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"100 Years of Learning: The Jones Memorial Library"

Magazine article

Tags: 1908, 2008, George M. Jones Memorial Library, George Morgan Jones, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, Lynchburg Public Library, Mary Frances Watts Jones, segregation, Virginia libraries, Watts

Mrs. George M. Jones and Her 'Monumental Reality'

Article about the history of Jones Memorial Library published in Lynch's Ferry Magazine

Tags: architecture, Jeni Sanberg, Jones Memorial Library, library history, Lynch's Ferry Magazine

Swimming in Lynchburg - News & Advance clippings

News clippings and photographs from Lynchburg's News & Advance daily newspaper with coverage of swimming related topics in the Lynchburg area. Includes clippings from 1940s - 1980s.

Clippings cover swimming pools, swimming instruction, pool…

Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 4-H, aquatics, beauty contests, Camp Bibee, canals, city of Lynchburg, Civil Rights, Civil Rights movement, clippings, construction, discrimination, drowning, integration, James River, Jefferson Park, Jefferson Park pool, Jefferson pool, Kanawha Canal, lakes, Lynchburg, Lynchburg Life Saving and First Aid Crew, Lynchburg News & Advance, Miller Park pool, News & Advance, newspapers, Olympics, photographs, photos, Piranha Swim Club, pool construction, pools, racial integration, racial segregation, Randolph College, Randolph Macon Woman's College, Red Cross, rescue services, rivers, Riverside Park, Riverside Park pool, Riverside pool, segregation, Sweet Briar College, swimmers, swimming, swimming coaches, swimming contests, swimming instruction, swimming instructors, swimming lessons, swimming pools, YMCA, YWCA

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

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

Baseball in Lynchburg

Materials from the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia related to baseball. This digital collection includes clippings from The News & Advance and other items from the library's physical collections. The bulk of clippings are from the…

Manuscript 1047 Seth Woodroof Account Book

Note: A transcription is included with each of the images at the bottom of the page; click on an image to read the transcription.

Manuscript 1047 ("Seth Woodroof Account Book") is a handwritten notebook which lists enslaved persons, buyers, and…

Tags: 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, A Haggie, Aaron Eubank, Abrom Lively, accounting, accounts, Addam White, African Americans, African Americans in Lynchburg, African slave trade, African slave traders, Aggy Mordey, Agnes Cabell, Albrah Hap, Allen Gray, Amey Manthine, Amiy Austin, Amy Yancy, ancestors, Anderson Beck, Anderson Jordain, Andrew L Bailey, Andrews Dawson, Ann Wilson, Ansrews Hawkins, Archey Thermon, Archy Pettigrew, Armistead Reynoldes, B Waid, Barton Bradford, Betsy Holmes, Betsy King, Betsy Shackford, Bill Callaway, Billy Davis, biographical lists, blacks, blacks in Lynchburg, Bob Day, Bob Lewis, Bob Martin, Bob Read, Burguise, Burrell Reynolds, Cabell, Caroline Glenn, Charles Hap, Charles Manthews, Charles Ridgway, Daissiey Donald, Daniell Elliott, Danil Sale, data sets, Dolley Wattes, Dr John L Dorsys, Eliza Burford, Elizabeth Thompson, enslaved persons, Evilin Shanks, Fanny Hap, Ford Radford, Frank Paneton, Franky Burrell, Frederic Hatcher, G Davis, genealogy, Ginny Macky, Grace Elliott, Harriet Reynolds, Harrison Goodwin, Harvey Terry, Henry Echols, Hetty Fletcher, Isaac Doyal, Isham Shanks, J H Cancot, J Holldy, Jack Austine, Jack Lynch, Jackson Slone, Jacob Labourn, James A McPheeters, James Payne, Jane Coleman, Jane Pery, Jane Torman, Jesee Coleman, Jim Buford, Jim Leftwich, John Crow, John Euell, John M Willusy, John Montgomery, Judy Adell, Judy Smith, Julia Baig, L J, Larry Hicks, Laves Eucis, Lewis Jackson, lists, Lucinda Ridgway, Lucy Jourdain, Lynchburg. slavery records, Mariah Wilkerson, Mary Cannon, Mary Carrow, Mary Drew, Mary Manthews, Mary Moris, Mary Williams, Matilda Willard, Mayor Manthine, Mississippi, Molly Oh, Moses Hunter, Mr Dicson, Mr Ford, Mr H Claibourn, Mr Mathal, MS 1047, MS1047, Natchez, Netty Whiston, New Orleans, Nicey Radford, Peggy Mosly, Permelia Baugh, Peter Poindexter, Rachael Crow, registers, Rhesibin Stephens, Rowan Harris R, Rowan S. Harris, S W Green, Sally Hunter, Sally Kyle, Sally Nelson, Sally Steel, Sammy Montgomery, Scotland Hap, Sealy Ambler, Second Middle Passage, Selby Brown, Selena Walk, Seth Woodroof, Seth Woodrough, Seth Woodruff, Shedia Bridges, slave lists, slave owners, slave trade, slave traders, slavery, Sophey Monday, Sophey Reynolds, Spencer Drew, Squire Mosley, Stephen Iswell, Stephen Roberson, Susan Isbell, Susan Teosy, Thomas Bachleor, Thomas Green, Toks R Chetom, Tumbles Shanks, Vinson Eucis, Virginia, Visy Reynolds, Walter Huffman, Wartter Huffman, Washington Burch, Wiatt Eubank, William Crow, William Rose, William Tate, Williams Jones, Winney, Woodes

Lynchburg Public Library Charter

Images of Manuscript 1334, a copy of the Lynchburg Public Library charter from 1897. The original document is filed with the Lynchburg Circuit Court; Manuscript 1334 is available at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Tags: charters, court records, libraries, library history, Lynchburg Public Library, MS 1334, MS1334, public libraries, records

Fauber Collection Digital Exhibit materials

Digital images from the Fauber Collection Exhibit held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia from May-September 2023.

Lynchburg Woman's Club News & Advance clippings

Newspaper clippings from Lynchburg News & Advance related to the Lynchburg Woman's Club.Date range is mid-1900s. Scans of original photos included for selected clippings.File span is 526 clippings (there is no clipping #514).

Tags: 1900s, clippings, Lynchburg Woman's Club, News & Advance, newspaper clippings, photos, social clubs, Women's clubs

Letter from R.B. Hall to J. Maud Campbell

Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript collection 1395 held in physical format at the library.

The collection includes a two-page typewritten letter from R. B. Hall to J. Maud Campbell dated 16 March 1927, the outer mailing…

Tags: 1927, Altrusa Club, apartments, buildings, construction, correspondence, hotels, J Maud Campbell, Jane Maud Campbell, Letters, Maps, Piedmont Hard Surface Route, residential planning, urban planning, Virginian Hotel, women's housing

The College Street Journal, Issue 5

Images of three page issue of The College Street Journal. Issue number 5 for 06 November 1951. The College Street Journal was a mimeographed neighborhood newspaper issued by four Lynchburg children in the 1950s. The paper had more than 100…

Booklists for Dunbar Branch, MS1396 Folder 1

Manuscript Collection 1396 is the Dunbar High School Library Papers. Four folders are included in this collection.

The papers are from the Dunbar Branch of the Jones Memorial Library. The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 at the Paul Laurence…

Jones Memorial Library Annual Report 2023

Annual report of the Jones Memorial Library for the period 01 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Tags: 2023, annual reports, financial reports, George M Jones Memorial Library, Jones Memorial Library, library history, reports

Tinsley Family History

Jones Memorial Library Family File 2490 for Edward Tinsley family and related families.

This is a digital reproduction of a 76-page typewritten family history. The original copy is held in the Family Files at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg,…

Tags: Edward Tinsley, family files, family histories, FF 2490, FF2490, genealogies, Tinsley family

Julius Rosenwald Fund Library List

Digitized images of a booklet titled "Library List" issued by the Julius Rosenwald Fund in December 1929, Nashville, Tennessee.

This item is part of the Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6, added to the collection in…

Tags: 1929, Dunbar Branch, Jones Memorial Library, Julius Rosenwald Fund, libraries, library administration, library history, MS 1396, MS1396, reading lists, segregated libraries, segregation

Dunbar Branch Periodical List

Scanned image of a typewritten Periodical List dated 28 January 1936 with note "Ordered from Miss Janet W Snead-City-Jan 28/35" and stamped "Dunbar Branch Lynchburg, VA Jones Memorial Library'. The lists includes 24 periodical titles.

Tags: 1935, Dunbar Branch, Jones Memorial Library, library administration, library branches, library history, periodicals, purchasing lists, segregated libraries, segregation

Negro Progress in Print

Scanned image of pamphlet entitled Negro Progress in Print: A Special List of Good Books on the Shelves of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Branch Indianapolis Public Library.

The physical pamphlet is held at Jones Memorial Library in Manuscript…

Tags: Dunbar Branch, Jones Memorial Library, library history, library segregation, MS 1396, MS1396, Negro Progress in Print, reading lists, segregation

A Veritable Encyclopedia of History

Scanned images of an eight page pamphlet entitled A Veritable Encyclopedia of History published by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc.

The printed pamphlet is held in physical format as part of Manuscript Collection 1396,…

Tags: 1900s, African Americans, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Dunbar Branch, Jones Memorial Library, MS 1396, MS1396, pamphlets, reading lists, segregated libraries, segregation, subscription lists

Jones Memorial Library founding documents

Digital images of founding documents for the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. Originals are held in printed format in the library's collection.

Tags: certificates, Deeds, documents, founding documents, George M Jones Memorial Library Association, Jones Memorial Library, library history, minutes, recordkeeping, records, Wills

Cheryl Knott Malone Correspondence

Scanned images of three letters regarding the establishment of the Jones Memorial Library Dunbar Branch in 1924 from scholar Cheryl Knott Malone.

The correspondence includes a letter from Cheryl Knott Malone on 19 February 1999 to Lynn Dodge at…

The Virginia Negro Mammy: Tena MacIntosh

Scanned images of printed pamphlet entitled "The Virginia Negro Mammy": Tena MacIntosh by Edmonia Woltz Gray.

This four page pamphlet was printed around 1909 by Gray in Roanoke, Virginia. Accompanying the pamphlet is a letter from Gray on 14…

Tags: biographies, Edmonia Woltz Gray, enslaved persons, enslavement, Fotheringay, George Hancock, mammy, Montgomery County, pamphlets, race, racial stereotyping, racism, Roanoke, slavery, stereotyping, Tena MacIntosh, Virginia, W.M. Black

Building on the Past

Digital image of article by Billy Hansen "Building on the Past" from Lynchburg Business magazine, posted 01 June 2018.

Tags: architects, Architectural Archives, architectural drawings, architectural history, archives, Billy Hansen, George M. Jones Memorial Library, Jones Memorial Library, library history, library services, Lynchburg, Lynchburg Business Magazine, William Hansen

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