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- Tags: library history
Woman's Community Club Letter to Maud Campbell
The letter was written in April 1946 seeking relocation of the Dunbar Branch library…
Dunbar Branch book purchase list
This list is part of…
Hampton Institute Library School list
The list is…
Theological Seminary postcard
Lyle Stuart Letter
In the letter, Stuart advocates for integration of the library's services and facilities.
Dunbar Branch February 1924 Report
Anne Spencer Resignation Letter
In the letter, Spencer resigns from her position as librarian of the Dunbar Branch at…
Report of Dunbar Branch January 1924
The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 in the Dunbar High School in Lynchburg and was the first branch of the Jones…
Tags: African Americans, African Americans in Lynchburg, Anne Spencer, books, circulation, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, George M. Jones Memorial Library, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, librarianship, libraries, library history, library services, MS 1396, MS1396, Rachel Davis Harris, segregation, Spencer family
Mrs. George M. Jones and Her 'Monumental Reality'
Gladys Pannell Correspondence
In her message, Pannell requests information about what facilities are available to "colored" patrons in Lynchburg,…
Cheryl Knott Malone Correspondence
The correspondence includes a letter from Cheryl Knott Malone on 19 February 1999 to Lynn Dodge at…
Tags: African-Americans, African-Americans in Lynchburg, Anne Scales Spencer, Anne Spencer, black librarians, black libraries, Cheryl Knott Malone, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, integration, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, library history, Louisville Free Public Library, Lynchburg City Schools, Lynn Dodge, public libraries, Rachel Davis Harris, segregation, Wayne Rhodes
Lynchburg Public Library Charter
Lynchburg Circulating Library Rules and Regulations
The Lynchburg Circulating Library was owned and operated by John D. Suter, a purveyor of books and…
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…
Julius Rosenwald Fund Library List
This item is part of the Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6, added to the collection in…
Interim Committee for City-Wide Library Service notice
Negro Progress in Print
The physical pamphlet is held at Jones Memorial Library in Manuscript…
Building on the Past
Letter from William R. Gilmore
Jones Memorial Library Internal Revenue Service application
Letters to Publishers
Jones Memorial Library Minutes 31 January 1944
Jones Memorial Library Board Minutes 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…
Lynchburg City and Jones Memorial Library Correspondence
In the correspondence, Dickerson notes that Jones Memorial Library is donating books to the…
Tags: city of Lynchburg, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, Harold Baumes, integration, J.D. Wright, Jim Crow era, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, library history, Lucille Dickerson, Lynchburg City Schools, Paul Munro, public libraries, RWB Hart, school libraries, schools, segregation
Jones Memorial Library founding documents
Dunbar Branch Periodical List
Jones Memorial Library Annual Report 2023
Booklists for Dunbar Branch, MS1396 Folder 1
The papers are from the Dunbar Branch of the Jones Memorial Library. The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 at the Paul Laurence…
Tags: 1920s, 1921, African American literature, African Americans, Anne Spencer, Associated Publishers, authors, black literature, book catalogs, book purchasing, books, catalogs, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, inventories, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, librarians, libraries, library administration, library branches, library history, lists, Louisville Free Public Library, Lynchburg, Maud Campbell, Rachel Davis Harris, reading, Reverend Thomas Blue, segregated libraries, segregation, Thomas Blue
Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Circulating Library Rules and Regulations
Finding Aid to the Dunbar High School Library Papers
Dunbar High School Library was a branch library of Jones Memorial Library. The library provided library services to city residents at the…
Tags: 1922, 1937, African-Americans, Anne Scales Spencer, Anne Spencer, blacks, blacks in Lynchburg, book lists, circulation reports, correspondence, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, finding aids, George Madden Martin, J Maud Campbell, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, librarians, library branches, library history, MS 1396, MS1396, papers, segregated libraries, segregation, Spencer family