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Carpetbagger or Reformer?
Portrait of Edward Daniels, courtesy of Board of Regents, Gunston Hall. By Kevin Shupe, Senior Reference Archivist at the Library of Virginia. In 1871 Massachusetts-born Edward Daniels became the...
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From Virginia Chronicle, One Century Ago: Three Dailies & Four Weeklies...
“It was a few minutes before the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. I stood at the window of my room looking up Northumberland Avenue towards Trafalgar Square, waiting for Big Ben...
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The Musical Million: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, Singing Schools, and the...
By Gregg D. Kimball, Library of Virginia The close of the American Civil War brought two young men back to a devastated Shenandoah Valley and an uncertain future. Aldine Silliman Kieffer had joined the...
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A Talent at the Starting Gate: Nell Blaine and the Monocle
The Monocle, 17 Mar 1939 Richmond’s John Marshall High and its outstanding student newspaper, the Monocle, have had a lot to be proud of over the years and a recent Style article reminded readers of...
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A Titanic Love Affair
And we’re not talking about Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio! In advance of our soon to be released new and improved Titanic web site and in honor of Valentine’s Day, the Virginia Newspaper Project...
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Men are Spendthrifts, Says 1928 Congresswoman.
Recently, while researching a totally unrelated topic in the Richmond Times Dispatch, I stumbled upon an intriguing article from Dec. 2, 1928 titled, “Ninth Woman in Congress Believes Men...
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Breaking News! Now available on Virginia Chronicle!
The following titles are now on Virginia Chronicle: Virginia Beach WeeklyThe Musical Advocate and Singer’s FriendAlexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & PoliticalAlexandria Gazette, Commercial and...
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Mighty Casey Has Been Edited
April is a special time of year: the first full month of Spring; the beginning of baseball season (Hallelujah!) and the month designated as Poetry Month. So in honor of these two important points on...
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1,000,000 Lines Corrected on Virginia Chronicle
Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper database, has surpassed an impressive milestone! The Virginia Newspaper Project would like to give a big thank you to all of the...
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St. Catherine’s School Newspapers on Virginia Chronicle
By Kyle Rogers, VNP intern St. Catherine’s Bacot Hall, facade, sepia, 3 January 2011 The Virginia Newspaper Project is happy to announce its collaboration with St. Catherine’s School in Richmond to...
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