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Alpha Theta Sigma Letter to Maud Campbell and Reply from Campbell
Digital reproduction of a letter from Alpha Theta sorority in Lynchburg, Virginia to Jane Maud Campbell, Head Librarian of Jones Memorial Library.
In the letter, the sorority seeks a meeting with Campbell to discuss library services to…
In the letter, the sorority seeks a meeting with Campbell to discuss library services to…
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,…
The printed pamphlet is held in physical format as part of Manuscript Collection 1396,…
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…
In her letter, Burke requests information about…
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…
Letters to Louisville
Digital reproduction of a series of letters between Jane Maud Campbell, librarian of Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, and George T. Settle and Rachel Davis Harris of the Louisville Free Public Library. The letters are written in 1923 and…
Finding Aid to the Friends of Jones Memorial Library Records
Finding aid to the Friends of Jones Memorial Library Records held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The records include membership lists, newsletters, programs, bylaws, letters, and other records related to fundraising for the…
Finding Aid to the Dunbar High School Library Papers
Finding aid to the Dunbar High School Library Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Dunbar High School Library was a branch library of Jones Memorial Library. The library provided library services to city residents at the…
Dunbar High School Library was a branch library of Jones Memorial Library. The library provided library services to city residents at the…
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…
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.
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.
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.
Lynchburg City and Jones Memorial Library Correspondence
Digital reproduction of correspondence between the City of Lynchburg, Virginia and Lucille Dickerson for the period 25 March 1947 to 28 September 1948.
In the correspondence, Dickerson notes that Jones Memorial Library is donating books to the…
In the correspondence, Dickerson notes that Jones Memorial Library is donating books to the…
Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes 09 November 1923
Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes 09 November 1923
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 19 March 1947
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 19 March 1947
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 13 March 1923
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 13 March 1923
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 18 September 1946
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 18 September 1946
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 19 June 1946
Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 10 June 1946
Jones Memorial Library Board Minutes December 1945
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees meeting minutes from 05 December 1945.
In the meeting, Head Librarian Jane Maud Campbell recommends closure of the Dunbar Branch and the board votes to explore transfer of the…
In the meeting, Head Librarian Jane Maud Campbell recommends closure of the Dunbar Branch and the board votes to explore transfer of the…
Jones Memorial Library Board Minutes November 1943
Digital reproduction of board minutes for Jones Memorial Library dated 24 November 1943. At the meeting, members voted to notify the Lynchburg School Board that the Jones board deemed it inadvisable to continue its full contribution of librarian…
Jones Memorial Library Minutes 31 January 1944
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes for 31 January 1944. During the meeting, members agreed to a proposal from the Lynchburg School Board to contribute half of the salaries of the librarians at the Dunbar Branch and…
Jones Memorial Library Board Meeting Minutes 25 January 1933
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes for 25 January 1933. At this meeting, which was held during the Great Depression, members voted to reduce employee salaries by 1/12th for the year 1933.
Jones Memorial Library Board Minutes 07 November 1921
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes for 07 November 1921. At this meeting, members voted to offer the position of Head Librarian to Jane Maud Campbell of Boston, Massachusetts for a salary of $3,000 per year.
Letters to Publishers
Digital reproduction of letters from Jane Maud Campbell, Head Librarian of Jones Memorial Library, to book publishers. Campbell wrote in 1921 to McDevitt-Wilson's and Valiant publishing companies to request pricing on specific titles for use at the…
Jones Memorial Library Internal Revenue Service application
Digital reproduction of letter and schedule attachement from Jones Memorial Library to the Internal Revenue Service in 1945. The library was seeking approval as a charitable organization under IRS regulations. Included with the letter was a schedule…
Jones Memorial Library Board Minutes 21 January 1943
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes for 21 January 1943. The minutes show that members voted to refuse a salary increase requested by the Lynchburg School Board for the branch librarian at the Robert E. Lee Junior…
Jones Memorial Library Board Minutes 22 January 1925
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes for 22 January 1925. The minutes reflect activity of the library and its branches. Included in the minute was approval of a salary increase of $5.00 for three librarians,…
Jones Memorial Library Board Meeting Minutes 14 January 1924
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes for 14 January 1924. The minutes reflect that Anne Spencer, recently hired as Librarian for the Dunbar Branch, received a salary of $840 for the year 1924, which translated to $70 a…
Finding Aid to the Mary Frances Watts Jones Papers
Finding aid to the Mary Frances Watts Jones Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection includes scrapbooks, letters, and resolutions related to Jones Memorial Library, which was founded by Watts.
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…
Building on the Past
Digital image of article by Billy Hansen "Building on the Past" from Lynchburg Business magazine, posted 01 June 2018.