Recorded for Virginia Archives Month, this virtual panel discusses archiving underrepresented Virginia history. How can archives build community? What is the value of seeing your experience represented in history? What role do archivists play in advocating for previously hidden stories? Blake McDonald, a survey and grants specialist with the Department of Historic Resources, moderates as the panelists describe their work as archivists and memory workers who preserve and share the histories of tr

The Library of Virginia's exhibition "Mapping the Commonwealth, 1816-1826" on display through June 7, 2025, explores the story of 10 years, five governors, two principal surveyors and one lead engraver — the time frame and team needed to create one of the first official state maps in the nation. In this episode of In the Gallery, Cassandra Farrell, senior map archivist for the Library of Virginia, discusses the creation and included details of the individual maps for each county in Virginia that

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