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Hidden Treasures and Lost History: Murphy’s Hotel in Richmond

Working with state records often means finding the most interesting things in the most unexpected places. For example, I never thought that going through Land…

Claire RadcliffeOctober 7, 2015

Digital Projects Newspapers

A Genius, A Recorder, and a Growler walk into an archive: What’s New on Virginia Chronicle

The Virginia Newspaper Project is thrilled to announce the latest additions to the Library of Virginia’s free, searchable online newspaper resource, Virginia Chronicle.The recent additions…

Kelley EwingOctober 2, 2015

Archives

Love Letters in the Archives

While working on a project involving the Middlesex County Chancery Causes, I noticed a case that was filled with scandal and intrigue. Middlesex Chancery Cause,…

Mary Dean CarterSeptember 30, 2015

Newspapers

A Bicycle Search For You

As the UCI World Bike Championships unfold and professional road bikers from all over the map pedal by LVA down Richmond’s Broad Street, the Virginia Newspaper Project thought…

Kelley EwingSeptember 23, 2015

Archives Digital Projects The Stacks

Ten Years Burning Down the Road: Web Archiving at LVA

September 2015 marks the ten year anniversary of web archiving at the Library of Virginia. In the fall of 2005, the Library partnered with the…

Roger ChristmanSeptember 23, 2015

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Have You Seen The Vigilante Man?: Reconstruction Era Violence

Life for African Americans in Virginia following the end of the Civil War can be described as uncertain at best. As the social balance between…

Chris SmithSeptember 16, 2015

The Stacks

Ask A Curator Day – September 16!

On September 16, the Library will be taking your questions for our third year of Ask a Curator Day. You’ll be able ask curators from…

Claire RadcliffeSeptember 11, 2015

Archives

Are You Ready for Some Football?

This week marks the start of the NFL’s regular season. In honor of the return of football, this week’s blog post spotlights an unusual discovery…

Claire RadcliffeSeptember 9, 2015

Newspapers

Advertising the Big Top: 1870s Circus Ads from the Staunton Spectator

It’s September 16, 1873 in the sleepy town of Staunton, Virginia. You can only imagine a reader’s excitement at turning to page three of the Staunton…

Kelley EwingSeptember 2, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

Kaine Email Project @ LVA: Tim Butcher’s Hurricane Katrina Story

This is the eleventh in a series of posts spotlighting recently released email from Governor Tim Kaine’s administration. These posts are not meant to be comprehensive but to…

Roger ChristmanSeptember 2, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

Kaine Email Project @LVA: 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

This is the tenth in a series of posts spotlighting recently released email from Governor Tim Kaine’s administration. These posts are not meant to be comprehensive but to…

Roger ChristmanAugust 27, 2015

Newspapers

From Middletown to Salem: Virginia Chronicle takes a road trip

The Virginia Newspaper Project is happy to announce new additions to the Library of Virginia’s Virginia Chronicle. The number of historical newspaper pages available on…

Kelley EwingAugust 25, 2015

Archives

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Letterhead in the Archive Part 4

It’s been a while, but as promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our…

Claire RadcliffeAugust 19, 2015

Newspapers

A History of the Fairfax Herald

Founded in 1882 by Captain Stephen Roszel Donohoe, the Democratically-affiliated Fairfax Herald was published weekly in Fairfax, Virginia, where it served as the area’s dominant newspaper for…

Anne McCreryAugust 14, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

Howdy!: The Letters of John R. Morris

Recently I was approving some transcriptions done by our virtual Library volunteers on the Making History: Transcribe website and came across a collection of letters written by…

Renee SavitsAugust 12, 2015