Preservation grants will help to conserve historic
items such as this 1806–1808 City of Fredericksburg District Court minute
book.
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Library Awards $3.2 Million in
Court Record Preservation Grants
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The Library of Virginia‘s Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) has awarded
more than $3.2 million in grants to localities across the commonwealth for 2024
for the preservation of records in Virginia’s courthouses. Since 1992, the CCRP
has awarded more than 2,000 preservation grants totaling over $36 million dollars.
The CCRP Grant Review Board approved 122 grant projects from 102 circuit courts, with most
projects covering professional conservation treatment for more than 600 records
that date from the 1690s to the mid-20th century. Examples of historic records
that will be preserved with grant funds are a City of Fredericksburg District
Court minute book from 1806 through 1808, a Henry County Justice of the Peace
Commission document from 1777 and Smyth County birth registers from 1865 through
1883.
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Shown (left to right) are Dominion Energy CEO Robert
M. Blue, R. Tyrone Foster, Captain Janet H. Days, Dr. Erma L. Freeman, Gregory
L. Robinson and Librarian of Virginia Dennis T. Clark at the 2024 Strong Men &
Women in Virginia History gala.
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Strong Men & Women in Virginia
History Celebrated
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Dominion Energy and the Library of Virginia announced the 2024 Strong Men & Women in Virginia History honorees at a
reception and private dinner on Thursday, Feb. 22 in Richmond. This annual program
recognizes notable African American business and community leaders who have
overcome obstacles to make significant impacts across the state. The Library hosts
a traveling exhibition featuring the honorees to be displayed at community,
business and educational institutions across Virginia throughout year.
The 2024 honorees are Dr. Erma L.
Freeman, dentist, Mecklenburg County; R. Tyrone Foster, sheriff, Bristol; Gregory
L. Robinson, NASA project director, Manassas; and Captain Janet H. Days, Navy
commanding officer, Norfolk.
Also honored were the winner and finalists of the 2024 Strong Men & Women in
Virginia History Student Creative Expressions Contest. Katelyn Luu of
Cosby High School in Chesterfield County won the contest. The finalists were
Bezawit Abate of Potomac Senior High School in Prince William County, Justin Kidd
Jones of Richmond Community High School in Richmond, and Angelina Nair of Grafton
High School in York County.
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The Gov. Nelson Papers include documents such as this
1781 letter from Samuel Jones to Capt. Henry Young reporting on progress in
building boats and requesting money to settle debt.
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Library Receives Grant Funding
to
Support Conservation and
Digitization of
Gov. Thomas Nelson’s
Papers
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The Library of Virginia Foundation has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Americana Corner
Preserving America Grant Program in support of a Library of Virginia
project to conserve and digitize the executive papers of Thomas Nelson, Virginia's
fourth governor, elected in 1781.
The collection includes 2,048 documents
from Nelson’s partial term as governor of Virginia between June 12 and Nov. 22 in
1781, when he confronted the challenges at the end of the Revolutionary War, the
formation of the nation and the daily operations of a newly formed state.
The grant program helps organizations tell the incredible story of America from
its founding era through its first century as a nation. The Library is among 121
organizations nationwide receiving more than $1.4 million in total grant funding
this year.
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Panel Discussion Explores the
Legacy of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924
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Join us Wednesday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. for a discussion on
Virginia’s 1924 Racial Integrity Act, its impact on Virginia’s Indigenous
communities and its long-lasting legacies. March 20 marks the centennial of the
date Gov. Elbert Lee Trinkle signed the act into law banning interracial marriage
by requiring applicants to identify their race and defining a white person as one
“with no trace of the blood of another race.” This event complements the Library’s
current exhibition, Indigenous
Perspectives.
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Dr. Gregory Smithers, professor of American history at Virginia Commonwealth
University, will moderate the panel discussion with First Assistant Chief Wayne
Adkins of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, Chief Lynette Allston of the Nottoway
Indian Tribe of Virginia, Assistant Chief Louise "Lou" Wratchford of the Upper
Mattaponi Indian Tribe and Chief Robert Gray of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe.
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Lunchtime Book Talk Features
Historical Fiction
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Bring your lunch (or stop by our Can Can Café) and enjoy a free book talk at the
Library this Thursday, March 14 at noon. Author
A. D. Nauman will discuss her historical fiction novel, Down the Steep.
Set during the Civil Rights era in southeast Virginia, the book tells the story of
the teenage daughter of a Klansman who learns to overcome her own racism. A book
signing will follow the talk.
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Josh Shaller, a 2022 Brown Fellow, gave a
presentation during that summer's Brown Teacher Institute.
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Brown Teacher Research
Fellowship Applications Due May 10
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The Anne & Ryland
Brown Teacher Research Fellowship program enhances knowledge and training in
history and social science instruction in Virginia by providing educators the
opportunity for in-depth study and the development of teaching materials.
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The Library of Virginia’s 2024 Brown Fellowships will focus on research and
projects that explore Virginia’s Indigenous history in support of the Library’s
current exhibition, Indigenous
Perspectives, which highlights the commonwealth’s Indigenous history
and how the tribes remain a vital part of Virginia today.
The Library seeks one
educator each from the Virginia Department of Education superintendent regions 1,
4, 6, and 8. Fellows receive a stipend of $3,000. Applications are due by
Friday, May 10.
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LVA On the Go Visits Clarksville, Marion
and Parksley in April
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Works from Indigenous Artists Sought for
First Fridays Exhibition in May
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The Library of Virginia announces an
open Call to Indigenous Artists for submissions for our May 3 First Fridays
exhibition, Virginia Stories: Indigenous Community.
For this exhibition, artwork may be submitted for consideration from enrolled
members of any federally or state-recognized tribe of the United States. Works
should reflect the artist’s experiences, observations, communities and/or culture.
The deadline for submissions is April 10.
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