NewsThe Insurance-Industrial Complex of Slavery
The Library of Virginia presents a virtual talk by Virginia Humanities HBCU Scholars Fellow Michelle Oliver, a financial genealogist, preservation strategist and public history researcher.
NewsHealing from the Holocaust
The caregivers who swooped in to help begin the healing process for Holocaust survivors.
NewsThe Pursuit of Happiness
What did Jefferson mean by “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?
NewsAudacious Women
A new one-woman show tells the story of Virginia’s history through the eyes of ten audacious women.
NewsVirginia and the Founding Documents
Encyclopedia Virginia Managing Editor Patti Miller and three leading historians of the American Revolution discuss the founding documents and their unique relationships to Virginia. This conversation was recorded on 7/1/2026.
NewsStories for the Semiquincentennial
Pedal back in time to the first organized bike tour across America.
NewsLost No More: The Life of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Encyclopedia Virginia Managing Editor Patti Miller and Nicole Brown of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello uncover the life and legacy of Martha Wayles Skelton …
NewsLife, Liberty, Loudoun! Revolutionary Stories
We talk to Carrie Christoffersen about a new initiative by Loudoun Museum in Leesburg that explores the lives and history of both famous and lesser-known figures of the Revolutionary era.
NewsWhat Air is to Fire
A life steeped in literature fueled the rise of the nation’s first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office.
NewsThe Albemarle Barracks
Encyclopedia Virginia Managing Editor Patti Miller and Travis Shaw of the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area discuss the Revolutionary War prisoner-of-war camp that gave Barracks Road its name and served as …
