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Finding Aid to the New London Academy Papers

New London Academy (Forest, Virginia) Papers - MS 2071.pdf

Finding aid to the New London Academy Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers include minutes, clippings, programs, newsletters, and physiology exam from the school in the 1800s and 1900s.

Tags: 1800s, 1900s, clippings, exams, finding aids, Forest, minutes, MS 2071, MS2071, New London Academy, newsletters, papers, programs, school history, schools, secondary schools

Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Female Academy Certificates for Mallie Bohannon

Lynchburg Female Academy Certificates for Mallie BOHANNON - MS 2061.pdf

Finding aid to the Lynchburg Female Academy Certificates for Mallie Bohannon held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Tags: Bohannon, certificates, finding aids, Lynchburg Female Academy, Mallie Bohannon, MS 2061, MS2061, school history, schools

Integration Timeline of Public Libraries and Schools in Virginia

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…

Tags: 1900s, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, Jim Crow era, libraries, Lynchburg, public libraries, Public Schools, racial integration, racial segregation, schools, Virginia

Dunbar High School 1923 Commencement Program

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Scanned reproduction of four page program for commencement exercises at Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1923. Dunbar High School opened in 1923 and this program is for the first graduating class.

Tags: 1923, African-American schools, African-Americans in Lynchburg, commencement, Dunbar High School, graduations, high schools, programs, schools

Seven Hills School Clippings

The Seven Hills School 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.

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Tags: clippings, Lynchburg News & Advance, Lynchburg schools, NA 0077, NA0077, newspaper clippings, newspapers, photographs, photos, schools, Seven Hills Schools, students, teachers

E.C. Glass High School Clippings

The E.C. Glass High School 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.

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Tags: clippings, E C Glass, E C Glass High School, Lynchburg City Schools, Lynchburg News & Advance, NA 0055, NA0055, newspaper clippings, photographs, photos, schools, students, teachers

Lynchburg Parent-Teacher Association Clippings

The Lynchburg Parent Teacher Association 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,…

Tags: 1900s, clippings, education, Lynchburg City Schools, Lynchburg News & Advance, Lynchburg Parent Teacher Association, Parent Teacher Association, parents, photographs, photos, PTA, schools, students, teacher

Lynchburg City Schools Clippings

The Lynchburg City Schools 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.

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Tags: clippings, Lynchburg City Schools, NA 0060, NA0060, newspapers, photographs, photos, Public Schools, schools

Robert E. Lee Junior High School Clippings

The Robert E. Lee Junior High School 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,…

Tags: 1900s, clippings, images, Lynchburg City Schools, Lynchburg News & Advance, NA 0062, NA0062, News & Advance, photographs, photos, Robert E Lee Junior High School, schools

Dunbar High School clippings

The Dunbar High School 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.

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Tags: clippings, Dunbar High School, images, Lynchburg News & Advance, NA 0056, NA0056, News and Advance, newspaper clippings, newspapers, photographs, schools

Image of Dunbar High School library 1953-1954

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…

Tags: 1954, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, Dunbarian, libraries, library history, photographs, schools, yearbooks

Biographical sketch of Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis

The Fifty-Niners Chronicle Vol 7 No 4 Oct-Dec 2017.jpg

Biographical sketch of former Dunbar High School librarian Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis from page one of The Fifty-Niners Chronicle, Quarterly Newsletter of Dunbar High School Class of 1959, Volume 7, No. 4, October-December 2017.

The printed…

Tags: 2017, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Class of 1959, Dunbar High School Library, library history, pamphlet files, school history, schools, Susan Elizabeth Fain Davis, Susan Fain Davis

The Dunbar High School Story!!

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…

Tags: 1981, Anne Spencer, Chauncey Spencer, Dunbar Branch, Dunbar High School, Dunbar High School Library, histories, Jane Maud Campbell, Jones Memorial Library, libraries, Lynchburg City Schools, pamphlet files, reminiscences, school histories, school libraries, schools, segregation

Dunbar High School Architectural Plans

Digital reproduction of set of four architectural plans for the 1921 construction of Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Dunbar High School served "colored" students in the city during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Jones Memorial…

Lynchburg City and Jones Memorial Library Correspondence

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…

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

Finding Aid to the Maria Wilson Marye Lecture Notes

Maria W. (WILSON) MARYE (1836-aft.1900) Lecture Notes - MS 1744.pdf

Finding aid to the Maria Wilson Marye Lecture Notes held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The notes include twelve copy books of lecture notes on American writers compiled by Marye, who ran the Lynchburg Female Academy from 1883 to…

Tags: education, finding aids, lectures, Lynchburg Female Academy, Maria Wilson Marye, MS 1744, MS1744, notes, principals, schools, teachers, writers

Bass School Photos

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Images of the William Marvin Bass School in Lynchburg, Virginia from the collections of the Jones Memorial Library.

The school is located at 1730 Seabury Avenue and is named in honor of William Marvin Bass, former teacher and principal. The…

Tags: architecture, Bass School, education, educational buildings, elementary schools, Lynchburg City Schools, school buildings, schools, William Marvin Bass, William Marvin Bass School

Finding Aid to the Dry Run School Petition and Response

Dry Run School Petition and Response - MS 1436.pdf

Finding aid to the Dry Run School Petition and Response held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers are from 1912 regarding the school in the Blacksburg area.

Tags: 1912, Blacksburg, Dry Run School, education, finding aids, Letters, MS 1436, MS1436, petitions, schools

Finding Aid to the William Marvin Bass and Fairview Elementary School Collection

W. M. BASS & Fairview School Collection - MS 1413.pdf

Finding aid to the William Marvin Bass and Fairview Elementary School Collection held at Jones Memorial Library. The collection includes genealogical charts and records of the Bass family as well as records related to a portrait of William Marvin…

Tags: Bass family, clippings, correspondence, educators, Fairview Elementary School, family histories, finding aids, genealogies, Letters, MS 1413, MS1413, newspaper clippings, photographs, photos, portraits, schools, William Marvin Bass

Finding Aid to the Seven Hills School Collection

Seven Hills School Collection - MS 1351.pdf

Finding aid to the Seven Hills School Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection includes by-laws, reports, faculty manuals, examinations, newsletter, minutes, clippings, photographs and videotapes.

Tags: brochures, bylaws, clippings, education, examinations, faculty, finding aids, minutes, MS 1351, MS1351, notebooks, papers, photographs, records, reports, school histories, schools, Seven Hills School, students, teachers, videotapes

Page from the Biggers Primary School attendance book

Excerpted page from Manuscript Collection 1177, Biggers Primary School attendance records. The page records attendance for the period May 19 to June 13, 1890 with names of boys and girls with their ages.

Tags: 1890, attendance, Biggers Primary School, manuscripts, MS 1177, MS1177, schools, Virginia Public School Register

Finding aid to the Virginia Public School Register and Scrapbook

Virginia Public School Register & Scrapbook - MS 1177.pdf

Finding aid to the Virginia Public School Register & Scrapbook held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The register is for Biggers Primary School for 1889-90.

Tags: 1889, 1890, attendance, Biggers Primary School, Eliza Robertson, Emma Staige Thornill, finding aids, MS 1177, MS1177, pupils, records, schools, scrapbooks

Finding aid to the Woman's Club of Lynchburg, Virginia Collection

Finding aid to the Woman's Club of Lynchburg, Virginia Collection held at Jones Memorial Library including minutes, photographs, clippings and a 1914 survey of the physical plants of the Lynchburg Public Schools

Tags: clippings, clubs, correspondence, education, finding aids, Letters, Lynchburg Public Schools, minutes, MS 1137, MS1137, photographs, photos, poems, poetry, records, schools, scrapbooks, surveys, Woman's Club, yearbooks

Finding aid to the Quill and Scroll Society papers

Quill and Scroll Society, E.C. Glass High School Chapter, Papers - MS 1098.pdf

Finding aid to the E.C. Glass High School Quill and Scroll Society papers held at Jones Memorial Library. The Quill and Scroll Society was a national honor society for high school journalists.

Tags: 1928, 1948 papers, certificates, correspondence, EC Glass High School, education, finding aids, honor societies, journalism, Letters, minutes, MS 1098, MS1098, Quill and Scroll Society, schools