http://www.virginiamemory.com Virginia Memory en-us Library of Virginia web@virginiamemory.com web@virginiamemory.com Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:38:12 GMT 300 http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/whats_new http://www.virginiamemory.com/about/news_feeds/whats_new Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:28:33 EST <p><a href="http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R?func=collections-result&collection_id=1422"><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=carneal.jpg" title="Carneal & Johnston Negative Collection" /></a>The Carneal & Johnston digital collection consists of 215 images created from glass-plate negatives documenting some of the many designs created by the Richmond architectural firm, including interior and exterior views of various commercial buildings and private residences designed by the firm. William Leigh Carneal Jr. (1881-1958) and James Markam Ambler Johnston (1885-1974) began their firm about 1908 after spending a year working independently while sharing office space. The firm went on to become one of the most prolific and long-established architectural practices in the state and by 1950 had helped to mold the architectural environment of central Virginia, especially Richmond. Responsible for more than 1,300 buildings, Carneal and Johnston practiced in a wide range of project types, from the mundane to the monumental. Some of the most notable structures represented in the collection include First Virginia Regiment Armory (1913), the Richmond Dairy (1914), the Colonial Theater (1919-1920), the Virginia State Office Building (1922-1923), and various structures on the campuses of Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) and Virginia Military Institute. The collection, purchased at auction by the Library of Virginia Foundation in 2009, complements some of the Library's several Carneal & Johnston architectural drawings and plans related to state government buildings.</p><br clear="all" /> http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R?func=collections-result&collection_id=1422 http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/whats_new http://www.virginiamemory.com/about/news_feeds/whats_new Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:28:33 EST <p><a href="http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R?func=collections-result&collection_id=1290"><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=legislature.jpg" title="Virginia Legislature Photograph Collection" /></a>The 1776 Virginia Constitution confirmed a bicameral legislature, consisting of the House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia. The present state Constitution provides that the House of Delegates shall consist of 90 to 100 members and the Senate shall consist of 33 to 40 members. Arranged chronologically, the Virginia State Legislature Photograph Collection contains annual composite portraits of the General Assembly. The photographs range in date from 1857 to 2004, and are primarily the work of the Foster Studio and later the Dementi Studio of Richmond.</p><br clear="all" /> http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R?func=collections-result&collection_id=1290 http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/whats_new http://www.virginiamemory.com/about/news_feeds/whats_new Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:28:33 EST <p><a href="http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R?func=collections-result&collection_id=1382"><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=cohabs.jpg" title="Cohabitation Registers" /></a>A cohabitation register, or as it is properly titled, <em>Register of Colored Persons…cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866</em>, was the legal vehicle by which former slaves legitimized both their marriages and their children. The information about an individual person contained in a cohabitation register is literally priceless as it is often the first time that a former slave appeared officially in the public record and because of the extensive kinds of information that the register recorded. Though recorded at the local level, registers may not exist for every Virginia county. Images of certain cohabitation registers are available here, along with accompanying full-text searchable transcriptions (pdf) of each. The Library is pleased to make registers in our collection or those that we can borrow available for public use as soon as we are able to digitize and index them. Check back often for new additions.</p><br clear="all" /> http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R?func=collections-result&collection_id=1382