In 1996, then-president Bill Clinton signed the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). This act provides federal funding for libraries through the Grants to States…
Barry TrottMay 12, 2025
The more history I do, the more amused I am by Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary. Originally published as The Cynic’s Word Book in 1906,…
Kenneth ForestMay 5, 2025
The Library of Virginia is observing Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! During the entire month of May, look for a display of books…
Cara GriggsMay 2, 2025
In my February blog post I promised to follow-up with a particular discovery in the case of three women who self-liberated from their enslavers in…
Lydia NeurothApril 30, 2025
The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Donna PletcherApril 28, 2025
The Library of Virginia’s collections include a document titled “Surnames, by Counties and Cities, of Mixed Negroid Virginia Families Striving to Pass as ‘Indian’ or…
Caroline CollinsApril 25, 2025
Volunteering can deepen community connections and transform lives. In our Making History crowdsourcing program, Library of Virginia staff work with volunteers to transcribe historical documents…
Sonya ColemanApril 23, 2025
In February of 1816, the Virginia General Assembly approved an act for the overdue, expensive and laborious endeavor of creating the first state-funded Map of…
Kelley EwingApril 21, 2025
“…the asparagus and wild greens and quail and tomatoes on the vines and little peas in spring and half runners in early summer and all…
Anne McCreryApril 16, 2025
For a public library, summer is possibly the busiest time of year. It’s when some version of a summer reading program is offered. Aimed at…
Guest ContributorApril 14, 2025
Psst...April is Records and Information Management Month! Records and Information Management (RIM) Month is celebrated during the month of April to shed light on the…
Teshawna ThreatApril 9, 2025
"He is a woman!” The voices of James McLaughlin, Jesse Barnes, and R.J Hardy rang out on March 21, 1902 in Ettrick, Virginia.1 Close friends…
Casey ClaubergApril 2, 2025
The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Donna PletcherMarch 31, 2025
In her latest CCRP Records Room Road Trips blog my fellow traveling consulting archivist colleague and friend, Tracy Harter appeared to suggest that I had…
Eddie WoodwardMarch 26, 2025
