Today the AutoHallOfFame inducts its new members, incl Wendell Scott, a 2023 Strong Men & Women in #Virginia #History honoree. Scott raced in 495 NASCAR Grand National events with 147 top-ten finishes, all as an independent, unsponsored #Black driver. edu.lva.virginia.gov/changemakers/i…

It's #HispanicHeritageMonth & we're starting the celebration with Ana Ines Barragan King, founder of the Latin Ballet of VA of Virginia & a VA Women in History honoree. The Ballet teaches #language #history & #culture of #LatinAmerica through #dance. edu.lva.virginia.gov/changemakers/i….

The #VALitAwards Silent Auction is live at valiteraryawards.cbo.io Featured SA Item of the Day - 2 VIP Tickets to Brown Advisory Presents: Author Amor Towles in Conversation with UVA President Jim Ryan - Oct 16. (Psst SOLD OUT at The Paramount in Charlottesville!) Virginia Humanities

LVA On the Go is at Roanoke County Public Library today until 4pm! Please stop by to visit with our staff and learn about Library of Virginia's genealogy, Virginia history and educational resources. lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/12190509 #thisisLVA #VirginiaHistory #genealogy #BlackHistory #womenshistory

We are excited to have Virginia Center for Book 's Josef Beery joining us at Transcribe-a-versary this year! He will demonstrate letterpress & hand-setting movable type on a BookBeetle. Learn more at lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/11563422 #transcribe #archives #handwriting #letterpress #typesetting

What a night! Thank you to all who celebrated with us at Saturday night’s Virginia Literary Awards. Congrats to the winners, finalists and Patron of Letters degree recipients Reginald Freedom Reads founder Reginald Dwayne Betts and author Adriana Trigiani. #VaLitAwards

Are You Smarter than a Literacy Test? uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2024/09/2…

October is #ArchivesMonth & LVA is hosting 4 Sat tours! Oct. 5 11am (lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/13151759) & 1pm (lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/13151811). Oct. 26 10:30am (lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/13150154O & 2pm (lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/13150376). Register now to reserve your space!

October is #ArchivesMonth! On Oct 26 at 12pm LVA is hosting an Archives Month workshop - The Art of Zines: Self-Expression in the Archives. Reserve your spot! lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/13131026. #archives #thisisLVA #VirginiaHistory

#OnThisDay in 1890, John Mercer Langston took his seat in the House of Representatives as VA’s first #Black congressman. Learn more about this pioneering attorney, college president & political leader at encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/langst… #BlackHistory #VirginiaHistory #biography

Thank you to the Richmond Times-Dispatch for sharing about the authors honored at the 2024 Virginia Literary Awards this weekend! richmond.com/life-entertain… #VaLitAwards #authors #literature #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #childrensliterature

The latest newsletter of LVA's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program - CCRP News - is out! lva.virginia.gov/agencies/ccrp/… View past issues of the CCRP News at lva.virginia.gov/agencies/ccrp/… #archives #circuitcourt #preservation #records #VirginiaHistory #thisisLVA

We’re celebrating #FreedomToRead with a #book display during #BannedBooksWeek, Sept 22-28. We champion everyone's right to find themselves in a book! #booklover #FreeToRead #FreedomBetweenTheLines #LetFreedomRead #censorship #readVA #libraries

Fri. Oct. 4, 10 to 11am - #virtual #Cemetery #Records workshop with LVA! Senior reference archivist Amanda Morrell will give an overview of cemetery & other related #death records in #genealogy research. $15 ($10 for Library of Virginia members). eventbrite.com/e/cemetery-rec…

Records Room Road Trips: June 2024 uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2024/09/2…

Enjoy images from the Library’s 27th Annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration in our photo album, available here: flickr.com/photos/lvaeven… #books #readVA #VaLitAwards #literature #VaAuthors #booklovers #thisisLVA