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Four Women Exhibit Panels

Exhibit panels for the 2024 "Four Women: Dunbar Branch Centennial" exhibit at Jones Memorial Library.

The Dunbar High School clippings include digital reproductions of photos and captions from the Lynchburg News & Advance in the 1900s. The original photos are kept in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

This file…

Tags: clippings, Dunbar High School, images, Lynchburg News & Advance, NA 0056, NA0056, News and Advance, newspaper clippings, newspapers, photographs, schools

Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.) Letters

Scanned image of a letter dates 02 October 1950 from Ellen Coolidge Burke of Alexandria (Va.) Library to Lucille Dickerson at Jones Memorial Library. In the letter Burke seeks information about the Jones library, erroneously believing the library to…

Tags: 1950, Alexandria Library, Alexandria VA, Ellen Coolidge Burke, integration, Jones Memorial Library, library history, library segregation, Lucille Dickerson, October 1950, public libraries, segregation

Dunbarian Vol 1 No 7

Digital reproduction of Dunbarian newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 7, 08 June 1927. The six-page newsletter is held in photocopied format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia as Pamphlet File 2784.

Included on page two of the newsletter are…

Tags: 1926, 1927, Anne Spencer, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, Dunbarian, library history, newsletters, PAM 2784, PAM2784, pamphlet files, school history, segregated libraries, segregated schools, segregation

The Dunbar Story

Scanned reproduction of an undated typewritten manuscript entitled "The Dunbar Story: An Examination of the School's Search for Excellence in a Segregated Society." A print version of the manuscript is held in the pamphlet files of Jones Memorial…

Tags: 1900s, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, manuscripts, pamphlet files, school histories, school history, typescripts

An Open Letter to the People of Lynchburg

Scanned image of a Spring 2004 reproduction of An Open Letter to the People of Lynchburg dated 27 April 1967. The letter protests the policies of the Lynchburg newspapers to exclude news coverage of Dunbar High School and to exclude announcements of…

Tags: 1967, 2004, B C Baldwin Jr., C R Pettyjohn, Charles G Baber, Civil Rights movement, Dunbar High School, James R Gilliam Jr, Jones Memorial Library, Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees, Letters, newspapers, racial discrimination, Robert C Watts Jr, trustees

Image of Dunbar High School library 1953-1954

Digital scan of the front cover and an interior page from the 1954 issue of The Dunbarian yearbook for Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The interior page includes a photograph, second from the top, showing the Dunbar High School…

Tags: 1954, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, Dunbarian, libraries, library history, photographs, schools, yearbooks

Biographical sketch of Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis

Biographical sketch of former Dunbar High School librarian Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis from page one of The Fifty-Niners Chronicle, Quarterly Newsletter of Dunbar High School Class of 1959, Volume 7, No. 4, October-December 2017.

The printed…

Tags: 2017, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Class of 1959, Dunbar High School Library, library history, pamphlet files, school history, schools, Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis, Susan Fain Davis

Flyer for Four Women: A Dunbar Branch Centennial exhibit

The Dunbar High School Story!!

Digital reproduction of a typed manuscript entitled "The Dunbar high School Story!!" by Chauncey E. Spencer. The original manuscript is held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia as PAM1206.

In the manuscript, the author provides…

Tags: 1981, Anne Spencer, Chauncey Spencer, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, histories, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, Lynchburg City Schools, pamphlet files, reminiscences, school histories, school libraries, schools, segregation

Dunbar High School Architectural Plans

Digital reproduction of set of four architectural plans for the 1921 construction of Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Dunbar High School served "colored" students in the city during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Jones Memorial…

Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy

Digital reproduction of a typewritten manuscript entitled "Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy" by Arthur H. Jennings.

This manuscript is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1397, Folder 1-5.

Tags: 1860, 1930, Arthur H Jennings, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate Army, Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy, manuscripts, memoris, MS 1937, MS1937, reminiscences

Letter from William R. Gilmore

Scanned image of a typewritten letter from William R. Gilmore to Douglas A. Robertson, Secretary-Treasurer of the Jones Memorial Library. The letter is dated 05 September 1969. In the letter Gilmore expressed appreciation that the library has…

Tags: correspondence, Jones Memorial Library, Letters, library history, MS 1396, MS1396, public libraries, racial integration, William Gilmore

Dunbar Branch book purchase list

Scanned images of a three page handwritten list stamped "Dunbar Branch" containing the surnames of authors and titles. The list appears to include titles that the library purchased for the Dunbar Branch collection in 1945.

This list is part of…

Tags: 1945, book lists, book purchasing, Dunbar Branch, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, library history, MS 1396, MS1396

Appeal Letter from Carter Woodson to Anne Spencer

Digital images of a typewritten letter addressed to Anne Spencer from C.G. Woodson, Director of The Journal of Negro History. The letter dated 30 April 1927 is an appeal for funding to support The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.…

Tags: African American literature, Anne Spencer, appeals, C G Woodson, Carter Woodson, fundraising, Letters, libraries, MS 1396, MS1396, segregated libraries, The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, The Journal of Negro History

Greenville Public Library Summer School correspondence

Scanned images of an envelope, letter, and form addressed to Jane Maud Campbell at Jones Memorial Library. The letter from Greenville Public Library on 22 March 1930 references a summer school course for "Negro Public Library assistants". It is…

Knight Transfer receipt

Scanned image of a handwritten note referencing the cost of moving furniture from the Dunbar Branch and College Hill Branch of the Jones Memorial Library on 28 July 1946. The note is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the…

Tags: College Hill Branch, Dunbar Branch, Jane Maud Campbell, libraries, library branches, library history, moving, MS 1396, receipts

Hampton Institute Library School list

Scanned images of a handwritten list entitled "Hampton Institute Library School Stories About Negroes for Children list". This item is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.

The list is…

Tags: African American literature, books, Hampton Institute Library School, libraries, library history, literature, MS 1396, MS1396, reading lists

Theological Seminary postcard

Scanned image of a postcard sent to Jones Memorial Library regarding racial segregation of library facilities. The card was sent from Connecticut and the text read "We have heard on radio over & over again that students of Colored Theological…

Tags: Jim Crow era, libraries, library history, MS 1396, MS1396, postcards, public libraries, racial segregation, Virginia Theological Seminary

Lynchburg Improvement Association postcard

Digital image of a postcard and envelope sent to Jones memorial Library from the Lynchburg Improvement Association dated 15 February 1961. The postcard includes the message "Dear Citizen: How Long Will You Allow Your Tax Dollars to Support…

Tags: businesses, correspondence, envelopes, Jim Crow era, Letters, MS 1396, MS1396, Patterson's Drug Store, postcards, racial integration, racial 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

Digitized copy of a pamphlet published in 1921 entitled "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…

Tags: African Americans, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, libraries, library history, literature, Louisville Free Public Library, MS 1196, MS1196, pamphlets, reader's advisory, reading lists, segregated libraries, segregation

John D. Langhorne Sale of Tweedside Plantation

Scanned images of a document entitled John D. Langhorne to James Potter Tweedside Plantation. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-5.

The Tweedside Plantation near Savannah,…

Tags: 1856, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, Georgia, John Duval Langhorne, MS 1141, MS1141, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, Potter family, Savannah, slavery records, Tweedside Plantation

Will and Indenture of Thomas Potter (1854)

Scanned images of the Will of Thomas Potter dated 30 January 1854. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-4. The Potter estate included the Colerain and Tweedside Plantations near…

Tags: 1854, Colerain Plantation, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, Georgia, indentures, John Duval Langorne, legal records, MS 1141, MS1141, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, Potter family, Savannah, slavery records, Thomas Potter, Tweedside Plantation, Wills

T.F. Potter Account with James Potter

Scanned images of a list of expenses by T.F. Potter with James Potter for the Colerain Plantation in 1836, This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-2.

The Potter estate included the Colerain…

Tags: 1837, Abraham, accounts, Colerain Plantation, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, Georgia, jail fees, James Potter, Plantations, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, Potter family, slavery records, Thomas Potter

Bill of Sale to James Potter for Abraham (1834)

Scanned image of a Bill of Sale for enslaved person Abraham in South Carolina in 1834. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-2.

The Potter estate included the Colerain and…

Tags: 1834, Abraham, Beaufort, bill of sale, bills of sale, Colerain Plantation, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, James Potter, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, slavery records, South Carolina, Thomas Fuller, Tweedside Plantation

Sarah Jones Deed of Gift to Grimes

Scanned images of a Deed of Gift recorded in the Chatham County, Georgia country clerk's office on 21 March 1811. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-1.

The Potter estate…

Tags: 1811, Colerain Plantation, Deeds, deeds of gift, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, Grimes, legal records, Meada, MS 1141, MS1141, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, Potter family, Sarah Jones, slavery records, Tweedside Plantation

Bills of Sale to James Potter (1854)

Scanned images of two bills of sale issued to James Potter on 21 February 1854. These documents are part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-4.

James Potter owned the Tweedside and Colerain…

Tags: 1845, Adam, baby, Bess, bill of sale, bills of sale, Cain, Colerain Plantation, Cyrus, Dianah, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, George, Georgia, Grace, Hannah, Israel, Jacob, James Potter, Jemima, Jim, Landes, Lilla, London, Moses, MS 1141, MS1141, Munjo, Ned, Paul, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, Potter family, Rachael, Rebecca, Richard, Rose, Savannah, Shelly, slavery records, Tweedside Plantation, Will

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