Scanned images of an eight page pamphlet entitled A Veritable Encyclopedia of History published by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc.
The printed pamphlet is held in physical format as part of Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6 at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Digital images of a typewritten letter addressed to Anne Spencer from C.G. Woodson, Director of The Journal of Negro History. The letter dated 30 April 1927 is an appeal for funding to support The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. At the time, Spencer was Librarian for the Jones Memorial Library Dunbar Branch.
This letter is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.
Manuscript Collection 1396 is the Dunbar High School Library Papers. Four folders are included in this collection. 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.
Scanned images of a three page handwritten list stamped "Dunbar Branch" containing the surnames of authors and titles. The list appears to include titles that the library purchased for the Dunbar Branch collection in 1945.
This list is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.
Scanned image of a typewritten Periodical List dated 28 January 1936 with note "Ordered from Miss Janet W Snead-City-Jan 28/35" and stamped "Dunbar Branch Lynchburg, VA Jones Memorial Library'. The lists includes 24 periodical titles.
Dunbar High School Library Papers Held At Jones Memorial Library In Lynchburg, Virginia.
Dunbar High School Library Was A Branch Library Of Jones Memorial Library. The Library Provided Library Services To City Residents At The Dunbar High School, Which Was A Segregated School Serving Black And African-American Residents. The Dunbar High School Librarian Was Anne S. Spencer. The Library Operated Under The Direction Of The Jones Memorial Library And Its Director, J. Maud Campbell. The Collection Includes Correspondence, Circulation Reports, Book Lists, And Commencement Programs And A Booklet Spanning The Period 1922 To 1937.
Scanned images of an envelope, letter, and form addressed to Jane Maud Campbell at Jones Memorial Library. The letter from Greenville Public Library on 22 March 1930 references a summer school course for "Negro Public Library assistants". It is unknown if anyone from the Jones Memorial Library attended the training program.
The correspondence is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.
Scanned images of a handwritten list entitled "Hampton Institute Library School Stories About Negroes for Children list". This item is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.
The list is sorted alphabetically by author last name and includes recommended titles to include in a library serving African Americans in the early 1900s.
Digitized images of a booklet titled "Library List" issued by the Julius Rosenwald Fund in December 1929, Nashville, Tennessee.
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.
Scanned image of a handwritten note referencing the cost of moving furniture from the Dunbar Branch and College Hill Branch of the Jones Memorial Library on 28 July 1946. The note is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers. The note indicates that Knight Transfer charged $35.54 for 5.75 hours of service to move furniture from the Dunbar and College Hill Branches. At this period of time, the Dunbar Branch had transferred from operating under the Jones Memorial Library to operating under the Lynchburg City Schools; the College Hill branch had closed. The note includes a reference that "Notation made by JMC", which likely refers to Jane Maud Campbell, the head librarian at the time.
Scanned image of a typewritten letter from William R. Gilmore to Douglas A. Robertson, Secretary-Treasurer of the Jones Memorial Library. The letter is dated 05 September 1969. In the letter Gilmore expressed appreciation that the library has racially integrated its services.
This letter is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396.
Digital image of a postcard and envelope sent to Jones memorial Library from the Lynchburg Improvement Association dated 15 February 1961. The postcard includes the message "Dear Citizen: How Long Will You Allow Your Tax Dollars to Support Patterson's Private Prejudices." The postcard is alluding to the segregated services of Patterson Drug Store in Lynchburg, Virginia. The store had been the site of a December 1960 sit-in by students at Randolph College, protesting the racial segregation of the drugstore's restaurant services.
Scanned image of pamphlet entitled Negro Progress in Print: A Special List of Good Books on the Shelves of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Branch Indianapolis Public Library.
The physical pamphlet is held at Jones Memorial Library in Manuscript Collection 1396, Folder 6. The undated pamphlet is printed double-sided, and folded.
Some handwritten marks and notes suggest that Jones Memorial Library staff reviewed the list of books for acquisition.
Scanned image of the Jones Memorial Library's Report of Dunbar Branch for January 1924 submitted by Anne Spencer and R.D. Harris.
The Dunbar Branch was opened in 1924 in the Dunbar High School in Lynchburg and was the first branch of the Jones Memorial Library. The branch provided service to "colored" residents of the city during a time when library services were racially segregated.
This report records the circulation of library books and materials at the branch during its first month of operation. The report was submitted by Anne Spencer, who was appointed as the branch's permanent librarian, and Rachel Davis Harris, who had traveled to Lynchburg from the Louisville Free Public Library's Western Colored Division in 1923-1924 to advise and assist with establishment of the Dunbar Branch. The report appears to have been entered by hand by Anne Spencer.
Digitized copy of a pamphlet published in 1921 entitled "Some Books and Pamphlets, Music, Magazines and Newspapers by Negro Writers, Composers and Editors in the Colored Department of the Louisville Free Public Library".
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.
Scanned image of a postcard sent to Jones Memorial Library regarding racial segregation of library facilities. The card was sent from Connecticut and the text read "We have heard on radio over & over again that students of Colored Theological Seminary of Lynchburg are not allowed to use facilities of public library. It is hard to believe that such a condition can exist in the U.S.A."
This item is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1396, the Dunbar High School Library Papers.
