In an increasingly digital world, it can sometimes be a challenge to find a place in a new community to connect with people and find…
Barry TrottSeptember 11, 2023
StoryCorps, a groundbreaking oral history organization, has given over 640,000 Americans across all 50 states the chance to record conversations about their lives and preserve…
Guest ContributorSeptember 1, 2023
In June 1800, an enslaved man named Bob was apprehended and jailed in the city of Richmond. Bob was not from the capital city. He…
Lydia NeurothAugust 30, 2023
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 PletcherAugust 28, 2023
As we mentioned in the last installment for the “Records Room Road Trips” series, the spring and summer have brought more overnight stays as we’ve…
Eddie WoodwardAugust 23, 2023
Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby’s joint memoir Cousins is told in the voices of two women—one Black, the other white—with a shared Virginia history.…
Rebecca SchneiderAugust 21, 2023
2023 marked the 200th anniversary of the Library of Virginia as well as the second year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives…
Ashley CraigAugust 16, 2023
Before I begin describing what exactly the Books on Wheels service is, I want to give you some context regarding the community Augusta County Library…
Guest ContributorAugust 14, 2023
School may be out for the summer, but school newspapers are in—on Virginia Chronicle, that is! Five student newspapers, totaling around 58,000 pages, have recently…
Kelley EwingAugust 9, 2023
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of blog posts regarding Virginia female newspaper editors by our Transforming the Future of Libraries and…
Elena CarioAugust 7, 2023
Genealogical research always starts with a name. And questions. The Library of Virginia’s comprehensive genealogical resources – online data bases, microfiche, archival documents, and more…
Lee Ann TimreckAugust 2, 2023
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 PletcherJuly 31, 2023
Conceived of by financier Morton Blumenthal, inspired by twentieth-century psychic Edgar Cayce, and led by Virginia educator Dr. William Moseley Brown, Atlantic University (AU) officially…
Kelley EwingJuly 26, 2023
In September 1935, the Richmond Times-Dispatch grabbed readers' attention with the dramatic headline, "Buckroe Fish Packer Now Devil's Nemesis." The feature provided an early glimpse…
John DealJuly 24, 2023
