
In this year's election, nearly 2.8 million of the commonwealth’s approximately 5.9 million registered voters voted early or by mail-in ballot. Having voted before the…
Vince BrooksNovember 6, 2020
This blog post is being written on the lands of Virginia’s Indigenous people, Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, East Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Nottoway, Pamunkey, Patawomeck, Upper…
Ashley RameyNovember 4, 2020
Virginia women went to the polls for the first time on 2 November 1920, a cool and cloudy day across the commonwealth. After the Nineteenth…
Mari JulienneNovember 2, 2020
CONTENT WARNING: Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and…
Emma ItoOctober 30, 2020
With election season upon us, a recent find in Local Records seems particularly timely. While exploring a box of unprocessed Mecklenburg County records, archivists noticed…
Tracy HarterOctober 29, 2020
