Out of the Box and into a blog!
What do archivists do? What does it take to care for and make available the commonwealth's documentary heritage? Join the Library's archivists for a weekly discussion about their work and their journeys through the records, as they find interesting and unique items to share on their new blog Out of the Box...
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Out of the Box and into a blog!
What do archivists do? What does it take to care for and make available the commonwealth's documentary heritage? Join the Library's archivists for a weekly discussion about their work and their journeys through the records, as they find interesting and unique items to share on their new blog Out of the Box...
1939 World's Fair Photograph Collection
Experience the Virginia Room exhibition just as visitors to the 1939 World's Fair in New York did over seventy years ago. Formerly available only via our online catalog, this collection of over 3000 photos of the people, landscape, built environment, and cultures of Virginia is now available with thumbnail images for easy browsing. more »
The Art of Liberty
This year marks the 65th anniversary of both V-E Day (Victory in Europe, May 8) and V-J Day (Victory over Japan, August 15). To commemorate the occasions and to honor those who fought oversees and on the home front, The Art of Liberty highlights a few of the WWII posters sent to the Library of Virginia as part of the Federal Depository Library program.
Two Shirts Were Stolen
This document is a charge against Jamie, an African American slave belonging to John Jones. Jamie was accused of having stolen two shirts of a checkered material from Elizabeth Hardie. The attorney, William Young, dated the document using the regnal year, or by the year of the present monarch's reign. In this case, the event happened in the first full year of George III's reign. King George III… cont'd »
Government Reform Commission Reports
Governor Robert McDonnell's executive order on January 16, 2010, created the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, which he charged with streamlining state government and making it more efficient. Previous Virginia governors have also explored government effectiveness and efficiency. In the late 1920s Governor Harry F. Byrd Sr. carried out changes that set the state's modern templa… more »
Watkins Family Papers
The Watkins family papers, ca. 1910-2000, include certificates, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, programs and yearbooks, documenting a prominent African American family in New Kent County, Virginia. While the bulk of the collection consists of Jones and Watkins family photographs from Richmond and New Kent County, the collection is significant due to the connection of the George W. …more »