June 2, 2022
Lydia Neuroth serves as the project manager for Virginia Untold at the Library of Virginia. She will provide an overview of the two-year NHPRC grant from the National Archives that the Library received in February 2020 which currently funds her position and the processing of free Black registers from 19 Virginia localities and loose records from the City of Richmond, 1794-1865. She will describe recent finds documenting the lived experience of free Black and enslaved people in the City of Richmond. She will also provide relevant project updates and outreach initiatives including the recent addition of free registers to the Library’s crowd-sourced transcription platform. She will describe recent finds documenting the lived experience of Free Black and enslaved people in the City of Richmond. She will also provide relevant project updates, demonstrating new ways to access various records.
Lydia Neuroth serves as the project manager for Virginia Untold at the Library of Virginia. She will provide an overview of the two-year NHPRC grant from the National Archives that the Library received in February 2020 which currently funds her position and the processing of free Black registers from 19 Virginia localities and loose records from the City of Richmond, 1794-1865. She will describe recent finds documenting the lived experience of free Black and enslaved people in the City of Richmond. She will also provide relevant project updates and outreach initiatives including the recent addition of free registers to the Library’s crowd-sourced transcription platform. She will describe recent finds documenting the lived experience of Free Black and enslaved people in the City of Richmond. She will also provide relevant project updates, demonstrating new ways to access various records.