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Finding Aid to the Bedford County Collection

Finding aid to the Bedford County Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The collection includes a list of land grants, wills, deeds, court records, petitions and other papers about Bedford County. The collection also…

Tags: African Americans, African Americans in Lynchburg, Bedford County, blacks, court records, Deeds, enslaved persons, enslaved persons Lynchburg, enslaved persons Virginia, finding aids, Land grants, MS 2028, MS2028, petitions, receipts, records, slavery records, tax records, Wills

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

Report of Dunbar Branch January 1924

Scanned image of the Jones Memorial Library's Report of Dunbar Branch for January 1924 submitted by Anne Spencer and R.D. Harris.

The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 in the Dunbar High School in Lynchburg and was the first branch of the Jones…

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

Booklists for Dunbar Branch, MS1396 Folder 1

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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…

Finding Aid to the James Edward Bowler Scrapbook

Finding aid to the James Edward Bowler Scrapbook held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The book includes clippings concerning African Americans in Lynchburg.

Tags: 1877, 1963, African Americans, African Americans in Lynchburg, blacks, blacks in Lynchburg, clippings, finding aids, James Edward Bowler, MS 1411, MS1411, newspapers

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

Finding Aid to the General Orders, No. 34 for the 1st Military District Headquarters

Finding aid to the General Orders, No. 34 for voter registration in the First Military District in 1867, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Tags: 1867, African Americans, blacks, Civil War, enfranchisement, finding aids, First Military District, military orders, MS 1297, MS1297, Richmond, voter registration, voting, voting rights

Finding aid to the Diuguid Family Letters 1922-1955

Finding aid to the Diuguid Family Letters 1922-1955 collection at Jones Memorial Library

Tags: African Americans, Bettie Alice McCoy Diuguid, chemist, correspondence, Diuguid family, Du-Good Chemical Laboratory, finding aids, greeting cards, Hubert Scott Diuguid, Letters, Lincoln I Diuguid, MS 1065, MS1065, Wlliam Sherwood Diuguid

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