In 1885, the sensational murder trial that made headlines throughout Virginia and across the United States (The New York Times printed thirty-seven stories on the case) was the trial of Thomas Cluverius. 

Did you know that title insurance is almost exclusively an American business? In most industrialized countries, governmentally mandated land registries largely eliminate the potential for confusion over property ownership. 

Collections of business records arrive for safekeeping and preservation at the VMHC in a variety of ways.

David P. Reynolds was the last member of his family to lead Reynolds Metals, which was founded in 1919 by his father, Richard S. Reynolds, Sr., as the U.S. Foil Company, which in 1928 became the Reynolds Metals Company.

Edwin Fisher Conger loved trees—especially chestnuts, those tall, majestic perennials from which he would eventually derive many hundreds of thousands of poles that would help carry telephone conversations and electric power to communities throughout the eastern United States.

In the VMHC collections are several rare editions of his work, including a first edition of Viviparous Quadrupeds and the 1st Octavo edition of The Birds of America.

Defined as no more than three inches in height or width, miniature books were first produced with convenience in mind. Early miniature books mainly consisted of moral texts with simple bindings, such as Bibles or books of common prayer, hymnals, and books on etiquette, that could be carried in coat pockets or small purses.