Finding aid to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Sarah Winston Henry Branch Papers

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES.
SARAH WINSTON HENRY BRANCH.
PAPERS
The collection includes correspondence, minutes, notices of meetings, lists of
members, and newspaper clippings about the Sarah Winston Henry Branch, Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA), located in Lynchburg, Virginia.
BOX 1

1–1
1–2
1–3
1–4
1–5
1–6

History (I) 1965-1966
History (II) 1967-1968
History (III) 1969
History (IV) 1970-1971
History (V) 1972
History (VI) 1973

BOX 2

2–1
2–2
2–3
2–4
2–5
2–6
2–7

History (VII) (1974)
History (VIII) 1975-1983
Membership Lists
Papers Presented
Walking Tours (I)
Walking Tours (II)
Miscellaneous Pamphlets

BOX 3

Papers of Dr. Roberta Douglas Cornelius (1890-1977)

BOX 4

4-1
4-2
4-3
4-4
4-5
4-6
4-7

History (IX) 1984-1989
History (X) 1990-1994
History (XI) 1995-1997
History (XII) 2000-2012
Sarah Winston Henry Graveyard
Architectural Workshop 2008
Gavel & Treasurer’s Deposit Stamp

BOX 5

5-1
5-2
5-3
5-4
5-5

Constitution & Bylaws
Branch Reference Manual
Account/Portfolio 1982-1984
Account/Portfolio 1997
Account/Portfolio 2005-2011
(Continued)
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ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES.
SARAH WINSTON HENRY BRANCH.
PAPERS, Cont’d.
BOX 5

5-6
5-7
5-8

Minutes (Miscellaneous) 1974-1995
Correspondence (Miscellaneous) 1970-1997
Tour Lynchburg – Includes computer discs

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
SARAH WINSTON HENRY BRANCH, APVA
The Sarah Winston Henry Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities (APVA) was formed in the Lynchburg-Amherst County area in 1965. The
official date of enrollment with APVA was 5 October 1965. Dr. Roberta D.
CORNELIUS, Professor of English at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, was
appointed Branch director. The primary aim of the establishment of the Branch was to
seek the restoration and preservation of historic buildings and sites in the area.
The initial project of the Sarah Winston Henry Branch was the restoration and
preservation of the cemetery at Winton, in Amherst County, the home of Sarah Winston
HENRY. Following the cleaning and restoration of the site, a brick wall was erected to
protect the cemetery. Eventually, a trust fund was established for the perpetual care of
the site.
Over the years, the Sarah Winston Henry Branch has sponsored walking tours of the
historic areas in the City of Lynchburg and has sponsored lectures on historic
preservation for the community.
In 1981, the Branch sponsored the publication of Lynchburg: An Architectural
History, by Al S. CHAMBERS. In 1985, the group sponsored the publication of Tour
Lynchburg, a guide to the historic sites of the city.
The Sarah Winston Henry Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities, known as Preservation Virginia, was dissolved on 27 March 2012.
[Sarah Winston Henry Branch, APVA, Papers, Mss., MS1139, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA;
Interview, Robert H. Garbee, Past Director, Sarah Winston Henry Branch, APVA, 4 May 1996.]

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