State Archivist Conley Edwards will kick off the festitivities for Archives Month
in Virginia 2008 with a radio interview on the radio show "Charlottesville—Right
Now" on NewsRadio 1070 WINA this afternoon at 4:15.
He'll talk with host and producer Coy Barefoot.
Archives Month celebrates those individuals and institutions that help preserve
and make accessible the important records of our actions as citizens, as
businesses, as religious groups, as governments, and as a society.
Please join us in celebrating archives in Virginia. Events are planned in
Richmond, Roanoke, and Williamsburg. More information, please visit the
Archives Month web site,
www.lva.virginia.gov/archivesmonth
Tuesday, October 7
Special Collections Open House and Exhibition Opening:
Ringing Far and Near: Student Music and Song at the College of William and
Mary
Time: 3:00–5:00 PM
Place: College of William and Mary's Swem Library, Ukrop Way, Williamsburg
Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center presents an open house
and exhibition opening. Ringing Far and Near: Student Music and Song at the
College of William and Mary will highlight music on campus from the early 20th
century to the present, including everything from the choir and ensembles
sponsored by the Department of Music, to a cappella groups, the marching
band, student rock bands, and everything in between.
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Thursday, October 9
Book Talk and Signing:
Archives of the New Dominion and Uncovering Richmond's Gay and Lesbian Past
Time: Noon
Place: Library of Virginia Conference Rooms A–B, 800 East Broad St., Richmond
Alex Lorch, interim head of Special Collections and Archives, Virginia
Commonwealth University Libraries, will speak about the Archives of the New
Dominion project and its effort to locate, secure, and make accessible the
history and archives of Central Virginia's African American, gay and lesbian,
Latino/Latina, and women's activist communities. He will talk in greater detail
about the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Richmonders
whose stories were uncovered due to the efforts of the Archives of the New
Dominion project. After the talk, Lorch will be available to sign copies of
Lesbian and Gay Richmond, which he wrote with co-author Beth Marschak.
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Wednesday, October 15
Lecture:
Unraveling the Stories of the Past: Women as Archivists in "Virginia's Historical
Laboratory"
Time: Noon
Place: Library of Virginia Conference Rooms A–B, 800 East Broad St., Richmond
Library of Virginia archivist Jennifer Davis McDaid will talk about the
experiences of women students from Westhampton College who worked as
archival apprentices in the Virginia State Library (now the Library of Virginia)
from 1916 to 1924. State archivist Morgan P. Robinson trained the apprentices
to be careful researchers and potential historians. Their experiences, glimpsed
in the Library's annual reports, the occasional letter and newspaper article,
and Robinson's personal papers, provide us with an intriguing snapshot of a
time when change was coming quickly for women, for Virginia, and for the
archival profession.
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Thursday, October 16
Documentary Screening and Discussion:
Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South
Time: 7:00–9:30 PM
Place: Hollins University's Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins Room, 3rd Floor,
7950 East Campus Drive, Roanoke
Join us for a screening of the documentary Down in the Old Belt: Voices from
the Tobacco South (57 minutes) by James P. Crawford. The film traces the
history and culture of tobacco in the Old Belt of Virginia. Based on interviews
and oral histories of 26 Old Belt tobacco farming families, Down in the Old Belt
reveals tobacco's historic decline in context to the land and its farming
people. Following the screening, Crawford will discuss his research and answer
questions. A reception will follow. This event is proudly sponsored by Roanoke
Public Libraries, Hollins University, Roanoke College, and the History Museum of
Western Virginia.
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Tuesday, October 21
Archives Fair
Time: 11:00 AM–3:00 PM
Place: Virginia Historical Society, Cabell Gallery/Halsey Lecture Hall, 428 North
Boulevard, Richmond
What do archivists do? What types of collections are at the archives and
special collections libraries in Virginia? Representatives from several institutions
will talk informally about their holdings, publicize collections, provide
informational handouts, and answer questions for the general public.
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Saturday, October 25
Friends of the Archives Richard Slatten Lecture Featuring Noted Speaker and
Genealogist Patricia Law Hatcher
Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
Place: Library of Virginia Conference Rooms, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond
Cost: $25 for members, $35 for non–members, and $45 for admissions and
membership.
Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG, a noted speaker and genealogist specializing in
problem solving, has been asked to speak on the following topics:
Developing a Colonial Mindset
Evaluating Evidence–a Methodology for Every Day
"They Just Showed Up!" Where to Look When You Don't Know Where to Look
Power Tools–The Power is in You, Not the Tool.
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Wednesday, October 29
Book Talk:
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the
World of Mental Illness
Time: Noon
Place: Library of Virginia Conference Rooms, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond
Author Jack El–Hai will discuss his groundbreaking new biography of neurologist
and psychiatrist Walter Freeman, featured in the PBS documentary The
Lobotomist. El–Hai, whose work is based in part on archival research in
Freeman's personal papers at the George Washington University, takes readers
into one of the darkest chapters of American medicine—the desperate attempt
to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help
during the middle decades of the 20th century, before the introduction of
effective psychiatric medication in the 1950s. A book sale and signing will
follow the talk.
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October 1–31
Archives Month Exhibition:
Preserving the Past, Shaping the Future: The Archival Footprint on Society
Place: Library of Virginia Lobby, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond
This exhibition highlights records documenting two major social movements in
Virginia's history: the struggle for equal rights for women, including the right to
vote; and the civil rights movement, particularly the onset of segregation and
the slow road to desegregation.
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Mid-October to February 2009
Archives Month Exhibition:
School Desegregation in Norfolk, Virginia
Place: Old Dominion University's Perry Library Lobby, 4427 Hampton Boulevard,
Norfolk
As part of Archives Month and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
end of Massive Resistance, Old Dominion University Libraries will present the
exhibition School Desegregation in Norfolk, Virginia. A digital collection of this
material is available online.
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