NewsMeet Virginia Folklife’s 2023 Summer Interns
The Institute for Public History offers meaningful, hands-on, and paid internships for students and recent graduates of the University of Virginia. The Virginia Folklife Program is lucky to host three students this summer: Anderson Moss, Kaity Wasinger, and Kate Wietor.
NewsREPLAY Reading and Writing Ourselves
In early August of 2017, America watched Charlottesville in horror.
NewsGreat Reads 2023
The Virginia Center for the Book is one of 56 Centers for the Book across the country affiliated with the Library of Congress. Each year the local center for the book or …
NewsUnderground and Taboo
In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia.
NewsCelebration of Virginia Folklife at the Library of Virginia Recap
Last weekend, we presented a two-day “Celebration of Virginia Folklife” on July 7 and 8, 2023 at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, as part of the Library’s year-long 200th anniversary celebration.
News5 Questions with Matthew Streets
Meet our Advancement Associate Matthew Streets, who joined us after completing a master’s program at the University of Mississippi.
News‘A Life-Sized Portrait of America’
Supported in part by Virginia Humanities, The People’s Recorder is a podcast on the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) and its lasting impact on American history, arts, and culture.
NewsREPLAY: Abolishing the Death Penalty
Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty. Sabrina Butler-Smith is the first woman to be exonerated from death row. She …
NewsBart Long Shares His Clydesdale Team With Bristol
Bart Long of Bristol, VA, has a hitch of Clydesdales that he regularly brings to community parades, including to the recent Memorial Day parade in Marion, VA.
NewsNine New Fellows Explore Stories of Virginia’s History and Culture
We’re pleased to announce four new HBCU Scholars Fellows and Five Public Humanities Fellows.
NewsA Confrontation With History
Is it appropriate to study fiction and poetry during times of crisis?
NewsAnnouncing $25,000 in Rapid Grants
Five nonprofits in Floyd, Charlottesville, Hampton, and Fairfax each received $5,000 in June of 2023.
