Finding aid to the Mary Louise Howell Personal Scrapbook

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
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MARY LOUISE HOWELL (1913-1979) PERSONAL SCRAPBOOK
The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, handwritten poems and memorabilia from
various events; miscellaneous family photographs (most unidentified), postal cards, and letters;
several telegrams from Chief Petty Officer Leroy Chester Seibert of the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy (the future husband of Miss Howell). Of special interest is a portion of the canvas
wing from a plane that crashed during “stunting maneuvers” at the dedication ceremonies of
Preston Glenn Airport (now Lynchburg Municipal Airport), 29 April 1931, resulting in the death
of the pilot. A genealogical report on the Howell family prepared by Jones Memorial Library
staff is included.
MARY LOUISE HOWELL SEIBERT (1913-1979)
Mary Louise Howell was born in Lynchburg, VA, 1 August 1913, the daughter of George
Edward Howell and Mary Pearl Hackworth. She married Leroy Chester Seibert 21 January 1936
in Lynchburg. Mary Louise Howell Seibert died 7 June 1979 in Lynchburg.
[Genealogical report, Mary Louise Howell Personal Scrapbook, MS1233, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA]

MS1233