Congratulations, on the publicity of your fine research, Mr. Valos:
I well remember my introduction to Mary Louveste, thanks to my colleague Dr. Tommy Bogger of NSU, and Mr. Dean Burgess, director of the Portsmouth Public Library, during research for my 1995 study Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia (University Press of Virginia), pp. 284-285, 383n59.
Louveste is worthy of commemoration/memorialization, conference presentation, and perhaps a book-length study. And I say this not just because I'm a Norfolk native!
All good wishes,
Prof. Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Associate Professor)
Research Archivist, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
Affiliated faculty, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History,
University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Advisory Board of the National Civil War Chaplains' Research Center and
Museum
Gettysburg Foundation Board of Directors
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees
Senior Advisor, Norfolk State University Board of Visitors (2013-14))
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia entry "Ervin L. Jordan, Jr." https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ervin_L._Jordan,_Jr.&oldid=957034260
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Subject: New Research into Mary Louveste, Virginian and Unionist Spy
Hello everyone,
I wanted to alert you all to some fascinating research on one of the Civil War's mysterious African American women. New research has been found on Mary Louveste. Records have been found that paint a more complex picture and humanize this woman compared to a fictional persona created of her years ago and has been passed down through the years.
Here is a link to the web version of the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/history/vp-db-mary-cwspy-new-info-022121-20210221-23v2v3ztsjb25p2epxg6l4k2zm-story.html
Sincerely,
Troy
Troy Valos, MA, MSIS
Special Collections Librarian
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Norfolk Public Library
235 East Plume Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-431-7451 office| 757-431-7429 dept.
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