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Member Spotlight:
Anna Moser & Peter Schwartz
Inspired by the Library of Virginia’s mission and values, Anna Moser and Peter Schwartz of Fauquier County, Virginia, joined the William Waller Hening Society—the planned giving society of the Library of Virginia Foundation—over a decade ago by including the organization in their estate planning.
“We have always seen the Library of Virginia as a primary institution of cultural and historical literacy for all Virginians,” said Schwartz. Added Moser, “The Library truly promotes the literary values we want our community and our children to embrace, and it cannot fulfill this role without help from all of us.”
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From the UncommonWealth blog:
Hunger Amidst Plenty: Congress, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Transformation of the Food Stamp Program
The Library of Virginia, in partnership with Virginia Humanities, sponsors research fellows during the academic year to conduct in-depth research in the Library’s collections. Tracy Roof, associate professor of political science at the University of Richmond, spent the spring researching and writing for a book project entitled Nutrition, Welfare, or Work Support? A Political History of the Food Stamp Program.
“Transcripts of the congressional hearings that built momentum behind these changes are available at the Library of Virginia. I read through them while under Virginia’s stay-at-home order to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the spring. Unfortunately, my research on the history of the food stamp program gained contemporary significance as millions of people lost their jobs and applied for SNAP, many for the first time.”
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