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Drooping, Slapping, and Clapping: Exercises from the Past

This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…

Lisa WehrmannJanuary 4, 2021

Virginia Authors

New Books – December 2020

The Library of Virginia is now open by appointment only. During this initial reopening phase, researchers will be able to use the collections by appointment…

Donna PletcherDecember 28, 2020

Archives Manuscripts & Special Collections Newspapers

Dear Santa: Using Library Collections to Explore a Life Well-Lived

Every year, as the air turns cold and memories of Thanksgiving turkey fade away, children begin the age-old tradition of penning a letter to Santa…

Vince BrooksDecember 23, 2020

The Stacks

“It’s Very Fulfilling to Feel Like I’m Helping” : 7 Questions with Annie Hatton

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

Vince BrooksDecember 21, 2020

Archives

Circuit Court Preservation Grants Awarded

The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 8 December 2020 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests…

Vince BrooksDecember 18, 2020

Archives Education & Programming Manuscripts & Special Collections

“Banded together for civic betterment” : The Virginia League of Women Voters

With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and the achievement of woman suffrage, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia closed down its operations in the…

Mari JulienneDecember 16, 2020

Public Libraries

Public Library Spotlight: Library on the Go

Occasionally, we ask guest writers to share information or stories about researching in our collections, public library programming or activities, and other topics which Library…

Guest ContributorDecember 14, 2020

The Stacks

Home for the Holidays

This year “Home for the Holidays” has a slightly different ring to it, and as the days get darker and colder it might seem daunting…

Library of VirginiaDecember 9, 2020

Archives

Random Reference: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition Files

I have written about a specific exhibition in the past, but for this post, I wanted to delve into the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts…

Nathan VerillaDecember 7, 2020

Virginia Authors

Marion Cabell Tyree and Mrs. T’s Sweet Potato Pie

I have a sweet potato problem. When autumn comes and locally grown sweet potatoes appear in markets, I buy them reflexively, the way people stock…

Rebecca SchneiderDecember 4, 2020

Newspapers

The Explosion

Everyone likes a good mystery, so here is one—but instead of the expected murder and mayhem, this caper involves social media, the Google box, local…

Errol SomayDecember 2, 2020

Virginia Authors

New Books – November 2020

The Library of Virginia is now open by appointment only. During this initial reopening phase, researchers will be able to use the collections by appointment…

Donna PletcherNovember 30, 2020

The Stacks

Happy Thanksgiving

The UncommonWealth will return next week. Please enjoy these Thanksgiving napkins from the Charlotte LaRoy Paper Napkin Collection from our Visual Studies Collection. You can…

Library of VirginiaNovember 25, 2020

Archives

Random Reference: The Adventures of Bruce, the Canine Archaeologist.

This is an entry in our “Random Reference” series, which features interesting discoveries made and reference questions answered by our Archives & Library Reference Services…

Annie HattonNovember 23, 2020

Archives

Alien Lands: Land Ownership and Inheritance Laws for Immigrants in Virginia

“Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of Anglify…

Vince BrooksNovember 18, 2020