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Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.) Letters

Ellen Coolidge Burke to Lucille Dickerson re Alexandria PL desegregation 02 October 1950.jpg

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…

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Alexandria Library Correspondence

Digital reproduction of a letter dated 02 October 1950 from Ellen Coolidge Burke at Alexandria Library in Alexandria, Virginia to Lucille Dickerson at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

In her letter, Burke requests information about…

Tags: 1950, Alexandria Library, Ellen Coolidge Burke, integration, Jim Crow era, Jones Memorial Library, library history, library services, Lucille Dickerson, public libraries, segregation, Virginia libraries

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