Report of Dunbar Branch January 1924
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- Identifier
- JMLMS1396.Folder2-5.ReportofDunbarBranch-January 1924
- Barcode
- JMLMS1396.Folder2-5.ReportofDunbarBranch-January 1924
- Source Identifier
- 593
- Title
- Report of Dunbar Branch January 1924
- Description
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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. - Date
- January 1924
- Creator
- Spencer, Anne
- Subject
- George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
- Dunbar Branch (Lynchburg, Va.)
- history of libraries
- topic
- African Americans
- African Americans in Lynchburg
- Anne Spencer
- books
- circulation
- Dunbar Branch
- Dunbar High School
- Dunbar High School Library
- George M. Jones Memorial Library
- Jane Maud Campbell
- Jones Memorial Library
- librarianship
- libraries
- library history
- library services
- MS 1396
- MS1396
- Rachel Davis Harris
- segregation
- Spencer family
- Digital Format
- image/jpeg
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- George M. Jones Library Association