In the report dated March 15, 1927 , Spencer recounts her attendance at a Conference of Librarians held at Hampton, Virginia. The conference was for black librarians serving in segregated libraries in the United States.

Spencer notes attendance at a session led by Rachel Davis Harris where Davis shared her experience with establishing the Dunbar Branch in Lynchburg in 1924. ]]>
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. ]]>
Dunbar High School served "colored" students in the city during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Jones Memorial Library established a branch library in the high school building in 1924. ]]>
This letter 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.]]>
The printed pamphlet is held in physical format as part of Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6 at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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This item is part of the Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6, added to the collection in December 2023. Material is held in physical format at the Jones Memorial Library.

The Julius Rosenwald Fund provided funding for libraries serving African-Americans in the 1920s. This list contains recommended book titles for inclusion in a high school library serving African American students.]]>
The papers are from the Dunbar Branch of the Jones Memorial Library. The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 at the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, a segregated school serving African American students in Lynchburg during the Jim Crow era.

The Dunbar Branch was established by Jane Maud Campbell, director of the Jones Memorial Library. Campbell requested assistance from the Louisville Free Public Library, which was a leader in training African American librarians, to get the branch established. Librarian Rachel Davis Harris traveled from Louisville to Lynchburg to establish the branch and help train Anne Spencer, the Dunbar Branch's first permanent librarian. Spencer served as librarian at the branch from 1924 until 1945.

Included in Folder 1 are a variety of lists published by the Louisville Free Public Library to aid librarians in purchasing books for collections serving African Americans. Also included in the folder are two handwritten lists with additional titles; these lists may have been compiled by Jones Memorial Library staff.

Of note is a 24 page typewritten list compiled by Reverend Thomas Blue and Rachel Harris of the Louisville Free Public Library titled "A List of Books Selected From Titles in the Western Colored Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library Recommended for First Purchase." This list includes marks suggesting that staff from Jones Memorial Library intended to purchase particular titles, with handwritten numbers suggesting the quantity of each title ordered. It is possible that these titles were ordered for use at the Dunbar Branch in Lynchburg.]]>