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MS1396.0127-11203.Folder6.JPG
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…

MS13960.127-11128.Folder6.JPG
Scanned images of a three page handwritten list stamped "Dunbar Branch" containing the surnames of authors and titles. The list appears to include titles that the library purchased for the Dunbar Branch collection in 1945.

This list is part of…

MS13960.127-11146.Folder6.JPG
Digital images of a typewritten letter addressed to Anne Spencer from C.G. Woodson, Director of The Journal of Negro History. The letter dated 30 April 1927 is an appeal for funding to support The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.…

MS13960.127-11123.Folder6.JPG
Scanned images of a handwritten list entitled "Hampton Institute Library School Stories About Negroes for Children list". This item is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.

The list is…

MS1396.0127-11214.Folder6.JPG
Scanned image of a postcard sent to Jones Memorial Library regarding racial segregation of library facilities. The card was sent from Connecticut and the text read "We have heard on radio over & over again that students of Colored Theological…

MS1396.0127-11211.Folder6.JPG
Digital image of a postcard and envelope sent to Jones memorial Library from the Lynchburg Improvement Association dated 15 February 1961. The postcard includes the message "Dear Citizen: How Long Will You Allow Your Tax Dollars to Support…

JMLMS1396.2-5.ReportofDunbarBranch-January1924.jpg
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…

MS13960.127-11134.Folder6.JPG
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,…

MS13960.127-11107.Folder6.JPG
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…

MS13960.127-11150.Folder6.JPG
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…

Dunbar High School Library Papers - MS 1396.pdf
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…
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