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John Mitchell, Jr. Remembered
The grave markers of John Mitchell, Jr. and his mother, Rebecca Evergreen Cemetery is located a few miles from downtown Richmond and even farther from Monument Avenue. Much of the cemetery is overgrown...
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Take a Look through The Monocle.
The Virginia Newspaper Project has cataloged over 7,000 newspapers, most of them local dailies and weeklies that you all grew up reading. But the Newspaper Project has also gathered up many other...
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Virginia Farm Bureau News Goes Digital
The article below was published in the Fall 2012 issue of the Library of Virginia’s Broadside. Check out Broadside for all things LVA related. . . Voice of Virginia Agriculture: Back issues of Virginia...
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The more things change, well, the more things change.
If you need proof, simply compare today’s copy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch to an issue of The North American, a newspaper published in Philadelphia in the late 19th century. We bring to your...
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The Fighting Editor and his Stanley Steamers
Most of us know John Mitchell, Jr. as the tireless “fighting” editor of the Richmond Planet, a newspaper he ran for 40 plus years beginning in the mid-1880′s. But Mitchell was a complex, multi-faceted...
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Courage Undaunted: Project staff brave the elements to help preserve and...
Thanks to the many alert colleagues throughout the Commonwealth, the Virginia Newspaper Project continues to receive tips from the field about original ink press newspaper files in need of preservation...
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Virginia Chronicle
Exciting News. The Virginia Newspaper Project and the Library of Virginia invite you to visit Virginia Chronicle, the Library’s online newspaper database and repository. We have added close to 300,000...
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Lucky Number 13
The Virginia Newspaper Project has just added thirteen titles to Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s newspaper repository and database. The titles are: The Commercial Bulletin (Richmond)...
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Please note that Chronicling America is down until further notice due to the US government shutdown. But don’t’ let that stop you from delving into historical Virginia newspapers! You have an...
View ArticleUniversity President Ed Ayers Boosts Digital Scholarship
In September 2013, the National Digital Newspaper Program held its annual meeting in Washington, DC. Over 30 participating states attended. Included in the varied agenda were a series of...
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Set The Way-Back Machine!
The Library of Virginia is the home of the Virginia Newspaper Project. In 1997, the Library of Virginia moved to a new building at 800 East Broad Street in Richmond, Va. The building takes up the...
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Read About It: New Titles and Issues Added to Virginia Chronicle!
The Virginia Newspaper Project is excited to announce that we have added new titles and new issues of existing titles to the ever growing Virginia Chronicle database/repository. We are especially happy...
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Mind the Gaps: The Virginia Newspaper Project Adds Issues to Fill Gaps on...
The Virginia Newspaper Project recently added issues to three titles that are currently available on Virginia Chronicle. The Monocle. Peninsula Enterprise. Alexandria Gazette. The added issues help to...
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The Mountain Laurel
Virginia Chronicle is currently home to over 50 newspapers online. We are particularly happy to include late 20th century newspapers such as the Virginia Farm Bureau News as part of the array of titles...
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Buckingham County historian gives nod to Virginia Chronicle
The Virginia Newspaper Project will jump at any opportunity to publicize itself and Virginia Chronicle. To that end, the 2015 issue no. 1 of the Library of Virginia’s Broadside magazine (page 8) offers...
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Newsies! Not the Movie!
Richmond’s Style Weekly published an engaging cover story about “Children of the Streets of Richmond, 1865-1920,” a book recently published by local writer, Harry Ward. We’ll let the article do the...
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Journey to the Center of the State: Appomattox and Buckingham Times enters...
Those who are members of the smart set like to think they are at the center of things. But Appomattox, a small town in Piedmont Virginia, literally is at the center of Virginia. If you don’t believe...
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US News Map: Newspaper Coverage over Space and Time
This will be quick because we want you to drop what you’re doing and try out the latest newspaper resource. When alert colleagues at the Virginia Newspaper Project find a research tool or web site that...
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Our Back Pages: The VNP Adds Three Current Newspapers to Virginia Chronicle
Given copyright restrictions, the majority of the text searchable issues of newspapers found on Virginia Chronicle were published prior to 1923. However, thanks to two forward thinking publishers,...
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Soldier Newspapers in the Civil War
The Virginia Newspaper Project, ever in search of timely blog entries, encourages you to read the excellent article by Ralph Canevali of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Mr. Canevali writes...
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