The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the addition of the city of Lynchburg Chancery Causes, 1805-1827, to the Chancery Records Index. The collection includes…
Greg CrawfordOctober 9, 2019
Welcome to the new blog of the Library of Virginia, The UncommonWealth! As the Library of Virginia approaches its 200th birthday in 2023, it seemed…
Claire RadcliffeSeptember 25, 2019
Virginia’s marriage license requirements recently made the national news, and the state’s complicated history with racial classification is part of that conversation. Various records held…
Vince BrooksSeptember 16, 2019
In June 1919 Congress proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing women’s right to vote (with only one vote in favor…
Mari JulienneSeptember 4, 2019
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the addition of the Lancaster County Fiduciary Records, 1657-1872, to Virginia Untold. This collection contains the earliest records…
Greg CrawfordAugust 29, 2019
The Virginia Newspaper Project cannot resist the compelling story that is the Titanic. On April 16, 1912, the Richmond Times Dispatch issued its Tuesday morning paper…
Errol SomayAugust 21, 2019
The Library of Virginia is excited to make the records of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia available in Making History: Transcribe. As part of…
Mari JulienneAugust 21, 2019
The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 26 July 2019 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests from…
Greg CrawfordAugust 14, 2019
The start of August brings with it the excitement and anticipation of numerous young men and women as they prepare for their first year in…
Tracy HarterAugust 7, 2019
The Virginia Newspaper Project is happy to announce its collaboration with St. Catherine’s School in Richmond to film and digitize three of the historic school’s newspapers—The…
Kyle RogersAugust 7, 2019
The first meeting of the General Assembly of Virginia took place at the church building in Jamestown on 30 July 1619. The session lasted for…
Brent TarterJuly 30, 2019
Inviting a man of the cloth to live in your home seems like it should be a good idea. You might expect a resident clergyman…
Sherri BagleyJuly 24, 2019
The bedrock of the Library of Virginia’s chancery causes collection is the personal story. While most causes share similar documents, topics, and resolutions, each story…
Callie FreedJuly 3, 2019
The design of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia was adopted by the Virginia Convention on 5 July 1776, based on the work of…
Claire RadcliffeJune 26, 2019
