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- Collection: 3. Jones Memorial Library history
"100 Years of Learning: The Jones Memorial Library"
Mrs. George M. Jones and Her 'Monumental Reality'
Lynchburg Public Library Charter
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…
Booklists for Dunbar Branch, MS1396 Folder 1
The papers are from the Dunbar Branch of the Jones Memorial Library. The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 at the Paul Laurence…
Tags: 1920s, 1921, African American literature, African Americans, Anne Spencer, Associated Publishers, authors, black literature, book catalogs, book purchasing, books, catalogs, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, inventories, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, librarians, libraries, library administration, library branches, library history, lists, Louisville Free Public Library, Lynchburg, Maud Campbell, Rachel Davis Harris, reading, Reverend Thomas Blue, segregated libraries, segregation, Thomas Blue
Jones Memorial Library Annual Report 2023
Julius Rosenwald Fund Library List
This item is part of the Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6, added to the collection in…
Dunbar Branch Periodical List
Negro Progress in Print
The physical pamphlet is held at Jones Memorial Library in Manuscript…
A Veritable Encyclopedia of History
The printed pamphlet is held in physical format as part of Manuscript Collection 1396,…
Jones Memorial Library founding documents
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
Building on the Past
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
Interim Committee for City-Wide Library Service notice
Gladys Pannell Correspondence
In her message, Pannell requests information about what facilities are available to "colored" patrons in Lynchburg,…
Lyle Stuart Letter
In the letter, Stuart advocates for integration of the library's services and facilities.
Alexandria Library Correspondence
In her letter, Burke requests information about…
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
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 Improvement Association postcard
Theological Seminary postcard
Hampton Institute Library School list
The list is…
Knight Transfer receipt
Appeal Letter from Carter Woodson to Anne Spencer
Dunbar Branch book purchase list
This list is part of…
Letter from William R. Gilmore
The Dunbar High School Story!!
In the manuscript, the author provides…