http://www.virginiamemory.com Virginia Memory en-us Library of Virginia web@virginiamemory.com web@virginiamemory.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:24 GMT 300 http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana http://www.virginiamemory.com/about/news_feeds/virginiana Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:45:28 EST <p><a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana/a_brief_history_of_the_public_privy_on_capitol_square"><img alt="feed image" width="130" height="113" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.virginiamemory.com/docs/index?w=130&h=113&img=virginiana/Privy-2.jpg" title="A Brief History of the Public Privy on Capitol Square" /></a>When we think of Capitol Square, it conjures up visions of Thomas Jefferson's venerable Capitol on the hill, Alexander Parris's elegant Executive Mansion, and Arthur S. Brockenbrough's public privy. Well, maybe not the latter, but to the ordinary visitor of Capitol Square in the early nineteenth century it was equally important. </p><br clear="all" /> http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana/a_brief_history_of_the_public_privy_on_capitol_square http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana http://www.virginiamemory.com/about/news_feeds/virginiana Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:45:28 EST <p><a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana/csi:_old_virginia:_scenes_of_murder_and_mayhem_in_the_local_government_records_collection"><img alt="feed image" width="130" height="113" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.virginiamemory.com/docs/index?w=130&h=113&img=virginiana/v006_Manchester.jpg" title="CSI: Old Virginia: Scenes of Murder and Mayhem in the Local Government Records Collection" /></a>The beautiful maps in the Voorhees collection and those that reside in Special Collections are well known to Library of Virginia researchers. Yet thousands of rough but informative maps exist in the Library's local government records collection. Often classified as "plats," these detailed property maps were created and filed as part of county land records, chancery records, or other legal proceedings. </p><br clear="all" /> http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana/csi:_old_virginia:_scenes_of_murder_and_mayhem_in_the_local_government_records_collection http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana http://www.virginiamemory.com/about/news_feeds/virginiana Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:45:28 EST <p><a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana/funeral_home_records_document_richmond's_citizenry"><img alt="feed image" width="130" height="113" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.virginiamemory.com/docs/index?w=130&h=113&img=virginiana/v005_angel.jpg" title="Funeral Home Records Document Richmond's Citizenry" /></a>Acquired in the late summer of 1993, the L. T. Christian Funeral Home records rested on the shelves of the fourth floor stacks as an untapped historical and genealogical resource until processing of the collection began earlier this year. The collection consists of approximately 43 cubic feet of records pertaining to the funeral and burial services provided by the still extant company for decedents from circa 1912 until 1986. Processing of the records of this premier Richmond, Virginia, funeral parlor will conclude later this summer, and an accompanying online database will allow patrons and staff to quickly locate any decedent's file in the collection.</p><br clear="all" /> http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/virginiana/funeral_home_records_document_richmond's_citizenry