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Newspapers

The Amateur Press

The American Antiquarian Society recently donated two miniature amateur newspapers to the Library of Virginia from its large and impressive collection of early amateur publications. …

Kelley EwingSeptember 18, 2013

Archives

Anatomy of a Marriage

Divorces reveal much about the inner-workings of a family, usually much more than outsiders should ever discover. While processing the Arlington County chancery causes, I…

Bari HelmsSeptember 18, 2013

Archives

Buying and Selling Servants

Two types of immigrants came to America without paying their own passage—indentured servants and redemptioners. Indentured servants would sign a contract, called an indenture, before…

Louise JonesSeptember 11, 2013

Newspapers

Pets in the Papers

With the “Importance of Being Cute, Pet Photography in Virginia 1840-2013″ exhibit currently at the Library of Virginia, the Virginia Newspaper Project thought it a pertinent…

Kelley EwingSeptember 10, 2013

Archives

The Surry County Chancery Causes, 1785-1922 (bulk 1806-1917), contain valuable biographical, genealogical, and historical information and document a broad spectrum of citizens of Surry County—rich and…

Bari HelmsSeptember 6, 2013

Archives

"What Did You Learn in School Today?" – The Records of the Virginia Pupil Placement Board

As public schools across Virginia open this week, Out of the Box would like to spotlight the records of the Virginia Pupil Placement Board, a state agency created…

Erin FaisonSeptember 4, 2013

Digital Projects Newspapers

Updated Guide to Digitized Virginia Newspapers

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Silver PersingerAugust 29, 2013

Archives

Love hurts, love scars

The romantic landscape may seem ambiguous in 2013, but courtship in 19th-century Virginia was no different. Think those text messages are hard to decipher? Try…

Bari HelmsAugust 28, 2013

Newspapers

An Introduction to 19th Century American Newspapers

The University of Illinois has recently posted a couple videos that discuss the history and evolution of newspapers in the US. They are well done…

Silver PersingerAugust 22, 2013

The Stacks

Remembering Craig Moore, 1971-2013

Craig Moore, State Records Appraisal Archivist, died on August 13 after a lengthy battle with cancer. While long time readers of Out of the Box will know Craig from…

Roger ChristmanAugust 22, 2013

Newspapers

Lucky Number 13

The Virginia Newspaper Project has just added thirteen titles to Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s newspaper repository and database.The titles are: The Commercial Bulletin (Richmond)…

Errol SomayAugust 21, 2013

Manuscripts & Special Collections

A Child is Waiting

In 1964, the Children’s Home Society of Virginia (CHS) sought to make use of the power of radio, requesting some air time from WRVA to…

Jessica Tyree BurgessAugust 21, 2013

Archives

Slavery at Hampden-Sydney

Once a neglected subject, the role that African American slaves played in Southern colleges has become the focus of new research. Virginia being no exception,…

Laura CrouchAugust 14, 2013

Archives

Arsenic, Lies, and Bigamy

Cornbread and cabbage turned lethal for one Petersburg woman, but it was another woman’s need for some chicken feed that exposed the death as something…

Mary Dean CarterAugust 7, 2013

Digital Projects Newspapers

Excavating the Collections–Using the Virginia Newspaper Project Database

Editors Note: The original content of this post was updated in June 2021 to reflect changes in the database interface. Sometimes, trying to figure out…

Kelley EwingAugust 5, 2013