Finding aid to the Phillips Business College collection

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
PHILLIPS BUSINESS COLLEGE
Phillips Business College was founded in 1929 as Phillips Secretarial School by
the late Marjorie Green Phillips. From its modest beginning in the Wall Building, the
school experienced steady and continued growth in the 1930s.
In 1933, the College moved to the Medical Arts Building, now known as the
Young Building. In 1939, the move was made to the building at 1000 Church Street and
the school became known as Phillips Business College. In 1959, an additional floor of
the building was occupied, providing three floors for educational use and making the
College the exclusive occupant of the building.
The College was incorporated in 1939 as Phillips Business College, Incorporated.
In 1954, Virginia Commercial College, established in 1909 in Lynchburg, was purchased
and merged with Phillips Business College. The student records of the Virginia
Commercial College were maintained for use of its former students.
In 1958, the corporate name was changed to Virginia Business Colleges,
Incorporated, with Phillips Business College continuing as the primary division.
On January 1, 1964, the College moved into expanded quarters through the
purchase of a building at 1112 Church Street. With declining enrollment, the College
moved into smaller quarters on Memorial Avenue in 1986. The college continued to
operate in that location until 1998 when, through a change in ownership, it became a
member of the Miller-Motte family of colleges. The Lynchburg campus of Miller-Motte
was closed in 2017.

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
PHILLIPS BUSINESS COLLEGE
The collection consists primarily of photographs of events, students, student
activities, and faculty for the period 1931-1998. Also included are several catalogs,
programs, newsletters, scrapbooks, brochures and miscellaneous correspondence for the
same period.
BOX 1

Commencement exercises, catalogs, programs, miscellaneous brochures.

BOX 2

Scrapbooks, newsletters

BOX 3

Events photographs

BOX 4

Correspondence, applications, 35th anniversary programs and photographs

BOX 5

May Court photographs

BOX 6

Photographs (1960-1998)

BOX 7

Group photographs, faculty photographs (1930-1978)

BOX 8

Individual photographs (some named and dated), miscellaneous
photographs of Miller-Motte students, photograph negatives

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