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Library
to Award Honorary Patron of Letters Degree to Reginald Dwayne
Betts
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The Library of Virginia will award the honorary Patron of Letters degree to poet
and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts, founder and CEO of Freedom Reads,
during the 27th Annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration on
Saturday, Sept. 21. The event is the Commonwealth’s biggest night
honoring its authors and their stories! Purchase tickets
here.
The Patron of Letters degree recognizes individuals who have made
significant contributions to the fields of history, library science or archival
science. Our 2024 honoree has distinguished himself through his efforts to promote
libraries and literacy. The organization that Betts founded, Freedom Reads,
empowers people in prison through literature to imagine new possibilities for
their lives.
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Cast Your Vote for
the Annual People's Choice
Awards!
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The Library is pleased to announce 13 finalists for the Annual People’s Choice
Awards. The finalists represent the most-requested fiction and nonfiction titles
by Virginia authors, or about the Commonwealth, published in 2023. The public is
invited to vote for the winners of the People’s Choice
Awards through July 31. Winners will be announced
on Saturday, Sept. 21 at the 27th Annual Virginia Literary Awards
Celebration.
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Don’t
Miss the “Indigenous Perspectives” Exhibition Closing
Celebration
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Join us at the Library for a celebration of Virginia's 11 federally and
state-recognized tribes on Friday, Aug. 2, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Visit our "Indigenous Perspectives" exhibition, enjoy dancing performances and a
drumming circle and view displays and demonstrations of traditional crafts by
tribal representatives. Stop by the Hungry Hungry
Arrow food truck for Indigenous menu items featuring homemade fry bread.
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Library
Receives Funding from the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution to
Support Conservation and Digitization of Gov. Thomas Nelson’s
Papers
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The Library of Virginia Foundation has received a $20,000 donation from the Virginia Daughters
of the American Revolution 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 Thomas 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.
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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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The Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution is a nonprofit, nonpolitical,
volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism,
preserving American history and securing America’s future through better
education. The Virginia DAR grant award will go toward matching funds for the
project from a Save America's Treasures grant, a matching grant program. If you
would like to help preserve important documents like these, please contact Elaine
McFadden at 804.692.3592.
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This year’s Fellows,
clockwise from upper right, are Nicole Falgiano, a social studies and gifted
education teacher at Woodbridge High School in Prince William County; Tiffany
Graves, a 4th-grade teacher and administrator at I.W. Taylor Virtual Academy in
Danville; Evan Liddiard, a humanities teacher at The Lynnhaven School in
Richmond; and Lew Longnecker, a history teacher at Cumberland County Middle
School.
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Brown
Teacher Research Fellows Explore Indigenous History
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The Library of Virginia’s 2024 Anne and Ryland
Brown Teacher Research Fellows have joined us for the summer and will
explore Virginia’s Indigenous history in support of the Library’s current
exhibition, “Indigenous Perspectives.”
Brown Fellows work with Library staff
members to pursue research, produce educational resources to support the Library’s
exhibition and education programs, and make presentations on their projects.
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LVA On
the Go Visits Goochland and Blacksburg
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The Library continues its statewide tour in July and August as our LVA On the Go
van brings some of the Library’s vast resources, staff expertise and programming
to locations across the Commonwealth.
Stops at the Pamunkey Regional Library in Goochland on Friday,
July 26 and the Blacksburg
Steppin’ Out Festival on Saturday, Aug. 3 will engage
visitors with local history, family history, educational materials and more.
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Every
House Tells a Story!
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Envisioning
Ancestors With AI Workshop Offered Again
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Imagine ancestors who would never have had their portrait painted or photograph
taken in a free hands-on workshop on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 10
a.m. This popular workshop first offered last February will be
presented again as a hybrid in-person and online event.
Participants will learn about Virginia Untold:
The African American Narrative Project and other historic records in the
Library’s collections and then experiment with artificial intelligence
image-generating tools using descriptions from the records. Participants may
either bring their own historic records describing ancestors or use a description
from the Virginia Untold records during the hands-on portion.
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Underground Art
Submissions Sought for First Fridays at LVA
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Submissions are being accepted for the Library of Virginia's First Fridays
exhibition on Sept. 6 titled “Virginia Stories: Underground
Art.” Interested artists must submit an application form by Aug.
10.
As defined for this exhibition, underground art includes artistic expression
beyond the conventional and subjective boundaries of the mainstream art world,
such as graffiti or street art, tattoo art, comic strips and zines.
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Stock
Up on Summer Reading at the Virginia Shop
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Add some Virginia authors or subjects
to your summer reading list with titles from the Virginia Shop. Whether you prefer
fiction, nonfiction or poetry, we have you covered. Visit the store or shop online
to find your next book for the beach or pool.
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