Next month, LVA's Common Ground Virginia History Book Group meets virtually to discuss the September Weinstein Author Series title, No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and…
Library of VirginiaAugust 27, 2021
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 BrooksAugust 23, 2021
Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 2, 2020. As we near…
Dana PugaAugust 18, 2021
This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…
Amanda MorrellAugust 16, 2021
To what lengths would you go to prove your identity if you had no documentation? One formerly enslaved woman was able to do so 150…
Tracy HarterAugust 11, 2021
If you want to shake up your community’s perception of the public library, I strongly suggest you consider getting a giant dinosaur skeleton. An 18-foot…
Guest ContributorAugust 9, 2021
A little more than 20 years ago, the Library of Virginia performed most newspaper inventory, cataloging, and even preservation microfilming in-house. We did use online…
Kelley EwingAugust 4, 2021
The Library of Virginia's second-floor reading rooms are now open to all with no advance appointment necessary during our current hours, which recently expanded to…
Donna PletcherAugust 2, 2021
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…
Lydia NeurothJuly 28, 2021
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
It is not uncommon to see immigration and migration references when processing local records collections, so it was not especially surprising to find a few…
Eddie WoodwardJuly 21, 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
Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 4, 2020. Squeezing into a…
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
