Finding Aid to the Proceedings of the Trustees of the Town of Lynchburg
Finding aids
Lynchburg, Virginia -- history
Finding aid to the Proceedings of hte Trustees of the Town of Lynchburg held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The microfilmed collection includes minutes and proceedings spanning from 1787 to 1836.
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Integration Timeline of Public Libraries and Schools in Virginia
racial integration
Visual timeline with key dates for integration of public libraries and schools in Virginia in the 1900s.
CORRECTION 3/1/2024: Per Brenda Mitchell-Powell's book, "Public in Name Only", full integration of the Alexandria (VA) Library occurred in 1962, not 1950
Smith, Deborah A. (Deborah Ann), 1967-
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
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Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Collection
Finding aids
Lynchburg (Va.)
Finding aid to the Lynchburg Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The collection includes deeds, wills, bills of sale, court cases, indexes, census and tax records for the City of Lynchburg, mostly from the 1800s.
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Lynchburg Eighty Years Ago
Memoirs
Payne, John Meem
Digital reproduction of a manuscript entitled "Lynchburg Eighty Years Ago" written by John Meem Payne in 1931. The manuscript describes life in Lynchburg, Virginia in the 1850s.
The memoir is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1937, Folder 1-4.
Payne, John Meem
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Payne, John Meem
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JMLMS1937.1-4
Finding Aid to the Herbert Bouldin Hawes Papers
Finding aids
Hawes, Herbert Bouldin, 1872-1966
Finding aid to the Herbert Bouldin Hawes Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers include research notes on the history of Lynchburg for a proposed Garrett and Massie publication on the history of the city.
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Finding Aid to the John Meem Payne Recollections of Lynchburg
Finding aids
Payne, John Meem, 1840-1934
Finding aid to the John Meem Payne Recollections of Lynchburg held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection includes reminiscences about Lynchburg prior to the U.S. Civil War.
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Lynchburg Theaters List
lists
theaters
Jones Memorial Library historical list of theaters, auditoriums, movie houses in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The list is sorted alphabetically by the name of the theater. It includes street address, date of opening and closing, and notes.
The term " colored" indicates an establishment that served African American residents during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation.
This list may not be reproduced, disseminated, or re-published without written permission of Jones Memorial Library.
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Overseers of the Poor List
Lists
registers
Jones Memorial Library list of persons appearing on the Overseers of the Poor registry for the period 1870 to 1876 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The list is sorted alphabetically by surname and includes surname, first name, report date, type of services provided, recorded racial classifications, and family relationships.
The list may not be reproduced, disseminated, or re-published without written permission of Jones Memorial Library.
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Building on the Past
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Digital image of article by Billy Hansen "Building on the Past" from Lynchburg Business magazine, posted 01 June 2018.
Hansen, William
Lynchburg Business Magazine
01 June 2018
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Lynchburg Business Magazine
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Finding Aid to the Historic Surveys of Buildings in the Downtown Area of Lynchburg, Virginia
Finding aids
Virginia Landmarks Commission -- surveys
Architecture -- Lynchburg, Virginia
Finding aid to the Historic Surveys of Buildings in the Downtown Area of Lynchburg, Virginia. The surveys are held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg and include architectural details of buildings from 1980.
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Booklists for Dunbar Branch, MS1396 Folder 1
libraries--book purchasing
libraries--segregation
Jones Memorial Library--Dunbar Branch (Lynchburg, Va.)
library history
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 Dunbar High School, a segregated school serving African American students in Lynchburg during the Jim Crow era.
The Dunbar Branch was established by Jane Maud Campbell, director of the Jones Memorial Library. Campbell requested assistance from the Louisville Free Public Library, which was a leader in training African American librarians, to get the branch established. Librarian Rachel Davis Harris traveled from Louisville to Lynchburg to establish the branch and help train Anne Spencer, the Dunbar Branch's first permanent librarian. Spencer served as librarian at the branch from 1924 until 1945.
Included in Folder 1 are a variety of lists published by the Louisville Free Public Library to aid librarians in purchasing books for collections serving African Americans. Also included in the folder are two handwritten lists with additional titles; these lists may have been compiled by Jones Memorial Library staff.
Of note is a 24 page typewritten list compiled by Reverend Thomas Blue and Rachel Harris of the Louisville Free Public Library titled "A List of Books Selected From Titles in the Western Colored Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library Recommended for First Purchase." This list includes marks suggesting that staff from Jones Memorial Library intended to purchase particular titles, with handwritten numbers suggesting the quantity of each title ordered. It is possible that these titles were ordered for use at the Dunbar Branch in Lynchburg.
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Louisville Free Public Library (Louisville, Ky.)
Blue, Thomas F.
Harris, Rachel Davis
Associated Publishers, Inc.
Unknown creator
Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 1
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
1910-1930
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Items may be protected under copyright
MS1396FA
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JMLMS1396.Folder1
Finding Aid to the Republican Joint Convention notice
Finding aids
Republican Party (Lynchburg, Va.)
Finding aid to the Republican Joint Convention notice of 1885 for nominating candidates for the legislature from Campbell County and Lynchburg, Virginia. The notice is held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg.
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Finding Aid to the Miscellaneous Business & Court Papers
Finding aids
Lynchburg, Va. -- records
Finding aid to the Miscellaneous Business and Court Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. Many documents date to the early 1800s.
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MS1349FA
Lynchburg Welcome Card (MS 1316)
Tourism -- Lynchburg, Va.
Tourism -- publications
Lynchburg Welcome Card (Manuscript 1316) held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The card is double-sided, orange cardstock and includes a printed message for visitors from the Chamber of Commerce. The reverse of the card includes a map of the city. The card is estimated to have been created for distribution to tourists between 1904-1920.
Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce (Lynchburg, Va.)
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce (Lynchburg, Va.)
1904-1920
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Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Welcome Card
Finding aids
Tourism -- Lynchburg, Va.
Finding aid to the Lynchburg Welcome Card held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The card dates to the early 1900s and includes a small map of the city.
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Postcard of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church
Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church (Lynchburg, Va.)
Religious Society of Friends -- meeting houses
A color postcard depicting Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, circa 1900. The meeting house, originally was constructed by Quakers, was restored in the early 1900s by the adjacent Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church, which owns the property. This postcard is part of Manuscript 1280 held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg.
J.P. Bell Co., Inc. (Lynchburg, Va.)
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circa 1900
Creative Commons non-commercial use
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Finding Aid to the Articles of Submission
finding aids
Confederacy -- bonds
Finding aid to the Articles of Submission held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The articles are an 1876 agreement between the City of Lynchburg and city bond holders for bonds issued in 1864 during the Civil War.
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Finding Aid to the Scrapbook of Lynchburg's Sesquicentennial
finding aids
scrapbooks
Sesquicentennial (Lynchburg, Va.)
Finding aid to the Scrapbook of Lynchburg's Sesquicentennial in 1936, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Finding Aid to the James M. Elson Collection
finding aids
Elson, James M.
Finding aid to the James M. Elson Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection includes research and notes for Elson's book, "Lynchburg, Virginia: The First To Hundred Years, 1786-1986".
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MS1277FA
Baseball in Lynchburg
Baseball
Lynchburg, Virginia
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 1960s and 1970s.
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Finding aid to "A Last Appeal! A Call From the Young Men"
finding aids
Prohibition
Finding aid to a printed leaf promoting prohibition in Lynchburg with the names of 160 young men.
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MS1212FA
Swimming in Lynchburg - News & Advance clippings
Swimming
Civil Rights--Virginia
racial segregation
Swimming pools
Swimming instruction
Integration
Beauty contests--United States
Drowning victims
Clubs
First aid
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 construction and maintenance, swimming contests, drowning victims, rescue services, and the racial desegregation and integration of swimming pools during the Civil Rights era in Lynchburg.
News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.)
George M. Jones Memorial Library News & Advance photo archives
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.)
1945-1980
Woodford, Kim H.
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News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.)
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NA Photo Archives
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Finding aid to Renovations of Lynchburg and Amherst Bridge Collection
Finding aids
Lynchburg (Va.)--Bridges
Contracts
Finding aid to the Renovations of Lynchburg and Amherst Bridge collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia
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Finding aid to the Virginia Court of Appeals Docket Books
Finding aids
Dockets
Finding aid to the Virginia Courts of Appeal Docket Books from 1835-1862 for Appomattox, Amherst, Bedford, and Campbell counties and the City of Lynchburg. Books are held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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MS1185FA
Finding aid to the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad Company Stock Certificate
Finding aids
Railroad companies
Certificates
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.
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Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Broadsides collection at Jones Memorial Libary
Manuscript finding aid
Broadsides
Advertisements
Marketing
Manuscript finding aid for a collection of broadsides (advertisements) from the Lynchburg, Virginia area
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Finding Aid to the Abraham K. Hanna (1826-1864) Letters
Manuscript finding aid
Manuscript finding aid to the Abraham K. Hanna (1826-1864) Letters held in physical format at Jones Memorial Library
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