An earlier posting promised some additional remarks about a pair of recent arrivals to the LVA/VNP microfilm collection: the Metro Virginia News and the Public Pamphlet of Leesburg,…
Henry MorseJune 8, 2012
In the early 1980s, Mary Helen Gravitt went looking for a coffin. Gravitt, then a secretary at Virgilina Elementary School, was looking for a Halloween…
Bari HelmsJune 1, 2012
Advertisements are from the Blue Ridge Herald (Purcellville, Virginia) of January 6, 1955. Tune in tomorrow for more…….
Kelley EwingMay 31, 2012
In the years following the Civil War, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (commonly referred to as simply the Freedmen’s Bureau) provided assistance…
Bari HelmsMay 30, 2012
Check out this series of video podcasts to learn how to use Chronicling America. Big thanks to the Ohio Historical Society for creating these helpful…
Kelley EwingMay 23, 2012
The Prince George County chancery causes are filled with numerous divorce cases involving cheating spouses and adulterous affairs, but in the case of Thomas P. Kelly…
Sherri BagleyMay 23, 2012
One of the things that I do with the Newspaper Project is mending newspapers. Last week I repaired an issue of The New York Tribune,…
Silver PersingerMay 18, 2012
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the completion of the Petersburg chancery causes digital project. The scanning project was funded by the Circuit Court…
Sherri BagleyMay 16, 2012
While the Library of Virginia’s historical newspaper collection is extensive and varied, it has a genre of newspaper that may be surprising to some: twentieth…
Kelley EwingMay 11, 2012
The spring 2012 issue of Broadside, the Library of Virginia's quarterly magazine, is now available. Discover fascinating items from the collections as well as events,…
Roger ChristmanMay 11, 2012
Despite the fact that the Library of Virginia holds the largest collection of historic Virginia newspapers with 2616 titles on microfilm and over 2000 titles…
Silver PersingerMay 3, 2012
All eyes in the horse world may be directed towards Churchill Downs this week for this year’s Kentucky Derby, but Kentucky isn’t the only state…
Bari HelmsMay 2, 2012
How much was a bottle of bourbon in 1941? How about a "beautifully rebuilt" Electrolux vacuum? The prices of these and other items can be…
Kelley EwingMay 1, 2012
