Finding Aid to the Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation, Inc. Papers

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
THE ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC. PAPERS
The collection includes minutes, photographs, and miscellaneous notes and articles
on Anne Spencer (1882-1975). Also included is a taped lecture on Anne Spencer given by
George A. Shepperson in 1986, a taped inventory of the Spencer home by Chauncey
Spencer, and papers regarding the court case between the Friends of Anne Spencer
Memorial Foundation and the Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation over disposition of the
property at 1313 Pierce Street, Lynchburg, Virginia.

[Detailed finding guide available with the collection.]

MS1783

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
THE ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC. PAPERS
The collection includes minutes, photographs, and miscellaneous notes and articles
on Anne Spencer (1882-1975). Also included is a taped lecture on Anne Spencer given by
George A. Shepperson in 1986, a taped inventory of the Spencer home by Chauncey
Spencer, and papers regarding the court case between the Friends of Anne Spencer
Memorial Foundation and the Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation over disposition of the
property at 1313 Pierce Street, Lynchburg, Virginia.
FOLDER 1

Anne Spencer (1882-1975) (Taped lecture by George A. Shepperson (1986)

FOLDER 2

Bylaws

FOLDER 3

Tax exemption

FOLDER 4

Membership lists (including board members)

FOLDER 5

Minutes 1986-1989

FOLDER 6

Minutes 1990-1992

FOLDER 7

Fundraising

FOLDER 8

Grant request

FOLDER 9

Miscellaneous notes and articles

FOLDER 10 Proposal – University of Virginia
FOLDER 11 Furnishings (Spencer Home) (Taped inventory by Chauncey Spencer
FOLDER 12 Photographs
FOLDER 13 Friends of Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation v. Anne Spencer
Memorial Foundation, Inc. (1989-1992)
FOLDER 14 Poetry contest
Commemorative Memorial Plate

MS1783

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
THE ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC.
The Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation, Inc., was formed to assist in preserving
and maintaining the Virginia Historic Landmark known as The Anne Spencer House,
including the main house, “Edenkraal” (the one room cottage-study), the garden, and
related properties, as a museum and research center. The group also developed educational
programs dealing with Anne Spencer, her life, her poetry, her friends, as well as the
sociological and cultural framework of which she was an integral part. It also promoted
and encouraged the development of poets and writers through sponsorship of writing
contests in local schools.
The Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation, Inc., was incorporated as a non-stock
corporation on October 22, 1985, as successor to The Friends of Anne Spencer Memorial
Foundation, Inc. The Friends group was incorporated in 1976 and the property at 1313
Pierce Street, Lynchburg, the former home of Anne Spencer (1882-1975), was conveyed
by Chauncey Spencer and wife to the Friends. The Friends group was dissolved as a
Virginia corporation on June 1, 1986, and the directors and officers became trustees of the
assets. In a law suit (1989-1992), the property eventually came under the administration of
the Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation, Inc.
[The Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation, Inc. Papers, MS1783, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]

MS1783