Can You Spot the Differences?
Last week, Brendan shared a haunting photo of a bridge near Farmville, Virginia. As cataloging and sharing old photos is to some extent my chief responsibility around here, the photo—and… Read More»
Friend of EV Lands Big Promotion
Maurice Jones has been named the next publisher of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Jones has been a Rhodes scholar, a corporate lawyer, and a senior state official, but most importantly for… Read More»
The New Center of the Universe
This weekend I was chatting with a woman at a gathering of literary types and historians when she waved a friend over. “This young man,” she announced, “is explaining to… Read More»
On the Politics of Hyphenation
We defer to The Chicago Manual of Style on most issues involving grammar and punctuation—in other words, stuff we would prefer to spend as little time as possible thinking about.… Read More»
A Haunted Bridge?
This image of High Bridge showed up recently on Shorpy, a blog dedicated to historical photos. (Click on the photograph for a larger view.) Located a few miles east of… Read More»
In Which Two Mysteries Are Solved (Sort Of)
You might recall from an earlier post a kind of epistemological angst where the great newspaperman Louis Isaac Jaffé was concerned. For instance, according to Encyclopedia Virginia‘s biography, the Pulitzer… Read More»
The Miserablest of Countries
Fact beats fiction. This is as much an article of faith for historians as rock beats scissors is for second-graders. Ah, but ’twas not always thus. (Re facts, not rocks.)… Read More»
Dare to Get Diacritical
You have to pay attention to the details. Case in point: a note from contributor Alexander Leidholdt came attached to his entry on Louis Isaac Jaffé. You’ll recall that in… Read More»
Welcome
Welcome to the Encyclopedia Virginia blog. An online compendium of Virginia history written by scholars from across the country (even across the world), the encyclopedia is currently being compiled here… Read More»
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