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Newspapers

Progress At Last-Twenty Years, Actually. The Caroline Progress of Bowling Green–Now Entering VNP Preservation.

Between 1883 and 1909 six of the seven newspapers that ever claimed Bowling Green as home appeared, and then disappeared, after publishing for no more…

Henry MorseMarch 10, 2015

Education & Programming The Stacks

"Straight to the Source" conference coming to the Library of Virginia

We are excited to announce that the Friends of the Virginia State Archives 23rd Annual Spring Conference will be held at the Library of Virginia on…

Jessica Tyree BurgessMarch 9, 2015

Archives

Sterilization at the Virginia State Penitentiary

The genesis of this post came from reading Paul Lombardo’s 2009 book, Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court and Buck v. Bell. My…

Roger ChristmanMarch 4, 2015

Archives Conservation Digital Projects

Henry County Cohabitation Register Update

The conservation of the original pages of the Henry County Cohabitation Register has recently been completed. Previously, only a poorly and confusingly microfilmed version of this…

Sarah NerneyFebruary 25, 2015

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Name that town

The Library of Virginia began accessioning maps in 1911. Today its collection has grown to encompass several types of maps, including town plans. One of…

Cassandra FarrellFebruary 20, 2015

Archives

Madison County Chancery Causes Online

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Madison County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1794-1912, are now available online through the Chancery…

Greg CrawfordFebruary 18, 2015

Archives

Love Hurts, Ooooooooo, Oooooo, Love Hurts.

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

Mary Dean CarterFebruary 11, 2015

Digital Projects Newspapers

The Mountain Laurel

Virginia Chronicle is currently home to over 50 newspapers online. We are particularly happy to include late 20th century newspapers such as the Virginia Farm Bureau News as part…

Errol SomayFebruary 6, 2015

Conservation Manuscripts & Special Collections

Montgomery County’s Prairie Flower Boys

In the courthouses of Virginia, one can often find records that are not and were never under the official purview of the clerks of the…

Sarah NerneyFebruary 4, 2015

Certificate of Survival issued to Grayson B. Boyer, 2 May 1945.

Archives

A ‘Salty’ take on survival

In cataloging the papers of Grayson B. Boyer (1915-1970) of Grayson County, Virginia, one cannot help but notice the dramatically-titled and cheekily-illustrated “Certificate of Survival”…

Jessica Tyree BurgessJanuary 28, 2015

Archives

We Know What’s Best For You: The Virginia Division of Motion Picture Censorship

From 1922 to 1966, the Virginia Division of Motion Picture Censorship was responsible for reviewing all motion picture films and their associated advertising materials– banners,…

Joanne PorterJanuary 22, 2015

Archives

"We want the machine to work…not as an office ornament" – Charles Keiley vs. the Hooven Automatic Typewriter Company

One of my Sunday pleasures is reading David Segal’s bi-weekly “The Haggler” column in the New York Times. “The Haggler” tries to resolve reader-submitted 21st century horror stories of…

Roger ChristmanJanuary 14, 2015

The Stacks

Season’s Greetings, We Will Be Back in January 2015!

These are some examples of how soldiers at Camp Lee, Virginia, celebrated Christmas in 1918. The records of the Virginia War History Commission have been processed and…

Roger ChristmanDecember 24, 2014

Newspapers

Yes Virginia, there is a Yes, Virginia

A now chastised member of the Project staff expressed the feeling that the newspaper editorial “Yes, Virginia” was perhaps reaching the end of its cultural…

Henry MorseDecember 23, 2014

Archives

Hampton Coroner Records Reveal Social History

Dr. Paul Parker, medical examiner of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, wrapped up a 19 April 1935 coroner’s inquest by ruling that “Dorothy McGaha Reeves came…

Vince BrooksDecember 18, 2014