Posts – Page 94 – The UncommonWealth

Why We Fight: History’s Raw Materials Saved, Conserved, and Shared.

The first blog entry I wrote back in 2009 was about the shredded first pages of an old family Bible that were part of a Rockingham County …

Dale DulaneyAugust 26, 2011

The Stacks

A much-deserved "thanks," and a reluctant "farewell"

Archivists and others in history-related careers aren’t always known for being overly interested in embracing emerging technologies. A good many of us regard social media…

Jessica Tyree BurgessAugust 25, 2011

Archives Newspapers

Earthquakes and Dirty Dancing. Yes Virginia, There Is A (Very Tenuous) Connection.

News reports seem to conclude that yesterday’s earthquake, centered in Mineral, Louisa County, was the most powerful earthquake to ever strike the state. Fortunately, damage…

Dale DulaneyAugust 24, 2011

Archives Digital Projects

Accomack and Fluvanna Chancery Now Available Online!

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the Accomack County chancery causes, 1727-1805, and Fluvanna County chancery causes, 1779-1882, are now available on the Chancery…

Vince BrooksAugust 23, 2011

Archives Conservation

Preservation of Jefferson’s Papers in the News

In case you missed it, the Library of Virginia’s conservation of the gubernatorial papers of Thomas Jefferson was featured in Style Weekly. The letters and manuscripts documenting…

Bari HelmsAugust 17, 2011

Archives

Documenting Virginia’s Participation in the Civil War, Take One?

Recent efforts by the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to digitize Virginia’s Civil War legacy is reminiscent of a similar, yet very different, endeavor by the state…

Craig MooreAugust 17, 2011

Archives

More Augusta County Images Are Here!

The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. With this addition, one hundred boxes of Augusta County…

Greg CrawfordAugust 16, 2011

Archives The Stacks

What’s New in the Archives

Interested in what’s new in the archives at the Library of Virginia? You can find out in two reports compiled quarterly by LVA staffers: The…

Roger ChristmanAugust 15, 2011

The Stacks

Latest Issue of Broadside is Now Available

The summer 2011 issue of Broadside, the Library of Virginia’s quarterly magazine, is now available. Broadside describes and illustrates the holdings and happenings at the…

Roger ChristmanAugust 15, 2011

Archives

Primary Source Offers Questions and Clues About Will, Runaway Slave

Located among the odds and ends of Accomack County court records is this 1758 advertisement from Landon Carter of Richmond County for his runaway slave…

Sarah NerneyAugust 10, 2011

Archives

Additional Prince Edward County Chancery Causes Added to CRI!

Additional Prince Edward County chancery causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. These additions span the years 1754 through 1883. Combined with the previously…

Dale DulaneyAugust 8, 2011

Archives

Aaron Burr Tried for Treason Today in 1807. Court Documents Here At LVA.

Two hundred four years ago, August 3, 1807, the former vice-president of the United States, Aaron Burr, was put on trial for treason. At a…

Vince BrooksAugust 3, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Buy Me Some Peanuts And Cigarettes: Baseball Cards in the Archive

Tucked away in the Business Records Collections at the Library of Virginia are five 2.5 x 1.5 inch baseball cards issued by the American Tobacco…

Trenton HizerAugust 3, 2011

Digital Projects

“Multiple Exposure” and “Out of the Box” voted LVA’s top two blogs!

Once the new blog “Multiple Exposure” came online we knew we were going to have to share the digital spotlight with our friends from Special…

Dale DulaneyAugust 2, 2011

Archives

New Bedford County Database Available for Genealogists at LVA!

There is a new database for researchers interested in Bedford County, Virginia. Filed as Accession 45528, the Donald E. Hill Collection: A genealogy database of…

Lyn HartJuly 29, 2011