Tag: Library of Virginia

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July 25, 2025

Cuts to federal library agency haven’t trickled down to Valley branches … yet

By Megan Cullins, contributor and Morgan Blair, contributor

Despite the Trump Administration’s call through an executive order to cut to library funding, library leaders in the Valley say the local systems won’t be directly affected.

January 31, 2020

Rare records show the Lincoln Homestead’s history with slavery

By Bridget Manley, Publisher

The records, or what are left of the records, are yellowing and difficult to read. These matter-of-fact lists tell only names and ages of the people who were born and lived and died in chattel slavery serving the Virginia relatives of President Abraham Lincoln. And then they place a monetary value on each person.