In the letter, the sorority seeks a meeting with Campbell to discuss library services to African-Americans in Lynchburg given the pending transfer of the Dunbar High School Branch library to the Lynchburg City Schools.

In her reply, Campbell declines to meet the authors.]]>
The letter was written in April 1946 seeking relocation of the Dunbar Branch library operations to the Woman's Club in lieu of transfer of the branch to the Lynchburg City Schools.]]>
In the meeting, Head Librarian Jane Maud Campbell recommends closure of the Dunbar Branch and the board votes to explore transfer of the branch to the Lynchburg City Schools. ]]>
In the letter, Spencer resigns from her position as librarian of the Dunbar Branch at Dunbar High School.

While the letter is dated March 14, 1946, the envelope is postmakred several weeks later on April 7, 1946.]]>
In the letters, Campbell requests assistance of a librarian from Louisville to travel to Lynchburg to set up the new Dunbar Branch at Dunbar High School. The Dunbar Branch was the first public library branch in Lynchburg to offer services to black residents.

In the responses, Settle agrees to send Rachel Davis Harris. Harris then writes of her travel arrangements. Campbell advises Harris on accomodation in Lynchburg and notes that Anne Spencer is a candidate for the position of Dunbar Branch librarian.

In February 1924, Campbell seeks to extend Harris' stay in Lynchburg, Settle agrees to an extension. Campbell then thanks Settle for Harris' work in Lynchburg.]]>
On 05 October 1950, Dickerson replied to Burke stating that the Jones was not integrated and closed her reply with "Good luck to you."]]>
Included on page two of the newsletter are two news stories about the Dunbar Branch Library. One column is titled "Dunbarian Students Appreciate Library and Their Librarian". In the next column a story is titled "Dunbar Library News" noting that the library was closed in July and August of 1926 due to low circulation. ]]>
The interior page includes a photograph, second from the top, showing the Dunbar High School library in 1953-1954.

A physical copy of the yearbook is held at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.]]>
The printed newsletter is part of Jones Memorial Library' s pamphlet collection ]]>
This letter is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396. ]]>
This list is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.]]>
The note indicates that Knight Transfer charged $35.54 for 5.75 hours of service to move furniture from the Dunbar and College Hill Branches. At this period of time, the Dunbar Branch had transferred from operating under the Jones Memorial Library to operating under the Lynchburg City Schools; the College Hill branch had closed.

The note includes a reference that "Notation made by JMC", which likely refers to Jane Maud Campbell, the head librarian at the time.]]>
The list is sorted alphabetically by author last name and includes recommended titles to include in a library serving African Americans in the early 1900s.]]>
This item is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.]]>
This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers. The item is held in printed format at Jones Memorial Library.]]>
In the correspondence, Dickerson notes that Jones Memorial Library is donating books to the Dunbar High School Library. At the time, Dunbar High School Library provided services to "colored" residents of the city.

In the series of exchanges, city officials seek information about library services for "the use of the colored people in the City of Lynchburg."

Included with the correspondence is a list of libraries in the city and which racial populations they serve and a letter from the Lynchburg City Manager to the League of Virginia Municipalities, requesting information about library statistics in the state.]]>
In her letter, Burke requests information about the racial integration of the Jones Memorial Library.

An unsigned response on 05 October 1950 from Jones Memorial Library to Burke clarifies that the library is not integrated.]]>
In the letter, Stuart advocates for integration of the library's services and facilities.]]>
In her message, Pannell requests information about what facilities are available to "colored" patrons in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The librarian refers Pannell to the librarian at Dunbar High School.

The original postcard and copy of the library's response are held in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.]]>
The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 in the Dunbar High School in Lynchburg and was the first branch of the Jones Memorial Library. The branch provided service to "colored" residents of the city during a time when library services were racially segregated.

This report records the circulation of library books and materials at the branch during its first month of operation. The report was submitted by Anne Spencer, who was appointed as the branch's permanent librarian, and Rachel Davis Harris, who had traveled to Lynchburg from the Louisville Free Public Library's Western Colored Division in 1923-1924 to advise and assist with establishment of the Dunbar Branch. The report appears to have been entered by hand by Anne Spencer.]]>
The correspondence includes a letter from Cheryl Knott Malone on 19 February 1999 to Lynn Dodge at Lynchburg Public Library, an email from Dodge to Malone on 24 February 1999, and a letter from Wayne Rhodes of Jones Memorial Library to Malone on 24 February 1999. The letter from Rhodes shares dates and decisions made by the board of the Jones Memorial Library regarding establishment of the Dunbar Branch and its history.

Malone is a library historian. Publishing as Cheryl Knott she is the author of "Not Free, Not For All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow."]]>
The physical pamphlet is held at Jones Memorial Library in Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6. The undated pamphlet is printed double-sided, and folded.

Some handwritten marks and notes suggest that Jones Memorial Library staff reviewed the list of books for acquisition.]]>