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Lynchburg Public Library Charter - MS 1334.pdf
Finding aid to a copy of the Lynchburg Public Library Charter, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The charter dates to 1897 when a corporation to be known as the Lynchburg Public Library was formed to establish a segregated…

JMLMS1334.pdf
Images of Manuscript 1334, a copy of the Lynchburg Public Library charter from 1897. The original document is filed with the Lynchburg Circuit Court; Manuscript 1334 is available at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Friends of Jones Memorial Library Records - MS1392.pdf
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…

Lynchburg Circulating Library - MS 1431.pdf
Finding aid to the Lynchburg Circulating Library Rules and Regulations from 1887. The library was owned and operated by John D. Suter in the 1880s and managed by Irvine Christian. The rules and regulations are held in printed format at Jones…

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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…

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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…

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Scanned images of three letters regarding the establishment of the Jones Memorial Library Dunbar Branch in 1924 from scholar Cheryl Knott Malone.

The correspondence includes a letter from Cheryl Knott Malone on 19 February 1999 to Lynn Dodge at…

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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…

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Scanned reproduction of a two-page mimeographed document entitled "Interim Committee for City-Wide Library Service to Meet March 2nd". The document is a call for a committee intended to establish a taxpayer-supported public library in Lynchburg. The…

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Digital reproduction of postcard from Gladys Pannell to Jones Memorial Library and response from the library dated 11 October 1950.

In her message, Pannell requests information about what facilities are available to "colored" patrons in Lynchburg,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

MS13960.127-11132.Folder6.JPG
Scanned image of a handwritten note referencing the cost of moving furniture from the Dunbar Branch and College Hill Branch of the Jones Memorial Library on 28 July 1946. The note is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the…

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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.…

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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…

JMLPAM1206.The Dunbar High School Story by Chauncey Spencer.pdf
Digital reproduction of a typed manuscript entitled "The Dunbar high School Story!!" by Chauncey E. Spencer. The original manuscript is held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia as PAM1206.

In the manuscript, the author provides…

Front cover of The Dunbarian 1954 yearbook.jpg
Digital scan of the front cover and an interior page from the 1954 issue of The Dunbarian yearbook for Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The interior page includes a photograph, second from the top, showing the Dunbar High School…

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The Lynchburg Public Library clippings include digital reproductions of photos and captions from the Lynchburg News & Advance in the 1900s. The original photos are kept in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

This file…

Copy of CURRENT Integration of Libraries and Schools in VA (18 x 36 in).pdf
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…

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Jones Memorial Library Board meeting minutes 09 November 1923

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Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 19 March 1947

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Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees Minutes 18 September 1946

Campbell to Settle Oct 1923.jpg
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…

Alpha Theta to Campbell March 1946.jpg
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…

JML Board minutes 31 January 1944.1.jpg
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…

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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…

JML BOT minutes 22 January 1925.1.jpg
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,…
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