Man of the Streets
Harris Stilson’s films offer rare scenes of Richmond a century ago A century ago, Richmonder motorman Harris H. Stilson ran one of the city’s now-defunct streetcars along the Old Clay Street line for 25 cents an hour. An amateur photographer, he brought his camera along to work and shot footage across the Richmond area. Traversing […]
Through the Decades: History of the Junior League Through the Archives
Collaboration is a common practice in collection development in Special Collections and Archives, which houses records for many of Richmond’s seminal organizations. This year marks the centennial of the founding of the Junior League of Richmond, which has entrusted thousands of documents, images, scrapbooks, memorabilia and other materials to VCU Libraries’ care. More than 10 […]
Science of Synthesis (SOS) by Thieme now available.
VCU Libraries has licensed access to Science of Synthesis (SOS) by Thieme. It is a collection of curated, evaluated organic synthetic methods, available as an e-book series and searchable database. SOS provides critical reviews of synthetic methodology in organic and organometallic chemistry, organized systematically and logically by main functional groups. It provides an overview of an area, […]