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New Books – March 2022

The Library of Virginia first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…

Donna PletcherMarch 28, 2022

Newspapers

Devoted to the Industrial Classes of the South: The Southern Workman on Virginia Chronicle

Along with a list of many new newspapers, a nearly complete run of the Southern Workman, a monthly published from 1872-1939 by the Hampton Normal…

Kelley EwingMarch 25, 2022

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Epicurious in the 18th Century

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 3, 2021.The most popular cookbook…

Audrey McElhinneyMarch 23, 2022

The Stacks

“I’m a history nerd who brings Virginia history to the Internet” : 7 Questions with Jessi Bennett

This blog entry is the latest in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…

Vince BrooksMarch 21, 2022

Education & Programming Virginia Authors

Naming Our Common Ground

In A Brave and Cunning Prince, James Horn questions accepted narratives regarding 17th-century Virginia as he traces the life of Opechancanough, the brother of Chief…

Library of VirginiaMarch 18, 2022

Archives Newspapers

Wearing of the Green

In the late 1840s, a flood of Irish refugees fleeing the Great Famine filled America’s cities. While most of these immigrants went to the Northeast,…

Bill BynumMarch 16, 2022

Public Libraries

Libraries and the Power of Story

"...all cultures—the dominant and marginalized—have always used stories to validate their existences, make sense of their worlds, and pass on to future generations what they…

Barry TrottMarch 14, 2022

Archives Education & Programming

Two Revolutionary War Petitions

For hundreds of years, Virginians have had the right to petition their government. Unlike the right to vote or hold public office during the 18th…

Mari JulienneMarch 9, 2022

Newspapers

Random Reference: “Advice to the Lovelorn”

We are living in an age of peak advice, a crowded media landscape in which bloggers, columnists, podcasters, and online strangers field inquiries about everything…

Rebecca SchneiderMarch 7, 2022

“Being Southern in Position” : The Division of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Alexandria

Picture a church with the front doors firmly locked, and the keys kept away from the congregation. Then picture a part of the congregation illegally…

McKenzie LongMarch 2, 2022

Virginia Authors

New Books – February 2022

Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution / Woody Holton Colonial Complexions: Race and…

Donna PletcherFebruary 28, 2022

Education & Programming

Strong Men & Women in Virginia History Honored for Black History Month

African Americans and people of African descent have been a part of Virginia’s—and America’s—story since European colonization of the North American continent began. Yet the…

Library of VirginiaFebruary 25, 2022