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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Letter to Richmond Mayor Avula about the Threat to the Historic Westwood Neighborhood.
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Below is a copy of a letter Selden just sent the Richmond mayor. It is a shame that residents of Westwood, a tiny but important community a...
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Monday, July 6, 2026
Panorama Postcard image of Capitol Square and Surroundings, Richmond, VA, ca. 1907, published by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY
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Panorama Postcard image of Capitol Square and Surroundings, Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1907, published by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY The...
Monday, June 29, 2026
Remembering Cindy Jackson (1969-2023), Comic Book Librarian, Great Co-Worker and Wonderful Friend.
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Cindy Jackson surrounded by boxes of comic books in Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries, ca. 2010. She’s holding the first...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
“Richmond, on the James River, in Virginia” - An Engraving from "The Slave States of America" published in 1842.
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“Richmond, on the James River, in Virginia” appears opposite page 413 in James Silk Buckingham’ s second volume of The Slave States of A...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Where was the Marshall Reservoir?
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A once-infamous landmark has disappeared entirely. In the early 1800s, the municipal water supply of the city of Richmond was best describ...
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