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- Collection: 2. Digital Manuscript Collection
Letter of Attorney Robert F Stockton to James Potter
In the letter, Stockton appoints his brother-in-law James Potter as his…
John McBratney and His Mother around 1870 (MS 1041, Folder 1-3)
Lynchburg Eighty Years Ago
The memoir is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection…
Thomas Potter Inventory
Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in…
Nowlin Family Notes
This collection is held in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The collection includes genealogy notes regarding…
Tags: 1858, 1875, Alabama, Ann Johnson, clippings, Constitutional Conventions, correspondence, David S Nowlin, David Samuel Nowlin, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, enslaved persons Virginia, family history, genealogy, Gilbert family, Letters, Louisa, Mary Johnson, Nowlin, obituaries, receipts, Richmond, slavery, slavery records, speeches, Wingfield
Richard M. Nixon note to Frances Page Loftus
On the eve of leaving office as Vice-President, Nixon wrote a note…
Swimming in Lynchburg - News & Advance clippings
Clippings cover swimming pools, swimming instruction, pool…
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 4-H, aquatics, beauty contests, Camp Bibee, canals, city of Lynchburg, Civil Rights, Civil Rights movement, clippings, construction, discrimination, drowning, integration, James River, Jefferson Park, Jefferson Park pool, Jefferson pool, Kanawha Canal, lakes, Lynchburg, Lynchburg Life Saving and First Aid Crew, Lynchburg News & Advance, Miller Park pool, News & Advance, newspapers, Olympics, photographs, photos, Piranha Swim Club, pool construction, pools, racial integration, racial segregation, Randolph College, Randolph Macon Woman's College, Red Cross, rescue services, rivers, Riverside Park, Riverside Park pool, Riverside pool, segregation, Sweet Briar College, swimmers, swimming, swimming coaches, swimming contests, swimming instruction, swimming instructors, swimming lessons, swimming pools, YMCA, YWCA
Natural Bridge Hotel Guest Register selections
American Pen Women, Lynchburg Branch panel
Tags: 1980s, Ann Van de Graaf, clubs, Frances Hartmann, Ginny McCraw, MS 1121, MS1121, Pat Rice, photographs, writers
Methodist Associated Church minute book excerpt
The Methodist…
MS1200 Weather Memorandum Book selection
Signed cover page of A Princess in Exile
Lynchburg Taxpayers' League Selected Documents
Included in the digital collection are a list of the League's objectives, a document describing the League's…
Lynchburg Opera House advertisement
Tags: 1800s, 1883, advertisements, Lynchburg Opera House, MS 1416, MS1416, Music, opera 188
E.C. Glass High School Dedication Program
Bass School Photos
The school is located at 1730 Seabury Avenue and is named in honor of William Marvin Bass, former teacher and principal. The…
Lynchburg Circulating Library Rules and Regulations
The Lynchburg Circulating Library was owned and operated by John D. Suter, a purveyor of books and…
Lynchburg Welcome Card (MS 1316)
Petition for Edmund & Dorothea Winston
The handwritten document is a portion of a petition filed in 1817 by attorneys Leigh & Anthony on behalf…
John D. Langhorne Sale of Tweedside Plantation
The Tweedside Plantation near Savannah,…
Helen Keller Letter to Mr. Graves
Tags: 1946, blind, committees, deaf, deaf-blind, disabilities, fundraising, Helen Keller, MS 1107, MS1107
Sarah Jones Deed of Gift to Grimes
The Potter estate…
Jones-Sterling Family Collection (Manuscript 1247, Box 4)
Depicted on these…
Tags: 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1851, absences, account books, Biff, Buff, Ellis, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, enslavement, enslavers, Fanny, farm books, farm hands, farms, Humphrey, illness, Jack, James T Jones, Jones family, Judy, Loss Time of Hands, Matilda, Matilday, MS 1247, MS1247, Sam, slave lists, slave owners, slavery, slavery records, William, Wm
Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy
This manuscript is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1397, Folder 1-5.
Thomas Jefferson Note to Steptoe
In the note, Jefferson invites Dr. Steptoe to breakfast with Mr. Correa, Mr. Gilmer, and Jefferson on a botanical expedition.
William Steptoe…
Postcard of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church
Three Civil War Letters from Azariah F.M. Haynes to Harriet J. Cocke (MS 1032, Folder 2-6)
Abraham K. Hanna (1926-1864) Letters (MS 1008)
Hanna was wounded and his foot amputated; he subsequently died of his injuries on 13 August 1864 and…