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. ________________________________ 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 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ "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. ________________________________ 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> . To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html