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“My Dearest Miss Lura:” Lunenburg Letters Illuminate a Long and Unlikely Love Affair

Lura Royall was a Lunenburg County girl. Her relatives remember her as a pretty woman who never married—a retired school teacher full of life well…

Dale DulaneyFebruary 13, 2013

Newspapers

Virginia’s “Last” Duel

Dueling, a trend that emerged in the middle ages as a way to settle disputes among European nobility, persisted among members of the American press,…

Natalie DraperFebruary 11, 2013

Archives Digital Projects

Prince George Co. Chancery Now Online!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images from the Prince George County chancery causes digitization project are now available on the Chancery…

Sherri BagleyFebruary 8, 2013

Newspapers

The Arcadian: Prep School Paper Prepped For Preservation

Readers of Fit To Print know of the Newspaper Project’s growing enthusiasm for preservation microfilming and archiving college as well as some high school student…

Henry MorseFebruary 6, 2013

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From Russia with Love: How a portrait of a Russian Ambassador came to be hanging in the Virginia State Capitol

In 1923 the Virginia General Assembly accepted a gift which would lead to an international investigation and administrative embarrassment 15 years later. The gift was…

Erin FaisonFebruary 6, 2013

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Southside Burning!: Reformatted Recordings Preserve Historic Testimony

Editor’s Note: On Sunday 4 February 2013, the Richmond Times-Dispatch ran a front page article on the 1963 Danville civil rights demonstrations. The Library of Virginia has…

Alex LorchFebruary 5, 2013

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Violence in Danville: Preservation of a Civil Rights Legacy

Editor’s Note: On Sunday 4 February 2013, the Richmond Times-Dispatch ran a front page article on the 1963 Danville civil rights demonstrations. The Library of Virginia has…

Guest ContributorFebruary 5, 2013

Archives Manuscripts & Special Collections

LVA in the UK

If you’ve been an Out of the Box reader for a while, you may remember this September 2011 article about a Norfolk, Virginia, girl and her World War II-era…

Jessica Tyree BurgessFebruary 4, 2013

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Scott Co. Chancery Goes Digital!

The Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Scott County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, is pleased to announce that digitization of Scott County’s historic chancery…

Sam WaltersFebruary 1, 2013

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Commonwealth of Virginia versus Abolitionism

During the 1820s and 1830s, northern antislavery groups that demanded the immediate abolition of slavery began to emerge. Led by abolitionists such as William Lloyd…

Greg CrawfordJanuary 30, 2013

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100 Years Ago Today

Kelley EwingJanuary 27, 2013

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Yearbook marks one chapter in a pioneering life

With 2011 marking the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War II, the Library of Virginia undertook a concerted effort to collect the…

Trenton HizerJanuary 23, 2013

Digital Projects

Following a Northern Star: Exploring Abolitionist Materials with Mapping Technologies

Here in Virginia, there are some pretty strong views on history. It isn’t merely in the past, it is occurring in the present as well. …

Sonya ColemanJanuary 22, 2013

Newspapers

The Critic, Facebook for the 1880s

The Critic was a weekly society paper bringing “news, society, drama, and history” to Richmond from September 1887 to December 1890. The paper entertained its readers…

Natalie DraperJanuary 17, 2013

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This will really flip your Whig!

We love our letterhead here in the processing sections of the Library of Virginia. One can come across such interesting, varied, and colorful examples while…

Vince BrooksJanuary 16, 2013