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Education & Programming Public Libraries

Coming soon to a library near you: LVA On the Go!

The Library of Virginia (LVA) is known for its remarkable collections and its outstanding support for anyone interested in exploring those collections. Many Virginians, though,…

Library of VirginiaMarch 13, 2023

Digital Projects Education & Programming Newspapers

History Unfolded: Crowdsourcing through the Pandemic and Beyond

The co-creation of knowledge, the joy of discovery, even the small failures and inevitable words – crowdsourcing has been an ongoing source of inspiration and…

Sonya ColemanMarch 8, 2023

Build a Better Mousetrap, They Say: A Patent Drawing Sparks Curiosity

Many times, in the course of our work processing local government records, we run across something interesting that sends us down the proverbial rabbit hole.…

Vince BrooksMarch 6, 2023

Archives The Stacks

200 Years, 122 Localities

Shortly after the end of the Civil War, which had a devastating impact on the commonwealth’s records, the Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia)…

Library of VirginiaMarch 3, 2023

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

“So that later a history of the movement can be written”: Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Records Are Now Online

In celebration of Women's History Month, the Library of Virginia is excited to announce that the records of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia are…

Mari JulienneMarch 1, 2023

Virginia Authors

New Books – February 2023

James Madison: Liberty's Advocate / James Madison From Independence to the U.S. Constitution: Reconsidering the Critical Period of American History Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of…

Donna PletcherFebruary 27, 2023

Archives Education & Programming Manuscripts & Special Collections

The First Civil Rights: Black Political Activism After Claiming Freedom

It is often assumed that after Congressional Reconstruction in Virginia ended in 1870, no Black men won election to political office in the state until…

Library of VirginiaFebruary 22, 2023

Education & Programming Manuscripts & Special Collections Newspapers Virginia Authors

Snakey Noodles

For March 2023, the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group is exploring the history of Southern baking with Rebecca Sharpless’s Grain and Fire. Sharpless explores…

Library of VirginiaFebruary 20, 2023

Jane Connelly: A Story from the City of Richmond Hustings Court Exhibit

In last month’s Virginia Untold blog post, we shared about the exhibition currently on display in our pre-function hall to celebrate Black History Month: “I…

Lydia NeurothFebruary 15, 2023

Education & Programming Public Libraries

February is Love Your Library Month

And what better way to love your library than to use it! Reading aloud to children is another excellent way to celebrate Love Your Library…

Sue La ParoFebruary 13, 2023

Digital Projects Newspapers

New Titles on Virginia Chronicle

Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely accessible digital newspaper database, has recently added a notable assortment of new titles, including school newspapers, labor newspapers,…

Kelley EwingFebruary 8, 2023

Archives Newspapers

Dr. Ware’s War on Kissing

December 26, 1902 was, by all appearances, a slow news day for the Staunton Spectator and Vindicator. The Virginia newspaper featured such prosaic headlines as…

Rebecca SchneiderFebruary 6, 2023

Digital Projects Newspapers

Newspaper Conversations in Charles City County

In 1966, Charles City County was the kind of place that big city newspapers found easy to overlook. Entirely rural, with an estimated population of…

Angela LehmanFebruary 1, 2023

Virginia Authors

New Books – January 2023

George Washington's Revenge: The 1777 New Jersey Campaign and How General Washington Turned Defeat into the Strategy that Won the Revolution / Arthur S. Lefkowitz…

Donna PletcherJanuary 30, 2023

Archives Conservation

Announcing the 2023 Circuit Court Records Preservation Program Grants

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on January 6, 2023 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Greg CrawfordJanuary 27, 2023