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First Federal Savings and Loan Rivermont Branch Plans

Digital images of working drawings for the First Federal Saving1146, s and Loan Rivermont Branch in Lynchburg, Virginia. Original drawings are held at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, LAA 8156, ID location T-1093.The drawings were created by…

Tags: 1971, Architectural Archives, architectural drawings, architectural plans, architecture, banks, buildings, Cress Rhoads, First Federal Savings & Loan, Rivermont Branch

Bill of Sale to James Potter (1842)

JMLMS1141.1-3.05April1842BillofSaleJamesPotter.1.jpg

Scanned image of a Bill of Sale for James Potter on 05 April 1842 in Savannah, Georgia. James Potter was owner of the Tweedside and Colerain Plantations. This bill of sale documents the purchase of named enslaved persons by Potter in…

Tags: 1842, Anthony, Betty, bill of sale, bills of sale, Billy, Carolina, Charlotte, Cilla, Colerain Plantation, Dick, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, Georgia, Hannibal, Hannibal Jr., Indy, James Potter, Jane, John, Lucy, Melby, Minty, MS 1141, MS1141, Patty, Peggy, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, Potter family, Sam 2nd, Savannah, slavery records, Sylvia, Tweedside Plantation

Jefferson Davis Letters

Collection of three letters related to the Mississippi Valley Society, a British company organized to induce European immigration into Mississippi.

The Mississippi Valley Society was conceived in November 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1875,…

Tags: Charles G Johnson, correspondence, European immigration, immigration, International Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson Davis, Letters, Mississippi, Mississippi Valley Society, MS 1220, MS1220, MS1220FA, S Fife, W Thompson Gardner

Bargain and Sale by Thomas Potter

JMLMS1141.1-3.08July1848BargainandSaleThomasPotter.1.jpg

Scanned images of a bargain and sale document for Thomas Potter in Chatham County, Georgia on 08 July 1848. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-3.

Thomas Potter owned the…

Tags: 1848, Chatham County, Colerain Plantation, enslaved labor, enslaved persons, Georgia, MS 1141, MS1141, Potter Estate, Potter Estate Papers, Potter family, slavery records, Thomas Potter

City of Lynchburg, Virginia

Digital reproduction of City of Lynchburg, Virginia map by the Department of Public Works, circa 1927, revised September 1958. The physical map is held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Tags: 1927, 1958, cartography, City of Lynchburg Virginia, city planning, Department of Public Works, Maps, urban planning

Diamond Hill Historical Society Digital Photo Archive - 13th Street and 313 Washington Street

Diamond Hill Papers - MS 1595 - Finding Aid.pdf

Digital photographs from Manuscript Collection MS 1595, Folder 5-1 for the Diamond Hill Historical District Society held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The digital collection includes XX photographs of the Diamond Hill…

Tags: 13th Street, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 313 Washington Street, 507 13th Street, Diamond Hill, Diamond Hill Historic District, homes, houses, MS 1595, MS1595, photographs, photos, Thirteenth Street, Washington Street

Diamond Hill Historical Society Photo Archives - Church Street and Clay Street

Digital photographs from Manuscript Collection MS 1595, Folder 1-5 for the Diamond Hill Historical Society held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Images of Church Street in Lynchburg.

Tags: Church Street, Clay Street, Diamond Hill, Diamond Hill Historical Society, homes, houses, MS 1595, MS1595, photographs, photos

Diamond Hill Historical Society Digital Photo Archive - Craddock Terry, Diamond Hill Garden, Grace Street.

Digital photographs from Manuscript Collection MS 1595, Folder 5-1 for the Diamond Hill Historical District Society held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Tags: architecture, Craddock Terry, Diamond Hill Garden, Diamond Hill Historic District, Diamond Hill Historical Society, Grace Street, homes, houses, MS 1595, MS1595, photographs, photos

Image of Dunbar High School library 1953-1954

Front cover of The Dunbarian 1954 yearbook.jpg

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

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

Dunbar High School 1923 Commencement Program

19230612 Commencement Exercises Dunbar High School.cover.jpg

Scanned reproduction of four page program for commencement exercises at Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1923. Dunbar High School opened in 1923 and this program is for the first graduating class.

Tags: 1923, African-American schools, African-Americans in Lynchburg, commencement, Dunbar High School, graduations, high schools, programs, schools

Biographical sketch of Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis

The Fifty-Niners Chronicle Vol 7 No 4 Oct-Dec 2017.jpg

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

Proposed residence for Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Forehand architectural plans

Working drawsing (blueprints) for proposed design by J. Everette Fauber, Jr. for a residence on Peakland Place in Lynchburg, Virginia for Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Forehand.

Tags: Architectural Archives, architectural plans, architecture, blueprints, Fauber Collection, houses, J Everette Fauber, Peakland Place, plans

Forehand Residence

Digital reproduction of architectural working drawings of residence on Peakland Place in Lynchburg for Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Forehand by Everette J. Fauber, Jr.

Physical plans are held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia (ID4311,…

Tags: Architectural Archives, architecture, Fauber Collection, Fauber Family, Forehand Residence, J E Fauber, J Everette Fauber, LAAF0552, Peakland Place, plans, working drawings

Bill of Sale to James Potter for Abraham (1834)

JMLMS1141.1-2.14March1834BillofSaleofAbraham.1.jpg

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

Finding aid to the Frances Adams Deyerle collection

Frances Adams DEYERLE (1898-1994) Public Education and Public Schools in Lynchburg, Virginia - MS 1096.pdf

Finding aid to the Frances Adams Deyerle collection which includes manuscript notes and draft of a book on the history of Lynchburg's public schools.

Tags: 1987, education, finding aids, Frances Adams Deyerle, history, Lynchburg City Schools, manuscripts, MS 1096, MS1096, notes, Public Schools, schools, writing

Finding aid to the Martha Jane French Commonplace Books

Martha Jane FRENCH (ca.1841-aft.1880) Commonplace Books - MS 1097.pdf

Finding aid to the Martha Jane French commonplace books containing three handmade volumes with essays and writing exercises.

Tags: essays, finding aids, Martha Jane French, MS 1097, MS1097, notebooks, writing books, writing exercises

Finding aid to the Quill and Scroll Society papers

Quill and Scroll Society, E.C. Glass High School Chapter, Papers - MS 1098.pdf

Finding aid to the E.C. Glass High School Quill and Scroll Society papers held at Jones Memorial Library. The Quill and Scroll Society was a national honor society for high school journalists.

Tags: 1928, 1948 papers, certificates, correspondence, EC Glass High School, education, finding aids, honor societies, journalism, Letters, minutes, MS 1098, MS1098, Quill and Scroll Society, schools

Finding aid to the East Palestine Rubber Company, Inc. Stock Certificate

East Palestine Rubber Company, Inc - MS 1099.pdf

Finding aid to the East Palestine Rubber Company, Inc. stock certificate held at Jones Memorial Library. The company was incorporated in East Palestine, Ohio by April 1912. The certificate is for four shares, issued on May 7, 1917.

Tags: 1912, 1917, East Palestine Ohio, Emmett Lynn, finding aids, Manufacturing, MS 1099, MS1099, papers, Robert Winfree, rubber, stock, stock certificates

Finding aid to the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad Company Stock Certificate

Lynchburg & Durham Railroad Co - MS 1100.pdf

Finding aid to the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad Company stock certificates held at Jones Memorial Library. The certificates are for nine shares issued to John B. Winfree in 1887 and 1890.

Tags: 1887, 1890, Durham, finding aids, John Winfree, Lynchburg, MS 1100, MS1100, railroad companies, railroads, stock, stock certificates

Finding aid to the Lushington Collection

Finding aid to the Lushington Collection held at Jones Memorial Library. The collection includes correspondence addressed to Augustus Nathaniel Lushington, a veterinarian.

Tags: 1910, Augustus Lushington, correspondence, finding aids, Letters, MS 1102, MS1102, veterinarians, vets

Finding aid to the All-State Credit Corporation Stock Certificate

All-State Credit Corp. Stock Certificate - MS 1207.pdf

Finding aid to the All-State Credit Corporation Stock Certificate NU11804 held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia

Tags: 1964, All-State Credit Corporation, finding aids, Hayden Stone & Company, MS 1207, MS1207, stock, stock certificates

Finding Aid to the Massie Ernest Harvey - Songs collection

Massie Ernest HARVEY (1909-1991) Songs - MS 1001.pdf

Collection guide to the Massie Ernest Harvey collection of songs held at the Jones Memorial Library

Tags: Finding Aid, finding aids, Harvey, Massie Ernest Harvey, MS 1001, MS1001, Music, songs

Finding Aid to Letter from N. Horsley to Leyburn Wilkes, May 6, 1852

Letter, HORSLEY to WILKES 1852 - MS 1002.pdf

Manuscript guide to a letter from Nicholas Cabell Horsley to Leyburn Wilkes during the California Gold Rush.

Tags: 1852, California, Finding Aid, finding aids, Gold Rush, Horsley, hotels, MS 1002, MS1002, Peaks of Otter, Wilkes

Finding Aid to the History of Banjo and Joel Walker Sweeney collection

History of the Banjo and Joel Walker SWEENEY - MS 1003.pdf

Finding aid for the History of the Banjo and Joel Walker Sweeney collection at Jones Memorial Library

Tags: Banjo, finding aids, MS 1003, MS1003, Music, Sweeney

Finding Aid to the Vanishing Virginian Collection

Vanishing Virginian Collection - MS 1004.pdf

Manuscript finding aid to the Vanishing Virginian Collection at Jones Memorial Library.

Tags: finding aids, Movies, MS 1004, MS1004, Vanishing Virginian

Finding Aid to the Southern Chapter, Virginia Association of Surveyors, Inc. Papers

Southern Chapter, Virginia Association of Surveyors Papers.pdf

Manuscript finding aid to the papers of the Southern Chapter of the Virginia Association of Surveyors, Inc,

Tags: MS 1005, surveyors, Virginia Association of Surveyors

Finding Aid to James Steptoe Letter to Frances Langhorne, 16 October 1821

James STEPTOE (1750-1826) Letter to Frances LANGHORNE.pdf

Manuscript finding aid describing a letter from James Steptoe, clerk of the court in Bedford County, VA to his daughter Frances Langhorne in October 1821. An image of the original letter is located in our Digital Manuscript Collection.

Tags: 1821, finding aids, Langhorne, MS 1006, MS1006, Steptoe