Browse Items (66 total)
- Collection: 3. Jones Memorial Library history
Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.) Letters
Dunbarian Vol 1 No 7
Included on page two of the newsletter are…
The Dunbar Story
An Open Letter to the People of Lynchburg
Image of Dunbar High School library 1953-1954
The interior page includes a photograph, second from the top, showing the Dunbar High School…
Biographical sketch of Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis
The printed…
The Dunbar High School Story!!
In the manuscript, the author provides…
Letter from William R. Gilmore
Dunbar Branch book purchase list
This list is part of…
Appeal Letter from Carter Woodson to Anne Spencer
Knight Transfer receipt
Hampton Institute Library School list
The list is…
Theological Seminary postcard
Lynchburg Improvement Association postcard
Some Books and Pamphlets, Music, Magazines and Newspapers by Negro Writers, Composers and Editors in the Colored Department of the Louisville Free Public Library
This document is part of…
Lynchburg City and Jones Memorial Library Correspondence
In the correspondence, Dickerson notes that Jones Memorial Library is donating books to the…
Tags: city of Lynchburg, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, Harold Baumes, integration, J.D. Wright, Jim Crow era, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, library history, Lucille Dickerson, Lynchburg City Schools, Paul Munro, public libraries, RWB Hart, school libraries, schools, segregation
Alexandria Library Correspondence
In her letter, Burke requests information about…
Lyle Stuart Letter
In the letter, Stuart advocates for integration of the library's services and facilities.
Gladys Pannell Correspondence
In her message, Pannell requests information about what facilities are available to "colored" patrons in Lynchburg,…
Interim Committee for City-Wide Library Service notice
Report of Dunbar Branch January 1924
The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 in the Dunbar High School in Lynchburg and was the first branch of the Jones…
Tags: African Americans, African Americans in Lynchburg, Anne Spencer, books, circulation, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, George M. Jones Memorial Library, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, librarianship, libraries, library history, library services, MS 1396, MS1396, Rachel Davis Harris, segregation, Spencer family
Building on the Past
Cheryl Knott Malone Correspondence
The correspondence includes a letter from Cheryl Knott Malone on 19 February 1999 to Lynn Dodge at…
Tags: African-Americans, African-Americans in Lynchburg, Anne Scales Spencer, Anne Spencer, black librarians, black libraries, Cheryl Knott Malone, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, integration, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, library history, Louisville Free Public Library, Lynchburg City Schools, Lynn Dodge, public libraries, Rachel Davis Harris, segregation, Wayne Rhodes
Jones Memorial Library founding documents
A Veritable Encyclopedia of History
The printed pamphlet is held in physical format as part of Manuscript Collection 1396,…
Negro Progress in Print
The physical pamphlet is held at Jones Memorial Library in Manuscript…
Dunbar Branch Periodical List
Julius Rosenwald Fund Library List
This item is part of the Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6, added to the collection in…