The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Friday, February 04, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
Join us for talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson
on The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great
Migration, her moving masterwork chronicling the decades-long migration
of black people from the South to the northern and western cities of the
United States. From 1915 until 1970 almost six million black people fled
the South looking for a better life. Wilkerson uses the lives of three
unique individuals to tell this story. She interviewed more than a
thousand people and researched official records to write this dramatic
account of how these journeys changed people and America.
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Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Scanning Event
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Place: Conference Rooms
The Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission and
the Library of Virginia are partnering to identify and locate original
manuscript material concerning the Civil War. These materials may
include letters, photographs, diaries, maps, and other Civil War-era
materials. Library staff members will scan privately held manuscript
material for inclusion on the Web sites of both the Library and the
commission. Items to be scanned should document the Civil War and the
Civil-War era and must be owned by the individual presenting the
materials for digitization. Materials that are photocopied and/or
subject to United States copyright law may not be submitted for
digitization. For more information, contact the project's regional
coordinators at [log in to unmask] To make an appointment
please contact Renee Savits at (804) 692-3629 or
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Bowden the Traitor: A Unionist Family in Confederate Williamsburg
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Time: Noon-1:00 PM
During the secession crisis most Virginians were loyal Unionists,
capitulating only when President Lincoln called for state militia
volunteers to suppress the insurrection in the Deep South. Some remained
Unionists even after Virginia seceded. Among these were members of the
Bowden family, whose opposition to disunion resulted in great personal
sacrifice and placed them on an unlikely path of political activism that
stretched from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century. Don Gunter
will discuss how their decision affected the Bowden family.
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Closed
Saturday, February 19, 2011
The Library will be closed on Saturday, February 19, so that our reading
rooms can be open on George Washington Day (Monday, February 21). On
February 21, the reading rooms, lobby, and stacks will have staff
available. The main administrative office will have limited coverage;
but otherwise Library staff offices will be closed.
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2011 African American Trailblazers: Program and Reception -
www.lva.virginia.gov/trailblazers
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Place: Lecture Hall & Lobby
Free but reservations required. Seating is limited. Call 804-692-3900 by
February 18 to RSVP. Program begins promptly at 6:00 PM. Eight
honorees-from the past and present-who have had a significant impact on
the history of Virginia will be honored at this celebration. A reception
follows the program. Sponsored by Capital One.
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"Person of the Year" for 1861?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Time: 9:30 AM-4:00 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
Fee, the symposium costs $35 for museum members and Library donors and
$50 for others (including a box lunch). Reservations and pre-payment are
required. To print a registration form
visithttp://www.moc.org/site/Calendar/1279119886?view=Detail&id=103393.
This question will be the charge given to the speakers-and to the
audience-at the Museum of the Confederacy's 2011 symposium to be held at
the Library of Virginia. Presented by the museum and cosponsored by the
Library, the program is the first of an anticipated series of annual
symposia that will offer an innovative perspective on the Civil War
during the sesquicentennial years, 2011-2015. The 2011 symposium
speakers-historians Ed Bearss; William C. "Jack" Davis; Dr. Lauranett
Lee; Dr. James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr.; and Chris Kolakowski-will
"nominate" candidates and their lectures will make their cases for their
nominees. Following a concluding panel discussion, the audience will
vote to decide the Person of the Year for 1861.
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The Library of Virginia is located in historic downtown Richmond at 800
East Broad Street. There is free parking for these event in the
Library's underground garage, which is accessible from either Eighth or
Ninth streets. For more information, please call 804-692-3592.
For more on other upcoming events at the Library of Virginia, visit
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/index.htm
<http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/index.htm> .
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