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- Collection: 3. Jones Memorial Library history
Letter from R.B. Hall to J. Maud Campbell
The collection includes a two-page typewritten letter from R. B. Hall to J. Maud Campbell dated 16 March 1927, the outer mailing…
Appeal Letter from Carter Woodson to Anne Spencer
Woman's Community Club Letter to Maud Campbell
The letter was written in April 1946 seeking relocation of the Dunbar Branch library…
Survey of Jackson Street Colored High School
The Dunbar Story
Dunbar Branch book purchase list
This list is part of…
Hampton Institute Library School list
The list is…
Theological Seminary postcard
Lyle Stuart Letter
In the letter, Stuart advocates for integration of the library's services and facilities.
The Dunbar High School Story!!
In the manuscript, the author provides…
Anne Spencer Conference Report
In the report dated March 15, 1927 , Spencer recounts her attendance at a Conference of Librarians held at Hampton, Virginia. …
Dunbar Branch February 1924 Report
Anne Spencer Resignation Letter
In the letter, Spencer resigns from her position as librarian of the Dunbar Branch at…
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
"100 Years of Learning: The Jones Memorial Library"
Integration Timeline of Public Libraries and Schools in Virginia
CORRECTION 3/1/2024: Per Brenda Mitchell-Powell's book, "Public in Name Only", full integration of the Alexandria (VA) Library occurred in…
Mrs. George M. Jones and Her 'Monumental Reality'
Gladys Pannell Correspondence
In her message, Pannell requests information about what facilities are available to "colored" patrons in Lynchburg,…
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
Lynchburg Public Library Charter
Lynchburg Improvement Association postcard
An Open Letter to the People of Lynchburg
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…
Julius Rosenwald Fund Library List
This item is part of the Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6, added to the collection in…
Interim Committee for City-Wide Library Service notice
Negro Progress in Print
The physical pamphlet is held at Jones Memorial Library in Manuscript…
Houston Public Library letters regarding American Library Association questionnaire
The first letter is from Julia Ideson, librarian at the Houston Public…